Fantastic Four – Volume 07 Issue 19

“The Perfect Storm”

Professor Richards has been kidnapped, and Masters Investigations has been hired to find the mug that did It. Who had the motive to make the top scientist at E.S.U. disappear? Was it Reeds’ future brother-in-law and hotheaded grease monkey, Johnny Storm? Or, maybe the weapons-hungry G-Men at S.H.I.E.L.D.? It’s time for Alicia Masters-Grimm and her seeing eye dog Princess to call in a favor. Next stop, the police desk of “King” McKenzie. Can that Copper still be trusted?

Later that night, Alicie’s husband Benjamin joins her downtown at the exclusive nightclub owned by notorious underworld mob boss Harvey Elder. Of all the gin joints in all of New York city, Alicia, why did you dare come into this one? Even your muscle, Benjamin Grimm, can’t strong-arm his way out of this dilemma. Better run for your jalopy while you still can, see! 

Reviewer Notes 

Yay. We get a good old-fashioned 1930’s gumshoe detective story thanks to a D-List supervillain! I won’t spoil it for anyone, but…IT’S A TRAP! If you like old Humphrey Bogart film noir movies or more recent Sin City type story settings, then you will love issue nineteen of the Fantastic Four. 

I did find one flub on the penciller’s part. But artist Carlos Gomez gets a no pass in this issue. One of the gunsels starts firing a .38 cal long barrel revolver in one panel. In the next panel, Alicia states she can hear the man changing magazines. Oops. Alicia might need to get her hearing checked. I don’t know. I thought it was funny.

I’m a fan of the old detective stuff from the silver screen era of movies, so I might be biased here, but I did enjoy this one. The coloring on this book is a total tribute to movies like Sin City and Schindler’s List. I give this issue four out of five stars.

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