Team » Frightful Four appears in 231 issues.
Revealed as Wizard's new incarnation in Fantastic Four (2014) # 10
Revealed as a new fourth member in Fantastic Four (1961) #514
Former enemy of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, Sandman reformed after a humiliating merge with Hydro-Man. Member of the Frightful Four beginning with their first appearance in Fantastic Four #36 and ending with his last evil FF appearance in FF #218. Sandman did a creditable job as a member of the original Frightful Four, though he was probably not as valuable to the Wizard as either Medusa or Trapster. The Frightful Four was introduced as the nemesis to the Fantastic Four, the rotation has constantly changed.
Next to Medusa, Sharon Ventura was probably the best female member of the Frightful Four that the Wizard ever selected. While she far surpassed Medusa in raw strength, especially in her mutated She-Thing form which was the work of Dr. Doom, Medusa certainly surpassed Sharon in intelligence. Sharon came extremely close to destroying the Invisible Woman during their Frightful Four encounter. Actually, if it was not for the Wizard making a grave mistake, Sharon Ventura would have finished off Susan Storm! (Wizard tried to throttle the Torch. This opened up a pocket of non-causality, thus allowing enough additional strength to be passed on to all the FF members, allowing them to defeat their Frightful Four opponents.)
Was briefly brainwashed into joining
Recruited by The Wizard in Deadpool (1997) #35
Chosen during a membership drive in Fantastic Four (1961) #177
Introduced by The Wizard as an "improved and updated" member in Fantastic Four (2019)#3
Thundra is an awesome warrior woman who hails from the United Sisterhood Republic - a country ruled by the Femizons, a matriarchy of Amazon-like women warriors. This reality is based in an alternate 23rd century Earth...... Thundra was the second woman to have a place on the Frighgtful Four roster. However, just like Medusa, she ended up turning traitor to her Frightful Four comrades. Her complaint was that the Wizard wanted to kill the Fantastic Four, whereas Thundra only wanted to defeat them in battle, especially the Thing. Due to Thundra's treachery, plus that of Medusa, Wizard decided not to seek a female as the fourth member for a few years anyway.
This mighty female warrior has now appeared in as many Frightful Four/Fantastic Four issues as Medusa, namely six. Titania appeared in FF #326-328 and FF #547-549. Hence, it would seem that Titania has become the Wizard's modern-day female counterpart to the Invisible Girl/Woman. Titania did something in the Frightful Four's last encounter that was most chilling. While Susan Storm was a captive of the Frightful Four for a third time in almost five decades in FF #547-#548, Titania actually declared that they must kill her. Fortunately for the Invisible Woman, Wizard disagreed and so Susan lived to be later freed from captivity and went on to defeat the Frightful Four all by herself in FF #549.
Member of the original Frightful Four. The Frightful Four was introduced as the nemesis to the Fantastic Four, the rotation has constantly changed. However, next to the Wizard himself, who has always been the leader of the Frightful Four, Trapster has had the second most appearances on the Frightful Four team. He started out in FF #36 in the Frightful Four's first appearance as Paste-Pot Pete, a name that he has been trying to live down for decades. However, he quickly changed his name to the Trapster in FF #38 and has stuck with it ever since. Trapster provided valuable assistance to the Wizard on many occasions. Almost all the time, Wizard has preferred making captives of the FF, instead of killing them directly. This has been one reason for the downfall of the Frightful Four. Trapster, however, has been especially useful to the Wizard in fullfilling the Wizard's desire to see his hated opponents lying helpless in a variety of traps designed to negate their powers. Trapster's most effective traps of all probably came in FF #177. However, he also did a particularly good job in FF #41, but also proved quite useful in making captives of the Fantastic Four on several other occasions. Like Medusa, he was extremely valuable in the abduction of the Invisible Girl in FF #38 and the resulting first defeat of the Fantastic Four!
Founded the team in Fantastic Four (1961) #36
A member of Dracula's team in Deadpool: The Infinite Gauntlet #8
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