13 Fantastic Four Stories & Villains We Could See In MCU Phase 4

The best names and stories to bring with Marvel's First Family...

Doom The Sorceror
Marvel Comics

In 1961, Marvel Comics launched with its first superteam, The Fantastic Four. The team is composed of Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic), his partner, Susan Storm (Invisible Woman), her brother, Johnny Storm (Human Torch), and Richards' best friend, Ben Grimm (The Thing).

The FF comics are incredible. The movies... not so much. Because every Fantastic Four film bombed critically and financially, many people have dismissed the team as cheesy and old-fashioned. The comics were actually cancelled for a while in recent years because readers could only associate the heroes with the shoddy films.

But the team are really important. It's not just because they are the first superheroes under the Marvel banner. It's because the characters are intricate, the storylines are literally out of this world, the villains are iconic, and the dynamic between the team members is simply fantastic.

Let's look at the facts. The Fantastic Four IS coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At this exact moment, absolutely no other details are known. There are enough rumours to build a mountain but nothing is concrete.

Marvel fans are debating which actors are going to be cast, which villains we might see, and most importantly, what storylines should be adapted for the big screen.

13. The Mole Man

Doom The Sorceror
Marvel Comics

There has been four Fantastic Four movies and Doctor Doom was the bad guy in every one of them.

Give the other baddies a chance! Case in point; why don't they try and use the first Marvel supervillain, the Mole Man.

Before he took on the name, Mole Man, Harvey Elder was an explorer who believed in the Hollow Earth theory. This concept suggests that the planet's interior isn’t solid and it may house a lost kingdom. Ridiculed by his peers, Elder grew angry and obsessed about his archaic theory even further.

While he was exploring abroad, Elder fell deep inside a cave and landed in an abandoned city called Subterranea. Although the area was now infested with prehistoric monsters, it used to be home to the Deviants (an ancient race that we will see in The Eternals).

Since Elder discovered Subterranea, he declared himself as its ruler. He helped himself to the Deviants' technology to become the master of the underground. Driven mad with power, he invaded the surface world with his monsters to punish humanity for mocking him.

I know he is a silly villain (he turned into an actual mole in the comics), but the MCU has proven successful when it doesn't play safe. Maybe the Fantastic Four's introduction to the MCU should be kicked off with the team battling a quirky villain like the Mole Man rather than Doctor Doom for the FIFTH fricking time!

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