Along with the Kirby influence, Ross manages to throw in a horror aesthetic with pages of the Negative Zone almost looking like EC horror comics. As much as Ross employs the techniques that Kirby was using during his ‘60s run, he also uses current digital techniques whilst retaining his classic painterly style. With a simple three-act structure, this is a classic Fantastic Four story that starts off with some family squabble in the Baxter Building, to eventually journeying into the realms of cosmic sci-fi with the Negative Zone. Whilst Ross’ dialogue features a bit of that Stan Lee cheesiness, his greatest strength is his hyper-detailed art that evokes the cosmic grandness of Jack Kirby. Alex Ross’ Fantastic Four: Full Circle Marvel/Abrams The comics artist Alex Ross, probably best-known for his painted work in books like Marvel’s Marvels and DC’s Kingdom Come (with writers Kurt. This ends up being the main theme of the story, as Ben realizes he has made someone else’s life happier, whilst Reed Richards continues to be his scientific paranoid self.

No doubt that Ben feels like his body is a curse, but he eventually learns to accept and find happiness. In Full Circle’s opening double page spread, narrator Sue Storm makes the suggestion that Ben is the true victim as he can never escape from his stone exterior. In Shops: SRP: 24.

With bold, vivid colors and his trademark visual storytelling, Ross takes Marvels first team of super heroes to places only he can illustrate. Like a number of Marvel heroes, the origin story of the Fantastic Four is one of them being victims of their own scientific experiment. Fantastic Four: Full Circle is the first longform work written and illustrated by acclaimed artist Alex Ross.

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