Overview

• The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks Marvel Studios' 1960s-set introduction of Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm under WandaVision alum Matt Shakman.
• Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach lead the cast in what Marvel boss Kevin Feige describes as the studio’s most important movie since Endgame.
• Empire’s world-exclusive issue includes on-set interviews with the core cast and Feige, who stresses the necessity of doing justice to Marvel’s First Family.
• The film features Ralph Ineson’s planet-eating Galactus and Julia Garner’s Silver Surfer as apocalyptic antagonists rendered in full comic-accurate form.
• Empire magazine has revealed newsstand and subscriber covers that spotlight the Baxter Building ensemble and tease the arrival of galaxy-spanning threats.