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The Fantastic Four's Rocketship to Be Named for the First Time (Spoilers)

Published Mon, 26 Aug 2019 09:00:05 -0500

In 1961, the Fantastic Four rocketed into space in an attempt to fly to the stars. Hit by cosmic rays, the ship crash-landed, the four surviving by transformed by their experience into the superheroes we know today.

But what was the spaceship itself called? It has never been named in any story, then or since, not in the regular Marvel Universe. In Warren Ellis' cynical refutation of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' Marvels series known as Ashes, it was named Astraea ("star-maiden" or "starry night"), the Hellenic goddess of innocence and purity. This was not meant to be taken at face value.

But in the 616 it has remained unnamed – that it until an upcoming comic book names it. And no, it's not Marvel Comics #1000. Or The History of The Marvel Universe. But next month's Fantastic Four #14.

FANTASTIC FOUR #14
(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medina (CA) Mike Deodato
POINT OF ORIGIN begins!
One of Reed Richards' biggest regrets leads to a voyage to the one place in the universe the Fantastic Four have never been.
A bold new chapter into the heart (and the start) of the Marvel Universe… and it all begins here! Don't you dare miss this one!
Rated T In Shops: Sep 04, 2019 SRP: $3.99

And the name of the ship, as will be seen in the preview to the comic book? Dan Slott will put a name to it.

Marvel-1.

Now all we need to know is why Mister Fantastic was tied up on the front cover. Something C.B. Cebulski and Tom Brevoort once said they were working on…