First Steps opening this weekend on July 26, 2025, let’s make sense of this super family for newcomers heading to the theater—it's a fun way to get ready for the adventure!

The Fantastic Four have traditionally struggled with the transition to the big screen.

But to truly succeed, First Steps must follow the lead set by these great Marvel Comics starring the Fantastic Four. Many longtime comic book aficionados will encourage new fans to read reimaginings of characters’s origin stories over the original tales.

Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the Thing and Human Torch may be the team's core, but Stan Lee gave the Fantastic Four several other powerhouses.

The second Fantastic Four post-credits scene is a fun moment paying homage to several classic Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Marvel characters.

First Steps. The true power of The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the love between a mother and her child. While all four members of Marvel's First Family do their fair share to save their world from the giant,

That might sound like no big deal, but after 2023’s “The Marvels,” this spring’s fourth “Captain America” movie and “Thunderbolts*” all underperformed by Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) standards, the new “Fantastic Four” may offer broader audience appeal by not pulling from other franchises.

First Steps" has a thrilling ending that teases Dr. Doom and where the MCU goes from here in "Avengers: Doomsday."