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Comic Book Creator Special Thanks For The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The comic book creators who get special thanks in the credits for The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie

Here's a look at the Special Thanks section of the credits to The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie, just released. As well as Jack Kirby and Stan Lee up top, we get a list of creators whose work inspired certain scenes or characters in the film. We have listed them below and suggest the reason they may have been credited. There is also a Jack Kirby quote in the credits, "If you look at my characters, you will find me. No matter what kind of character you create or assume, a little bit of yourself must remain there."

The Fantastic Four was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, also Galactus, Silver Surfer, HERBIE, the Baxter Building, the Fantasti-Car and more.

• Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa – wrote Marvel Knights 4 (2004), Fantastic Four: Season One (2012)
• Mark Bagley – drew Fantastic Four (2012)
• Brian Michael Bendis – co-created and wrote Ultimate Fantastic Four (2004)
• Mark Buckingham – drew Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
• John Buscema – drew Fantastic Four (1970)
• John Byrne – wrote and drew Fantastic Four (1981), wrote The Thing (1983)
• Sean Chen – drew Dark Reign: Fantastic Four (2009)
• Gerry Conway – wrote Fantastic Four (1973)
• Alan Davis – wrote and drew Fantastic Four: The End (2007)
• Tom Defalco – wrote Fantastic Four (1987, 1992), Fantastic Five (1999, 2007)
• Nick Dragotta – drew Fantastic Four #588 (2011) Three Epilogue: Month of Mourning
• Dale Eaglesham – drew Fantastic Four (2009) Solve Everything.
• Neil Edwards – drew Fantastic Four (2009)
• Steve Epting  – drew Fantastic Four (2010)
• Jonathan Hickman – wrote Dark Reign: Fantastic Four (2009), and then Fantastic Four the same year, Solve Everything.
• Stuart Immonen – drew Fantastic Four (2001), Ultimate Fantastic Four (2004)
• Sean Izaakse– drew Fantastic Four Life Story (2021)
• Paul Jenkins – wrote Fantastic Four: Mythos (2007)
• Karl Kesel – wrote and drew Fantastic Four (2002, 2004), including confirming Ben Grimm was Jewish
• Jim Krueger – wrote and co-created Earth X (1999), with a female Silver Surfer
• Adam Kubert – co-created and drew Ultimate Fantastic Four (2004)
• John Paul Leon – drew and co-created Earth X (1999), with a female Silver Surfer
• David Marquez – drew Fantastic Four: Season One (2012)
• Mark Millar – co-created and wrote Ultimate Fantastic Four (2004)
• Ryan North – current writer of Fantastic Four (2002)
• Phil Noto – Fantastic Four First Steps cover (2025)
• Sara Pichelli – drew Fantastic Four (2008)
• Paolo Rivera – drew Fantastic Four: Mythos (2007)
• Alex Ross – designed and co-created Earth X (1999), with a female Silver Surfer
• Mark Russell – wrote Fantastic Four Life Story (2021)
• Dan Slott – wrote Fantastic Four (2008)
• Mark Waid – wrote Fantastic Four (2002)
• Mike Wieringo – drew Fantastic Four (2002)
• Ron Wilson – drew The Thing (1983)
• Chip Zdarsky – wrote Marvel Two-In-One (2017)

Notably missing are Matt Fraction, who wrote the Fantastic Four: First Steps comic, and FF with Mark Bagley, Chris Weston for his First Family image, and neither Jim Cheung or Valerio Schiti for Marvel Two-In-One, nor Carl Burgos, the creator of the original Human Torch.

Update: Apologies, Matt Fraction is mentioned in a consultant role, as well as Glenn David Gold…

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