The MCU’s Improbable 4 are Getting a Prequel...

Come July, the Fantastic Four are taking their First Steps to theaters in practically a decade, and alongside the way in which, they’ll step into comics.

On Friday, Marvel introduced the MCU model of the First Household will take to the web page in a one-shot story from author Matt Fraction and artist Mark Buckingham. The comedian, which hits shops on July 2, will cowl the staff’s origin story and present how they went public, in flip making them world celebrities and the one superheroes of their universe available to save lots of Earth from Galactus and the Silver Surfer.

Longtime MCU followers might bear in mind there was tie-in comics that helped set the stage for then-upcoming motion pictures like Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War. For those who haven’t been maintaining, they’re really nonetheless round, to an extent: Part 4 and 5 motion pictures like Black Widow and Eternals each obtained prelude or tie-in comics—the latter was on Webtoon, but it surely arguably counts—and Your Pleasant Neighborhood Spider-Man had a prequel miniseries which just lately wrapped.

Nonetheless, there’s some significance right here to the Improbable 4’s comedian, since Marvel is leaning into this being a giant deal. In-universe, it’s meant to rejoice the staff’s fourth anniversary since they debuted, and it’s been “licensed” by the Future Basis, which is run by Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby). Utilizing a comic book to promote the concept they’ve been round for years and have a historical past is an impressed selection that’ll hopefully make the Improbable 4: First Steps film really feel extra alive when it releases on July 25.

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