| Ultimate Fantastic Four | |
|---|---|
 Cover to Ultimate Fantastic Four #39 Art by Salvador Larroca | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | February 2004 – February 2009 |
| No. of issues | 60 |
| Main character(s) | Reed Richards Susan Storm Johnny Storm Benjamin Grimm |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Brian Michael Bendis Mark Millar Adam Kubert (based upon the original characters by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) |
| Written by | Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar (#1–6) Warren Ellis (#7–18) Mike Carey (#19–20, 33–57, Ultimate X4 #1–2, Annual 2) Mark Millar (#21–32, Annual 1) Joe Pokaski (#58–60, FF/X-Men Annual #1–2, Ultimate Requiem) |
| Penciller(s) | Adam Kubert (#1–6, 13–18) Stuart Immonen (#7–12, Annual 2) Jae Lee (#19–20, Annual 1) Greg Land (#21–32) Frazer Irving (Annual 2) Pasqual Ferry (#33–38, 42–46, Ultimate X4 #1–2) Leinil Francis Yu (Ultimate X4 #2) Scott Kolins (#39–41) Mark Brooks (#39–41, 47–49) Tyler Kirkham (#50–60) Eric Nguyen (FF/X-Men Annual #1) Dan Panosian (FF/X-Men Annual #2) Robert Atkins (Ultimate Requiem) |
Ultimate Fantastic Four is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running Fantastic Four comic book franchise as part of the Ultimate Marvel imprint.[1] The Ultimate Fantastic Four team exists alongside other revamped Marvel characters in Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men, and The Ultimates.
While the characters remain relatively faithful to their original Marvel Universe conception, they differ in a number of notable aspects. The origin story of the team is modified and modernized and the team is much younger, being in their late teens to early 20s. The series revolves around the adventures of teen genius: Reed Richards, his childhood friend: Ben Grimm, and siblings: Susan and Johnny Storm, who get engulfed in a malfunctioned teleporter experiment and begin to develop super-powers: Reed can stretch his body to impossible lengths, Susan can project force fields and turn invisible, Johnny develops pyrokinetic super-powers and Ben is transformed into a rocky-skinned figure with super-human strength and durability. The series takes place in contemporary New York City and was met with mostly favorable responses from readers and critics, with the fresh, unique and modernized re-imagining of the classic Fantastic Four mythos, the artwork and the writing runs of Millar, Bendis and Ellis, being points of praise, while criticism was aimed at the perceived decline in quality of the writing, as the series progressed.
The title was created by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and Adam Kubert. The series debuted in early 2004 and had a monthly publishing schedule. Issue #60, the last of the series, was written by Joe Pokaski and drawn by Tyler Kirkham and was followed by a series epilogue in Ultimate Fantastic Four: Requiem.[2]
- ^ Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. DK Publishing. p. 320. ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ "NYCC: Joe Pokaski On "Ultimate Fantastic Four Requiem"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2011-02-25.