Name: Top 10 Facts About The Fantastic Four 2005
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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most interesting bits of trivia you may not know about Marvel's first family.

As one of Marvel's most popular and iconic female heroes, Susan Storm's legacy as the Invisible Woman needs no introduction.

However, that's actually not the moniker she debuted in.

During the Fantastic Four's initial run in the comics, Sue acted under the name the Invisible Girl.

And when we say initial run, we actually mean 20 full years.

That's a third of the Fantastic Four's history.

It wasn't until Sue had a nasty run-in with a mind-controlling villain that she finally shed her old name and matured into the hero we know her as today, the Invisible Woman.

Even if you're a die-hard cinephile, there's one superhero film you probably haven't seen.

After purchasing the film rights to the Fantastic Four in the 80s, low-budget filmmakers Roger Corman and Bernd Eichinger finally put the movie into production in 1992.

The release date never came, with many theorizing the two only made the movie to retain their rights to the characters.

It would certainly explain the dubious quality.

Pirated copies have circulated the web for years, but that's as close to an official release as this bizarre B-movie has ever seen.

At a time when most superhero comics followed a very familiar handbook, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee decided to buck all conventions with this foursome.

Rather than spandex-clad vigilantes, the Fantastic Four were bonafide celebrities.

They didn't wear masks, bickered like real people, and were arguably just as famous for their brains as their powers.

While we can never repay them, we can certainly celebrate them.

These small but noteworthy details paved the way for a whole new kind of superhero storytelling.

One where the super suits weren't as important as the people wearing them.

Based on the team's long-lasting appeal, it's safe to say abandoning alter egos was a fantastic choice.

Thank you all for coming to be a Fantastic Fifth for a day.

On behalf of the Fantastic Four, we welcome you to the Baxter Building.

Nothing shakes up the status quo like new suits and a new roster.

Dissatisfied with the state of the world, Mr. Fantastic takes it upon himself to rebrand the team into a high-tech charitable organization.

Sue, Reed, and Ben all get major upgrades.

As part of his dying wish, the friendly neighborhood webhead takes his place to round out the team.

So does Dr. Doom, but that's a whole other can of worms.

The Future Foundation rebuilt everything people thought they knew about the Fantastic Four, and remains one of the most notable sagas in the team's modern history.

Sue and Reed have superpowered offspring.

Their romance is written in comic history for a reason, and so it only makes sense that they have a pair of superpowered twerps.

What isn't expected is that Franklin and Valeria are uber strong.

Like, strong enough to make Galactus himself sweat.

While Valeria's only superpower is her father's brains, Franklin has the ability to unravel all of reality.

As a matter of fact, he is often ranked as one of Marvel's most powerful beings.

And that's counting gods and cosmic beings.

Raising a kid like that is the biggest challenge Sue and Reed will ever face.

Across all of the Fantastic Four's mainstream appearances, the lineup has remained incredibly consistent.

Famous around the world, please welcome the Fantastic Four.

You've got the Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic, the Human Torch, and the Thing.

The comics, however, are a very different story.

As strange as it is to hear, there have been more than four members of the team on multiple occasions.

Everyone, I'd like you to meet Dr. Henry Pym, also known as Ant-Man.

The most notable recruits include Spider-Man, Hulk, Ant-Man, Storm, Black Panther, and so many more.

Occasionally, they even butt out mainstays like Sue and Reed.

While the Core Four are still the most iconic, don't be surprised when you open a Fantastic Four comic and see a very different team inside.

They introduced some of Marvel's biggest characters.

The Fantastic Four aren't just legendary on their own.

They're legendary because of how much they brought to Marvel canon.

So many of the brand's biggest characters and storylines branched out of the first family's comics.

The team's cosmic origins opened the door to Galactus, the Inhumans, the Skrulls, and later, Black Panther, who would go on to become comics' first major black superhero.

That's without even mentioning the team's frequent run-ins with the Avengers.

If the Fantastic Four hadn't been so popular, we wouldn't have just lost Sue, Reed, Ben, and Johnny.

We would have missed out on a whole new era of Marvel Comics altogether.

Johnny Storm may be Sue's younger brother, but the Human Torch has been around a whole lot longer.

While Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, and The Thing were all created specifically for the Fantastic Four, John Hammond spent decades scorching comic pages as the Human Torch.

Alongside Captain America and Namor, the pyrotechnic android was considered one of Marvel's biggest draws.

Ironically, though, his popularity burned bright and fast, which later allowed for a new hero to carry the torch.

Even though Johnny Storm wasn't the first to flame on, there is no denying he brings the heat.

They don't call these guys Marvel's first family for nothing.

Marvel's first family, the Fantastic Four.

Until this foursome came along, most heroes were lone wolves with an occasional team-up.

But after seeing high sales for DC's Justice Society of America, Marvel decided to try their own hand at a super-powered group.

As it turned out, quadrupling the lead characters also quadrupled the success.

The Fantastic Four was a smash hit, and despite the challenges of balancing so many characters, it emboldened Marvel into greenlighting even more ambitious crossovers.

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