Fantastic Four
Marvel2005
Fantastic Four (2005)
Four astronauts gain powers and must stop Victor Von Doom after a cosmic accident. The film uses the comics chiefly as a foundation for its screen version of the character and world.
- Director
- Tim Story
- Produced by
- Avi Arad, Ralph Winter, Bernd Eichinger
- Starring
- Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis
From screen to page
Shop related comicsComics behind the movie
Fantastic Four is best approached as a screen interpretation of the character’s foundations rather than a panel-for-panel adaptation. Start with Fantastic Four #1, #5, #57–60, then compare it with Ultimate Fantastic Four #1–6. Reading the references alongside the movie makes it easier to see what the filmmakers retained, combined or reinvented for the screen.
Fantastic Four #1, #5, #57–60
Ultimate Fantastic Four #1–6
Connection: Origin synthesis, strongly Ultimate-influenced
