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• The official costumes of the MCU's Fantastic Four team have been revealed, resembling the team's blue and white suits from Marvel Comics.
• The Fantastic Four donned their blue and white costumes in John Byrne's run in the 1980s, which stressed the team's family dynamic and kick-started huge changes for Marvel's First Family.
• I can't wait to see the Fantastic Four's costumes in live-action, as this design offers a completely fresh take on the iconic superhero team in comparison to previous iterations.

Marvel Studios has finally revealed the new costumes for the titular team of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and this has only made me more excited for the upcoming MCU reboot. Recent updates concerning the introduction of the Fantastic Four into the MCU have raised anticipation for their upcoming Phase 6 debut massively, especially after that long period of silence following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Since the cast of The Fantastic Four: First Steps was revealed on Valentine's Day, I've reveled in seeing the MCU reboot develop.
Most recently, The Fantastic Four: First Steps received some huge updates at this year's San Diego Comic-Con and D23. Despite filming only just starting, a pre-viz reel of footage was shown that delved deeper into the movie's alternate universe setting, stressed the connection and chemistry between the team's members, and even showed off the official Fantastic Four costumes. I was so happy to see Joseph Quinn's Johnny Storm sport a blue and white costume, and the Marvel Comics inspiration of this design makes me even more hopeful for a strong debut for Marvel's First Family.
MCU Fantastic Four Member
Played By
Reed Richards' Mister Fantastic
Pedro Pascal
Sue Storm's Invisible Woman
Vanessa Kirby
Johnny Storm's Human Torch
Joseph Quinn
Ben Grimm's Thing
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
The Fantastic Four’s New Costumes Perfectly Reflect The Team’s Classic Suits From Marvel Comics Every previous live-action adaptation of the Fantastic Four team has dressed the group in their blue and black superhero suits, inspired by the team's original costumes back in 1961's The Fantastic Four #1. However, Marvel Studios is taking the Fantastic Four in a new direction by giving them blue costumes with white accents instead of black. These suits remind me of the team's blue and white suits from the 1980s, first seen in writer and artist John Byrne's run, which started with 1981's Fantastic Four #233.
The costumes seen in the MCU do have clear differences from their Marvel Comics counterparts. There is a more prominent use of white across the chest and sleeves and the logos are noticeably different. However, there is a clear resemblance to John Byrne's Fantastic Four costumes in the '80s, which fills me with hope that some of Byrne's other themes could be included in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. I love that Marvel is making this change – the brighter suits reflect the lightheartedness of the MCU, and hint at a more joyful tone for this Fantastic Four.
The Fantastic Four Went Through Huge Changes In Their White & Blue Costumes Close It's generally perceived that stories featuring the Fantastic Four had started to become stagnant by the time John Byrne joined the title in 1979. Byrne took on full control in 1981, and completely revitalized the slumping property, introducing many striking changes that helped the Fantastic Four to, once again, become one of Marvel's most popular fixtures. One of Byrne's most significant changes saw him change Sue Storm's superhero moniker. She had originally been known as the Invisible Girl, taking on the traditional wife and mother role, but Byrne made her the Invisible Woman, who was more assertive and confident.
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This was a huge move for gender equality in the male-leaning Marvel Universe, and Byrne didn't stop there. After the Thing left the team following 1984's Secret Wars event, Byrne introduced She-Hulk as his replacement in the Fantastic Four, completely evening out the gender roles of the team. In a shocking move, Byrne had Reed Richards and Sue Storm experience a miscarriage, briefly transformed Sue Storm into the villainous Malice, and saw Johnny Storm form a romantic attachment to the Thing's longtime girlfriend, Alicia Masters. I'd love to see some of these stories adapted for the MCU.
John Byrne Stressed The Fantastic Four’s Family Dynamic, Just As First Steps Will Something that I really enjoyed about John Byrne's run was that he stressed the Fantastic Four's family dynamic more than their previous stories. This was the original intention of the Fantastic Four, but the team veered away from this during the 1970s. Byrne brought them back to basics, putting more focus on their connection as relatives and close friends, and this is something that the MCU's The Fantastic Four: First Steps is also expected to explore. This has been director Matt Shakman's focus since he joined the project, as he has previously explained to Screen Rant.

I think I love the space race, Kennedy-era optimism of that world. The idea that we can solve all of our problems, that we can, through the right heart, the right mind, and the right technology, conquer any problem. It's different. It's different in so many ways because they are a true family… Not a family you find along the way like the X-Men or the Avengers, but true family with all the messiness of a family like on Monarch [Legacy of Monsters]. With all the love, the hurt, and the complexity of that. And also, they approach things with a sort of an optimistic and scientific approach that is very different from these other Marvel characters that I absolutely love, but how they solve problems is unique, and I'm excited about it as well. I hope folks like it when we put it out.

John Byrne introduced struggles in Reed Richards and Sue Storm's marriage, created conflict between Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, and saw Grimm abandon his childhood friend, Richards, after Secret Wars, to name a few examples. I've already seen this family dynamic, and the tribulations that come with that, being utilized in the first footage from The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which makes me very happy. Previous live-action adaptations have somewhat explored these themes, but I'm certain the MCU will do it better than ever before.
I Can’t Wait To See The Fantastic Four’s New Costumes In Action I've struggled to get over how brilliant the Fantastic Four's official first costumes are in the MCU. Joseph Quinn looks incredible as Johnny Storm in the superhero suit, and the idea of the blue and white suit carrying with it some of the themes from John Byrne's run in the 1980s only makes me even more excited. Beyond that, though, the design of the suit itself makes me desperate to see it in live-action. The sweater-style costume is clearly ribbed, making me hopeful that we'll see the iconic ribbed Human Torch design from Marvel's original Fantastic Four stories.
Related The MCU Already Proved It Could Pull Off A 1960s Setting For The Fantastic Four 3 Years Ago The Fantastic Four is rumored to be set in the 1960s and Marvel Studios has already proven that it can excel in recreating this bygone era on screen.
This has never been seen in live-action before, so I can't wait to see it in the MCU. These costumes also clearly reflect the retro-futuristic 1960s-style of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, mirroring the team's classic stories from Marvel Comics, which is something previous suits sported by the likes of Ioan Gruffudd, Kate Mara, Chris Evans and John Krasinski have failed to capture. This surely won't be the Fantastic Four's only costume design on their upcoming MCU journey, but I reckon this is a fantastically​​​​​​​ strong place to start.
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