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It looks like Ike Perlmutter's longstanding war against Fox for owning the movie rights to the X-Men and the Fantastic Four may finally be coming to an end! According to a report from CNBC, 21st Century Fox has been in talks with Disney in recent weeks to sell most of itself, excluding a small portion[...]

But one line in particular is standing out for most: Racism's the only thing he's Fantastic 4 cause that's how he gets his rocks off, he's orange. Naturally, as a comic fan that line is both hilarious and kind of sad when you think about it. Makes you wonder why Trump backer Ike Perlmutter hasn't taken the Fantastic Four[...]

Fantastic Four figures have needed updates for years now For reasons outside Hasbro's control, for a long time they were not able to give us what we all wanted Then out of nowhere two summers ago, the unthinkable happened They showed off a Sue Storm figure And not only that, she came with H.E.R.B.I.E[...]

There have been rumors surrounding the Fantastic Four for years now As soon as comic book movies started to hit it big, we started getting rumors and terrible releases It's amazing to think that the Fantastic Four movies are somehow getting worse with the abysmal 2015 version ranking as one of the worst superhero movies[...]

The Alex Ross Instagram account posted a brand-new piece of artwork featuring Reed Richards and Sue Storm in what appear to be new Fantastic Four uniforms. Both have been absent from the Marvel Universe since the end of Secret Wars, as part of a decision by Marvel executives not to publish any more comics called Fantastic Four,[...]

Infamous Iron Man #11 has decent moments and plot points (and Alex Maleev could make a drawing of a phonebook captivating), but it's still mediocre overall.

He designed imaginative and unique characters that most people couldn't have even fathomed had he not helped create them. The Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, Black Panther, the Silver Surfer, Doctor Doom, the Red Skull, the New Gods, the Challengers of the Unknown, Etrigan the Demon, OMAC, Kamandi, and so many more[...]

His long and prolific career had him working on every style of comic imaginable, but it was with superhero books that he is most remembered. Kirby created or or co-created some of the most memorable characters of all time, including Captain America, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, the Avengers, The X-Men, Black Panther, Silver Surfer,[...]

To say that the 2015 version of Fantastic Four was bad is doing a disservice to the word "bad" It's one of the worst comic book movies to come out in years, and it was critically slammed by anyone who wasted their time to go see it It was a movie that ruined the career[...]

George Marston has written a most remarkable article for Newsarama looking at the continued lack of publication of the Fantastic Four, interviewing a number of those involved and coming to a conclusion by somehow not ever being aware of the considerable coverage Bleeding Cool have given this subject over the years and the debate that[...]

His most recent title at Marvel was Senior Vice President of Production and Development. Latcham will now work for Fox, which has been engaged in a shadow war with Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter over the movie rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men Though Kevin Feige now controls Marvel Studios without oversight from Perlmutter, he has[...]

The Fantastic Four may not be getting a whole lot of love elsewhere in the Marvel Universe, but they are in this weeks TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read)… well, sort of What they're really doing here is going over the original introduction of the Inhumans from Fantastic Four #45 from December 1965 by Stan Lee[...]

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has once again debunked rumors that the Fantastic Four will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but maybe we should still hold out hope. Marvel's First Family have been absent from the company's cinematic slate after their movie rights were sold off to Fox, the beginning of a war between Fox[...]

Here was the first image he shared: You get the idea of what he's doing here, recreating the original Fantastic Four #1 cover by Jack Kirby with the Inhumans in there place… but using five figures instead of four And look at that detail work on the monster. First he added Black Bolt in place of the[...]

And what does Uncanny Avengers have to do with the Fantastic Four?! To promote the latest Marvel Legacy series details and creative team reveal, Marvel broke out the big guns! Top exec Tom Brevoort accompanied writer Jim Zub to talk about Uncanny Avengers in an EXCLUSIVE Previews World interview Brevoort, of course, wasted no time in[...]

He mentioned that when he interviewed Stan Lee at the Paley Center earlier in the year, they discussed Joan and her influence on Stan Lee's work, and his decision to write the Fantastic Four in the first place.  Originally planned for release later this year, they have chosen to put this clip on-line today, in memory[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. I just got done reading Rich's article, Marvel Comics Claims The Fantastic Four Was Cancelled Because It Didn't Sell – But Marvel Two-In-One Could Bring It Back. I am stunned that Marvel or anyone at Marvel would claim sales were the reason the Fantastic Four[...]

I mean they are to be admired, but sometimes are worth a little unpicking such as his  "We are publishing FANTASTIC FOUR Next month, we will be publishing FANTASTIC FOUR A year from now, assuming that it's still selling well, we will be publishing FANTASTIC FOUR" from 2014. Because, yes, with Bleeding Cool, the classic example[...]

But what about the Fantastic Four? Legend has it Fox must make a Fantastic Four movie every seven years lest they lose the rights back to Marvel, but it may be longer than that before the stench of Josh Trank's 2015 bomb is properly washed away from the minds of the moviegoing public. However, if Fox[...]

Yesterday, Marvel Comics promised us an announcement about their upcoming Legacy initiative that would change the comic book industry, with Legacy

We wondered how Marvel would get around the restriction not to publish any comics called Fantastic Four, as placed upon it by chairman Ike Perlmutter after a particularly fruitless meeting with Fox Studios a few years ago. Marvel had teased to retailers a "Fantastic 3" image earlier in the year, but Bleeding Cool revealed that was[...]

Most comic book readers agree that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby got it right the first time when they decided that "four" would be exactly the right number of fantastic for Marvel to launch Fantastic Four back in 1961 However, in recent days, Marvel seems to be second-guessing Stan and Jack, looking for a different[...]

World-renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking has just pushed up his Doomsday clock by 400 years, following a report by Bleeding Cool that Fox is planning another Fantastic Four movie Warning that the Earth is "under threat" in the wake of the revelation that Fox may move forward with a kid-friendly follow-up to Josh Trank's 2015[...]

Bleeding Cool is receiving reliably sourced information about a new Fantastic Four movie being developed at Fox Studios And while the most recent movie reinvented the Fantastic Four as youngsters, along the lines of the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book, the movie swings to the other end of the spectrum Instead, it will concentrate on[...]

When I was told the other day from a very trustworthy source that Marvel Comics would not be bringing back The Fantastic Four with Marvel Legacy and Make Mine Marvel, they were being completely sincere It looks like a Fantastic Three is happening. Back when we first reported that Marvel Comics was to cancel all their[...]

In 2014, as part of a series of articles looking at Marvel Comics' plans to cancel the Fantastic Four comics and any licensing of the Fantastic Four, as part of a falling out Fox Studios, we ran a letter sent to Marvel "sketch card" artists, instructing them not to use any Fantastic Four characters. Sketch cards[...]

Everyone else is the original, or even classic, version of the character. Captain Marvel is the only modern day, diverse version of an original character to have taken on the name after their classic counterpart. Considering Marvel are making a definitive promise that Generations and Legacy will see the new and the old side-by-side for a Marvel[...]

Mark me down for that one. There's another Bloom County Collection coming Fall 2017. Lots of new Artist's Editions coming up, including Forever People and a new Fantastic Four volume by Jack Kirby and a new Thor edition by Walt Simonson. A 25th Anniversary Madman Collection by Mike Allred coming in October Described as a greatest hits collection,[...]

First will be a John Byrne Fantastic Four book, with his favorite FF stories Next was a Rob Liefeld book covering New Mutants, Deadpool, and Wolverine issues he did that featured Deadpool. After that was a Bob Layton Iron Man book, covering Layton's various runs on Iron Man Lastly was another Bill Sienkiwicz release[...]

What you're doing is working'." While Mackie views the advice as a clever form of method acting, allowing her to better play a character who is new to the world of Doctor Who, it's worth mentioning that this strategy was rumored to be employed by Josh Trank while directing 2015's Fantastic Four, the third biggest bomb[...]