Fantastic 4

The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics' flagship superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). Although the group's membership has occasionally changed temporarily, it almost always consists of these four core friends and family-members, who gained superpowers after being exposed to cosmic rays during an outer space science mission:

Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), the leader of the group, a scientist who can stretch his body. The Invisible Woman (Susan Richards, née Storm; originally the Invisible Girl), Reed Richard's wife, and the team's second-in-command, who can become invisible at will and create invisible force fields. The Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Sue's brother, who can surround himself in flames and fly. The Thing (Ben Grimm), their grumpy friend with a heart of gold, who possesses superhuman strength and durability, but with a monstrous, craggy exterior that looks as if made of orange rock.

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