The Fantastic Four: First Steps arrives in theaters on July 25th, and Disney is celebrating with some new merchandise and food offerings! This movie is all about Marvel’s first family, but who are they, exactly?
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Well, Disney is breaking down the characters you’re going to meet in the new movie, so let’s take a look!
The Characters of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal)
Reed Richards is super smart and has been since a young age — he even had childhood aspirations of building a starship. His brains make him a leader and well-respected both at home and in the scientific community.
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The test flight of his starship changed the lives of the other astronauts onboard (his friend, Ben Grimm, his wife, Sue Storm, and her brother, Johnny Storm) and created the family we now know as the Fantastic Four. Reed returned to Earth as Mister Fantastic and can stretch and contract his body!
Sue Storm / Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby)
Sue Storm has a piercing gaze and can make herself and other objects turn invisible! This is due to her ability to mentally bend wavelengths of light to conceal herself.
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She can see reflected cosmic rays that are invisible to the average eye. she can manipulate light to make herself invisible as well as project invisible forcefields to protect herself and her family.
Johnny Storm / Human Torch (Joseph Quinn)
Johnny Storm was already a hothead, but his trip to space gave him the ability to ignite plasma all over his body, becoming the Human Torch! He can control the flames on his body and project them outward toward enemies.
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Johnny can also use the flames to launch himself into flight by making himself lighter than air. He is the younger brother of Sue and makes sure to flame Reed Richards any time he can!
Ben Grimm / The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach)
Ben Grimm got the most obvious superpowers from his trip to space. He was an ace pilot who joined an astronaut training program before reconnecting with his old friend, Reed Richards, and taking him and the Storm siblings on a journey in Reed’s spacecraft.
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The Thing is full of strength and can lift objects that weigh several tons. He also has rock-like skin and can easily weather bombardments!
H.E.R.B.I.E.
H.E.R.B.I.E. is short for Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics and he is the Fantastic Four’s helping hand! He was built by Mister Fantastic and has a ton of special skills.
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H.E.R.B.I.E. can cook, clean, do laundry, and so much more! He is also excellent at babyproofing the Fantastic Four’s luxury mid-century modern home in the Baxter Building in preparation for the family’s newest addition.
Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer (Julia Garner)
Shalla-Bal comes from the planet of Zenn-La, which is a near utopic society of long-lived people. Galactus intended to consume her home world, so Shalla-Bal agreed to become his herald and seek out new worlds for him to devour in exchange for the safety of Zenn-La.
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But, Galactus started changing as Shalla-Bal worked as his herald, which cause her to abandon her desire to protect people in order to satiate his hunger. She gradually morally decays and eventually leads Galactus to Earth, heralding the end of the world.
Galactus (Ralph Ineson)
Galactus has been around since before the beginning and is the sole survivor of the universe that existed before the Big Bang that created our own. He is a cosmic being of raw energy that has a big appetite, devouring entire worlds to satisfy his ever-growing hunger.
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Galactus enlisted the services of a number of heralds to locate new worlds for him to consume throughout his cosmically long life. And his most recent herald, the Silver Surfer, has turned Galactus toward Earth to be devoured next.
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