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Fantastic Four (2025)
Fantastic Four, Vol. 1: Save Everyone
Out of the shocking events of ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM comes a new FANTASTIC FOUR volume filled with their adventures through time, space, science and the human condition! Courtesy of their world-conquering enemy, the FF are scattered through four different eras in Earth’s history! Alone and isolated in wildly different time periods, Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue all must fight to survive. Their only hope is to reach the Forever Stone: a mass of dense granite that happens to be one of the longest-lasting rocks on the planet! Do you want to see Ben Grimm fight a dinosaur, as drawn by Humberto Ramos? Of course you do!
COLLECTING: Fantastic Four (2025) #1-5, Free Comic Book Day 2025
COLLECTING: Fantastic Four (2025) #1-5, Free Comic Book Day 2025
136 pages, Paperback
Published March 10, 2026
About the author
Ryan North
588 books1,636 followersHi, I'm Ryan! I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and since then have written several books. You can read my Wikipedia page for more, or check out my author site at RyanNorth.ca!
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
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March 20, 2026
It wasn't really necessary to restart the numbering of this comic, it's the same great writing from Ryan North and it even starts during the One World Under Doom crossover where the last volume ended. But there's the new FF movie so this had to be a new vol. 1, I get it comics these days.
The first three issues are the best of North, even though the big crossover (that he wrote) didn't work in my opinion. Each issue has a cool weird mind-boggling time travel concept that is pure Fantastic Four fun. These sorts of shorter story concepts are why I love his run so much.
The next two issues involve a disturbing space "doggy" that is actually something else, also with cool sci-fi ideas, and the final story is a mystery starring Sue Storm that resolves satisfactorily in one issue.
The art by Humberto Ramos is very stylistic, which contracts a lot with say One World Under Doom, but I'm used to it and makes for some unique takes when Ben is fighting dinosaurs or whatever. Overall, this continues the very high quality of Ryan North's writing making him among the top writers of the Richards family. That's a high bar, and I'll continue to love this series.
The first three issues are the best of North, even though the big crossover (that he wrote) didn't work in my opinion. Each issue has a cool weird mind-boggling time travel concept that is pure Fantastic Four fun. These sorts of shorter story concepts are why I love his run so much.
The next two issues involve a disturbing space "doggy" that is actually something else, also with cool sci-fi ideas, and the final story is a mystery starring Sue Storm that resolves satisfactorily in one issue.
The art by Humberto Ramos is very stylistic, which contracts a lot with say One World Under Doom, but I'm used to it and makes for some unique takes when Ben is fighting dinosaurs or whatever. Overall, this continues the very high quality of Ryan North's writing making him among the top writers of the Richards family. That's a high bar, and I'll continue to love this series.
March 15, 2026
Best FF run in at least 20 years.
April 18, 2026
This volume was ok. 2.7 🌟
April 14, 2026
Together we can take it to the end of the line!
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November 27, 2025Disappointing that they're renumbering the collections too; I know Marvel are addicted to spurious #1s on their singles, but sometimes they have more sense when it comes to the trades and the risk of alienating and confusing more casual readers. And this was a particularly spurious renumbering, picking up in the midst of the same event where the last volume ended. That's the bad news; the good is that it means Ryan North is still writing, still mostly giving us stories as problems to be solved, whether that's the team being strewn through time by Doctor Doom or the Bechdel-tastic issue where the boys go on a fishing trip (in the Negative Zone) and Sue has to prove that – for once – the Black Cat is innocent of a heist. Really, the only change is that Humberto Ramos has joined on art, and he's very welcome; the one thing which sometimes held North's run back was visuals which, though competent, could feel a little characterless. No longer.
March 11, 2026
3.5
I just don't like North's Fantastic Four. The stories always feel try hard to me. Like he is trying to write the characters. I never feel like they are real characters I'm enmeshed in.
I just don't like North's Fantastic Four. The stories always feel try hard to me. Like he is trying to write the characters. I never feel like they are real characters I'm enmeshed in.
June 26, 2026
I wanted to give this book 3.5 stars, it just was not enough for a round up. I will admit the Fantastic Four are not my favourite superhero team/family. The quote comes to mind
"If you remove everything impossible, what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
In this book most things I just had to accept that I was not going to get the answers until Reed or Sue gave the impossible answer.
The first three chapters of this book are along side the One World Under Doom event. The next are the FF family's new pet and finally the team up nobody thought they wanted Sue plays detective with the Black Cat. Finally the story from FCBD.
The book was okay bordering on good. In fairness my expectations were not super high to begin with. I like the artwork, except Johnny's mustache. Who's idea was that? The book finishes with a huge variant cover gallery.
"If you remove everything impossible, what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
In this book most things I just had to accept that I was not going to get the answers until Reed or Sue gave the impossible answer.
The first three chapters of this book are along side the One World Under Doom event. The next are the FF family's new pet and finally the team up nobody thought they wanted Sue plays detective with the Black Cat. Finally the story from FCBD.
The book was okay bordering on good. In fairness my expectations were not super high to begin with. I like the artwork, except Johnny's mustache. Who's idea was that? The book finishes with a huge variant cover gallery.
April 10, 2026
Just classic Ryan North fantastic four with a non necessary relaunch.
April 20, 2026
Hey Marvel, can we talk? Actually, Comic Industry, you come here too. You all need to hear this. Changing a comic's numbering to #1 only makes it a good jumping on point if you make sure it's actually written to be. If you take an obvious event tie-in and then call it Fantastic Four #1, that just makes it confusing for all the people who buy it because they liked that movie that just came out. And then, and I really think this is the part you need to hear, they won't buy #2. You want them to buy #2, right? Otherwise you could just call all comics #1 and then they'd all be good jumping on points.
This comic is not a good jumping on point no matter what number is on it. It actually makes it more confusing to call it number 1. Issues #1-3 are tie-ins to One World Under Doom, and they're honestly more of a tie-in than the tie-in book was. Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny try to stop Doom and instead are scattered through time. This finally answers the question to how Doom has been winning every battle. It also raises some minor niggles since Doom was pretty consistent in not killing the Four for most of One World and now he's suddenly dropping them in inhospitable periods of Earth's history/future. But overall, it's a decent story. I just was hoping to see the aftermath of One World, which I guess I wasn't going to either way anyway.
So the numbering is all the fault of Marvel, but I assume the choice to do 3 tie-ins and then jump to after One World with no explanation was North's. If this is a jumping on point then we have 3 stories about fighting Emperor Doom and then suddenly one where that's not a concern and not mentioned. There's not even a mention that they won or an explanation for what the last will and testament of Doom means in practice for Reed. We're instead just back to stand-alone stories. Now, don't get me wrong, I prefer the stand-alone stories, but this was the worst way to switch back. The stories are good. They're fun little sci-fi episodes, basically continuing to argue that Fantastic Four could have made a great live action show in the 90s, but they come out of nowhere with no explanation.
This is basically as good as any other North FF book, but the numbering and the unexplained time jump both bugged me enough that I thought I about giving it 2 stars out of protest. I'm not going to, but I am mildly irritated, and I needed you to know that.
This comic is not a good jumping on point no matter what number is on it. It actually makes it more confusing to call it number 1. Issues #1-3 are tie-ins to One World Under Doom, and they're honestly more of a tie-in than the tie-in book was. Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny try to stop Doom and instead are scattered through time. This finally answers the question to how Doom has been winning every battle. It also raises some minor niggles since Doom was pretty consistent in not killing the Four for most of One World and now he's suddenly dropping them in inhospitable periods of Earth's history/future. But overall, it's a decent story. I just was hoping to see the aftermath of One World, which I guess I wasn't going to either way anyway.
So the numbering is all the fault of Marvel, but I assume the choice to do 3 tie-ins and then jump to after One World with no explanation was North's. If this is a jumping on point then we have 3 stories about fighting Emperor Doom and then suddenly one where that's not a concern and not mentioned. There's not even a mention that they won or an explanation for what the last will and testament of Doom means in practice for Reed. We're instead just back to stand-alone stories. Now, don't get me wrong, I prefer the stand-alone stories, but this was the worst way to switch back. The stories are good. They're fun little sci-fi episodes, basically continuing to argue that Fantastic Four could have made a great live action show in the 90s, but they come out of nowhere with no explanation.
This is basically as good as any other North FF book, but the numbering and the unexplained time jump both bugged me enough that I thought I about giving it 2 stars out of protest. I'm not going to, but I am mildly irritated, and I needed you to know that.
April 10, 2026
very interested to see where this era and issues of fantastic four go. starting off with 'the uncommon era' was fantastic getting to look at each character and where they are at different points in time in this first issue, we're normally used to seeing them all fight together, but they still find a way to work together without being all with each other.
April 5, 2026
All Ryan North needed to find his groove with this book was a giant Marvel crossover. Doesn't make sense but the events of One World Under Doom have obviously have effected this book and its done really well. I love how the family and Doom match wits here as its familiar and new at the same time. The family, especially with the extended family, are the core of the book and its all heart. Then the Alicia-centric story was really fun despite its low stakes. The Black Cat/Sue team-up is something I never knew I needed. The art by Humberto Ramos is exactly what you expect from the legend, kinetic fun. Overall, another step in the right direction for North's FF run.
March 2, 2026
It's been a minute since the last time I dove into a Fantastic Four series at Marvel Comics. I had been hearing rumblings about Ryan North's run on Marvel's First Family and thought it was time to give it a try. I am torn with this first five issues. On one had I was happy the opening plot of each member lost in time wasn't the whole volume, but what we get in the end is something a bit more disjointed. Luckily, Humberto Ramos saves the day with some fantastic (yes, pun intended) artwork.
Courtesy of their world-conquering enemy, the Fantastic Four are scattered through four different eras in Earth’s history! Alone and isolated in wildly different time periods, Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue all must fight to survive. Their only hope is to reach the Forever Stone: a mass of dense granite that happens to be one of the longest-lasting rocks on the planet!
As of late I have been mostly lukewarm on Marvel comics as a whole, but for a few shining spots. However, I haven't really been fully invested either, so I came into the Fantastic Four Vol. 1: Save Everyone with an open mind. The opening chapter was interesting and connects the series into the One World Under Doom storyline seamlessly. Seeing each of our main cast of heroes spread across time, searching for the Forever Stone and a way back to present time was something I could get behind. However, after the second chapter I was already done with the plot and was wondering how North would intertwine the next few chapters. Not how I expected.
We get about three issues of time traveling escapades that head into two more chapters of basically stand-alone tales. While reading each month may have been less jarring, it was a bit hard to wrap my head around reading the volume as one cohesive story.
What kept me gripped to each and every panel of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 was the outstanding artwork from Ramos. After falling in love with the artwork in Strange Academy , Ramos has been one of my favorite superhero artists of all-time. He has this playful style that works so well with big-two comics, especially one such as Fantastic Four.
Fantastic Four Vol. 1: Save Everyone had me torn between a solid plot with not-so-great execution. The artwork from Humberto Ramos stole the show and kept this first volume featuring Marvel's First Family afloat.
The collected edition of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 hits local comic shops and bookstores everywhere on March 10, 2026 from Marvel Comics.
Courtesy of their world-conquering enemy, the Fantastic Four are scattered through four different eras in Earth’s history! Alone and isolated in wildly different time periods, Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue all must fight to survive. Their only hope is to reach the Forever Stone: a mass of dense granite that happens to be one of the longest-lasting rocks on the planet!
As of late I have been mostly lukewarm on Marvel comics as a whole, but for a few shining spots. However, I haven't really been fully invested either, so I came into the Fantastic Four Vol. 1: Save Everyone with an open mind. The opening chapter was interesting and connects the series into the One World Under Doom storyline seamlessly. Seeing each of our main cast of heroes spread across time, searching for the Forever Stone and a way back to present time was something I could get behind. However, after the second chapter I was already done with the plot and was wondering how North would intertwine the next few chapters. Not how I expected.
We get about three issues of time traveling escapades that head into two more chapters of basically stand-alone tales. While reading each month may have been less jarring, it was a bit hard to wrap my head around reading the volume as one cohesive story.
What kept me gripped to each and every panel of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 was the outstanding artwork from Ramos. After falling in love with the artwork in Strange Academy , Ramos has been one of my favorite superhero artists of all-time. He has this playful style that works so well with big-two comics, especially one such as Fantastic Four.
Fantastic Four Vol. 1: Save Everyone had me torn between a solid plot with not-so-great execution. The artwork from Humberto Ramos stole the show and kept this first volume featuring Marvel's First Family afloat.
The collected edition of Fantastic Four Vol. 1 hits local comic shops and bookstores everywhere on March 10, 2026 from Marvel Comics.
March 27, 2026
Not a terrific storyline.
April 22, 2026
I read all the comics and dutifully do I buy all the Fantastic Four nonsense but I have no memory of it whatsoever just a few months after reading it. It's alright, but clearly not terribly memorable. I guess Goodreads have been given a decree by the Marvel PTB not to give a rating to a book that hasn't been published even though all the comics have long been issued. Only members of the inner circle w/"advanced copies" can give a rating. I only bought every single issue when it came out but I'm but a pawn in the mighty comic book game. My opinion is worth nothing to these fatuous bums who rule the superhero comic empire. Ha, ha. JK, I love you overpaid hacks! Anyway I was going to give it a solid THREE STAR rating since I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either or ever like it a lot, but I'm unable because I'm not one of the chose few. I'm not bitter, just rambling along at 5 am on a Saturday all likkered up on a 12 oz coffee. I'm still buying the issues as they come out for now because I want to get a taste of that Sue Storm as the Goblin Queen imagery which has been dangled before us for the last couple of months. (Its 2/7/26 as I write this.) Um, I think I'm done. Take care, everybody!
November 13, 2025
A great mini-reboot for Ryan North's 2022 run on Marvel's first family. It starts off with a more action packed 'get to know the cast' than the last stretch did with some tie-ins to the big Doom-centric crossover event. Despite that, this book neatly stands apart as a great jumping on point for readers excited from the recent film to see the comic book counterparts to the big screen superheroes.
Humberto Ramos does an excellent job showing off each character's unique charms and keeping the panels exciting no matter where the story goes.
Humberto Ramos does an excellent job showing off each character's unique charms and keeping the panels exciting no matter where the story goes.
November 23, 2025
Well, congrats to North for not taking a really, really stupid time travel story with The Biggest Cliché in Science Fiction Ever and not stretching it to a 6 issue arc. 3 issues was more than enough. Also congrats for telling single issue stories, though they are really bad.
Ramos is the only good/great thing here. One of the best artists in the industry, though Johnny’s Porn Stash is a bit weird and Reed now using his powers as if he’s Impossible Man are highly questionable, but this is modern comics; nothing really matters.
Ramos is the only good/great thing here. One of the best artists in the industry, though Johnny’s Porn Stash is a bit weird and Reed now using his powers as if he’s Impossible Man are highly questionable, but this is modern comics; nothing really matters.
November 13, 2025
Espectacular. Sólo he leído el primer número y ya promete muchísimo 👏
Review of advance copy
Read as individual comics, ratings below:
#1= 3.5 stars
#2= 3 stars
#3= 4 stars
#4= 5 stars
#5= 3 stars
Overall rating of 3.5 stars
#1= 3.5 stars
#2= 3 stars
#3= 4 stars
#4= 5 stars
#5= 3 stars
Overall rating of 3.5 stars
Review of advance copy received from Historia
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Review of advance copy
Nobody writes the FF like North
February 22, 2026
3.5
Mostly one off throw away stories that can be fun. But I want something more for the Fantastic Four. (That rhymed.)
Mostly one off throw away stories that can be fun. But I want something more for the Fantastic Four. (That rhymed.)
Review of advance copy
New relaunch, same writer, as has been the Marvel way for quite a while. Ryan North's run on Fantastic Four continues as it has previously, with the science, and the family, and the fun.
The opening three issues are yet another One World Under Doom tie-in that sends the F4 back in time, which, while it feels like a tried and true method of telling a decent story, also feels like something we've already had before in this run. It's clever, but it doesn't do much new for anyone.
The following two issues are much better - a one and done about Alicia uncovering an alien plot, and then another about Sue Storm proving the Black Cat's innocence in a bank heist. There's also a short FCBD story that takes the 'let's summon a demon at a sleepover' trope and makes it aliens, which is even funnier.
Humberto Ramos joins the title as artist, which is always going to be divisive. He's very consistent in his art, so if you're a fan, you know what you're getting, and if not, then there's nothing here that'll change your mind.
More of the same, for better or worse, relaunch or otherwise.
The opening three issues are yet another One World Under Doom tie-in that sends the F4 back in time, which, while it feels like a tried and true method of telling a decent story, also feels like something we've already had before in this run. It's clever, but it doesn't do much new for anyone.
The following two issues are much better - a one and done about Alicia uncovering an alien plot, and then another about Sue Storm proving the Black Cat's innocence in a bank heist. There's also a short FCBD story that takes the 'let's summon a demon at a sleepover' trope and makes it aliens, which is even funnier.
Humberto Ramos joins the title as artist, which is always going to be divisive. He's very consistent in his art, so if you're a fan, you know what you're getting, and if not, then there's nothing here that'll change your mind.
More of the same, for better or worse, relaunch or otherwise.
May 1, 2026
More fine stories from Ryan North, mostly spinning out of One World Under Doom. (You don't need to know anything about that event. As long as you can accept that the FF is fighting Doom, you can follow it.) Humberto Ramos takes over on art, and I know he's loved, but his mix of cartoony and realistic never worked for me. The main story was pretty good. The final two one-shots were less interesting. They were ok, but felt a little lazy.
May 29, 2026
This is basically the same thing as before the One World Under Doom, so why is it a new Vol. 1? I guess to sell more comics? Anyway, we've got the same kind of single-issue, science-sleuthing sort of stories as before and fun outings for various iterations of the family (this time, even Alicia Masters-Grim gets in on saving the world). The art is good for the most part, though the women all look the same and some of the facial expressions are just downright weird, to say the least. I enjoyed it and will be looking for more.
Review of advance copy
Oh, look. It's another FF reset...
Still Ryan North, though. Just trying to shake off the last of the, 'One Nation Under Doom' connections. Three of the five issues deal with Doctor Doom using time 'save files' to backup all his victories over the FF
One issue with the Black Cat and a time travel doohickey.
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Bonus: Is it the next volume we've got the reintroduction of Malice?
Still Ryan North, though. Just trying to shake off the last of the, 'One Nation Under Doom' connections. Three of the five issues deal with Doctor Doom using time 'save files' to backup all his victories over the FF
One issue with the Black Cat and a time travel doohickey.
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Bonus: Is it the next volume we've got the reintroduction of Malice?
June 1, 2026
This shows just how obsessed current Marvel is with new number ones. There's not change in writers and the first 3 issues are still part of One World Under Doom. Just weird. What's not weird is that this series is good. I love the time travel story and how the FF planned for them to one day be separated across the time stream.
Review of advance copy
I really love that Sue is the leader, and that she now has her PhD. But every issue has a multi-page science lecture or reminder of how their powers work. The single issue format just isn't for me, as it renders everything unimportant and light. There are no stakes here.
Review of advance copy
Read through issues.
I highly enjoyed this first volume of the new Fantastic Four arc by Ryan North. The time travel aspects were very interesting, especially in the first two issues. I look forward to seeing where he will take these stories in future issues/volumes.
I highly enjoyed this first volume of the new Fantastic Four arc by Ryan North. The time travel aspects were very interesting, especially in the first two issues. I look forward to seeing where he will take these stories in future issues/volumes.
Review of advance copy
Read in single issue form.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
2.1 stars
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