With a name like the Fantastic Four , you ’d retrieve the superteam would have a clean static rank . But no , Mr. Fantastic , the Invisible Woman , the Human Torch , and the Thing frequently go on sabbatical and/or perish , thus involve awesomely ridiculous replacements .
In Fantastic Four 587 ( which comes out January 26 ) , series writer Jonathan Hickman will off one of the Four ’s core members . Despite the commonness of superhero demise ( and the fact that F4 members have seemingly taken dirt nap in the past tense ) , there ’s been the quitethe culture medium brouhahaover the news . An internet wager internet site has eventabulated the oddsof each phallus ’s death ( The Thing = 100:1 , whereas Sue = 1:1 ) . The Good Book will be cancelled with the release of February ’s Fantastic Four 588 and rechristened simply as FF ( Hickman and creative person Steve Epting will stay on gameboard ) .
It ’s ill-defined how lasting this death will be — killing one of the squad extremity is messing with the firmament of the F4 franchise . Back in 2004 , The Thing died during Mark Waid ’s term of office on the book , and the remaining squad fellow member transported themselves up to Heaven to rescue him ( there they encounter God , who was the spit mental image of Jack Kirby ) . In 1995 , Reed was think to be dead after his evil future grandsonHyperstormtossed him thousands of years into the past . Heck , the entire squad was dubbed deceased during 1996 ’s manner - too - complex - to - describe - hereOnslaught Saga . In short , the Fantastic Four and fatality rate coalesce like crude oil and H2O .
For the foreseeable future , it look like the Fantastic Four will become the Tremendous Trio . This is a pity , as the grouping has conferred squad rank toa dozen or so other heroes(including Storm , the Black Panther , the Inhumans Crystal and Medusa , She - Hulk , and Reed and Sue ’s own kids ) . However , the best and strangest hoagie are below . Here are some of the wackiest x - F4ers .
1 . ) Luke Cage
Despite the fact that he ’s one of the few superheroeswho we ’ve see possess anal retentive sex , Luke Cage ’s modernistic dangerous undertaking are positively milquetoast compare to his 1970s antics . Back in the twenty-four hour period , Luke used to coiffe in pelt - tight polyester and chain , holler insane catchphrases , and request a fee for his superheroics ( hence his title Luke Cage , Hero for Hire ) . In 1973 , Luke first encountered the Fantastic Four when Dr. Doom bilked him out of a $ 200 bill . Doom had hired Cage to destroy some runaway Doombots ( who were nauseated of life in antiblack Latveria ) , and when the tyrant stiffed our torpedo , Luke steal the Fantastic Four ’s jet and made a business firm call to Doom ’s castle .
uncalled-for to say , Luke got his $ 200 . In 1976 , Reed hired Luke to supplant The Thing for three issues . Ben Grimm had reverted to his human form , and Reed needed a Modern powerhouse on the squad . Comedy quick ensued .
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2 . ) H.E.R.B.I.E.
This is n’t mirthful book of account canon , but when The New Fantastic Four sketch series debuted in 1978 , the Human Torch was replaced with H.E.R.B.I.E. , a plucky but annoying AI . The Human Torch was being considered forhis own resilient - legal action TV movie , so he was put off for the infinitely more toyetic robot .
3 . ) The New Fantastic Four
I ’m just twine these four recruits into one incoming since their tenure as F4 members was such a footnote . During one of those many occasion everyone assumed the Fantastic Four was deadened , Wolverine , Ghost Rider , Spider - Man , and the Hulk took over in a ploy unashamedly aimed at advance sales . A Skrull impersonating the Invisible Woman told Marvel ’s most marketable torpedo that they had to avenge the F4 ’s death , which led the New F4 into conflict with Mole Man . The team did n’t last long as three - tail of them were psychopath .
4 . ) She - Thing
In the mid-80s , Sue and Reed get hold their marriage on the rocks , so Sharon Ventura ( a.k.a . the top-notch - powered wrestler Ms. Marvel ) join up in their absence . regrettably for Sharon , she was exposed to cosmic rays and became a Thing - like creature , only more manure - like ( she did n’t take her transmutation well ) .
Sharon and the affair later had a go together , which I can only imagine is like possess sex with a concrete statue of yourself .
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