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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[...]

Fantastic Four Life Story #3 is in stores on Wednesday, and in this preview, Reed Richards gets served divorce papers by Sue Storm, who is currently shacked up under the sea with Namor the Submariner But while Reed, for all his elasticity, may not be able to compete with Namor's Imperius Sex Appeal, at least[...]

Immortal Hulk semi-spoiler time! It must have been handy for Al Ewing, writing Empyre with Dan Slott, and able to pick up on where Fantastic Four was heading, able to slot it right in to his penultimate issue of Immortal Hulk with Joe Bennett But in Immortal Hulk #49 he also adds it to a[...]

Marvel advertised it as the biggest change to a Fantastic Four character since 1961 and the advertising did seem to suggest it was The Human Torch under the spotlight. Promotional ad for The Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four's new storyline to follow The Bride Of Doom story was solicited with "Unstable" for Fantastic Four #36 and "There[...]

This week's Fantastic Four #34 by Dan Slott and RB Silva from Marvel Comics concludes The Bride Of Doom storyline which has seen Doctor Doom announce his marriage to his loyal Latverian warrior Victorious However, his proposal was made with Johnny Stirm hiding under Victorious's bed after an ill-advised night of passion, a fact that she decides to reveal[...]

This week's Fantastic Four #34 by Dan Slott and RB Silva from Marvel Comics concludes The Bride Of Doom storyline which has seen Doctor Doom announce his marriage to his loyal Latverian warrior Victorious However, his proposal was made with Johnny Stirm hiding under Victorious's bed after an ill-advised night of passion, a fact that[...]

Fantastic Four #34 is in stores from Marvel Comics on Wednesday, bringing the Bride of Doom storyline to its conclusion And in this preview, we find Doctor Doom totally flipping out after learning he's been cucked by The Human Torch, who slept with his bride before the wedding (classic Human Torch) Doom isn't pleased, not[...]

Sideshow Collectible has revealed the full power of Victor Von Doom with their brand new Doctor Doom Maquette

The entire figure and packaging have been redone, making it a must-have collectible or any Fantastic Four or Marvel fan As mentioned above, this will be the first Black Light Pops to get a Chase variant from Funko giving collectors the chance to wield the power of Galactus the Lifebringer with the Fallen One Silver[...]

Marvel Comics have now added some more titles that have had their orders cancelled and must be reordered. Marvel Cancels More Diamond Orders, Shops Must Reorder On New Terms ALIEN TP VOL 01 BLOODLINES FANTASTIC FOUR BY DAN SLOTT HC VOL 02 FANTASTIC FOUR HICKMAN OMNIBUS HC VOL 01  NEW PTG HOWARD DUCK ZDARSKY QUINONES OMNIBUS HC MMW FANTASTIC FOUR HC[...]

What could possibly go wrong? Fantastic Four #33 Cover Credit: Marvel Well, Fantastic Four #33 establishes that Johnny Storm cheated on his interstellar soul mate by doing the horizontal Latverian lambada with the aforementioned Victorious prior to all this happening Johnny, with the rest of the team, is at the wedding A literal powder keg of possible[...]

Fantastic Four collectors may already have this issue, but funny story: this was the first silver age comic I ever personally read I was seven years old and had been reading comics for about two years, and a family member gave me FF #73 as a Christmas present My little mind was blown Thor, Daredevil,[...]

Mark Russell and Sean Izaakse's real-time Marvel tale hits the swinging 70s in this preview of Fantastic Four Life Story #2, the series that shows what it would have been like if a fixation on childhood nostalgia hadn't gotten in the way of story progression and character growth in the Marvel Universe… by fixating on[...]

Mezco Toyz has finally done it as they debut their long-awaited Marvel Comics The Fantastic Four figures Joining their One:12 Collective figure line, Marvel's first superhero family is back together again and ready to save the day Mezco has bundled all four members together in one mighty box set giving collectors Reed Richards, Sue Star,[...]

The entirety of John Byrne's Fantastic Four #254 up for auction, all twenty-two pages, and the cover, split up and being individually listed at the 2021 June 17 – 19 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #7244 auction from Heritage, which may be their most significant comic book auction to date with some insanely valuable, desirable,[...]

Fantastic Four #33 is in stores from Marvel Comics on Wednesday, and everyone is excited for the wedding of Doctor Doom It could be a brand new day for the relationship between the Fantastic Four and Doom But there's just one problem: the Human Torch banged the bride-to-be! Oops! And now, not only does his[...]

We have got a little low-res look at Fantastic Four #35, the big post-wedding Fantastic Four issue with Doom, Kang, Immortus and more, courtesy of John Romita Jr Will Doctor Doom finally come to terms with himself? All of himself? John Romita Jr Artwork From Fantastic Four #35 60th Anniversary Issue   FANTASTIC FOUR #35 MARVEL COMICS JUN210510 (W) Dan Slott,[...]

I can feel it coming in the air tonight… Fantastic Four mania Marvel Studios is already beginning to tease its take on the first family of Marvel with their recent "Marvel Studios Celebrates the Movies" teaser, which culminated in a glowing 4 behind the Marvel Studios logo The Fantastic Four may have gotten done dirty by[...]

The origin of the Fantastic Four must be one of the top five most retold origin stories in all of comics, alongside Spider-Man (we get it, bitten by a spider), Batman (boo hoo your parents are dead get over it), Wolverine (two dicks are better than one), and Superman (space Trumpers ignore science; catastrophe ensues)[...]

guy has only been working for a Marvel for a couple of months, and they've already given him the Fantastic Four?! Yes, it's true, Fantastic Four is turning 60, but the fact that Marvel's first family will soon be able to take advantage of the senior citizen discount at Denny's isn't the only thing to[...]

Fantastic Four fans have been fan-casting what a Marvel Studios version of Marvel's First Family would look like for years and years before we even knew that we would get one The most popular picks to play couple Sue and Reed Richards would be real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who have worked together[...]

First used in Fantastic Four #10 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby… Fantastic Four #10 This ability was forgotten for twenty-five years, until John Byrne used it in his Fantastic Four run, in Fantastic Four #260. Fantastic Four #260 And the truth revealed a couple of years later in Fantastic Four #287. Fantastic Four #287 It doesn't come up a lot[...]

There is going to be a lot of fuss today over Fantastic Four #32 and the Bride Of Doom The choice of bride, what this means for the comic books and the Marvel Universe, and especially for Johnny Storm's place in all of this But at the heart of it, there is a much bigger[...]

Somebody's getting married (again) in a new storyline in Fantastic Four, but in this preview of Fantastic Four #32, it looks like Victorious may want to consummate the marriage early… not with Doom himself, but with a statue that bears his likeness Which gets us to thinking, maybe once Doom settles down, he can put[...]

AND the Fantastic Four Both teams can be seen arriving to the Hellfire Gala in an early preview of Marauders #21 on Marvel.com, and they're not wearing elaborate dresses and costumes They came in their regular old work clothes! Can you believe that?! MARAUDERS #21 cover by Russell Dauterman   MARAUDERS #21 preview art by Matteo Lolli with[...]