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Fantastic Four #150
Issue(s): Fantastic Four #150
Cover Date: Sep 74
Title: "Ultron-7: He'll rule the world! / The wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver!"
Credits:
Gerry Conway - Writer
Rich Buckler - Penciler
Joe Sinnott - Inker
Review/plot:
This book is divided into two stories. The first is a continuation of the Ultron fight from Avengers #127.
The combined might of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the Inhumans...
...is not enough to stop the giant Ultron/Omega combination...
...but Franklin Richards wakes up from his coma and uses his powers to disable the robot.
Reed says that after expending his energy, Franklin's powers are gone.
The second story is the actual wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver.
There's a nice moment between Thor and Iron Man talking about their messed up love lifes.
This issue and the Avengers story preceding it do a decent job in presenting these characters during some downtime moments and spending some time developing their characters a bit.
Quality Rating: C+
Historical Significance Rating: 5 - wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver
Chronological Placement Considerations: Continued directly from Avengers #127
References:
- Omega previously appeared in Fantastic Four #131-132.
- Maximus found Ultron's decapitated head after the fight with the Avengers in Avengers #68.
- The reason Black Bolt feels guilt for his brother Maximus' mental condition was revealed in Avengers #95.
- Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Girl reflect back on their wedding in Fantastic Four annual #3.
- The Whizzer, supposedly Quicksilver's father, watches the marriage from his hospital bed in Avengers Mansion. He was injured in Giant-Size Avengers #1.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
Inbound References (14): showCharacters Appearing: Agatha Harkness, Alicia Masters, Black Bolt, Crystal, Franklin Richards, Gorgon, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Iron Man, Karnak, Lockjaw, Mantis, Maximus, Medusa, Mr. Fantastic, Omega, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman, Thing, Thor, Triton, Ultron, Vision, Whizzer 1974 / Box 8 / EiC: Roy Thomas Previous:
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Comments
This story, unfortunately, is a good example of Gerry Conway's cavalier attitude towards continuity. Too many panels and lines of dialogue don't seem to jibe with Steve Englehart's first story half, and the panel with Ultron's head seems lifted from the end of Avengers #58, skipping his 2nd appearance entirely. These types of inaccuracies throughout Gerry's 1970s comics career probably generate from his habit of lifting dialogue from TV cop shows and writing REALLY fast to make as much money as possible(according to an interview in a TwoMorrows fan magazine, his record was 90 scripted pages over a 3-day weekend).
Iron Man's nose came from Mike Friedrich after he misinterpreted a comment from Stan Lee.
Johnny Storm's reaction to Crystal marrying Quicksilver: "You want to be with that arrogant windbag instead of me? Fine! Just you wait! In another four decades I'm going to be dating your older, hotter sister! You know what she can do with that hair of hers, don't you?" :P
