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How Marvel's Fantastic Four discovered the human in the superhuman
Jamie Bell (L-R), Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller arrive on the red carpet at the "Fantastic Four" Premiere at Williamsburg Cinemas in New York City in August 2015. The film was widely considered to be a box office bomb. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the second cinematic reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise, and there's a lot riding on this film. While cinema-goers have responded enthusiastically to many of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the history of the Fantastic Four on the silver screen is less heralded. All the previous Fantastic Four films have been "commercial and critical failures," with the 2015 film being an infamous box office bomb. Yet, in comics history, the Fantastic Four have been up to the challenge of driving a popular media enterprise forward -- something that the film producers and Marvel fans alike are both now hoping for. In the 1960s -- the era in which Fantastic Four: First Steps, is notably set -- the comics presented a new class of superhero. From their 1961 debut, Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Sue Storm/the Invisible Girl, Johnny Storm/the Human Torch and Ben Grimm/the Thing were celebrities who rented office space in a Manhattan high-rise and found themselves variously beloved and reviled by both the public and the government. The team also rejected secret identities. Until the third issue of their series, they even eschewed superhero costumes (in part because of a restriction imposed by the owner of Marvel's then-distributor, DC Comics). Pushed representational boundaries The Fantastic Four comics of the 1960s also pushed boundaries in a number of significant ways. They featured the first pair of married superheroes (Reed and Sue wed in 1965) and the first superhero pregnancy (Sue gave birth to her son Franklin in 1968). In 1966, Fantastic Four No. 52 introduced the Black Panther, who is widely recognized as the first high-profile Black superhero. And though not canonical until 2002, it has been suggested by scholars that Ben Grimm was always envisioned as a Jewish superhero by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, offering another milestone in representation (at least for those readers attuned to the character's Jewish coding). These milestones emphasize a dedicated concern for the human aspects of superheroes. A family with relatable issues Set amid fittingly fantastic science-fiction landscapes inspired by Space Age optimism was a story about a family who "fought among themselves, sometimes over petty jealousies and insults," in the words of Christopher Pizzino, an American scholar of contemporary literature, film and television. This approach of building character dynamics out of internal conflict proved deeply influential. Famed comics writer Grant Morrison argues that through the example of Fantastic Four, "the Marvel superhero was born: a hero who tussled not only with monsters and mad scientists but also with relatable personal issues." In his bestselling book All the Marvels, comics critic and historian Douglas Wolk concurs that the "first hundred issues of Fantastic Four are Marvel's Bible and manual," establishing the style, theme, genre and approach of the company's comics for decades to come. In contrast to moral paragons such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman (all published by rival DC Comics), each member of Marvel's Fantastic Four had defining personal conflicts. Reed Richards, the team's patriarch, was a world-altering genius who often fell victim to his own hubristic ambition. Two years before American feminist author Betty Friedan identified "the problem that has no name" in The Feminine Mystique (that post-war suburban housewives faced social expectations of being fully fulfilled as wives and mothers, the Fantastic Four gave audiences Sue Storm, with the superpower to render herself -- and others -- invisible at will. Storm, according to scholar Ramzi Fawaz, "made the concept of women's social invisibility an object of visual critique by making invisible bodies and objects conspicuous on the comic book page." Her younger brother, Johnny Storm, a playboy and showboat, had a lot of growing up to do, a journey that was frustrated by his flashy powers. Ben Grimm, Reed's college roommate turned best friend turned rock monster, oscillated between childlike rage and world-weary depression, his rocky hide granting him super-strength and invulnerability while burdening him with social isolation. While none of us are likely to acquire superpowers through exposure to cosmic rays like the Four, we've all dealt with anxiety and grief like these heroes. Origin of the Marvel universe The world of the Fantastic Four didn't just feel unusually human. It also felt unusually lived in, partly because the Fantastic Four comics of the 1960s weren't just the origin of the Marvel style of storytelling -- they were also the origin of the Marvel universe. Fantastic Four began and became the model for Marvel's shared continuity universe, in which dozens of superheroes passed in and out of each other's stories and occasionally intersected long enough for whole crossover story arcs and events. For a time, Marvel's superheroes even aged alongside their readers, with teenage characters like Johnny Storm graduating high school and enrolling in college. Previous superhero comics hadn't embraced this shared continuity in a meaningful way, tending to prioritize discrete stories that had no effect on future tales. But Fantastic Four pitched what comics scholar Charles Hatfield calls "intertitle continuity," which quickly became "Marvel's main selling tool." Case in point, the Fantastic Four shared the cover of 1963's Amazing Spider-Man No. 1, helping sell the newly created wall-crawler to their adoring readers. Voluminous, chaotic universe The 1965 wedding of Reed and Sue in Fantastic Four Annual No. 3 showcased how quickly the Marvel comics universe became vibrantly voluminous and charmingly chaotic. This event featured at least 19 superheroes fighting 28 supervillains and foregrounded the Fantastic Four's symbolic mother and father as the progenitors of an extended super-family. It also featured a cameo by the Fantastic Four's creators, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, previously introduced in 1963's Fantastic Four No. 10 as the official creators of imaginary adventures starring the "real" Fantastic Four, further blurring the boundary between fiction and reality. Decades later, this sprawling comics universe would become a sprawling cinematic universe. This informs the pressure facing the latest Fantastic Four adaptation. Phase 6 of universe Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the start of what Marvel calls "Phase Six" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which began in 2008 with the first Marvel Studios film, Iron Man. Essentially, Fantastic Four: First Steps is meant to launch a new cluster of shared universe stories, just as Fantastic Four No. 1 did for Marvel Comics in the 1960s. This cluster will culminate in the release of Avengers: Secret Wars in December 2027. Will Marvel's first family deliver? This article is co-authored by Anna Peppard, an independent scholar and editor of Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero. J. Andrew Deman is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The views and opinions in this commentary are solely those of the author.
Toronto Sun
2 days ago
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- Toronto Sun
‘Fantastic Four: First Steps' scores Marvel's first $100 million box office opening of 2025
Published Jul 27, 2025 • Last updated 0 minutes ago • 3 minute read From left, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/the Thing, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. Photo by Jay Maidment / 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. LOS ANGELES — Marvel's first family has finally found box office gold. 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and the Walt Disney Co., earned $118 million in its first weekend in 4,125 North American theatres, according to studio estimates Sunday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 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Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account That makes it the fourth biggest opening of the year, behind 'A Minecraft Movie,' 'Lilo & Stitch' and 'Superman,' and the biggest Marvel opening since 'Deadpool & Wolverine' grossed $211 million out of the gate last summer. Internationally, 'Fantastic Four' made $100 million from 52 territories, adding up to a $218 million worldwide debut. The numbers were within the range the studio was expecting. The film arrived in the wake of another big superhero reboot, James Gunn's 'Superman,' which opened three weekends ago and has already crossed $500 million globally. That film, from the other main player in comic book films, DC Studios, took second place with $24.9 million domestically. 'First Steps' is the latest attempt at bringing the superhuman family to the big screen, following lackluster performances for other versions. The film, based on the original Marvel comics, is set during the 1960s in a retro-futuristic world led by the Fantastic Four, a family of astronauts-turned-superhuman from exposure to cosmic rays during a space mission. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The family is made up of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), who can stretch his body to incredible lengths; Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), who can render herself invisible; Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), who transforms into a fiery human torch; and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), who possesses tremendous superhuman strength with his stone-like flesh. The movie takes place four years after the family gained powers, during which Reed's inventions have transformed technology, and Sue's diplomacy has led to global peace. Both audiences and critics responded positively to the film, which currently has an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and promising exit poll responses from opening weekend ticket buyers. An estimated 46% of audiences chose to see it on premium screens, including IMAX and other large formats. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The once towering Marvel is working to rebuild audience enthusiasm for its films and characters. Its two previous offerings this year did not reach the cosmic box office heights of 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' which made over $1.3 billion, or those of the 'Avengers'-era. But critically, the films have been on an upswing since the poorly reviewed 'Captain America: Brave New World,' which ultimately grossed $415 million worldwide. 'Thunderbolts,' which jumpstarted the summer movie season, was better received critically but financially is capping out at just over $382 million globally. Like Deadpool and Wolverine, the Fantastic Four characters had been under the banner of 20th Century Fox for years. The studio produced two critically loathed, but decently profitable attempts in the mid-2000s with future Captain America Chris Evans as the Human Torch. In 2015, it tried again (unsuccessfully) with Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller. They got another chance after Disney's $71 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets in 2019. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Comscore: 1. 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps,' $118 million. 2. 'Superman,' $24.9 million. 3. 'Jurassic World Rebirth,' $13 million. 4. 'F1: The Movie,' $6.2 million. 5. 'Smurfs,' $5.4 million. 6. 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' $5.1 million. 7. 'How to Train Your Dragon,' $2.8 million. 8. 'Eddington,' $1.7 million. 9. 'Saiyaara,' $1.3 million. 10. 'Oh, Hi!,' $1.1 million. Sports Columnists Toronto & GTA Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Natasha Lyonne talks flirting with the Thing in 'Fantastic Four': 'It's kinky'
The actress reveals things aren't that serious between her and Ben Grimm, adding, "I'm also seeing four other rocks, you should know, at this time." Natasha Lyonne says flirting with Ben Grimm/the Thing in Fantastic Four: The First Steps was anything but a rocky experience. The actress, who stars as the Thing's love interest Rachel Rozman in the Marvel film, tells Entertainment Weekly that sparks were genuinely flying between her and Ebon Moss-Bachrach's craggy character. 'Oh gosh. Really kinda wild,' Lyonne confesses of flirting with the solid superhero while visiting Entertainment Weekly's video studio for The Bad Guys 2. 'Ebon and I have known each other for a long time, but, well, it's kinky. I'll be honest.' She continues, "Yes. Super specific. But I just love him so much, I mean, he's such a good actor. We've known each other for a very long time, too, so it was very special to be a part of that."Rachel, a schoolteacher, and Ben, a cosmically altered rockman, have their own mini meet-cute in The First Steps when she encounters him playing with one of her students. Despite the pair hitting it off, Ben keeps his distance from Rachel out of fear of being rejected, but ultimately seeks her out at a local synagogue in the end. Lyonne, however, insists that the pair isn't that serious. "By the way, I'm also seeing four other rocks, you should know, at this time," she teases. "I won't name names." But, before anyone gets any ideas, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson is not one of them. "Not the Rock!" she quickly clarifies. "I'm so sorry, I just don't want it to get tangled up." There may still be hope for Rachel and Ben's blooming romance — after all, the Fantastic Four are set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday, and if First Steps taught us anything, it's that the end of the world has a way of bringing people together. Check out more of . Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly Solve the daily Crossword
Toronto Sun
6 days ago
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- Toronto Sun
REVIEW: Finally, the Fantastic Four get the movie they (and we) deserve
Published Jul 23, 2025 • 3 minute read From left, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/the Thing, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. Photo by Jay Maidment / 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Flame on! Buoyant, bracing and, most shocking of all, brief, 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' represents a quantum leap of ship-righting. Everything about this amiable adventure – its space-age idiom, its sub-two-hour footprint, its emphasis on a literal nuclear family of heroes – has been cannily calibrated to dispel the air of listlessness that's engulfed the Marvel Cinematic Universe in recent years. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The difficulties adapting the First Family of Marvel Comics go back further than that. Josh Trank's 2015 'Fantastic Four' flamed out despite the presence of Michael B. Jordan as Johnny 'The Human Torch' Storm. Tim Story's 2005 'Fantastic Four' and its 2007 sequel both had Chris Evans playing that physiological hothead, but were too forgettable to disqualify him from suiting up as Captain America later. Most lurid of all was the early '90s 'The Fantastic Four' (italics mine) – rushed to completion by schlock auteur Roger Corman on an austerity budget of $1 million just so producer Bernd Eichinger could hang onto the rights. Those prior iterations hail from a more innocent age of corporate hegemony, before the acquisition of both Marvel and Fox – holder of the Fantastic Four and X-Men movie licences – by Disney, whose appetites rival those of the new film's major threat, the giant purple planet-eater Galactus. True to creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's crazypants vision, this deity's genocidal pig-out is preceded by a visit to our doomed planet from his emcee and enforcer, the Silver Surfer. (Julia Garner plays the surfer in 'First Steps,' and despite being coated in digital chrome, she conveys palpable melancholy.) Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. After opening in media res via a TV special celebrating the Fantastic Four's many victories, 'First Steps' quickly puts the family in family film, with Vanessa Kirby's Sue Storm contemplating a home pregnancy test – one of the more prosaic technological anachronisms in this alternate early 1960s, which also has flying cars and faster-than-light travel. 'Nothing will change,' says her spouse, Reed 'Mr. Fantastic' Richards (the ubiquitous but still welcome Pedro Pascal), because even super-geniuses can be hella dumb. That's our movie: What to Expect When You're Expecting a Violet, Planet-Devouring God. That Sue is in a family way doesn't stop her from blasting off with her family to negotiate with and/or defeat Galactus (voiced by Ralph Ineson), who demands a biblical tribute. Unwilling to pay up, the Fantastic Four get to work on Plan B, which involves uniting every government on Earth in a coordinated defense requiring global power conservation. (One amusing effect of the brownout is that the Thing can't shave his granite face.) That all this unfolds in just a few brisk scenes with nary a hint of dissent is indicative of the dramatic opportunities that get overlooked when storytellers are bent on efficiency. Still, in an era when blockbuster run times have stretched out longer than Mr. Fantastic's rubbery limbs, it's a refreshing change. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Clearly, Marvel and DC have been reading the same feedback cards. Like the equally pithy new 'Superman,' 'First Steps' eschews its heroes' oft-told origin and drops us into a world where Reed, Sue, her brother Johnny and gentle-geologic-giant Ben 'the Thing' Grimm are already beloved public figures. The director is Matt Shakman, who helmed the memorable MCU streaming series 'WandaVision,' where each episode was a pastiche of a distinct era of television. I am duty-bound to tell you 'First Steps' is set on Earth-828, a dimension removed from all the other Marvel heroes – for now, anyway. Maybe that's the reason cinematographer Jess Hall and production designer Kasra Farahani have been permitted to give 'First Steps' a distinct retro-futuristic look that escapes the house-style visual tedium of the MCU. Its off-world middle act evokes the cosmic majesty of Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' more than the screensavery muck of prior spacefaring Marvel films. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Equally remarkable is that no member of the cast is ever dwarfed by the extinction-level machinations around them. Pascal and Kirby, in particular, tuck into the nuances of their partnership in ways seldom seen in these films. Even the minor players – Paul Walter Hauser's comic Mole Man, Natasha Lyonne as a Hebrew schoolteacher drawn to the canonically Jewish Mr. Grimm despite his igneous orange bod – leave us wanting more. — Three stars. Rated PG-13. At area theatres. Superhero action, a zero-gravity childbirth sequence, mild cussing. 118 minutes. Rating guide: Four stars masterpiece, three stars very good, two stars OK, one star poor, no stars waste of time. Golf Canada Toronto & GTA Ontario World
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6 days ago
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Captures The Spirit Of Wonder, Ambition, & Hope For The Future [Review]
Subscribe to our FREE The Fantastic Four is comprised of four individuals who went to space and came back totally changed. After their trip to space, Dr Reed Richards/ Mr Fantastic, Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Johnny Storm/Human Torch became a superpowered superhero group. Despite their changed lives, the four keep their humanity right front and center, emphasising on being people first and only becoming superheroes when they have to be. They're known as Marvel's First Family for a reason. In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby star as Reed Richards and Sue Storm while Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn play Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm respectively. (L-R): Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. Credit: Marvel What I liked The previous Fantastic Four adaptations (2005 onwards) didn't leave much of an impression on me because the stories and characters were forgettable. I voiced my hesitation to friends when I saw the first look pictures and poster for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. I wasn't sold on the whole cast, especially Pedro Pascal as Dr Reed Richards. Love that man but I couldn't visualise him as Reed Richards, the smartest man in the universe! So, what do I think of this new version? I'm happy to report that I like it a lot. Pascal sold me right away as Reed Richards when he first appeared on screen, a testament to his range as an actor. (L-R) Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic. Credit: Marvel The visuals immediately hooks you in and makes you want to know more about their world. Like why are they dressed retro but they're living in a futuristic world? It's a fantastic fictional combo for world set up and the makeup and fashion department needs a round of applause as well. I liked the way their origin story was succinctly told so the audience are quickly familiarised with the Fantastic Four family and how they came to be. It was a nice touch to introduce a slew of villains in passing as it gives everyone a general idea of the city the characters are living in. (L-R) Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing and H.E.R.B.I.E. Credit: Marvel. Just like every other superhero, they were faced with a great dilemma: Will you sacrifice one to save many? And for the first time, Richards had no idea what to do. It was an unsolvable equation staring at his face and the heavy responsibility weighs on him while the world looks to him for an answer. This looming problem quickly made the world's favourite family into the most hated one. As the audience, we could understand why both sides feel that way and that there were no best choices without risks. We could also see how spoiled the citizens were because everything has gone well for them up to that point. Credit: Marvel For those who are familiar with Reed Richards' character in the comics, you might be able to catch a glimpse of how 'villainous' he could be when it came down to it. That's probably the cons of being the smartest and going into tunnel vision. I don't have anything much to pick apart in the film because it is after all the first film and more characters can be explored later. If anything, the tension in the movie seems to be resolved quickly, but I also appreciated that it didn't unnecessarily linger. (L-R) Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman. Credit: Marvel. Should you skip or watch? Overall, it's a good and enjoyable story about the Fantastic Four family. This is a no-homework-needed movie so you don't need to study the comics or previous Marvel installations to get the story. It's also not heavy or dreary like some superhero films and shows. There are two end credit scenes which are relevant and not throwaways. I think some fans will be excited with the final end credit scene. Similar to the 1960s inspired the original Fantastic Four, The Fantastic Four: First Steps captures that same spirit of wonder, ambition and hope for the future. You can catch The Fantastic Four: First Steps in cinemas nationwide on 24 July 2025. (L-R) Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Ada Scott as Franklin Richards and Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman. Credit: Marvel Share your thoughts with us via TRP's . Get more stories like this to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter.
