Marvel has announced they will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Fantastic Four’s debut with an oversized issue of the series this August, as well as Fantastic Four: 65 Years of the World’s Greatest Comic Covers!, a book collecting over 700 covers from the series. Fantastic Four #15 (legacy number: 741), by writer Ryan North and artist Humberto Ramos, will see the team collide with their own history, “with no hope of returning home unless a total stranger can help them return” to the present day.
Fantastic Four #15 (2026) cover by Humberto Ramos
The full synopsis reads, “The Fantastic Four have been defeated: with their personal arrows of time reversed, they’re careening into the past with no hope of salvation – unless a complete stranger can find out what they need. But even if she does, that will only get them halfway home, because there’s still a threat in the present that’s waiting to kill them – and that’s IF they can arrive there alive! This is one issue you won’t want to miss – because you’ll have to wait 65 years for ANYTHING like it. PLUS: Johnny’s mustache saves New York City?!”
North states, “Fantastic Four is a comic that matters like few others in the medium, so it’s been a real honor to get to write both our 700th issue [in 2023], and now this, our 65th anniversary special. For this oversized issue we tell a story that runs across time – in two directions at once – while also getting to see the true effect the Fantastic Four have had on their world, and each other. It’s got sci-fi, it’s got relationships, it’s got thrills and chills and fun and adventure and… wait, it says here it’s also got a major turning point in Johnny’s mustache? That can’t be right, can it??”
Executive editor Tom Brevoort adds, “To commemorate the Fantastic Four’s 65th year of publication, Ryan North and Humberto Ramos are taking the team back in time — both figuratively and literally! And because this is an anniversary issue, the story will also incorporate some classic moments by key FF creators of the past, including Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Byrne and Steve Epting — all seen with a new wrinkle added. It’s the sort of mind-bending adventure that fans have come to expect from this award-winning creative team, and the sort of story that will help keep the series exciting and innovative for decades to come.”
The book will be released on August 5, three days before the exact anniversary of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four #1 (cover date November 1961). Variant covers by Marcos Martin and Kris Anka have been confirmed at the time of writing. Fantastic Four: 65 Years of the World’s Greatest Comic Covers!, featuring commentary from FF creators past and present, will be released on the same day, and you can check out its cover below in the meantime. North and Francesco Mobili‘s new maxiseries, Doomquest, will begin beforehand on May 27.
Fantastic Four: 65 Years of the World’s Greatest Comic Covers! cover art, by John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Mike Wieringo, and Walter Simonson
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