Fantastic Four

hmmm

I think JB's work on FF was by far his best, but and however...

I think his work on Superman has been the longest-lasting. It has taken the people who followed him on Superman years to tear apart his legacy of the character, and sometimes it seems just to spite JB himself: "See? THIS bit is something you should have kept, Knucklehead!" But I think that his run on FF was disregarded nearly as soon as he quit the title.

Yesterday: Clark Kent

Today: Fantastic Four

Superman for me.  I didn't "get" Superman's world until I saw it through JB's pen.

Monday 12/8 toss-up: which would you rather read - Metamorpho versus The Absorbing Man or Superman versus The Juggernaut?

Bonus: name your creative team(s)

Superman versus The Juggernaut

written by JB

drawn by JRJR

Superman versus The Juggernaut

With Writers Kurt Busiek, Mike W. Barr

         Pencils JB, Inks Dick Giordano

         Editor Murray Boltinoff (if still living)

Catching up...

- Better at his "day job?" Clark Kent over Peter Parker by a country mile. Clark actually is a successful, highly respected journalist. Poor Peter can barely make ends meet and usually seems one step away from getting the pink slip from Jonah.

(As much as I love Gerry Conway - he's my favorite Spider-Man writer, I disagreed with the storyline he wrote where Peter published a book of his Spider-Man photos. That was a bit too "successful" for Peter Parker, I think.)

- JB's legacy? I'll have to go with Superman because he really did reinvent the character, in a way. Maybe "reinvent" isn't the right word, but JB did recast Superman for the modern era.

In the case of his Fantastic Four run, he didn't reinvent the concept; rather, he just told some great FF stories. I actually like the Fantastic Four run better, but I think his Superman work has had more of a lasting impact.

- Superman vs. The Juggernaut, by Roger Stern and John Byrne.