The Fantastic Four (q.v.) is a team of comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. Since 1961 they have starred in three ongoing series as well as a number of mini-series and specials:

Primary ongoing series

• Fantastic Four volume 1, #1-416 (November 1961 - September 1996)
• Fantastic Four Annual #1-27 (1963 - 1993)
• Giant-Size Fantastic Four #1-6 (May 1974 - October 1975)
• Fantastic Four volume 2, #1-13 (November 1996 - November 1997)
• Fantastic Four volume 3, #1-70 (January 1998 - August 2003)
• Fantastic Four Annual '98 (1998)
• Fantastic Four Annual '99 (1999)
• Fantastic Four Annual 2000 (2000)
• Fantastic Four Annual 2001 (2001)

Ultimate Series

Ultimate Fantastic Four, an updated version of the characters recently launched by Marvel as a part of the company's new Ultimate Marvel line of comics. The first six issue story arc by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and artist Andy Kubert updates the origin of the FF. The UFF are younger than the contemporary Marvel Universe FF.

Marvel Knights Series

Another series, set in the regular Marvel Universe, has been released. Called Marvel Knights 4 it concentates on the more human, realist dimension of the Fantastic Four.

Mini-series and specials

• Fantastic Four Roast (November 1985)
• Fantastic Four Unlimited #1-12 (March 1993 - December 1995)
• Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine #1-12 (February 2001 - January 2002)
• Fantastic Four 1234 - A four-issue miniseries 2001. [ISBN: 0785110402]
• Unstable Molecules - A four-issue miniseries (2001?)about the lives of the many real people who inspired the Fantastic Four: Reed Richards, detached scientist; his 'invisible' wife, Sue Sturm; her rebellious teenage brother, Johnny Sturm; and Ben Grimm, self-loathing failed New York boxer, and even Dr Victor Dunne, Reed's rival in the scientific world. First of three parts, with The Mad Thinkers and The Negative Zone having projected release dates of 2007 and 2013.
• Fantastic four Remix - Remakes of classic issues
• Fantastic Four 2099 - An eight-issue miniseries produced in 1996. Features the 'present' FF team somehow transported forward into 2099, and features other 2099 characters, most notably Spiderman 2099.
• Honorable mention: Reed Richards' brain and the Thing's body feature in the Marvel Knights 2099 comic, Mutant 2099. It is not connected with the previous 2099 series in any way.
• X4: A five-issue team-up between the Fantastic Four and members of the X-Men. (2005)

External links

• [1] Fantastic Four@Grant Morrison.com
• [2] Fantastic Four Issue Library