Fantastic Four
| Character | Real Name | Joined In | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Fantastic Four | |||
| Mister Fantastic | Reed Richards | Fantastic Four #1 | Currently an active member. Husband of the Invisible Woman. Team leader. |
| Invisible Woman (formerly Invisible Girl) |
Susan Storm Richards | Fantastic Four #1 | Currently an active member. Older sister of the Human Torch. Wife of Mister Fantastic. Second-in-command. Served as team leader while Reed Richards was presumed dead (due to the actions of Hyperstorm). |
| Thing | Benjamin Grimm | Fantastic Four #1 | Currently an active member of both the FF and the New Avengers. Served as team leader during Reed and Susan Richards' first joint leave of absence. |
| Human Torch | Jonathan Storm | Fantastic Four #1 | Presumed deceased in Fantastic Four #587; discovered alive in Fantastic Four #600. Younger brother of the Invisible Woman. Ex-husband of Lyja. |
| Later Recruits | |||
| Crystal | Crystalia Amaquelin | Fantastic Four #81 | Member of the Royal Family of the Inhumans. Younger sister of Medusa. Former girlfriend of the Human Torch. Marriage to Quicksilver was annulled. Served as a replacement for the Invisible Woman during her pregnancy with Franklin Richards, and later when Reed and Susan Richards took a leave of absence from the team. |
| Medusa | Medusalith Amaquelin | Fantastic Four #132 | Member of the Royal Family of the Inhumans. Older sister of Crystal. Wife of Black Bolt. She first appeared in Fantastic Four #36 as an amnesiac member of the Frightful Four. She soon regained her memory, and years later served as a replacement for the Invisible Woman during a marital separation from Mr. Fantastic. |
| Luke Cage (formerly Power Man) |
Carl Lucas (at birth); legally changed to Lucas Cage | Fantastic Four #168 | Superhero for hire. Husband of Jessica Jones. He was hired by Mr. Fantastic to serve as a member of the Fantastic Four after the Thing briefly lost his powers. |
| Human Torch (later known as Nova) |
Frankie Raye | Fantastic Four #239 | Longtime ally of the team before joining. Stepdaughter of Phineas Horton, the creator of the original android Human Torch. She had powers similar to Johnny Storm (whom she dated), and almost prompted the team to change its name to the Fantastic Five. She left Earth to become a herald of Galactus. Killed by Morg in Silver Surfer vol. 3 #75. |
| She-Hulk | Jennifer Walters | Fantastic Four #265 | Former member of the Avengers. Cousin of Bruce Banner (the Hulk). Marriage to John Jameson was annulled. She replaced the Thing on the Fantastic Four after the events of Secret Wars while he remained on Battleworld. |
| Ms. Marvel (also known as the She-Thing) |
Sharon Ventura | Fantastic Four #306 | Former love interest of the Thing. Joined the team after Reed and Susan Richards took a leave of absence, but remained for some time after their return. After being bombarded by cosmic rays, she came to resemble a female version of the Thing. |
| Ant-Man | Scott Lang | Fantastic Four #384 | The Fantastic Four's technical advisor while Reed Richards was presumed dead (due to the actions of Hyperstorm). Killed by a zombified Jack of Hearts under the influence of the Scarlet Witch in Avengers #500 (September 2004). Rescued moments before his death by the Young Avengers and brought several years into the future by the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: The Children's Crusade #5 (June 2011). Father of Cassandra Lang, who becomes the superheroine Stature. |
| Namorita | Namorita Prentiss | Fantastic Four vol. 3 #43 | Cousin of Namor the Sub-Mariner. Former girlfriend of the Human Torch. Joined temporarily during a mission into the Negative Zone to rescue Reed, Sue and Ben. Died in Civil War #1, in the incident which precipitated the passage of the Superhuman Registration Act and the start of the superhero "civil war". Later resurrected via time displacement in the pages of Nova. |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe | Fantastic Four #543 | Queen of Wakanda. Member and former leader of the X-Men. Wife of the Black Panther. Storm and the Black Panther replaced Susan and Reed Richards after they decided to take a leave of absence in the aftermath of the events of Civil War. |
| Black Panther | T'Challa | Fantastic Four #543 | Hereditary monarch of Wakanda and former member of the Avengers. Former benefactor of Fantastic Force. Husband of Storm. The Black Panther and Storm replaced Reed and Susan Richards after they decided to take a leave of absence in the aftermath of the events of Civil War. Former team leader. |
| Franklin Richards | Franklin Richards | Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #3 | Son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Older brother of Valeria Richards. He has been a part of the Fantastic Four mythos since his birth. He is an Omega-level mutant possessing vast psionic powers (although they are currently dormant). His abilities rival those of the Celestials, one of the most powerful races in the Marvel Universe. |
| Valeria Richards | Valeria Richards | Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #3 | Daughter of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Younger sister of Franklin Richards. She has been a part of the Fantastic Four mythos since her birth (although originally she died during a miscarriage). Although still a toddler, she possesses an enormous intellect which even approaches that of her father, Reed Richards. |
| Flux | Dennis Sykes | Heroic Age: One Month to Live #3 | The Fantastic Four asked for Dennis' help stopping Ego the Living Planet from destroying the galaxy. While traveling toward Ego, Dennis was inducted into the Fantastic Four and was even given a Fantastic Four uniform. Sue gave him the codename Flux. Deceased. |
| Spider-Man | Peter Parker | Amazing Spider-Man #657; FF #1 |
Old friend of the Human Torch; Johnny left Spider-Man his place in the team in his will in recognition of his close friendship with the rest of the group and as thanks for his friendship over the years. However, the name of the team at this juncture is the "Future Foundation" (the Fantastic Four name and costumes having been retired as a tribute to Johnny after his supposed death). |
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