Fantastic Five is the name of superhero team that exist in the MC2 universe, an alternate future to the Marvel Universe. A continuation of the Fantastic Four, the team is composed of the Human Torch, his wife Ms.Fantastic/Lyja (a Skrull), the Thing, Big Brain (Reed Richards' remote-controlled robotic body), and Psilord (Franklin Richards, Reed's son). Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Characters from the MC2 universe. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to first comic book to feature a character. ... Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comics writer and editor. ... Ronald Wade Frenz is an American comic book artist born in Pittsburgh, Pa in 1960. ... The Baxter Building is a fictitious Manhattan 35-story office building whose five upper floors house the Fantastic Fours headquarters in the Marvel Universe. ... This article is about the Silver/Modern Age Human Torch, Johnny Storm. ... Lyja is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Thing (Benjamin Ben Jacob Grimm) is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team The Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero and member of the Fantastic Four. ... Franklin Richards is a fictional character in Marvel Comics universe. ... [[ For the bands, see Superheroes (band) and Super Heroines. ... Characters from the MC2 universe. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The Fantastic Four is a fictional American team of comic-book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... This article is on the current Human Torch. ... Lyja is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... The Skrulls are a fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters that appear in the Marvel Universe. ... The Thing (Benjamin Ben Jacob Grimm) is a fictional character, a founding member of the superhero team The Fantastic Four in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero and member of the Fantastic Four. ... Franklin Richards is a fictional character in Marvel Comics universe. ...

So Far...

The team first appeared in What If (volume 2) #105 (1998), an issue that focused on Spider-Girl, the daughter of Spider-Man. Spider-Girl became popular and was given her own series, along with the other characters in the MC2 universe (including the Fantastic Five). The Fantastic Five's series lasted only five issues, but they remained recurring characters in the Spider-Girl title, which lasted for 100 issues. It was recently announced that a Fantastic Five mini-series is being produced. What If Vol. ... Spider-Girl (May Mayday Parker) is a fictional character, a comic book superheroine active in an alternate future of the Marvel Comics universe. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

It is later revealed that "Big Brain" is a drone controlled from the Negative Zone, where Sue Storm is held in a kind of stasis. Her powers are holding back a breach in reality, and Reed is at her side. When this problem is corrected, Reed and Sue return to Earth. // The Negative Zone in the Marvel Comics Universe is used as a fictional dimension. ... The Invisible Woman, real name Susan Richards, née Susan Storm, formerly the Invisible Girl, is a fictional superhero who is a member of The Fantastic Four in the Marvel Universe. ...

The team also appears in Last Hero Standing and Last Planet Standing. Last Hero Standing is a limited series published by Marvel Comics in 2005. ... Last Planet Standing is a limited series of comic books, published by Marvel Comics in 2006. ...

In the Spider-Girl and Last Hero Standing, additional children of the original Fantastic Four are shown as members of the Fantastic Five, including Super-Storm (Torus Storm, son of Lyja and Johnny Storm, possesses the powers of both parents), Grim (Jacob "Jake" Grim, son of Ben Grimm, stuck in a rock-like yet strong form like his father), and Rad (Alyce Grim, daughter of Ben Grimm, twin sister of Jacob, appears to have radiation-oriented powers, including flight). Doom, aka Kristoff Vernard, is also shown to be a member of the "young" Fantastic Five; he wears Doctor Doom-like armor.

2007 series

A series called Fantastic Five is currently being published. It features such characters as: Psi-Lord, Invisible Woman, Thing, Sharon Ventura, Human Torch, Ms. Fantastic (Lyja Storm), Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Doom.

Other versions

• What If..? #1 is set in a universe where Spider-Man joins the Fantastic Four (rather than leaving when he learns there isn't a salary, as happened in The Amazing Spider-Man #1), and they become the Fantastic Five. This may be the same universe from Exiles, below. #27 of the second series of What If...? showed Namor joining the Fantastic 4, briefly making it the Fantastic 5 until Reed Richards left to found Reedtech.

• In Exiles #44, the Weapon X team—led by Hyperion—began their conquest of the actual world they were on, by killing its superhero teams. At the beginning of the issue, they began killing the members of the Fantastic Five, which consisted of Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, the Thing, and Spider-Man as a fifth member.

• In Excalibur vol. 1 #51, the Fantastic Five was the Earth-99476 counterpart of the Fantastic Four, consisting of dinosaur versions of the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man.

• "The All New Fantastic Five?!?" also appears in Spider-Girl #87. Co-creator Tom DeFalco states that the new F5 were to appear in Fantastic Five #6 had the series continued.

• Fatal Five - Due to Seth's return to action, Spider-Girl and American Dream travel to an alternate universe that was last seen in A-Next #11 to recruit Thunderstrike. During their trip, they encounter an evil version of The Fantastic Five consisting of:
  • Reed Richards (he and that world's Baron Zemo first appeared in A-Next #10-11 as assistants to Victor Von Doom)
  • Johnny Storm/Blow Torch
  • Ben Grimm/The Brute
  • Franklin Richards/Psi-Slayer
  • Peter Parker/The Spider[1][2]

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Bibliography

• Fantastic Five #1–5 (October 1999 – February 2000)
• Last Hero Standing #1–5 (June – July 2005)
• Last Planet Standing #1–5 (July – September 2006)
• Brief bios of Fantastic Five characters at Spider-Girl/MC2 fansite
• Fantastic Five v2 #1-5 (July 2007-)