The Fantastic Four is such a staple in Marvel, superhero fiction, and really just pop culture in general that it feels insane how much hope there was that the MCU’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps would be the one to do it justice. It feels so odd that these characters have seldom stood out in the modern mainstream like the X-Men did in the ‘90s or the Avengers in the 2010s. And it’s not for a lack of trying.

There have been many attempts to showcase Reed, Sue, and the rest in non-comic media, so much so that we thought it’d be curious to rank and compare them. This is not going to include video games, cameos, beloved Pixar movies that looked suspiciously similar, guest appearances, or Ron Burgundy’s sad tale of the Human Torch being denied a bank loan. Although even then, it was neve

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