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Marvel's Midnight Fantastic Four Get New Name
Marvel strips 'Fantastic' from team name after 65 years, calling them 'The Four' for horror-focused reboot.
In brief
Marvel strips 'Fantastic' from team name after 65 years, calling them 'The Four' for horror-focused reboot. Marvel's Fantastic Four are renamed 'The Four' in a horror-themed reboot after 65 years, dropping the 'Fantastic' title to reflect darker, more flawed characters. Originally reported by ScreenRant.
Marvel's Fantastic Four Get New Name
Marvel's Fantastic Four are getting a new codename, sixty-five years after Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Marvel's 'First Family' and changed superhero media forever.
Midnight Imprint Launches
Marvel recently launched its new 'Midnight' imprint, debuting a new continuity that reinvents its most iconic characters with a horror slant.
The Four Are Different
Midnight: Fantastic Four #1 - from Benjamin Percy, Kev Walker, Frank D'Armata and Joe Sabino - has introduced very different versions of Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing.
Team Name Change
Marvel is stripping the team of their 'Fantastic' title, with Midnight describing the team as just 'The Four.'
Flawed Characters
Reed Richards is depicted as an obsessive genius hooked on pills, with the two combining to fry his best friend 'Victor' (seemingly this continuity's Doctor Doom).
Dark Future
Each of these characters' flaws will combine to doom them, warping their bodies into grotesque new forms as the gate to the Negative Zone is opened.
The big picture
Marvel's Fantastic Four are renamed 'The Four' in a horror-themed reboot after 65 years, dropping the 'Fantastic' title to reflect darker, more flawed characters.
