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Saturday, May 17, 2025

My Famous Firsts: Fantastic Four issue 150 - Ultron & the wedding of Crystal & Quicksilver

Although I had been aware of the Fantastic Four since the 1960’s when they appeared in the British weekly comics “Wham!” it wasn’t until 1974 when I picked up my first US Fantastic Four comic. And it was a pretty decent issue to be my introduction to the colour adventures of the FF with a cool villain (Ultron) that I don’t think I had heard of until then , the Inhumans, and of course the marriage of Quicksilver and Crystal. This issue was one of Marvels earliest cross over adventures with part 1 appearing in Avengers issue 127. I recently managed to pick up a new copy of this issue last week (my original issue looking more than a tad tired) and found myself getting lost in the pages of the story ( something I rarely do now is properly read a comic) and for a brief moment I was transported back to Tthe 1970's, which as readers of this blog will know is a passion of mine.
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  1. KidMay 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM

    The one I have now of this issue is a replacement, but I've had it for decades, far longer than the original. Which, incidentally, I recall reading (again) while sitting on my grandparents' red bed-settee while visiting them one Sunday, as we did every week. Rich Buckler was probably doing 'Kirby' art better than Kirby at this point, which is kind of a shame when you think about it. (Though Buckler was doing a lot of swipes, it has to be said.)

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  2. McSCOTTYMay 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM

    I liked Bucklers art but it was strange how often he seemed to switch influences.

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    1. KidMay 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM

      Ron Frenz was the same, switching from Kirby swipes to Buscema swipes between panels. In fact, Frenz was worse for that than Buckler, I think.

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  3. McSCOTTYMay 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM

    Thats true. Frenz seems to have settled fully on Sal Buscemas style now and does a pretty impressive impersonation of Sal at his best.

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  4. Rip JaggerMay 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM

    Great stuff! The marriage of Crystal and Pietro was a failed one but rang of some truth.

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