Sunday @ New York Comic Con

Peter Laird

Laird, Jim Lawson and Steve Lavigne signed the only copy of Planet Racers seen at the con

Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers and Irwin Hasen

Costumes: Jessica Drew Spider-Woman, Ben Reilly Spider-Man, anime character (Battle for the Planets?) and the obligatory Storm Trooper

Keith Giffen

signed by Giffen and Kevin Maguire

Jack Kirby's Fourth World Series II (Superman's head even looks like it was redrawn by Curt Swan!)

Grant Morrison gets swarmed at the DC booth

The Incredible Hulk

Peter David and Jason Aaron (no last names allowed at this table)

signed by David

All Star Batman and All Star Superman Toys

JLU toyline continues to expand

signed by Louise Simonson

behind the scenes at The Stack

Through the looking glass: Mike Mignola and Mike Richardson

signed by Bryan Hitch

signed by Steve McNiven and Dexter Vines

Surprisingly, the most surreal sight of the day wasn't at the New York Comic Con...




(special thanks to Sara for the passes!)

Lost Kirby found at Best Buy

Fantastic Four #108 (art by John Buscema)

Jack Kirby's art for Fantastic Four #102 was shelved by Stan Lee- although parts were used as flashbacks in issue #108 (above). Marvel has released the lost issue as a Best Buy DVD exclusive (with Silver Surfer figurine, natch).

More info here.

Everything you always wanted to know about the FF * but were afraid to ask

With this weekend's big Fantastic Four news, it might be a good time to catch up on everything that's happened over that past 46 years to Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben at FFplaza.com.

Bachalo's Fantastic Four vs. Super Skrull

From Wizard March 1998

Who was that masked foursome?

Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer Urban Legends are revealed over at Comics Should Be Good. When the FF adopted more traditional superhero suits in issue 3, they were originally set to wear masks. This idea was thankfully scrapped before it reached the printer. It seems unnecessary to sport a mask when you're on a first name basis with the commissioner (in the above panels).It surprised me to see that Ben Grimm's helmet made an appearance. In the 90s, during Tom Defalco and Paul Ryan's underrated run on the series, the Thing adopted the helmeted look to hide some Wolverine-inflicted battle scars. I always wondered why the statues of the early FF (where Ben gets this accessory) featured a helmet-wearing Thing...

Ben Grimm as Blackbeard

This temporal anomaly (from FF #5) takes first place in the AV Club's top ten weirdest moments from the past 46 years of the Fantastic Four.

Existentialators at 110%!!

from Fantastic Four #341
cover, interiors by Walter Simonson

Simonson was the writer on Fantastic Four from 1989 to 1991 and the artist from 1990 to 1991. He was succeeded by the team of Tom DeFalco and Paul Ryan.

He currently writes "Hawkgirl" for DC Comics.