A sweet piece of The Fantastic Four: First Steps fan art predicts what the MCU team's family dynamics will look like on the big screen. Marvel's First Family have taken a long while to make their MCU debut, appearing for the first time in Matt Shakman's 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The MCU's main Fantastic Four team comes from a universe different to the Avengers', but their background and relationships are expected to be familiar to fans of the comic book team. The Fantastic Four: First Steps' main cast has already showcased their mutual chemistry at San Diego Comic-Con and D23.
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Artist JustRalphy recreates Fantastic Four #524's cover, where the Fantastic Four use their powers while stacking their hands. The fan art image features the MCU team's blue-and-white costumes, with Ebon Moss-Bachrach's the Thing wearing the sweater from The Fantastic Four : First Steps' first official concept image and the rest of the team wearing white gloves. Check out the image below:
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Marvel Studios has focused on the Fantastic Four's family relationships in most of The Fantastic Four: First Steps' promotional material so far. The Fantastic Four: First Steps' first official image features Reed Richards and Sue Storm dancing playfully as Johnny Storm looks at Ben Grimm affectionately. Footage and interviews at San Diego Comic-Con and D23 also underline the unbreakable bond between all four superheroes, confirming that family love and friendship will be central themes in the Phase 6 movie, just like they've been in the comics for several decades now.
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The Fantastic Four : First Steps' well-developed family-centric story is guaranteed. The MCU Fantastic Four's team dynamics will be innovative in the superhero movie genre, as live-action superhero movies usually feature characters who struggle to get along at first before learning to accept their differences. If Reed Richards and Sue Storm's children Franklin and Valeria appear in The Fantastic Four : First Steps, the team's need to protect them will also mark a first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
None of the previous Fantastic Four movies have emphasized the team's family dynamics as much as the comics, and their promotional material is clear proof of it. Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the first live-action FF adaptation to highlight the team's bond in its marketing, whereas Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Fant4stic put their superpowers, costumes, and battles in the forefront. Following The Fantastic Four: First Steps' 2025 release, future sequels and team appearances will likely continue to develop this theme, possibly with other characters such as Spider-Man and She-Hulk joining them as close friends.
