10 Comic Characters You Won't Believe Joined The Fantastic Four

Another package deal, the Wakandan royal couple of Black Panther and Storm replaced Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four after the events of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's 2006 Civil War event saw Reed and Sue step away from the hero game in order to focus on making their marriage work.

Penned by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Paul Pelletier, the Black Panther and Storm-centred iteration of the Fantastic Four team may not have lasted long, but they had did have many eventful adventures during their short run.

With Black Panther and Storm leading the team alongside Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, this version of the FF battle earthbound foes like the Frightful Four, and also headed up to the stars to tackle cosmic level threats like Galactus and the cosmic-powered Epoch.

The bonds of friendship between Marvel's First Family and T'Challa and Ororo Munroe that begin within this run would later influence the events of Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run, Reginald Hudlin's Black Panther run, and 2010's Doomwar event.