

There have been several TV adaptations of the family, all animated The Fantastic Four, a 1967 Hanna-Barbera series with many episode plots taken straight from the comics, The Fantastic Four, the 1978 series with H.E.R.B.I.E the Robot in place of the Human Torch, Fantastic Four, a 1990s series that aired along with Iron Man as part of the "Marvel Action Pack", and Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, a 2006 Animesque French co-production. The book features Reed and Sue's children, Franklin and Valeria and notably includes Spider-Man and Doctor Doom as members.

Originally a temporary replacement for the regular Fantastic Four book, the Foundation is a scientific organization working for the betterment of mankind. The series currently has spun off FF, meaning Future Foundation.

It also created many tropes the FF were the first superheroes without a Secret Identity, the first super-team where the members fought each other as much as the villains, and the first place that Kirby Dots appeared, among others. Their book kickstarted the success of Marvel Comics, and led to Spider-Man, the X-Men, and all the others.
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These days he wears an iron mask at all times, usually as part of a full suit of battle armor. It really didn't help that the experiment in question literally blew up in Doom's face, marring his previously flawless good looks. Reed may have Doom (narrowly) beat for the title of World's Smartest Man, but Doom is well ahead for the title of World's Vainest ( though he's not the one calling himself "Mr. Their number one recurring enemy is Victor von Doom ( Doctor Doom to you), who was at college with Reed and Ben and holds an almighty grudge against Reed for "sabotaging" one of his experiments: the experiment actually failed because of Doom's own error, which Reed noticed and tried to warn him about, but Doom's pride will not permit him to accept the truth. The royalty payments from all his inventions fund the Four's adventures, despite the fact that they never get implemented in the world around them, and lets them live in high style in the time between. Reed is the World's Smartest Man, and his genius is often at least as useful as the powers he got from the accident.

The four were connected even before the same Negative Space Wedgie gave them all their powers - Reed and Sue were sweethearts and eventually got married, Johnny is Sue's younger brother, Ben is Reed's best friend since college (previously Reed's buddy from World War II, until Comic Book Time forced a Retcon) - and are as much a family (if occasionally a dysfunctional one) as a team. 1 #1 (November, 1961), created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The characters first appeared in "Fantastic Four" vol. The Thing (Benjamin "Ben" Grimm), who is superhumanly big and strong - but also remarkably monstrous, and unlike the others, can't switch it off.The Human Torch (Jonathan "Johnny" Storm), who can transform into a human-shaped ball of flame and fly.The Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Richards ), who originally could only become invisible, she later developed special force field powers, and these have arguably been her defining ability ever since.Reed Richards), Omnidisciplinary Scientist who can stretch and bend any part of his body at will. File:Rsz 1rsz 2rsz 1shout-out icon.png Shout Out Ĭlassic Marvel Universe superhero team, consisting of:.
