Fantastic Four

by Peter David

Book Overview

Mr Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing use their incredible powers for the good of mankind and to protect the world from the forces of evil, and Dr Doom. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416509801
• ISBN13: 9781416509806
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Pocket Star Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Four Rule!

This is an awesome superhero book i've read lately. This book has little aditions to it from the movie. The auther describes each character very well. This book i recomend to all marvel comic book fans. If you liked this book check out The movie, soundtrack, game and the motion picture score.

Fantastic Book! A Must Read!

This book is awesome and (no pun intended) fantastic! I never take my time to write a review and this is my first. Fantastic 4 is a very entertaining read. And I agree with the past reviewer as I also could not put this book down. It was a real page turner, I just wanted to keep on reading, and only a VERY GOOD book makes me do that. I will admit that some of the dialogue is cringe worthy, but other parts defintely make up for that. Every character was handled well, and you could really feel for some of the characters (especially with Ben). All in all, I was also quite impressed with this novel, and even though I was hyped about this movie before, I am now SUPER-hyped about the movie after reading this book. Thanks to this book, I am now really looking forward to the movie as I know it will be FANTASTIC! This could defintely have the potential to be the next "X-Men", or even the next "Spider-Man".

Read this 'Four' a 'Fantastic' 'Reed', excuse all the puns..

*STORY* - A crew of four men and a woman go on a scientific trip to space into the center of a cosmic storm; perhaps to somehow unlock the secrets of the human gentic code. However, things go teribly wrong when the cosmic storm moves at an astonishingly acclerating rate. The cosmic radiation changes and mutates their DNA... changing their very lives and future. *CHARACTERS* - Here are brief sketches of the characters from the book and upcoming summer movie for the year 2005... Dr. Reed Richard (Mr. Fantastic) - A scientific genius whose ultimately problem is thinking too much before taking any action, Reed inevitably becomes the leader of what will become the Fantastic4. His new powers enables him to stretch and contort his body into any shape. Susan Storm (Invisible Girl) - Reed's ex-girlfriend who still harbors feeling for the scientist while continually being frustrated by him, has the power to make herself become invisible and create force fields. Ben Grimm (The Thing) - Reed's best friend and former astronaut-from-Brooklyn, he's known for his surly manner and dry humor. The radiation mutated him into a rock-like, superhumanly stronge 'thing'. Johnny Storm (The Human Torch) - Sue's hotheaded younger brother, he's known for chasing thrills (not to mention the ladies...). His abilites include engulfing his body into flames and flying. Victor Von Doom (Doctor Doom) - The financier for the whole expidition into space, he is Reed's long time rival who is now a billionaire industrialist. Though many believed him to have been kept safe from the radiation, he actually did not escape the 'incident' unscathes and unchanged... *REVIEW* - "Fantastic4" was a very, VERY enjoyable read, one which I could not put down without wanting to pick it back up again. I was quite impressed with Peter David's writing; he chooses his words well, using every 'cliche' so uniquely that it's quite novel to read about the 'solid' Ben Grimm, 'smoking' Johnny Storm, and etc. As the other reviewer commented, some of the 'physical' humor/action is slightly awkward to read at times, Johnny's ski 'trip' coming most to mind. I'm sure that on screen it would come off better (hopefully). On the other hand, the book gives much more details which I know for a fact that will never be portrayed well in the movie. Peter David gives a nice insight into the minds of each of the characters, most especially that of Ben Grimm. The turmoil in him from being 'the Thing' is well written. *CLOSING* - I was quite impressed with the novel and though like many of the recent movies F4 has a lot of action, some even 'unnecessary' to some degree, I am looking forward to the character development, if well done, could make this on par with the likes of superhero movie giants, "X-Men" and "Spider-Man".

The only word that describes this adaptation is Fantastic!!!

Im not sure why all of the internet fanboys hate this treatment of the F.F. I have seen and read every major comic adaptation over the last 15 years,and this story is as good if not better than Spidermans last outing. I was not the worlds biggest fan of the F.F. but after seeing the trailers for this film and learning that 2 of my favorite TV personalities were involved in major roles,McMahon,Chiklis,it quickly became a must see movie. Also upon learning that the always ''fantastic'' Peter David was writting the tie in novel,my anticipation grew. David has captured on page what I as a moviegoer had always pictured a F.F. film to be. The origin of the groups powers,fanboy insider info,and hilarious tounge in cheek interaction between the group. If a fraction of this translates onto the movie screen, then another superhero franchise has been born.

This is a fantastic book...hope the movie translates as well

The only reason this didn't get a five is because I need to actually see how Doom translates on the screen...being a Doom fanatic, it will be important to see how this works. Overall, the characterizations are flawless for the F4...The Thing is miserable over his rocky exterior, the Human Torch is arrogant, cocky, and a ladies man, the two of them bicker back and forthy like they should, Invisible Womanis the motherly type, trying to keep everyone focused and offer support. She is also the director of genetic research at Von Doom Industries. Mr. Fantastic is the resident brain of the group but he is unsure of himself, as he tries to take care of everyone at once, he falls prey to... Victor Von Doom, aka Dr. Doom, who runs Von Doom Industries and after the cosmic storm, becomes obsessed with destroying Richards and his family ! I can't wait until July 8 !