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Sharked By A Femizon"
Occasionally I'll have the pleasure of reading a comics issue scripted by
Dan Slott, who's been a prolific writer at Marvel since 2005 (though beginning his work for the company in mid-1991). Slott's writing has appeared in
a number of titles through the years, with some noteworthy stories along the way, --one of which,
Amazing Spider-Man #700, earned him no small amount of notoriety with ASM readers, as he took the extraordinary step of killing off Peter Parker (whose mind at the time was in the body of Dr. Octopus) while Doc Ock, whose mind was in
Peter's body, continued on as Spider-Man in the new
Superior Spider-Man title. Slott also had the dubious honor of breathing new life into
the Great Lakes Avengers--and, more notably, the Fantastic Four, whose title finally returned to commercial status in 2018 (as spotlighted by
a New York Times article).
I'd first sampled Slott's handling of an FF character in issue #4 of the brief The Thing series which ran from 2005-06; but when time permitted, I was able to take a look at the new FF title and very much enjoyed Slott's take on the team in an issue which featured the Thing at last marrying Alicia Masters. Slott's handling of the FF is spot-on, and I was particularly impressed with his characterization of Ben Grimm, which hits the bullseye. It would have been regrettable if the new FF title had met the same fate as did attempts to bring the concept to the big screen--yet the issue was a relaxing and fun page-turner which brought back some of the magic that '60s fans must have felt while reading the issues of the original title.
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