Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules

I can't believe that this is a Marvel book. While it does have the words "Fantastic Four" in the title, and the characters are loosely based on the heroes we know so well, this is not a hero book at all, but rather just a complex analysis of these four flawed characters. It feels more like a Fantagraphics book, something like Love and Rockets or Stray Bullets. It's extremely well written (Sturm does a great job making us care about these characters even though they're mostly jerks-- their realism makes up for that), and the art is great. It's weird that neither of these guys really did anything else big afterward. Anyway, just buy it it's great.

RATING: 83%