The classic Fantastic Four – Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Sue Richards (Invisible Woman), Ben Grimm (Thing), and Johnny Storm (Human Torch) – may currently be embroiled in Marvel's Empyre crossover event, but in September 2's Fantastic Four #23 from w♌riter Dan Slott and artist Paco Medina, four other heroes are dealing with their own cosmic crisis.
In this preview of Medina's interio🧸r art, get a look at Spider-Man, Wolverine, Franklin Richards, and his sister Valeria Richards as they fill in for the Fantastic Four for a side-story that ties into the overall events♚ of Empyre.
"The ultimate Omni-Wave Projector — built by Valeria Richards, powered Franklin Richards," reads Marvel's official description of Fantastic Four #2🔴3. "In their hands, it could lay waste to the Empyre."
"But what if it fell into the hands of the Celestial Assassins? A tipping point in the Empyre saga!" Marvel's description from its 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:September 2020 solicitations continues. "A fight that Spider-Man and Wolverine can’t afford to lose! And two lives that that will be forever c🌜hanged!"
Spider-Man and Wolverine may seem like surprise faces to fill in for the Fantastic Four, but neither of them is a newcomer to💎 the team. Spider-Man tried out for the FF in his first-ever solo story way back in 1963's Amazing Spider-Man #1, and has filled in a few times over the years, especially when his pal 🌸Johnny Storm was sorta dead and trapped in the Negative Zone.
But Spidey and Wolverine both made their FF debuts in Fantastic Four #348 from writer/artist Walt Simonson, who replaced the entire team for a single arc, with a substitute Fantastic Four comprised of Wolverine, Hulk, Spider-Man, and Ghost Rider – a partial joke about the value of showcasing these characters, then Marvel's most popular, as guest stars in other t👍itles.
Fantastic Four #23 goes on sale September 2.
And while you're looking ahead to this issue, remember this is all a portent for "a new, major, permanent status quo change" promised by Marvel in October's Fantastic Four #24.
I've been Newsarama's resident Marvel Comics expert a♏nd general comic book historian since 2011. I've also been the on-site report🥃er at most major comic conventions such as Comic-Con International: San Diego, New York Comic Con, and C2E2. Outside of comic journalism, I am the artist of many weird pictures, and the guitarist of many heavy riffs. (They/Them)
