The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961), which helped to usher in a new level of verisimilitude in the medium.
The Fantastic Four was the first superhero team created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics with this title that they would use from then on.
As the first superhero team title produced by Marvel Comics, it formed a cornerstone of the company's rise from a small division of a publishing company to a pop-culture conglomerate.
The title would go on to showcase the talents of comics creators such as Roy Thomas, John Byrne, Steve Englehart, Walt Simonson, John Buscema, George Perez and Tom DeFalco, and is one of several Marvel titles still in publication since the Silver Age of Comic Books.
The four core individuals traditionally associated with the Fantastic Four, who gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space, are: Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), a scientific genius and the leader of the group, who can stretch his body into incredible lengths and shapes; the Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Storm), Reed's wife, who can render herself and others invisible and project powerful force fields; the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Sue's younger brother, who can generate flames, surround himself with them and...
Coming at the heels of the "deaths" of Batman and Captain America, I'm gonna be cynical here and say it's just a ploy to increase comics sales. As the article had said, others had "died" before and come back. We've even had other people come in as the fourth member of the team.
You can't have the FF without an F. Still, of course I'm going to buy the issue and see what's going on -- just what they wanted, F it! LOL.
I think the character will be the Human Torch. Someone should finally put out his candle. And then it will turn out to be the android from the Golden Age! Or something.