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Friday 3 February 2017
SPECTACULAR SPLASH PAGES #21...
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I'd say The Thing was well on the way to cuddly teddy bear status long before Kirby left for DC - Ben had certainly changed enormously since his debut in FF #1 when he was aggressive and downright scary !! This Man, This Monster also appeared in an FF Treasury Edition which is where I first read it.
ReplyDeleteHe was on his way because Jack's style was becoming more cartoony, but subsequent artists made him look even more like Fozzie Bear, which was an observation made by John Byrne. There was once an issue where monstrous versions of the FF appeared, which is kind of ridiculous in The Thing's case. After all, how can you make a monster version of a monster? I've got that Treasury Edition, CJ, but the splash page in this post comes from my own actual issue of FF #51. Although I first read the tale in a British comic album (by World Distributors I think, not at hand to check), wherein the FF wore red and yellow costumes and The Thing was coloured bluey-grey.
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