Fantastic Four - TV Tropes
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Marvel's First Family.
An intrepid group of astronauts: Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm originally received their powers after being exposed to an immense amount of cosmic radiation during a trip into space. Mutated and given strange powers by this exposure, they became the Fantastic Four and dedicated their abilities to the good of humanity.
For the Fantastic Four comic book series, please see here.
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Comic Books
Main Comics
- Fantastic Four Vol 1 (1961–2015)
- Fantastic Four Vol 2 (1996–1997)
- Fantastic Four Vol 3 (1998–2003)
- Fantastic Four Vol 4 (2013–2014)
- Fantastic Four Vol 5 (2014–2015)
- Fantastic Four Vol 6 (2018–2022)
- Fantastic Four Vol 7 (2022–present)
Notable Comic Storylines
- Fantastic Four #1
- Fantastic Four Annual #1
- Fantastic Four Annual #2
- A Blind Man Shall Lead Them!
- Fantastic Four Annual #3
- Among Us Hide... The Inhumans!
- The Coming of Galactus
- The Trial of Galactus
- Days of Future Present
- Reckoning War
Other Series
- Giant Size Fantastic Four (1974–1975)
- Fantastic Four Unlimited (1993–1995)
- Fantastic Force (1994–1996)
- Fantastic Four Unplugged (1995–1996)
- Four (2004–2006)
- FF (2011–2012)
- FF Vol 2 (2013–2014)
- Future Foundation (2019–2020)
Limited Series
- Fantastic Four Vs The X Men (1987)
- Fantastic Four Atlantis Rising (1995)
- Fantastic Four Fireworks (1999)
- Domination Factor Fantastic Four (1999–2000)
- Before The Fantastic Four (2000)
- Fantastic Four Worlds Greatest Comics Magazine (2001–2002)
- FFIM Big In Japan (2005–2006)
- Fantastic Four Foes (2005)
- X-Men/Fantastic Four (2005)
- Fantastic Four First Family (2006)
- Spider Man And The Fantastic Four (2007)
- Fantastic Four True Story (2008–2009)
- Spider Man Fantastic Four (2010)
- X-Men / Fantastic Four Vol 2 (2020)
- Fantastic Four Antithesis (2020–2021)
- New Fantastic Four (2022)
Other Realities
- Fantastic Four 2099 (1996)
- Fantastic Five (1999–2000)
- Fantastic Four 1234 (2001–2002)
- Fantastic Four Unstable Molecules (2003)
- Ultimate Fantastic Four (2004–2009)
- Fantastic Four The End (2007)
- Ultimate FF (2014)
- Fantastic Four: Life Story
Films — Live-Action
- The Fantastic Four (1994), directed by Roger Corman and starring Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab, Jay Underwood and Michael Bailey Smith.
- Fantastic Four Duology (2005-2007), directed by Tim Story and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis.
- Fantastic Four (2015), directed by Josh Trank and starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell.
- Marvel Cinematic Universe:
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022): A variant of Reed Richards, played by John Krasinski, makes a prominent cameo.
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024): Chris Evans reprises his role as Johnny Storm in a prominent cameo.
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), directed by Matt Shakman and starring Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Susan Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, Julia Garner as the Shalla-Bal incarnation of The Silver Surfer and Ralph Ineson as Galactus.
- Avengers Doomsday & Avengers: Secret Wars, Pascal, Kirby, Quinn and Bacharach are all set to reprise their roles with Robert Downey Jr. set to appear as Victor Von Doom.
Podcast
- The Fantasticast - A podcast guide to the Fantastic Four, from the Marvel Age of Comics (with Fantastic Four #1 in 1961) to the modern day.
Radio
- In the mid-'70s, there was a radio adaptation which faithfully represented many key early Lee/Kirby plots, and which is notable for being one of the first acting roles for a just-starting-out Bill Murray (who played the Human Torch).
Theme Park Attractions
- Doctor Doom's Fearfall - a "Space Shot" ride that's located at Universal's Islands of Adventure.
Video Games
- Fantastic Four (1997) - the Beat 'em Up game for the PlayStation which predates any of the 2000s movies
- Fantastic Four Duology
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006)
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (2019; exclusive to a DLC expansion)
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance (2012 Facebook game)
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2013)
- Marvel Puzzle Quest (2013; FF characters added in 2019)
- Marvel Contest of Champions (2014; FF characters added in 2019)
- Marvel Future Fight (2015; FF characters added in 2019)
- Marvel S.T.R.I.K.E. Force (2018; FF characters added in 2019)
- Spider-Man (PS4) (2018; FF-related costumes for Spider-Man ("the Bombastic Bag-Man", which is Spidey wearing a spare FF suit and a Brown Bag Mask; and his Future Foundation uniform) were added in 2019 as franchise cross-promotion)
- Marvel Rivals (2024; FF characters added in 2025)
Western Animation
- The Fantastic Four (1967), a Hanna-Barbera series with many episode plots taken straight from the comics.
- The Fantastic Four (1978), with H.E.R.B.I.E the Robot in place of the Human Torch.
- The Thing, another Hanna-Barbera series part of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979), a compilation show pairing an In Name Only version of Ben with episodes of The Flintstones. And for the record, the show's two halves never actually meet one another.
- Fantastic Four: The Animated Series, a 1990s series that aired along with Iron Man as part of the "Marvel Action Hour/Marvel Action Universe".
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006), an Animesque French co-production.
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010) features the Four as allies to the eponymous team.
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2015) has the Fantastic Four appear in a few episodes.