Fantastic Four #4 Future Foundation 2013 Marvel Now Marvel Comics Disney Plus Loki first family ff first steps Avengers Doomsday secret wars thunderbolts

Rarer than the Limited 1:50 Variant Cover by Terry Dodson

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Newsstand Edition noted by no direct sales in the UPC Barcode box and the words Newsstand/ Fantastic Four

3.99 US / canadian price variant

Only 1% of Print Run is Newsstand Edition

1:100 ratio variant compared to direct editions

Estimated Print Run: 44,999

Estimated Print Run for Newsstand Editions: 450 copies exist

Fantastic Four cover appearance

Appearance of the Fantastic Four: The Thing (Ben Grimm), Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), Invisible Woman (Susan Storm), and Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

1st appearance of Drae

1st appearance of Ayleth

1st appearance of Aylethians

Appearance of Future Foundation:

Valeria Richards appearance

Franklin Richards appearance

Cover by Mark Bagley (W) Matt Fraction (A) Mark Bagley An alien world, a thousand-year-old prophesy-is the Invisible Woman a long-awaited intergalactic messiah? Cover price $2.99.

LGY: Fantastic Four #615

Notes

Continuity Notes

This story states that Reed moved into Marygay's home while Sue Storm was in her late teens. This refutes previous recountings in Fantastic Four #291 and Fantastic Four (Vol. 3) #543 that state that Sue was only 12 years old when she first met Reed. In the letter page from Fantastic Four (Vol. 4) #9, Tom Brevoort explains that they changed Sue's age because having a college-aged male falling in love with a pre-teen was inappropriate. However, this creates some issues with continuity, namely regarding Sue's physical age:

In 4 #1 Sue states that she was 21 years old when she first went into space in Fantastic Four #1 and (at the time of the story in 4 #1) she was thirty. Based on the measurement of time per the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616, Sue would be roughly 32 years old at the time of this story.

Meanwhile, per Fantastic Four (Vol. 3) #605, at the time of this story Reed is roughly 50 years old per the Sliding Timescale. This would make Reed about 38 years old around the time of Fantastic Four #1.

By the original version of Reed and Sue's first meeting, nine years had passed from the time that Reed and Sue first met, making Reed 29 at the time.

Sue's actual age is not mentioned in this story, but she appears to be a young woman who is at least 19 years old. This drastically ages Sue making her 28 at the time of the space flight and closer to 40 at the time of this story.

[June 2025 - Matthew Shakman, writer of the Fantastic Four cited Jonathan Hickman's run on the Fantastic Four which ran from issues #570 to #588 as being a major source of inspiration for the screenplay of the film]

[April 2024 - a Future Foundation logo is used in a marketing easter egg by Marvel Studios promoting comics affiliated with the Fantastic Four film]

[December 2020 - Marvel Studios president, Kevin Feige confirms the Fantastic Four film is in the works with Jon Watts directing / Cop Car, Spider-Man Homecoming]

John Krasinski rumored to appear in Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic.

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