Summary
An upcoming issue ofFantastic Fourwill take readers to a never-before-seen corner of the Marvel Universe,introducing a new alien species to the cosmos – and for Human Torch, a new interstellar love interest.However, according to the synopsis for the issue, the first contact between Marvel’s First Family and this unknown extraterrestrial race will be complicated by a “terrible secret.”
Fantastic Four#25 will take the team off-world, where they are set for a close encounter with an alien civilization, one which Marvel’s advanced materials for the issue describe as being far behind Earth in terms of technological advancement.
Variant Covers:
Gieuseppe Camuncoli; Greg Capullo; Greg Land; Sean Galloway
When an excursion to Latveria magically sends the Fantastic Four to an alien world, they have to work just to survive — and to make their way back to Earth! But that won’t be easy on a world so unlike our own and with an alien civilization hundreds of years behind where we are… and it’s not made any easier when JOHNNY STORM hooks up with one of the aliens there! And that’s BEFORE this world’s terrible secret is revealed… and billions of lives depend on what the Fantastic Four decide next! The Fantastic Four go cosmic in this extra-large spectacular!
Johnny Storm’s romantic entanglement will prove to be an added layer of drama to a story that will apparently leave the fate of this entire alien world hanging in the balance, asthe Fantastic Four seek to save the dayand find a way to get home.
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Details ofFantastic Four#25 and the team’s trip to space remain largely under wraps –meaning there is a great deal of room for fans to speculate about the nature of Johnny Storm’s new paramour, and how her alien society might fit into the wider Marvel cosmos.
Marvel’s synopsis forThe Fantastic Four#25 suggests that it is going to be an impactful adventure in more ways than one. For Marvel Comics fans in general, it is always notablewhen a new alien species is introduced, especially as the past several years have witnessed Marvel’s increasing committment to filling out the scope of its Universe beyond just Earth. ForFantastic Fourreaders specifically, a new romantic entanglement for the Human Torch is always intriguing – and in this case,the context of Johnny Storm’s latest hook-up will make for a potent plot point.
Artist Joshua Cassara’s cover forFantastic Four#25 gives little away, nor does the variant bysuperstar illustrator Greg Capullo. The issue will also ship with one of Marvel’s upcomingGodzillavariant covers, with Greg Land’s depiction of the King of the Monsters facing off againstMarvel’s original cosmic enemy, Galactus. In other words, the details ofFantastic Four#25 and the team’s trip to space remain largely under wraps – meaning there is a great deal of room for fans to speculate about the nature of Johnny Storm’s new paramour, and how her alien society might fit into the wider Marvel cosmos.
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It remains to be determined whether the Human Torch’s latest love interest will be a one-off affair, or whether this new possible connection might extend beyondFantastic Four#25.
Also worth noting,Fantastic Four#25 will feature another variant cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli, which has not been unveiled yet, as it contains spoilers. Given the mention ofDoctor Doom’s Latverian nationin the issue’s synopsis, fans will spend the months leading up to its release speculating about what the spoiler cover might contain, and how all the pieces fit together. Notably,the synopsis for the issue teases a “terrible secret” that the Four will discover about this alien world,indicating that the stakes will be considerably higher than just the burgeoning of anew romance for Johnny Storm.
It remains to be determined whether the Human Torch’s latest love interest will be a one-off affair, or whether this new possible connection might extend beyondFantastic Four#25. How the currently-unknown other half of this dynamic factors into the larger arc will almost certainly go a long way toward deciding if Johnny Storm will suffer yet another bout of romantic hardship. Further, Marvel has made it clear that this entire freshly-introduced alien society will be in jeopardy, and fans can only hope that they are not extinguished before they even get a chance to shine.
