New Fantastic Four
In Fantastic Four (1st series) #347- 349 (December 1990 - February 1991) a female Skrull alien who was both a shape-shifter and a telepath managed to capture the team. Impersonating the Invisible Woman, she falsely reported the other members to be deceased and recruited four other heroes as a new Fantastic Four to avenge them, before dispatching them to try and steal a powerful weapon from the Mole Man. Members of this short-lived team included:
- The Hulk (in his grey "Mr. Fixit" persona)
- Spider-Man. He had actually once applied for membership in the team in The Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #1 (March 1963), but quit upon realization that he would not be paid. He and the Human Torch remain longtime friends.
- Wolverine
- Ghost Rider II
In Fantastic Four (1st series) #374-375 (March 1993 - April 1993), Dr. Strange brings this same team back together to arrest the Human Torch after he went nova and destroyed a whole quarter of the city. This story was the start for the Secret Defenders ongoing series.
In Wolverine #148 (January 2000) the team comes back together during the Ages of Apocalypse reality to fight Arnim Zola, Blastaar and Annihilus with all four members wearing the popular blue FF costumes and the Hulk frequently switching between his various personalities. They also came together to battle a version of the Wendigo.
An alternate version of this team was temporarily summoned to the Marvel Universe by Psycho-Man during the Fear Itself storyline to defeat the 'Fearsome Four' of Howard the Duck, She-Hulk, Nighthawk, and Frankenstein's Monster when Psycho-Man sought to turn Man-Thing into a fear bomb, but they were defeated by the use of Howard the Duck's secret weapon.
This team has also been shown in various What If tales and a Mini-Marvel one-shot.
A second team has appeared in the new Venom series, the teams first appearance is in the six part mini-series 'Circle of Four' which started in Venom (Vol 2) #13 (February 2012), the members of this team include:
- Venom replacing Spider-Man.
- Red Hulk replacing the original Hulk.
- X-23 replacing Wolverine.
- Ghost Rider III replacing Ghost Rider II.
Read more about this topic: List Of Fantastic Four Members
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