Where to Start Reading Fantastic Four | Fantastic Four Comics for Beginners in Collected Editions!

Welcome back to the latest Jumping On segment that has been suggested by so many of you wonderful viewers. Today I'm talking about Marvel's first family. Their first superhero team that debut in 1961. With so many years and titles, it's difficult task for new readers to get into the Fantastic Four. This is for people that always wanted to know where to start! Here are some jumping on points!

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Time Stamps:
Start - 00:00
Fantastic Four by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby - 01:58
Back to the Basics - 03:55
X-men Vs. The Fantastic Four - 06:00
New Fantastic Four - 06:53
Heroes Reborn - 08:19
Heroes Return - 09:21
1,2,3,4 - 10:27
Imaginauts - 11:34
Fantastic Four/Iron Man Big in Japan - 12:58
Marvel Knights 4 - 14:05
Reconstruction - 15:30
Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman - 16:57
The Return - 19:12
Alternate Realities
Unstable Molecules - 21:13
Fantastic Four: Giant-Size Adventures - 22:21
Fantastic Four Season One - 23:20
Ultimate Fantastic Four - 24:11

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[yy-hjbr]

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[BluGiant]

Heroes Return is where I jumped on. Never respected FF until reading this and now I'm hungrier knowing this isn't the best run. I always miscast FF as real-world heroes like DD, Spider-man or X-men, not realizing they're meant to be cosmic & dimensional superheroes. Now I LOVE them

[Notjustmovies]

I’m reading the Lee/Kirby run for the first time (currently on omni vol 2) and for someone who could not have cared less about FF as a kid I’m having an absolute blast. It starts a bit slow but by issue 20 or so it gets great and even the early issues of vol 2 look and read light years ahead of what came earlier. Amazing to see the Silver Age basically being invented by the month. I also have the Hickman omni reprint on order and have comixology trades of the Waid/Weiringo run to get to

[maxappelman]

thank you you bearded beauty. been wanting to get into Fantastic Four.

[sergioruiz]

Great list, id also reccomend Marvel 2 in One by Chip Zdarsky as well. Even though it mainly just features the Thing and the Human Torch it helps connect how they find Reed and Sue before Slott started his run.

[davidrobertson]

My man! Great stuff. You continue to be an example of what the best of this community has to offer. Loved your interview with Waid

[vancecunningham]

I just jumped onto the current run during the bride of doom story, and was able to catch up within a few issues. Also the ff life story coming out now is pretty good

[justbulls]

Great video! Bookmarking for reference later. You’re the man! :)

[Krypton_Ken]

I missed most of it at the time but I've been reading Claremont & Larocca's FF run lately and really been digging it. Not exactly for beginners but pretty great if you usually enjoy their work.

[Avarn]

Nice to see my favorite superhero team get a list like this and a good one. Awesome work, Omar.

[newspooiechannel]

Outside of a random crossover appearance here or there, the Waid & Wieringo run was where I first jumped into Fasntastic Four when I was getting back into comics after a long absence. I was buying up Marvel Essentials on eBay and one of the sellers reached out and asked if I wanted to buy anything else from his auctions to combine shipping.

Those 6 TPBs ended up being the first non-Essential collections (or Usagi Yojimbo books) that I bought in a good long while and were the precursor to my foray back into comics. And, years later, I sold them away after I "upgraded" to the omnibus.

One could say that without those 6 Fantastic Four trades, I may not be reading comics, buying piles of books I'll never get to before I die or watching Near Mint Condition videos today.

[YellowfinGrouper]

I remember being so impressed with the first Byrne FF when it came out. I love that run. The only thing I didn’t like was the split up between The Thing and Alicia. I thought that was an important part of the character. Some things shouldn’t be messed with.

[eagleal]

I’d basically recommend FF omnibus 1-4 (which I’ve just finished picking up), all time must read classics

[jearl]

I am so bummed that Hickman's FF omnibus has been bumped from this November to January 2022.

[apacheco]

hey omar ! starting from the very beginning is how it should be read. I am now re-reading the fantasic 4 epics now heading into vol 2. such a good read ! stay safe and keep up the great work !

[vitaminpaul-]

Aww man thanks for the recommendation on the the "New Fantastic Four" going to seek that one out!

[SuperSilver]

I’d go Fraction or Robinson over Slott honestly. Underrated run imo is the JMS run!

[jjm]

Never knew about New Fantastic 4. Going to check that out!

[sazmurph]

Fantastic Four 203 was my first ever FF comic! My 2 favorite runs are in here with Byrne and then Claremont's run in Heroes Return.

[matthiasuy]

Thanks for this video. I've been wanting to get on board on the Fantastic Four. Also wondering which run I should start with. This has given me a lot of insights on each run.