Fantastic Four
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A million-dollar copy of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four #1, and more of the most expensive comics we found at New York Comic Con
How to spend a million dollars at New York Comic Con, the easy way. Comics.
October 10, 2025
Jim McDermott
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Fantastic Four stars Michael Chiklis and Ioan Gruffudd are staging a mini-20th anniversary reunion at NYCC 2025
We may need to rename the Javits Center the Baxter Building, because two members of the Fantastic Four are coming to New York Comic Con 2025
September 12, 2025
Chris Arrant
Guides
H.E.R.B.I.E. - The surprising origins of the Fantastic Four's robot pal, explained [Lore Corner]
From his first appearance in a 1970s cartoon to his introduction to the MCU in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, here is what makes H.E.R.B.I.E. tick.
July 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
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How the visual identity of the Fantastic Four makes it feel like a real family
Marvel's First Family is all about family unity and matching outfits
July 25, 2025
Carl Waldron
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Spoilers!Fantastic Four ending explained: What happened, what the surprises are, and all about that post-credits scene with you know who
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is finally out, and Matt Shakman's film brings big changes to the MCU.
July 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Alan Cumming's supposed X-Men vs. Fantastic Four spoiler from Avengers: Doomsday might not have been as spoilery as we thought (we think!)
Will Cumming's Nightcrawler and Pedro Pascal's Mr. Fantastic go toe-to-toe as Doctor Doom makes his way into the MCU? The answer is less clear than we thought
July 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The best Fantastic Four comics ever published: Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and The Thing unite in the best tales since 1961's first issue
Can you get caught up on sixty years of Marvel's First Family before Fantastic Four: First Steps kicks off Phase 6 of the MCU? Er, no. But we can tell you which of the best comics you can read before then
July 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The origin of the Fantastic Four: First Steps' 'It's Clobberin' Time' is being withheld from the trailers, but its all over the MCU tie-in comic book
It's not just the last Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer that believes that 'it's clobberin' time' is an important element of the FF's core appeal
July 09, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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A major Fantastic Four: First Steps cameo may have just been spoiled by... People Magazine?!?
An in-universe ad for H.E.R.B.I.E. that appeared in the latest issue of People Magazine has MCU fans wondering whether a major upcoming player will appear in this summer's Fantastic Four: First Steps
July 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel is making an R-rated Fantastic Four comic where they all become zombies
Marvel Zombies: Red Band will retell the Fantastic Four's first space voyage with an undead twist
June 26, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
How Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four quietly re-envisioned superhero gender equality in 1961
Instead of wearing a skirt or a dress, Sue Storm matched her Fantastic Four teammates by wearing their now iconic jumpsuits
June 24, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
Features
The great Marvel Swap: Why the MCU’s Next Captain America, Iron Man, and Avengers are the biggest gamble since Phase One [Marvel Matters]
Can the MCU survive its own legacy? Inside Marvel Studios' quiet revamp of Iron Man, Captain America, and the Avengers
June 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Why Doctor Doom isn't going to be in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and why its the right move again for Marvel Studios [Marvel Matters]
Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be the first FF movie with no Doctor Doom, and the studio & the director have a good reason for that (but also a loophole).
June 10, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Ahead of First Steps, Marvel relaunches the Fantastic Four’s comic series by sending them back in time
This July, to coincide with The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie, Marvel's First Family will start all over with a new #1
March 19, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
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Marvel Matters: How DC Studios' Superman and Marvel Studios' Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man follow an origin trend the MCU has been doing for years
We know you know the origin story. Here is them doing some cool stuff instead.
January 07, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Whatever happened to the pre-Marvel Fantastic Four movies? The MCU's new first family goes from failure to franchise and back again, with a cameo stint in the middle
Unlike many superhero franchises, the Fantastic Four got to run, climb, stumble, and fall before their First Steps
December 17, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel comic creators visit the Baxter Building and meet Sue Storm on the set of Fantastic Four: First Steps
Not amongst the Marvel talent on set for the new Marvel Studios movie was Jonathan Hickman, but not because he wasn't invited
October 28, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Midnight Mass star Rahul Kohli sets the record straight on how close he actually got to being Marvel's Reed Richards
Rahul Kohli was fancast as the MCU's Mr. Fantastic for years. But at New York Comic Con 2024, Kohli cleared the air on how close he actually got. Spoiler alert, not very
October 23, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Louise Simonson partially blamed herself for John Byrne's exit as Marvel's best-selling X-Men comic book artist - "I thought I killed it"
Speaking at Baltimore Comic Con 2024, storied X-editor Louise Simonson described artist John Byrne's infamous exit from the book and, in her own words, her part in it
October 10, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - The cast, release date, plot, and more behind MCU's next tentpole
There have been four failed Fantastic Four movies - now Marvel Studios will do it themselves with First Steps.
September 11, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
Guides
How to watch Marvel’s Fantastic Four movies & TV series in release and chronological order
Fantastic Four: How to watch Marvel’s First Family in release and chronological order
September 09, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel Comics gives the Fantastic Four a 2-month break before a big 2025
A "scheduling issue" is giving the Fantastic Four comics a two-month vacation.
August 25, 2024
Chris Arrant
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Marvel reveals big changes are coming to the Fantastic Four in 2025
After a mysterious tease at the Diamond Comics Distributors lunch at San Diego Comic Con, we four-see (ha!) big things in the future
July 26, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
All of Marvel Studios big announcements from San Diego Comic-Con 2024
Marvel likes to bring the surprises and the big names to SDCC, and boy, did they do that this year
July 18, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
All 47 Marvel Comics' cartoons, ranked from best to worst!
We rank every Marvel related cartoon! Who got first place, and which show was the worst?
July 04, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Guides
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Blade's out, Spidey's back in, and everything is headed towards... Doomsday (Well, Avengers: Doomsday) in the next few years
After Deadpool & Wolverine, it's time for the Avengers to return to the MCU, alongside the Fantastic Four and... Doctor Doom?
June 17, 2024
Graeme McMillan
Features
Who should John Malkovich play in Marvel's Fantastic Four? You tell us
Who should Being John Malkovich's Malkovich be?
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Sorry nerds, Marvel is Cinema™ now - Fantastic Four has cast John Malkovich
Get those impressions ready gang, Gen Z will finally understand them
May 09, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!X-Men family secrets revealed and Blood Hunt’s chronology conundrum in this week’s Marvel Watcher Report
The Watcher’s Report: The biggest changes in Marvel Comics this week
May 08, 2024
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Michael Chabon's Fantastic Four: The movie and two comics projects that almost had him write Marvel's first family
Michael Chabon almost wrote Marvel's Fantastic Four three times - twice in comics, and once in movies
March 07, 2024
Chris Arrant
Features
Fantastic Four release date: When to expect Marvel Studios' next big franchise coming out just days after Superman: Legacy
Marvel's 'first family' is back with an all-star cast.
February 20, 2024
Fran Ruiz
Features
The coolest Marvel Universe Easter eggs you'll find at Universal's Marvel Superhero Island
A guide to all those little loving details at Superhero Island
December 26, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Spoilers!How Marvel apparently avoided COVID-19 pandemic in its comic universe
Did the Marvel Universe experience the pandemic? According to Fantastic Four #14, it was stopped by AI.
December 07, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four movie director reveals plans once the Actor's Strike is resolved
It seems like Reed Richards and the Fantastic family will get in front of cameras sooner rather than later.
October 09, 2023
Fran Ruiz
Features
Spoilers!Meet Marvel’s Dinosaur Avengers
Apparently, the Marvel multiverse has a world where all the heroes and villains are dinosaurs, which is kind of awesome.
October 04, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel's Skrulls: Understanding Marvel's shapeshifters before MCU's Secret Invasion on Disney+
Everything you need to know about Marvel's Skrulls ahead of Secret Invasion
June 20, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Spoilers!How does Kamala Khan die? Ms. Marvel’s final moments explained
How did the death of Ms. Marvel go down? Let’s explore Kamala Khan’s last stand.
May 31, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
20th century boys: the (temporary) end of the superhero set
The short-term disappearance of the superhero post-World War II
May 18, 2023
Graeme McMillan
Features
How Kang the Conquerer could be related to Reed Richards, Doctor Doom, or both
Is Marvel’s Kang the father of Reed Richards, or a distant descendant?
February 23, 2023
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel Studios' Fantastic Four director confirmed as Matt Shakman from WandaVision
Shenkman had left his gig as Star Trek 4 director for the new position
September 13, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel relaunches Fantastic Four as a throwback to '60s Star Trek style stories
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl writer will bring a new intimacy to Marvel's First Family
August 17, 2022
Graeme McMillan
Features
Four ways that Dan Slott changed the Fantastic Four for the better
As the writer leaves the Marvel title he helped restore, a retrospective on what Dan Slott brought to the FF
August 12, 2022
Graeme McMillan
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Marvel Studios has "big names" on its wishlist for the Fantastic Four director
Who could direct the next Fantastic Four film? We have some ideas
June 02, 2022
Chris Arrant