The Fantastic Four: First Steps is Marvel’s third and final MCU film of 2025, hitting theaters this July. While I’m excited to see the MCU get its own First Family, I’m very interested to find out how Marvel will frame everything. After all, the Earth-616 reality at the center of the Infinity and Multiverse Sagas doesn’t have an original Fantastic Four team of its own.
Marvel didn’t have the rights to the characters until Disney bought Fox. The acquisition happened after the Infinity Saga concluded...