The Fantastic Four is the comic book that JOHN BYRNE created the most covers for. Over seventy were done including several annuals and fanzines.
The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics oldest title. This is the book from which so many other characters of heroes, villains, extra-terrestrials and supernaturals arose. The F.F. is Marvel’s G.O.A.T. book and when JOHN BYRNE was given the full reins for the title he created something special and, well, fantastic.
As usual, JOHN BYRNE channels some of the great artists that preceded him in order to craft his cover images. In keeping with the books title the cover art would often break through the fourth dimension. Not so much in an M.C. ESCHER type way, but in the sense that these characters communicated freely with the writers, artists and the readers.
The Fantastic Four could be a trippy book at times under BYRNE’s helm. He never lost control either but the spinning carnival ride did get so crazy that even Ben Grimm had to take a timeout. The Thing was replaced for a time with She-Hulk.
Crazy? Yes.
Fantastic? Mos def.
Fantastic Four #282’s cover is one of my all time favorites. Byrne’s most def one of the G.O.A.T’s (no Earl Manigault)
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Yeah, big co-sign on issue # 282.
how about the one where doom’s hand is ripping the cover? that was ill
issue 242 DOOM has the ill NaS squat like in the Halftime video.
uzi on the island in my army jacket lining!
^ Frick. that was the It Aint Hard to Tell video. I’m signing off.