@reignmaker:

Yeah, Hitman is awesome.

Don't really see why it doesn't count it being Ultimate FF. Many consider Bendis and Millar as some of the best and important writers for the characters that they wrote for (Spidey and The Ultimates/Avengers).

BB

@billy_batson: Because the 1610 universe FF characters are very different from the mainstream versions. For one, they're all younger, Sue was a biochemist, Ben had more contempt for Reed, Doom mutated in the explosion, etc. There are enough differences that one could assume that if given the chance and having to work with 616 continuity that Ellis would tell a vastly different story. Not saying his 1610 version wasn't good, but I wouldn't say that his approach to 616 would be similar.

@night_thrasher: The fantastic 4 Are Iconic no doubt. but whenever I read about them Idk its boring to me some how....

The issues ive liked have been the ones involving certain guest appearances. Like Dr Doom (cause hes a boss) the avengers, x men, spiderman, ect.... they work good in dynamic with another no so much by themselves in my opinion.

by themselves its like...

Human tourch and & thing fight/play with each other while reed is studying/analyzing something and Sue is baby sitting franklin (who's been a incompetent child since the onslaught saga)

so without someone stealing there kid, galactus showing up or them doing something remotely interesting.... they suck most of the time.

I liked hickmans run tho for some reason...

I only like the thing

I only like the thing but I do love the FF

No Kirby, No cool Reed in his Lab stories. IMO

Honestly the idea of the Fantastic Four is cooler than the characters deserve. A bunch of heroes living together and exploring the Marvel Universe is a cool concept but Reed and Sue suck the energy out of the room with their blandness. They should change the FF's lineup: how about Spider-Man, Wolverine, The Hulk and Dr. Doom. That oughta liven things up!

I want to like them because I like the human torch but the stuff I have read (the story arc where human torch "died") was confusing and all the science talk was boring and eventually it just wore me out. I don't know if it is always like that and would like to read more but I am kind of hesitant to give it another go.

Replace Dr. Doom with Ghostrider, and it did happen once:

@v_scarlotte_rose: Ballin'

Lack of any interest from the Big wigs

@banestrokelobogrundybatarrow: @juliedc: @godtriggerhulk: @datnigga: I will be the first to admit that the FF can be boring in the hands of a writer not ready to handle such a book. I equate the team to the San Antonio Spurs. To a casual fan they don't have the flash and pop of the more popular teams but, in to someone who can appreciate comics/basketball in its purity it something to marvel at (no pun intended). I feel the FF is at its essence a pure adventure book and that's what comics are based on.

Probably because there are more popular characters like Hulk, Spiderman and Wolverine making the FF an after thought.

They're also more interesting when they're exploring and discovering other places.

+1 boring

They also never felt very accessible to me for some reason, almost as if they could never be defeated- who wants to be bothered reading a story with so little struggle and even less payoff... I mean the guy's already got the girl, the only drama was poor old Ben and he always struck me as a grumpy stick in the mud. Basically there was no reason to invest my paper route money, or my time walking up to the 7-11 and 'eyeball sweat' reading it.

Maybe if they had 5-10 different titles they'd be able to match the Avengers and X-Men in popularity. Mighty Four, Uncanny Four, Fantastic Force, etc.

Could happen. There is two Fantastic Fours at the moment after all(sort of).

@v_scarlotte_rose: If the reboot is successful then they'll probably 5-6 books and an event as a bonus.

@rustyroy: I hadn't even thought about the reboot. It'll be interesting to see if it makes a difference.

The problem I always had with the F4 was the same problem I have with Star Trek... they always come up with some crazy outlandish psuedo science answer for every problem. Its more like the Reed Richards comic and the other three are background characters.

I like F4 but the reasons they're not popular is because :

• They don't have a successful movie. The first two movies were pretty bad.
• They're villains are more interesting them. One needs to be as interesting as their enemies to be likable.
• Marvel isn't interested in them that much. Every Marvel events revolve around X-Men and Avengers and the F4 are mostly ignored, their villain's are used more in other books than their own book.

Because they suck, why do you think there good villains like Doom and Annihilus moved to other galleries?

@v_scarlotte_rose: If its successful then it will definitely make a difference.

I love FF, I think they are much more interesting than Avengers

@v_scarlotte_rose: I think they should've used the concept of the Future foundation to open up the possibility of adding new unique characters to the franchise. Namorita a kree another alien maybe teenaged fraklin (with a secondary mutation thats not so overpowered) or something of that nature... making the team more than 4 making them expand to bigger and better things.

The avengers are expanding through out the marvel Universe

the x men are split up again. but all doing interesting things with the return of mutants

and spiderman is superior and is getting his own band of minions soon

everybody is growing and expanding except the Fantastic 4

@datnigga: I'm very new to the ideas of the Future Foundation(started reading with Fraction/Allred FF), but it seems like it could be a good way of bringing in new characters, like a sort of X-Men Academy/Avengers Academy sort of thing(haven't read either so I could be wrong about how they do things).

What would make the teams different though? I know at the moment that the classic team are in space, and the stand-in team are in New York, so where would be a good place to base another Fantastic team? Maybe Fantastic Four West Coast?

I really don't know much Fantastic Four information having only read less than 20 or so Fantastic Four/FF comics, so I can't really offer many in depth suggestions.

@v_scarlotte_rose: If they were to expand. The difference would still lie in what they do as a team. Exploring/Dealing with aliens ect..... part of the problem is though the avengers have expanded in to every category everywhere. be it mutant problems (x men) or extra terrestrial scientific (fantastic 4) and has collectively taken many of the fantastic 4's enemies as well.

this whole thing the avengers are currently dealing with. BIO evolution bombs set off by the alein god ex nihilo that is literally RIGHT up the fantastic 4's alley. but where are they? in space....

whither they expand or remain 4 they just need to be bad ass superhero's again. not just a super family that baby sits a child that doesn't grow up. if superheros aren't doings bad ass things well... things get boring after awhile. and that seems to have happened cause without good villains or a constant purpose a story can't possibly hope to hold up

The 616 team just feels very white-bread, vanilla, and antiquated. They're bogged down by too many kids and they seem to old to appeal to the 18-35 male crowd.

That's why the only version of the Fantastic Four that I've enjoyed was the first 18 issues of Ultimate Fantastic Four, an underrated and extremely good set of issues. The characters are younger and more modern. There's interpersonal drama, mystery, interesting pseudo-science, great writing, and great art. No kids. Lots of heart. I hope Josh Trank's reboot draws more from Ultimate Fantastic Four than 616 Fantastic Four.

In fact, the Ultimate Fantastic Four is my favorite superhero team of all time!

@captain13: The Ultimate team was good IMO. But the 616 version is by far superior to me. The growth and inclusion of Franklin and Valeria just adds to the intrigue for me. Plus, no Franklin and no Valeria and no this:

@v_scarlotte_rose: Is that a Larsen cover?

@jointron33: Apparently it's Art Adams and Art Thibert.

I love the Fantastic Four, 616 and 6160 and I love the Future Foundation. Family Dynamic + Crazy Science Adventures = Awesome