The Fantastic Four Omnibus 2 Hardcover – December 17, 2013

This book is flawless, in every manner I could think of. I could talk about the physical aspects of the book, but you can read about that stuff elsewhere. I'll just talk about the content.Kirby's Fantastic Four is regularly cited as being one of the greatest comics ever made, and this book should convince most people of that. The stories at the beginning of the book are a little lackluster, but somewhere around the first appearance of the Frightful Four, things really kick into high gear, and don't let up for the rest of the book. The stories are only hampered by the inking, the first inker in the book is Chic Stone, and while Stone is capable, he isn't Kirby's greatest inker. Something I found a little funny is Stone makes some of Kirby's women look like Roy Lichenstein paintings. After Stone left, he was replaced by Vince Colletta, one of the most notorious Kirby inkers. His issues are inked in a abysmal fashion, but after the darkest night, the brightest day followed, and Joe Sinnott became the inker of Fantastic Four. Sinnott's inks are perfect, and he is probably one of the three best Kirby inkers (the others being Wally Wood and Mike Royer)Inking aside, the stories are incredible. Included are the issues of Fantastic Four generally considered to be the best, including the Galactus Saga and "This Man, This Monster!". I can't recommend this book enough, and it is much cheaper than buying the masterwork collections that collect the issues in this omnibus.

FF got better and better.....this is history....showing a level of care and intellect that few comic books ever hit....my highest recommendation .....outstanding value

The marvel omnibus is by far "THE" best collected editions in town. Dc tries to do an omnibus book too but theirs are not as good as Marvel's. For example they don't give you that much quantity in their volumes. I'm not saying that DC's collections are bad check the absolute editions for this but is in my opinion that Marvel gives you more for your money. For example in this volume not only do they give you years worth of Stan's and jack's classic run but they also throw in the annuals and not brand ECHh and the color in this book is remastered. I've seen reviews where they express that the pages fall off but I owned 8 of this volumes and it doesn't seen the case. The marvel omnibus is a great way to rediscover old school comic books. Thanks to the color remastered this comics looked amazing, it let's you appreciate the artwork ten times better than its original released. These omnibus books also gives you the fun of collecting again as these books have a limited run and their hard to find status after they're sold out makes them double their price as fast as quicksilver changes from villain to hero to villain to hero.

Sadly, it is rare that great material gets the kind of treatment fans want. If you are a fan of Classic Marvel, The Fantastic Four or Jack Kirby art you will want to get your hands on this book. It was done right. Leather bound edition with awesome Kirby Cover art on the dust jacket. Sturdy binding, thick pages, remastered page art that will not fade like newsprint comics. Plus fan letter pages, bonus art and all kinds of extras.I missed this book when it came out, passing it up thinking I could buy it in the future. In that time the price went up dramatically. I finally got it on Amazon's Market place but I paid almost three times more than I would have if I got it when it came out. It was worth it though. It is my 4th Marvel Omnibus and the best by far. Cosmic adventures, awesome villains, quirky writing. Classic Material the best way it could be packaged.This is one of the most rare Marvel Omnibus books out there now and it has not been reprinted. If you can get it under $200 it is a deal.

i learned reading with the french editions of marvel comics, fantask to name it in which i discovered fantastic four, silver silver surfer and spiderman. it only lasted 7 issues, thanks to the french censorship. the number 8 was full of promises: the inuhumas are among us !!! but the book never came out...but the seed was planted, i grew up collecting comics no matter from wich country they came from. teachers sayed i would finish in jail at best. i did not, i opened an us comics books in paris in wich we sold all the marvel book from the silver age, exept for fantastic for n°1. often with my associate we dreamed of nice books"à la française", but in theses times of great obscurities, all what we got was cheap reprints with ugly color job. today my dreams comes true with magnificent books. imagine the finest aera of ff in a great book with a dust jacket, how could a comic lover live without? i bought also the dardevil miller omnibus and the new xmen. call it a good start for collecting

Volume 1 was just a warm-up: volume 2 is the creme-de-la-creme of Fantastic Four stories. Collecting issues 31-60, and annuals 2-4; this includes some of Stan and Jack's finest work ever on the Fantastic Four. The highlight of course is the Galactus Trilogy, but we also get the first appearances of the Black Panther and the Inhumans, Dr. Doom stealing the Silver Surfer's power cosmic and "This man, this monster"(arguably the greatest single issue of the F.F.) Each issue is a home-run by these guys, and just when you think they can't possibly top themselves, they do. Unbelievable! While these books may seem dated compared to later masterpieces by John Byrne and Jonathan Hickman, this is where every comic fan needs to start. I don't think we'll ever get a more creative duo than Stan and Jack.