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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIAN MCMAHON
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIAN MCMAHON
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIAN MCMAHON
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIAN MCMAHON
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIAN MCMAHON
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIAN MCMAHON
Darkhold: Spider-Man by Alex Paknadel (writer), Dio Neves (artist), Jim Charalampidis (colorist), and VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer)
Reed: “I would have done anything to keep them alive, Peter. Anything. Sometimes I wonder if they were all that was holding me together.”
We’ve almost read to the end of the Darkhold, with just one last issue left in this event: Darkhold Omega. As far as these character one-shots have gone, the Spider-Man issue is definitely one of the better ones. We’re taken to a world where one day, for no reason at all, everything began to unravel - buildings, vehicles, even people. And the only thing that can bind things temporarily back together is Spider-Man’s webbing. Most of the heroes are gone or have lost themselves in a mad cycle, leaving Mister Fantastic and Peter to try to put the city back together.
To me, this story seems to really be dealing with the concept of grief and how we respond to it. We can be like Uncle Ben and seek out places of stillness, where the quiet allows us to reflect and remember. We can be like Aunt May and throw ourselves into tasks, working as hard as we can in order to avoid remembering. Peter takes the Aunt May approach, sleeping barely 3 hours each night and repeating a ghastly daily fantasy where Gwen, his unraveling wife, thinks that it is always their anniversary. Every day, he does the same routine with her, living with a ghost in an endless Groundhog’s Day style loop. Richards takes a similar approach, throwing himself so much into his work that he abandons human form, becoming just a thinking puddle of bones and organs on the floor. In his grief, Reed has lost his humanity. This comic shows Peter similarly lose his, as he collapses under the immense weight and pressure of being responsible for every person in NYC every moment of every day - the horrific extreme of what it is to be Spider-Man, to have everyone depend on you, to live in a town of ghosts.
It’s a chilling, somber read - with some brief bits of levity brought on by Peter’s quips, but they still have a tiredness to them, indicating the mental state of our protagonist. The artwork has an almost surreal quality to it, like we’re glimpsing at a dream or a reality that is just slightly out of focus.
The only real improvement I’d make to this is I would have liked for the unraveling to be a logical progression from Peter’s story, similarly to how both Iron Man and Wasp’s tales had a clear point where you can go “oh, this is where the path diverts.” But overall, it’s a quietly horrific story, which is definitely the vibe the creative team had in mind for this.
Verdict: Seven out of ten webs
The original Fantastic Four movies were my introduction to the Marvel universe so my Mr.Fantastic will always be Ioan Gruffudd
nothing against Pedro Pascal, I love him, but for me, Ioan Gruffudd will always be the iconic, most perfect Reed Richards and no one else can play him like Ioan does.
that being said, it would be super great to see Ioan as Reed again where he teamed up with Pedro’s Reed and John Krasinski’s Reed (so we had 3 Reed Richards variants from different timelines).
also credit to @doseofthreecuties , thank you for putting these photos together. our Reed Richards ♡
Happy birthday Julian McMahon 🎂🎉🎈
IOAN GRUFFUDD as REED RICHARDS Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer • 2007
Reed Richards after Victor yelled at him
Happy birthday to Mister Fantastic himself, Ioan Gruffudd
Fantastic Four #7 - “The Enemy of the Good” (2023)
written by Ryan North art by Iban Coello & Jesus Aburtov
Happy birthday to our beloved Julian McMahon
this man was my childhood crush and now I WANNA SEE HIM IN MCU (FROM SOME UNIVERSE)
PLEASE
PLEASE
PLEAAAAASE
IOAN GRUFFUDD as REED RICHARDS Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer • 2007
Happy birthday to the fantastic Ioan Gruffudd
just to break up my uploads
Julian McMahon appreciation post in honor of his birthday today.
Happy birthday, Doctor Doom ♡
Happy birthday to Mister Fantastic, Ioan Gruffudd
Fan art found on Pinterest. Credit to the artist