While there’s no word yet about a direct sequel to the MCU movie Fantastic Four: First Steps — the characters will appear in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars — we are getting not one, not two, but four sequel comics coming from Marvel in 2026.
The first of those? Fantastic Four: First Foes #1 by former FF scribe Dan Slott, with art by Mark Buckingham, who previously drew the Fantastic Four: First Steps comic released earlier this year. As with that previous volume, First Foes is under the conceit that it’s released by the Future Foundation in the continuity of the MCU movie. And in this case, it’ll expand on something mostly left out of the film: the team’s fight with the Mad Thinker, who is “determined to get his proper due by turning the city of tomorrow against its heroic patrons!”
In addition to the main story, there will also be a two-page “Fantastic Science” feature written by Ryan North, inspired by a similar section in the movie.
The biggest question (well, my biggest question) is whether Buckingham will make the MCU Mad Thinker look like a famous actor… Red Ghost was played by John Malkovich, but cut out of the movie. What about Mad Thinker?
Fantastic Four: First Foes #1 will hit stores on March 4, 2026 from Marvel. Check out covers by Phil Noto and Kaare Andrews below.
FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST FOES #1
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art by MARK BUCKINGHAM
Cover by PHIL NOTO
Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO
Variant Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
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