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The story of the Sub-Mariner's return to comics in the Silver Age is one of the cornerstones of the Marvel Universe.  But when he was revived by the Human Torch in Fantastic Four #4, he quickly discovered that Atlantis had been destroyed by underwater atomic testing, which turned him against the human race.  The heat[...]

First appearing in Fantastic Four #5 (cover-dated July 1961) Doom's origin and rise to rule in his country Latveria was detailed at length a short time later in Fantastic Four Annual #2 (1964).  That issue describes how Victor von Doom's childhood in Latveria and his mastery of both science and sorcery led him to that[...]

That Ben Grimm sex scene you've been dying to see is here in this preview of The Thing #3, in stores Wednesday from Marvel.

In Fantastic Four #39, in stores Wednesday from Marvel, Reed Richards fails not only as a father, but as a friend as well Check out the preview below. Fantastic Four #39 by Dan Slott & Francesco Manna, cover by Terry Dodson A day of reckoning is coming for both the Marvel Universe and the Fantastic Four But first[...]

Fantastic Four: Full Circle is "the first graphic novel written and illustrated by renowned comic artist Alex Ross in his thirty-plus-year career," according to a press release The book will come in the dimensions of the 1980s Marvel Graphic Novel line The retail price for the hardcover graphic novel is $24.99 In addition to being[...]

In this preview of The Thing #2, Benjamin Grimm WILL DIE?! Well, it probably won't last until the next page even.

Just like mom used to make them! It's been four issues of edging, but Galactus will finally come in Fantastic Four Life Story #5, the real-time retelling of the Fantastic Four mythos What? We mean he's headed to Earth! Get your minds out of the gutter and check out the preview below. Fantastic Four Life Story[...]

Last month, Bleeding Cool looked at the parenting skills of the Fantastic Four's Ben and Alicia Grimm and found them wanting At the time, I wrote about their newly adopted son, Jo Venn. What kind of reprimand will such callous, cold-blooded murderers face? After all, they must pay for their crimes… The kind of scolding one might[...]

Everybody wins! School board meetings are getting crazy these days, and it looks like The Wizard is joining the fun in this preview of Fantastic Four #38 Why does he want to withdraw Bentley-23 from the Future Foundation? Are they teaching critical race theory? Making people take coronavirus safety precautions, god forbid? We'll have to[...]

Timed perfectly for the 60th anniversary of Fantastic Four #1 (1961), Fantastic Four No 1: Panel by Panel gives new and old fans a unique telling of the story It is not hard to figure out what the book is about as Panel by Panel is an actual panel-by-panel release of the original 1961 comic[...]

Fantastic Four #48, has been an important Marvel comic book key for decades, and for good reason — it's the first appearance of the Silver Surfer and Galactus, incredibly popular characters who went on to be involved in countless pivotal storylines.  But in the Marvel Cinematic Universe era, Fantastic Four #48 is arguably more[...]

As a longtime Fantastic Four collector, the Hulk vs Thing (and the rest of the FF) battle in Fantastic Four #12 might just be my favorite among the early issues.  The debut of Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four #5 is way up there… but I think I have to give the edge to Fantastic Four[...]

Take the newly adopted son of Ben and Alicia Grimm, Jo Venn in Fantastic Four #37. Fantastic Four #37 What kind of reprimand will such callous, cold-blooded murderers face? After all, they must pay for their crimes… Phoenix Song: Echo #1 A ticking off from Elektra? Elektra Assassin? Clue's in the name there, even as she is the new[...]

Johnny Storm is feeling lonely in Fantastic Four #37, which we can all agree is a problem of his own making since he couldn't keep his flaming dick in his pants and had sex with Doctor Doom's fiance, both causing his own space-girlfriend to leave him and prompting Doom to zap him with a ray[...]

One of my favorite moments from the early years of Marvel's Fantastic Four series is Reed Richard's accidental discovery that his classmate Victor Von Doom's calculation in a fateful experiment experimenting on matter transmutation and dimension warps with the aim of combining sorcery and science in a bid to contact the nether world was "off[...]

Johnny Storm has a problem in Fantastic Four #36, in stores from Marvel Comics on Wednesday He couldn't keep his little Johnny in his pants and ended up having sex with Doctor Doom's fiance Nobody makes Doctor Doom a cuck, so as revenge, Doom made Johnny's powers go haywire and now he can't stop burning[...]

And that includes a Fantastic Four: Reckoning War Alpha one-shot courtesy of  Dan Slott, Carlos Pacheco, and Rachael Stott. Already teased for January, this underlines that this is a Fantastic Four event rather than a line-wide crossover as it  might have been if Slott had been allowed to do this back in the day[...]

Today's Fantastic Four #35 is a riotous run around the history of the Fantastic Four, with a variety of Kangs at different points in their life attacking the Baxter Building to steal the same artifact, again and again, killing any Fantastic Four members they can Concluding with a revelation from one of Reed Richard's own[...]

Today's Fantastic Four #35 is a riotous run around the history of the Fantastic Four, with a variety of Kangs at different points in their life attacking the Baxter Building to steal the same artifact, again and again, killing any Fantastic Four members they can Which means a trip to sixties FF, nineties FF, Hickman[...]

Today's Fantastic Four #35 is a riotous run around the history of the Fantastic Four, with a variety of Kangs at different points in their life attacking the Baxter Building to steal the same artifact, again and again, killing any Fantastic Four members they can Which means a trip to sixties FF, nineties FF, Hickman[...]

But now, just as Infinity Stones replaced Infinite Gems, and Nick Fury is… well… Samuel Jackson, it looks like the main Marvel Comics continuity will also be calling parallel dimensional versions of people by the same name. Fantastic Four #35 cover That's if this page from this week's Fantastic Four #35, the (late) 60th anniversary of the[...]

The Thing revisits his grunge phase in this preview of Fantastic Four Life Story #4, retelling the story of the Fantastic Four if had happened in a world where comic book publishers, creators, and readers could deal with actual change, story progression, and character development Check out a preview of the issue below. FANTASTIC FOUR LIFE[...]

Check out a preview of Fantastic Four #35 below. FANTASTIC FOUR #35 MARVEL COMICS JUN210510 JUN210511 – FANTASTIC FOUR #35 JRJR VAR – $9.99 JUN210512 – FANTASTIC FOUR #35 TORQUE VAR – $9.99 JUN210515 – FANTASTIC FOUR #35 COLA VAR – $9.99 JUN210516 – FANTASTIC FOUR #35 NETEASE MARVEL GAMES VAR – $9.99 (W) Dan Slott, Mark Waid (A) John Romita, More (CA)[...]

This gigantic figure will be a must-have collectible for any Fantastic Four fan featuring LED lights, swappable faceplates, articulated hands, and of course, his massive 32-inch size. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro Credit: Hasbro To help promote the figure,[...]

Crossovers, major character team-ups and continuity are a near-inevitability in periodical storytelling.  It took place in dime novels and nickel weeklies, in pulps and it certainly did in Golden Age Marvel and other comics of that period.  Marvel launched its Silver Age superheroes with a new version of a Golden Age star in the Human[...]

Designer Chip Kidd is taking apart and re-examining Fantastic Four #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, panel by panel, in a new book from Abrams ComicARTS And in the spirit of the age, they are also creating a replica of Doctor Strange's Book of the Vishanti, both in ComicARTS November 2021 solicitations, though the[...]

Ben Grimm has always been a solid team player, be it with his family in The Fantastic Four or his other Marvel buddies in The Avengers  But starting this Fall, it's all about The Thing as he stars in a new self-titled comic series from acclaimed novelist and writer Walter Mosley (Devil In A Blue Dress, Maximum Fantastic Four)[...]

Standing 32" tall, this towering giant will be a must own action figure for any Fantastic Four fan He features over 70 points of articulation, three swappable faceplates, LEDs in his head and chest, as well as articulation in his hands As of today (August 11, 2021), he is currently sitting at just 11,400 backers,[...]

Hasbro is jumping into the past this time around as they have announced new Retro Fantastic Four figures are on the way We have already revealed the main wave of Marvel Legends figures right here featuring The Thing, Mr Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, High Evolutionary, and Psycho-Man The fun does not end there as[...]

The event kicked off with a brand new wave of 6" Retro Legends figures with new Fantastic Four figures These figures pay homage to classic Toy Biz Fantastic Four figures giving us the Marvel Legends figure we all love with Retro card-backed packaging Six figures are in the wave, with Marvel's first superhero family leading[...]