1st Steps Easter Eggs & Marvel References Explained
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This article contains spoilers for “Fantastic Four: First Steps,” now playing in theaters. “Fantastic Four: First Steps” marks the official entry of Marvel’s First Family in the MCU, and there are plenty of references and Easter eggs from the comic books in the new movie.
It’s been a long time coming, but the Fantastic Four finally have a good movie to their name. The Fantastic Four: First Steps may not be perfect, as IGN’s Clint Gage said in his 7/10 review, but it gets the fundamentals right: the Four themselves are well cast,
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It's clobberin' time for fans of Marvel and Adam Sandler. "Fantastic Four" brings a new team into the MCU while Sandler's back in 'Happy Gilmore 2."
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps has finally arrived, and it ushers in a new era for the MCU: Marvel Phase 6. Marvel movies are known to be loaded with cameos and Easter eggs, and the Fantastic Four digs up some lesser-known adversaries from the comics that you may or may not have heard of.
Franklin Richards is an important character for the future of the MCU – and if it’s faithful to the comics, he’ll be incredibly powerful.
Out, is he? After months of speculation, John Malkovich’s mystery role in The Fantastic Four: First Steps has been confirmed to be that of cosmonaut Ivan Kragoff, the intangible Marvel villain known as the Red Ghost,
Earth-828 isn't just a number plucked out of thin air by director Matt Shakman. It is actually a perfect nod to August 28, which is the birthday of Jack Kirby, co-creator of The Fantastic Four (alongside Stan Lee) and outright creator of the Silver Surfer, among countless others.