Fantastic Four: First Steps (comic)
2025 movie tie-in comic book
Fantastic Four: First Steps is a prequel tie-in comic published by Marvel Comics for the Marvel Studios film The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The comic was written by Matt Fraction, with art from Mark Buckingham and a cover by Phil Noto. Fraction and Marvel Comics worked closely with Marvel Studios to create the comic, having it be set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to tell the origin story of the Fantastic Four.
Fantastic Four: First Steps was published on July 9, 2025, ahead of the film's release later that month, and received positive reviews from critics. Additional one-shot comics were released quarterly in 2026 with the titles Fantastic Four: First Foes. They explored additional moments of the team's early adventures as well as origins for their foes René Rodin / Mad Thinker, Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer, Dragon Man, and Bentley Wittman / Wizard.
Plot
Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, and Sue Storm pilot a spaceship, but are bombarded with celestial radiation and have to return to Earth. They isolate themselves in a building in Rocket City at Reed's insistence in order to fully understand the way their physiologies were changed and ensure they were not a danger to others. Having learned to control their new superpowers, the group get frustrated with their isolation and decide to leave when they see Harvey Elder leading an attack on New York City.
They arrive in New York City and are met by paparazzi, when Giganto appears from underground.
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