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So, yes lots of folk are talking about these two articles from Bleeding Cool. But we think that Frazer Brown sums it up oh so well.

evrlvnbluidthng Apologies for giving BleedingCool an amount of credence even equal to the weight of a single electron, but please start my heart again and tell me that Marvel isn't cancelling "Ultimate FF" and "Fantastic Four" to snub Fox or for any other reason. It is amazing how many of you guys asked some version of this[...]

Recently we ran a piece looking at the absence of comic book characters associated with Fox Studios on the Marvel 75th Anniversary Magazine cover, in favour of the likes of the Inhumans and Captain Marvel. Well, now I'm being told from a Marvel source that Marvel are intending to put the Fantastic Four comic books on[...]

There's even more coming from Ellis in the coming months and we're especially excited to see what he'll bring us next! Clive Barker brings back a class story of his in comic book form with Nightbreed! Its back in comic form and we know there are a lot of fans of both Barker and Nightbreed, so[...]

The new Fantastic Four family just got a little bigger THR reports Josh Trank has cast character actor Reg E Cathey to play Dr Storm, scientist and father to Johnny (Michael B Jordan) and Sue (Kate Mara). Cathey has shared screen credits but not actual screentime with both of his onscreen children before as a[...]

We mentioned it last night. And here it is...

Marvel Comics have already won this case on appeal. But on May 15th, Supreme Court judges will hear Marc Toberoff's representation of Jack Kirby's estate against Disney and Marvel Comics over the termination of rights to the likes of X-Men, Thor, Fantastic Four, Thor and Hulk – and whether or not they will hear the case[...]

Jonathan Hickman may have left the Fantastic Four…but he keeps coming back Which is why he's doing the art for a variant cover for the new Fantastic Four #5. And as well as the previously announced Chris Samnee, Dean Haspiel, Jerry Ordway and Leonard Kirk, Marvel are adding Paul Rivoche, James Starlin, June Brigman, Michael Allred, and[...]

Everson Whittle is a British gentleman who, when a younger man, used to purchase American comic books from a market stall in the centre of Preston, the

Also to be announced at C2E2, it seems, is a  100th Anniversary Special for the Fantastic Four by James Stokoe and Joanna Estep from Marvel for July. A hundredth anniversary of what exactly? Again, I have no idea There's going to be a lot of this today, I think. Here's how James Stokoe drew Galactus[...]

Interesting e-Bay listing here for original Jack Kirby art for Fantastic Four #1 The Seller says that he is holding firm on this at $1,000,000.00. Now I know nothing about the back story here, so I will give you exactly what the seller put in, typos and all: This is the first original art for fantastic four number[...]

This is a scene from the recent first issue of Real Heroes, by Bryan Hitch, from Image Comics. And that mention of Josh Trank, is because Bryan Hitch, artist for The Ultimates, The Authority, America's Got Powers – and at one point, Fantastic Four, is currently working as  designer on the new Fox movie. Which, yes, is[...]

While I have waited to dig into Allred and Matt Fraction's Fantastic Four in a collected edition, I couldn't resist jumping in to cruise the spaceways with Norrin Radd. While some found the existential bent and general inner-space trippiness of Allred's most recently auteured Madman series, Madman Atomic Comics, excessive and self-indulgent, I recognize in it[...]

He also thinks the recent casting of the Fantastic Four is getting positive reactions Here are some exerts from the piece so you can get an idea of what he is writing about: Although offbeat choices, the actors are actually making the generally lame Fantastic Four seem… interesting. But the Fantastic Four are hardly as iconic as[...]

But I do hope you checked the followup… Top Twenty Traffic Stories Of The Week Fox Looking To Dump Fantastic Four Director, Screenplay See The Flash In Action – Grant Gustin Runs On The Set There Are Spoilers In Superior Spider-Man #29 Did Batman And Superman Just Flinch In The Marvel – DC Face Off Yes, Wolverine Is To Die[...]

So Bleeding Cool ran a story on Friday, that Fox had been speaking to prominent movie directors and screenwriters, asking them if they'd be willing to take over the currently-in-pre-production Fantastic Four for a new shoot in six months Which would mean new script, new director and recasting. Our sources were impeccable By which we mean those who[...]

I've learnt from a rather well-connected source that, as the title says,  Fox is looking to dump Fantastic Four director Josh Trank and the script by Simon Kinberg and are actively looking for replacements Six months before they are due to shoot, for 2015 release. Oh, yes, and there are now casting issues from the studio[...]

Doom for Josh Trank's Fantastic Four. The shortlist for the iconic Marvel villain has been unveiled by The Wrap and it's four pretty familiar names, who often find themselves on these sort of lists: Sam Riley, Eddie Redmayne, Toby Kebbell and Domhnall Gleeson. Jack Huston was previously bandied about but is apparently no longer in the mix[...]

Mike Allred has announced his and Laura's convention appearances for 2014. SEATTLE: EMERALD CITY COMICON 28-20 MARCH NEW YORK CITY: SPECIAL EDITION: NYC 14-14 JUNE ATLANTA: DRAGON CON 29-31 AUGUST And he did a clever way of drawing attention to them by posting it alongside a recreation of the sixties cover for Fantastic Four #28 guest-starring the X-Men. Look![...]

I figured with all the talk about the new Fantastic Four casting, it would be fun to look back at the designs Alex Toth did for the 1967 Hannah-Barbera cartoon ( from 1996's Alex Toth: By Design, by Alex Toth & Darrell McNeil.) Picked this up from Chris Samnee's tumblr I figured[...]

If these headlines are a little close to home, it's the times we're living in where life is much stranger than fiction.  Enjoy: Fox Announces Two Versions of The Fantastic Four To Be Released to Theaters in 2015 Directly addressing Internet criticism to their announced casting for the first time, Fox has decided to release two unique[...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show explores New Comic Book Releases for the week of February 26, 2014 from Astro-Zombies Comics in Albuquerque, New Mexico! Host Maxx MacLennan takes on this week's substantial pile of new books. Plus, they have a new facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SuperAwesome… Books reviewed in this episode include: Image Comics: One-Hit Wonder #1 Image Comics: Revenge[...]

And is this what  healing factor-less Wolverine will look like in a few years time? No, its never good to see your own future. And the Fantastic Four #1 relaunch seems to back that up with a glimpse of what is to come A stupified Mr Fantastic and a Thing in prison for murder? And[...]

So what have you been reading this week? Top Twenty Traffic Of The Week If You Love Rocket Raccoon, Help The Man Who Created Him The New Fantastic Four Cast Have Been Selected Bizarre Breasts: Starfire In Today's Red Hood And The Outlaws Today Something Happens In Batman And Two Face Is That A Spoiler? A Whole Bunch Of X-Men: Days[...]

Jordan was officially Johnny Storm/The Human Torch in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot/exercise in rights retention, the Internet has been on fire with a mixture of derision and support Like a fanboy who doesn't get their way, I took to the message boards to bitch; in doing so, I found myself on the uncomfortable side[...]

Either you care so much about "the source material" that any and all deviations from it render every Hollywood adaptation of comic books completely unwatchable or you use this excuse selectively, whenever you feel threatened by the inclusion of minorities in your previously all white , fictional, superhero adventures. It was a few hours of daylight[...]

So, Michael B Jordan has been cast as Johnny Storm, a character usually portrayed in the comic books as a young white blonde fellow. Some of the internet

Here he shows the new red costumed Fantastic Four in both original pencils and then inks Not sure what this is for… he posted without comment It would make a very nice cover though.   Update – Thanks to board member Darthewok for finding the colored version and Pariscub for pointing out that it's the Adam's[...]

The times, they are a-changin' (even more) over at the Fantastic Four reboot headquarters A black Johnny Storm (Michael B Jordan), and now, maybe a female Dr Doom? This is the latest news, via THR. First, they name the young actors dropping out of the mix and getting into the mix for the four heroes:[...]

Fantastic Four reboot director Josh Trank has come out via Twitter to debunk the new synopsis that's been floating around: that synopsis is definitely not the synopsis or anything close to the synopsis i don't know who put that out byyee. — Josh Trank (@josh_trank) January 24, 2014 And he would certainly know better than a casting website[...]