The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... The Fantastic Four

During an expedition in space, four astronauts - scientist Reed Richards, pilot Ben Grimm, student Sue Storm and her kid brother Johnny - were bombarded by cosmic rays. After returning to Earth, the team discovered they had gained superpowers: Reed could stretch his body to incredible lengths, Ben became a super-strong being made of rock, Sue was now able to turn invisible and create force fields, and Johnny could ignite his body into flame and fly.

Dubbing themselves Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, the Invisible Woman, and the Human Torch (respectively), the quartet now explore the cosmos and fight incredible villains together as the Fantastic Four!

Updated July 16, 2025
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Marvels
Busiek, Kurt
Paper Book
Secret Wars
Hickman, Jonathan
Paper Book
The interdimensional Incursions have eliminated each and every dimension one by one - and now, despite the best efforts of the scientists, sages and superhumans of both dimensions, the Marvel Universe and Ultimate Universe have collided with one another... and been destroyed! Now, all that exists in...
Fantastic Four. Vol. 1, Fourever
Slott, Dan
Ebook
Fantastic Four. Vol. 2, Mr. and Mrs. Grimm
Simone, Gail
Ebook
The unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Vol. 1, Squirrel power
North, Ryan
Paper Book
Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got her own ongoing series! (Not that she's bragging.) That's right, by popular demand, it's Squirrel Girl! (She's also starting college this semester.) It's the start of a brand-new set of adventures...
Fantastic Four. Vol. 1, Whatever happened to the Fantastic Four?
North, Ryan
Paper Book
Collects Fantastic Four (2022) #1-6. Something has gone terribly wrong in New York! The Thing and Alicia are traveling across America to escape it! But when they stop for the night and wake up the morning before they arrived, they find themselves caught in a time loop that's been going on since...
Fantastic Four. Vol. 2, Four stories about hope
North, Ryan
Paper Book
Ryan North's acclaimed run on Marvel's First Family continues! Reunited once more, the Fantastic Four settle into their new headquarters - not knowing that a mysterious threat has made it there first! As their knowledge of LANGUAGE ITSELF begins to melt from their minds, the Four are in disarray as...
Fantastic Four. Vol. 3, The impossible is probable
North, Ryan
Paper Book
The Fantastic Four meet the Jurassic Four! When our FF swap places with a set of bizarre alternate-reality counterparts, they find themselves battling for survival...in a world where everyone is a dinosaur! Meanwhile, one year ago, Reed Richards sent the entire city block on which the Baxter...
Fantastic Four. 4, Fortune favors the fantastic
North, Ryan
Paper Book
Hit author Ryan North continues his ever-surprising FANTASTIC FOUR run! The Fantastic Four join the Blood Hunt and face down the vampires sinking their teeth into the Marvel Universe! But for all the FF's powers, can Mister Fantastic's scientific abilities do any good against the...
Fantastic Four. Vol. 5, Aliens, ghosts and alternate earths
North, Ryan
Paper Book
Hit author Ryan North continues his ever-surprising FANTASTIC FOUR run! When a cosmic incident from outer space threatens forty percent of the planet, the Fantastic Four will need teamwork, cleverness and an old vehicle dug out of storage to save the world -- plus some super...
Illuminati
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
The Illuminati will see you now! They are an elite group of the planet's most powerful and influential heroes, who meet in secret to guide Earth through its greatest crises. Nobody knows they exist - and that's the way they want it! Join Iron Man, Professor X, Black Bolt, the Sub-Mariner and Mister...
Civil war : a Marvel Comics event
Millar, Mark.
Paper Book
Collects Civil War (2006) #1-7. Whose side are you on? A conflict is brewing that threatens to pit friend against friend, brother against brother and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams,...
Secret invasion
Bendis, Brian Michael.
Paper Book
Who do you trust? The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal: full-scale invasion! Now, the invasion is here! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire's plan has birthed itself into perfection. It...
Devil's reign
Zdarsky, Chip
Paper Book
Acclaimed writer Chip Zdarsky brings his Daredevil saga to a shocking climax in a crossover event that changes the Marvel Universe forever! The story that's been building for years is finally here! Wilson Fisk has risen from Kingpin of Crime to mayor of the biggest city in...
Guardians of the galaxy 1, Emperor Quill
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Peter Quill has abandoned the Guardians and his role as Star-Lord to be Emperor of the Spartax. Rocket didn't wait a single minute to take the reins and become team leader of Drax, Venom, Groot, Kitty Pryde (A.K.A. Star-Lady?!?!) and new Guardian Ben Grimm, the ever-lovin' Thing! Collecting:...
Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom : triumph & torment. Issue 57
Stern, Roger
Ebook
Avengers : Time Runs Out Vol. 3
Hickman, Jonathan.
Paper Book
Earth's heroes divide as the world ends! Jonathan Hickman's cataclysmic saga tumbles toward its universe-shattering end as the Final Incursion approaches. The Illuminati is still on the run from the Avengers, their friends and comrades. The Cabal makes the decisions that no one else will - and the...
Infamous Iron Man. Infamous
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
There's a new Iron Man in town, and his name is...Victor Von Doom! The greatest villain of the Marvel Universe is no stranger to armor, but now he's trying something new on for size. And where Tony Stark failed, Doom will succeed. But what is Doom's master plan? As the secrets that propel Victor's...
Infamous Iron Man. Vol. 2, The absolution of doom
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Think you've seen Victor von Doom versus Reed Richards battle before? Well, you've never seen anything like this! The Reed Richards from a dead reality calls himself 'The Maker' -and his ultimate plans for this world are far more insane than anything Doctor Doom has ever attempted! Now Doom, as the...
Absolute Carnage
Cates, Donny
Paper Book
Collects Absolute Carnage (2019) #1-5 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1. Paint the town red - blood red! Carnage, the psychotic offspring of Venom, has returned - and he plans to slaughter everyone who's ever worn a symbiote! Cletus Kasady has skirted the periphery of...
Ultimate invasion
Hickman, Jonathan
Paper Book
The Illuminati must gather once again to stop the Maker! One of the last survivors of the original Ultimate Universe, the Maker plans to ensure that Earth's Mightiest Heroes never become heroes at all - and then he can reshape a defenseless universe into exactly what he wants it to be! Timelines and...
Inhuman. Vol. 1, Genesis
Soule, Charles
Paper Book
After the fall of the Inhuman City Attilan and the explosion of the Terrigen Bomb, thousands of people across the globe with no apparent connection to the strange super race have transformed into Inhumans! The transformations have given them powers that are dangerous and terrifying, making them...

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