A Fan(tastic) Discussion!
Kabam Vydious
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Hey y’all!
As you know, we’ve recently introduced Thing into The Contest along with one of his team’s evil counterparts, Diablo. This is extremely exciting for us and we hope it also is for you! We wanted to start up a discussion that was inspired by the fact that some in the community didn’t know who Diablo was and to learn more about the community’s history with the Fantastic Four.
But first, we wanted to share this video our team made that discusses a bit more about Thing and our selection of Diablo. If you haven’t watched it already, it’s awesome. Check out the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTin0Qli_nw
So what’d you think? Do you like bringing back the villains that may seem obscure or possibly unheard of? Let us know!
What made you a fan of the Fantastic Four and what is your favorite incarnation or story? Was there a certain arc in the comics? Or was it one of the movie adaptions? (And yes, the 1994 movie does count as an option.) Maybe it was the 90s cartoon or even the 1960s. There are so many options and we’re curious to know!
For me, I watched the 90s cartoon growing up and really enjoyed the characters from there, however, it isn’t my favorite story arc. My favorite actually has me going back to the comics. The show got me into it, but the best comics were the ones that had Doctor Doom in them. In fact, his debut comic is still one of my favorites! If you’re curious to what that is, you can find it online easily! It’s Issue #5 (July 1962), the Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom!
As you know, we’ve recently introduced Thing into The Contest along with one of his team’s evil counterparts, Diablo. This is extremely exciting for us and we hope it also is for you! We wanted to start up a discussion that was inspired by the fact that some in the community didn’t know who Diablo was and to learn more about the community’s history with the Fantastic Four.
But first, we wanted to share this video our team made that discusses a bit more about Thing and our selection of Diablo. If you haven’t watched it already, it’s awesome. Check out the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTin0Qli_nwSo what’d you think? Do you like bringing back the villains that may seem obscure or possibly unheard of? Let us know!
What made you a fan of the Fantastic Four and what is your favorite incarnation or story? Was there a certain arc in the comics? Or was it one of the movie adaptions? (And yes, the 1994 movie does count as an option.) Maybe it was the 90s cartoon or even the 1960s. There are so many options and we’re curious to know!
For me, I watched the 90s cartoon growing up and really enjoyed the characters from there, however, it isn’t my favorite story arc. My favorite actually has me going back to the comics. The show got me into it, but the best comics were the ones that had Doctor Doom in them. In fact, his debut comic is still one of my favorites! If you’re curious to what that is, you can find it online easily! It’s Issue #5 (July 1962), the Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom!
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You did well with your intro of The Thing. Looking forward to the next step.
Glad we could introduce him to you!
As for villains, I would love to see Annihilus. His insect minions could be the new Sentinels for AQ. Introducing the Negative Zone would open a number of different options for the Battlerealm.
Obviously, the original “This Man...This Monster” comic is a classic (FF#51). But I loved the John Byrne run in FF during his run in the early half of the ‘80’s. Notable among those stories was the impact of the Skrulls Reed hypnotized after they turned into cows in FF#2 and the impact of Skrullcow meat and milk on a whole community twenty years later. Also loved the romp the FF took through a futuristic West world during Byrne’s run and I somehow can’t shake the mid-‘70’s tragic story of Darkoth (who was actually a test pilot friend of Ben Grimm), his transformation at the hands of Doom and his apparent demise at the hands of Diablo. That one made me sad as a kid for poor Darkoth.
So many great FF tales...
Dr. Zola
Thanks 🙂
Just make the champs unique and simple to utilize and I'll be happy
I honestly can relate to this! I like to think I know plenty enough about Marvel but I didn't know who Sentry or Void was until our game brought them in. I went back and checked into them more, of course, but it's amazing just how many characters are out there!
Makes me excited about the future! Adding Diablo was a cool testament too to characters that aren't that known. You should check out his debut comic (FF#30) and others!
Glad to know I'm not the only one who loved their little West storyline.
Thanks for sharing, Zola!!
Thank you! We're really glad you think so! We've been super excited to share him with y'all.
Honestly Mr. Fantastic in the cartoons was always such a weird thing to me even. The movies did good, but I can agree it seems odd at times watching someone stretch like that.
'Nuff said on that subject.
Dr. Doom, Silver Surfer, and Galactus, and their implications, excite me more than the ACTUAL F4.
The recent run of Infamous Iron man is great.
I can't recall exact details, but Wolverine and Spidey in the F4 for an infinity gauntlet storyline was a good one.
I see you too are a fan of Doctor Doom. Good taste.
What's the run for the Infinity Gauntlet? Was that the New Fantastic Four? I, unfortunately, have yet to get into that one.
Also, low-key, I'm a huge fan of the Villains in F4's universe so I understand that. Don't get me wrong, the Human Torch is one of my favorites-- but, Doctor Doom.
"What if? Newer Fantastic Four" I think was the title of it. (For some strange reason, I am only get MCU theory articles trying to find more details)
I believe Hulk, Iron man, Wolverine, and Spider-man were the 4 in this run. I tend to get real into the "What if?" storylines.
Oh awesome! Thanks for the information drop, Primmer! I'll have to check that out. I'm a big fan of "What If?" storylines too. They're really intriguing.
Also, my favourite character is also Dr Doom in the F4 universe. I hope we see him this year!
I later found out about the Thing when I got a Top Trumps Super Heroes deck, although all I knew was he was apparently in the 4 and was an orange rocky-looking guy. The same deck introduced me to Wolverine, Daredevil, Silver Surfer, and a bunch of others I knew the names of and not much else...
I had no idea it was like that!
What a ride to get to knowing these characters! When you eventually knew about Thing and more of the F4, did you like him more in there over She-Hulk? Or did having She-Hulk be part of your introduction to them kind of put a place in your heart?
Another with good taste!!
But also, we're really glad you like that we add these types of characters! Some of them might even end up becoming another favorite to someone and that's always so much fun.
Interesting to reflect on this story when you consider where ISO-8 comes from.
I really enjoy some of those "What If?" comics. One of my favorites was the one where Tony Stark was the one who became Sorcerer Supreme!
Just some misunderstood guy, right?
Indeed!
Dr. Zola
P.S. Nice thread @Kabam Vydious. Need more of these.
maybe we can have a symbiote Discussion!! then you can all enter my world