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Scott Adsit
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Posted: 25 July 2025 at 11:42pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
I recently recorded a podcast called We Got This with Mark & Hal. The show is always a lively debate of superlatives, such as The Best Superpower, The Best Appetizer or The Best 80's Music Video. For this episode, the guest is me and the topic is 

Best Fantastic Four Member

Come listen to Hal, Mark, their producer (and Byrne Robotics member) Ken Plume and myself as we discuss and debate.

Ken, Hal and I are FF devotees and Mark has certainly done his research!

https://maximumfun.org/episodes/we-got-this-with-mark-and-ha l/539-best-fantastic-four-member-with-scott-adsit-and-ken-pl ume/

(Couldn't get the hyperlink to work, so close the gap in the link above when you copy/paste it.)

Be sure to listen till the end and see if you agree with our assessments.







Edited by Scott Adsit on 25 July 2025 at 11:49pm
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 1:54am | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Will have a listen, Scott. 

(Reed is the best member of the FF).
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Joe Smith
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 11:33am | IP Logged | 3 post reply
Reed’s mah boy!
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John Byrne

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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 12:05pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
Sue was the most fun to write. Ben the most fun to draw. Reed the most intellectually challenging. And Johnny was just sorta… there.

(I have noted before that one cannot write someone smarter than oneself, which is a standard challenge with Reed. Of course, the trick there is that I can spend days doing the necessary research for something he comes up with in seconds!)

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Ryan Maxwell
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 1:05pm | IP Logged | 5 post reply
Reed went through all your sources years earlier and memorized every last detail. 

Deep love for Ben here. 
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Matt Reed
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 1:15pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply
Another vote for the Thing here.  I love both the humor and pathos of the character.  I’ve also long had a love for brutes like he and the Hulk.  
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ron bailey
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 2:15pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply
Hands down the Thing. 
I used to judge the FF artists that would recognize that Ben had his own unique physically in terms of posture, weight distribution, agility, etc. 
I don't care for the depictions where he simply is a big guy covered in orange rocks with a few less digits. 
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Edward Aycock
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 2:29pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply
I liked how JB really made Sue such an interesting and strong character during his run, such as when she faced off against Jean Grey.  Definitely a favorite for me.  

I also got a kick out of how her hair gradually grew and changed from 1981-1984.  It gets visibly longer and longer each issue until she finally starts pulling it back.  
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Doug Centers
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply
The "best"?

I got Reed as most valuable if that's what is meant by best.
Sue, most powerful if so written.
My favorite, Ben. So much personality and charisma and I lean towards the tanks in team settings.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply
I also got a kick out of how her hair gradually grew and changed from 1981-1984. It gets visibly longer and longer each issue until she finally starts pulling it back.

•••

The kind of thing that really confuses people who struggles with the difference between “comicbook time” and real time.

(Also a manifestation of my having gotten married, and having a living woman to serve as a behavioral model!)

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Craig Earl
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply
Love them all, but one vote for Johnny here...!
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Brian ONeill
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Posted: 26 July 2025 at 8:04pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply
JB made Sue interesting!
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