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Back in 1991, before Marvel comics completely tanked creatively and financially, they gave Walt Simonson writing and penciling duties on "The Fantastic Four," issues #350, 352, 353, and 354. (Number 351 was a throwaway, "filler" issue.) I doubt the title has seen such a highlight since then. These four issues are some of the best mainstream comic entertainment I have read. And issue 352 stands alone as a pinnacle not just of the series, but the art form...
...other two issues of this Walt Simonson run, 353 and 354, are more or less denouements to the story that begins and ends in 350 and 352. Still, they are highly imaginative and even funny, involving the team's tangle with a cosmic bureaucracy known as the Time Variance Authority...
...will offer such grownup attractions as live entertainment at the House of Blues and the world's most elaborate sports bar at ESPN Zone. You will be able to get an adult beverage, both there and in one of the gourmet restaurants in the new park. (What would Uncle Walt think!) And plopped right in the middle of it all is the Grand Californian, a 751-room craftsman-style luxury hotel that's part Gustav Stickley, part Swiss chalet and all Disney...
...prevent the customers from leaving until Mickey has all their money. Disneyland was designed to be a one-day romp for most guests; Disney's California Adventure is a multiple-day, capital-R Resort. "We really transformed Orlando into a resort-vacation destination," says Paul Pressler, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. "And now our second park here in Southern California is striving to do the same thing...
...that's fine for a state that was established on gold fever and whose most famous exports are Baywatch, Tom Cruise...and the Disney empire. Why shouldn't a Disney "California" be Disneyfied? Walt's people invented the idea of an amusement park as a spiffy alternative universe. They perfected it. They still do it best...