Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Since the 1961 introduction, the Fantastic Four has been portrayed as a somewhat dysfunctional, yet loving, family.
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Fantastic Four have been adapted into other media, including four animated series and four live-action films.
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Fantastic Four regularly pointed to a team he created for rival publisher DC Comics in the 1950s, the Challengers of the Unknown.
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Comics historian R C Harvey believes the Fantastic Four was a continuation of the work Kirby previously did, and so "more likely Kirby's creations than Lee's".
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Fantastic Four used the pseudonym John Harkness, which he had created years before for work he didn't want to be associated with.
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New volume for the Fantastic Four was released in August 2018, written by Dan Slott, as part of Marvel's Fresh Start event.
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Fantastic Four's was seen again in a 1973 issue of Fantastic Four, having become a heavyset but cheerful wife and mother.
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Fantastic Four is formed after four civilian astronauts are exposed to cosmic rays during an unauthorized outer space test flight in an experimental rocket ship designed by Dr Reed Richards.
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Fantastic Four has had several headquarters, most notably the Baxter Building, located at 42nd Street and Madison Avenue in New York City.
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Fantastic Four Incorporated, known as Fantastic Enterprises, is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Fantastic Four's characterization was initially different from all other superheroes at the time.
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The Fantastic Four guest-starred in the "Secret Wars" story arc of the 1990s Spider-Man animated series, and the Thing guest-starred in the "Fantastic Fortitude" episode of the 1996 The Incredible Hulk series.
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The Fantastic Four appeared in the 2010 series The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
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Fantastic Four has been the subject of four animated television series.
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The third Fantastic Four was broadcast as part of The Marvel Action Hour umbrella, with introductions by Stan Lee.
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Different Fantastic Four members appear briefly and with little or no dialogue and are mentioned various times throughout the first season of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
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In 2005, the second film adaptation, Fantastic Four directed by Tim Story, was released by 20th Century Fox.
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The sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, directed by Story and written by Don Payne, was released in 2007.
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In July 2019 at the San Diego Comic-Con, producer and head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige, announced that a Fantastic Four film set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in development.
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All of the Fantastic Four appear as playable characters in the game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance with Doctor Doom being the main enemy.
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The members of the Fantastic Four are featured in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, although the team is separated over the course of the game, with Mister Fantastic being 'locked' into the Pro-Registration side of the game's storyline and the Thing briefly becoming unavailable to the player - just as he left America in protest of the war - until he returns to assist in preventing civilian casualties during the conflict.
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The Fantastic Four are playable characters in Marvel Heroes, and Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
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