Review of
Fantastic Four 511,
written by Mark Waid
Five out of five stars
Superb and oddly self-referential ending
This is part
three (of three) of one of the most unusual stories featuring the Fantastic
Four or any other comic book characters. Ben Grimm has been “killed,” his body
is being kept alive by Reed Richards’ machines. The story opens with the Fantastic
Four, with Grimm as a human, at what are supposed to be the gates to heaven.
Yet, they bear the unmistakable signs of having been designed by Reed Richards.
After a bit of
quizzing and some internal fighting, they manage to pass the test and the doors
are opened for the admittance of all four. They pass through a bizarre space of
geometric objects until they arrive at the residence of the Supreme Being. In
what is one of the greatest twists ever to appear in comics, they find that the
mighty one is not what they thought, but still from their perspective all-powerful.
I loved this
comic so much that when I finished it, I went back to the beginning and read it
again. It starts slowly but has one imaginative ending.
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