The Fantastic Four get a brand-new start in a series that may just be their undoing as a team.
Alex Ross’ special 75th anniversary cover variant for FF#1
Cosmic explorers – heroes forever united as family. The world’s greatest comic magazine begins anew as Marvel’s First Family bursts back into the spotlight in FANTASTIC FOUR #1, from Eisner Award winning writer James Robinson (Starman, All-New Invaders) and critically acclaimed artist Leonard Kirk (Supergirl, Captain Britain and MI:13)!
The brilliant Mr. Fantastic, the compassionate Invisible Woman, hot-headed Human Torch, and the ever-lovin’ Thing return for a new ongoing series fraught with danger, excitement & intrigue. Only they won’t be met with new beginnings – but an untimely end!
“The team will be brought down,” says James Robinson, in an interview with Marvel.com. “Despite the fact these characters are a family and have always stuck together, there are forces that push them into directions you never thought you’d see.”
“Some rifts will be so big the Fantastic Four may never be the same,” added editor Mark Paniccia, “We’re talking about a serious, hardcore attempt at destroying them…not just on a physical level but emotionally as well.”
As the family of cosmic explorers rushes headlong into their darkest hours, who could possibly be behind their downfall? And how does it involve one of the Fantastic Four’s greatest enemies – the sadistic dragon Fin Fang Foom! “The Fall of the Fantastic Four” begins this February in FANTASTIC FOUR #1!
Honestly, the FF has been around for so many years now that it could be just about anyone looking to deep six them. Of course, the press release mentions Fin Fang Foom, but Dr. Doom and Annihilus could also be some of the top suspects as to who could be the insidious assailant looking to break down the individual members of the team.
It’s a real testament to the idea and concept that was originally developed by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby way (way) back in 1961 that team is still around, still doing new things and actually getting a new #1 issue from the publisher. There are few team-book properties that rank as big as the Fantastic Four after all and it’s nice to see the quartet, after all they’ve been through as characters over the last decade or so, come back together in one book that bears the FF name. It’s a fresh start for them and for the readers, and despite what Marvel might be hinting at in the preview above- I doubt they’ll be going anywhere anytime soon.
Catch up with Marvel Comics’ first family when Fantastic Four #1 hits the stands on February 26th from the team of James Robinson and Leonard Kirk.
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