Set on a retro-futuristic alternate Earth, “First Steps” allows the story of the Fantastic Four to play out unencumbered by ongoing storylines or characters from other movies and TV shows, making it the most accessible and straightforward MCU movie in years.

First Steps" debuts a new crew of Marvel villains. Here's an exclusive sneak peek at Mole Man, Silver Surfer and Galactus.

More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.

When it was announced that Paul Walter Hauser had joined the cast of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, fans immediately began to speculate that he might be playing the first foe the team ever faced on the page, Mole Man.

First Steps and James Gunn’s Superman hold very different positions within their respective franchises (the former is the 37 th movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and technically set outside of the canon;

Whenever a highly anticipated comic book film is released, toy manufacturers often reveal the looks of the main heroes and villains before they appear on the big screen. And like clockwork, Hot Toys has carried on that tradition by revealing The Fantastic Four: First Steps ‘ Galactus in all his celestial glory.

The first attempt at making a film about the superheroes was an extremely low-budget affair that was shot, abandoned and mostly forgotten about in the 1990s.

Marvel Studios and DC Studios are officially back, and fans are loving both titles — however, one is rocking a better score so far.