Bring out yer dead!

Yet another comicbook character bites the dust! According to a CNN story we can soon expect a founding member of the Fantastic Four to die in the near future. (ho-humm) Yeah, like we haven’t heard that one before. Sure Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Bucky Barnes, The Green Goblin, Harry Osborn, The Flash, Captain America, and a myriad of other characters have “died” (including one or two of the fabled FF itself already) only to come back to life, so why are we to believe this pap has any more staying power than any of those deaths?

Well, because Marvel tells us so.

Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort made it crystal clear: “A core character from the series, whom you've seen in the [2005 and 2007] films, will be no more,” he told CNN.

Yeah, right. If it lasts a year I’ll be totally surprised, but you are hearing it here, if not first, and least first from me, it wont last. Let me make this prediction, whoever it is that dies, will be back sometime before the next Movie or TV appearance of the FF, because we all know that Marvel allows the tail to wag the dog.

My pal, sometimes writing partner, and huge FF fan John Wilcox likes to remark that Stan Lee has been the only writer that has been able to consistently keep the team together (100+ issues, as I recall). Now that's what I consider to be an interesting story.

And now, for something completely different...

More on the FF at BK

As I pointed out in my last post, The Fantastic Four are currently over at Burger King, and the (six) toys that they are issuing with the release of the new FF/Surfer Film (Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer) are actually quite cool.

The Toys have sort of an exaggerated anime feel to them, and — while they don’t “do” anything (light up, spin around, etc.) they stand really well, and — like I said, look very cool.

Last time out I posted photos of Torch, Mr. Fantastic, The Surfer and Thing. This time I’m delivering a picture of the final two of the series, Invisible Woman and Dr. Doom.

I can only hope that next year’s Iron Man, Hulk, and Nick Fury flicks will also arrive with fast food toys as cool as these. Oh yeah, also due out Next year are The Dark Knight (Batman), and Wonder Woman (but neither of those are due out until 2008).