The REAL Origin of the FANTASTIC FOUR! || Comic Misconceptions || NerdSync

You might think that the origin of the Fantastic Four is pretty straightforward, but it actually has an interesting and fairly complex foundation in the 1960's comic book industry. How did DC's Justice League of America affect the creation of Marvel's first family? How was Stan Lee's original draft of the team different and slightly darker than how we know them today? And did the Fantastic Four almost wear masks? We're discussing all this and more on this week's Comic Misconceptions!

Q: What are your thought's on the original draft? Do you prefer your heroes with or without flashy costumes? Who's your favorite member of the team: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, the Thing, or someone else? Let me know in the comments!

Every Wednesday, Comic Misconceptions explores fascinating trivia, crazy stories, and mind-blowing theories about the comic book universe from Marvel, DC, and beyond!

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Was Superman a Spy? - Brian Cronin
Original Draft of the Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #1
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #2
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #3
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #358
Justice League of America Vol 1 #1
Justice League of America Vol 1 #7
Tales to Astonish Vol 1 #24
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*Happy Birthday Stan Lee!*

Stan Lee is 92 years old today, so celebrate it by learning about his weirder first draft of the #FantasticFour !

[tinyawkward]

Rest In Peace Joan lee without her there would be no marvel 😭

[Decembirth]

I like that their early powers had limited use. I believe one of Marvel's best character developments is putting some humanity into their characters and not making truly god-like.

[chrismaturino]

It's sad that we haven't seen an accurate version of this on the big screen yet

[lucigallagher]

I like the costumes with the FF logo
also I had no idea that DC was disubusting Marvel comic's

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*The Production History of the Fantastic Four!*

In 1961, Marvel debuted the Fantastic Four! However, the first two issues didn't have the team wearing costumes. Why was that? And when the costumes _did_ make their appearance, is it true that the team were supposed to wear masks? Learn the truth behind how the comic book industry shaped the origin of Marvel's first family in this week's #comicmisconceptions !


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[meadebe]

Has there ever been a reason as to why the fantastic four got the powers that they got? Like why is Mr. Fantastic a stretchy man as opposed to some other power, or sue have some other ability instead of going invisible?

[tylerolsen]

I would love to see lee's draft as a diffrent universe type of thing to show us how things could of been.

[afifi]

since you talk about Fantastic Four, please talk about Metal Men which is very underrated team (I like Metal Men) and many see them as DC attempt to be like Marvel's Fantastic Four. Metal Men is basically Family and have adventure together which is almost similar to F4. btw great video :)

[Aleksander]

Showing weaknesses from characters makes them more human, and in that way, more relatable. That's why you and I like more the Fantastic Four with Fantastic Struggles that Stan Lee originally wanted, that's why there are a lot of people prefer Batman than Superman, why Superman's biggest problems come from his own mind than his power, and hell, that's also a reason why The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad are so famous! Strong characters are good, but if they have to deal with inner demons, rather than something that overpowers them, they are way more enjoyable for most of the audience :)

[d.c.s]

Never realized that the FF wore street clothes on their first cover! I think this adds to the realism, if I can say that about comics, since they just got their powers how can they have costumes already? Nice comic info.

[KairuHakubi]

I love that the original conception for their powers was so much closer to Venture Bros' parody of the FF. It wasn't just Ben who got shafted, they were ALL screwed by their powers. Learning neat stuff here.

[bilemix]

The appendix in which you try to get the people to comment, subscribe and so on is quite long. Nearly two minutes for a 9 minute video, maybe that could trimmed. Besides that great channel, thumbs up

[morginkorenn]

My favorite character is definitely the human torch. I just love the characters who have quirky/sarcastic senses of humor (probably why hawkeye is my fave avenger) the F4 kind of brought me into the marvel series (along with the hulk) or i should probably say the animated part since i haven't found a good way to get any comics as of right now. :P liked the video, and i kinda prefer my heroes in costume just because of the hilarious designs artists create trying to make the character stand out

[EGeorgev]

I prefer it when superheroes wear flashy costumes.

[ImperiusArcs]

It is always fascinating to learn the production side of comics! Thanks again, NerdSync!

[Ian_sothejokeworks]

That helmet that the Thing wore? It made a comeback between issues #374-400 or so, when Ben was forced to wear the helmet while his face healed from Wolverine slashing it open in a rage! The "New Fantastic Four", a line-up of Wolverine, Spider-Man, the Hulk and (get this) GHOST RIDER, was put together again to bring in Johnny Storm! He had gone nova trying to fight a Skrull on the college campus, and burned it down. The police were after him, but Spidey wanted to bring him in, as a friend. Ben was having none of it! Great storyline! You should talk about them in an episode! :)

[TylorHuebner]

My favorite Fantastic Four member is Bag-Man from when spiderman tried to join the team and they made him wear a paper bag to hide his secret identity.

[breeblair]

I have the worst wifi and computer in the world! It literally takes me 25-30 mins to get through one episode but  I love your channel too much to not keep coming back. Totally worth it =]

[stephenconnell]

Well done NerdSync Productions!   I just found your channel and it looks and sounds great as well as informative, I am 55  and loved the Kirby /Lee era as this is where the foundation super heroes were created by that great team  
  Its also great that your keeping alive the correct info on all the great characters created  so people know the truth about how  they all began   Keep up the great work.  Nuff Said