FANTASTIC FOUR #11 FACSIMILE EDITION...

Copyright MARVEL COMICS

Saddo that I am, when I was a kid I cut out the piccie of Susan Storm from the splash page of The Impossible Man story (as reprinted in Wham!) and kept it in a little chequered and zipped pencil 'case'* with other various cut-outs.  I would sometimes just stare at Susie for what seemed like hours (but probably wasn't), totally captivated by that one wee pic.  Amazing the power a 'mere' drawing can have, eh?

Anyway, I own various reprints of the tale, but I still had to have the Facsimile Edition of Fantastic Four #11 as it's good to possess the two-taled issue as an individual comic, as opposed to part of a collected edition.  Next one out is #12, then the series draws to a close (for now anyway), allowing dyed-in-the-wool Marvel fans to own the first dozen issues of the fabulous FF.  Buy it while you can!

I just wish Marvel would follow DC's lead in placing the barcode on the back cover as opposed to the front.  The unnecessarily oversized box is far too intrusive and compromises the aesthetic appeal of Jack Kirby's art.  Anyone else agree?  And surely the 'visit with' tale should be the back-up story, and The Impossible Man the lead-in strip?

(*If I recall correctly, I also kept some pics in a spectacle case, but I no longer remember whether it was before, at the same time, or after I got the pencil case.  Likely before, I'd imagine.)