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I'm not a big Fantastic Four guy. Never read them growing up. But after reading Mark Waid's run, I realized how amazing they could be at their best. Waid writes old school comic book stories, where the heroes actually feel like they're in danger and they manage to get out of it in exciting ways. This is what comic books really ought to be.

And the art by the late Mike Wieringo is perfect for it. It's easy to underestimate Wieringo, 'cause at first glance he looks so solidly...comic book-y. But his art is so clear and dynamic...you know how Plato said there's a perfect form for everything? Wieringo is the Platonic ideal of comic book art.

This is one of five books I keep on my show-off living room shelves for when people say, "I've never read a comic book...are they actually sometimes cool?"