2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the Fantastic Four, and following the "Bride of Doom" storyline, August's issue #35 will be a giant-sized special with writer Dan Slott teaming up with John Romita Jr. The legendary artist recently announced his return to Marvel Comics, and it's said that this storyline that will see every iteration of the iconic villain Kang teaming up to take down Marvel's First Family.
How can Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny hope to survive simultaneous attacks across their lifetimes by Rama Tut, the Scarlet Centurion, Kang the Conqueror, and Kang’s final descendant, the sinister Scion? Still dealing with the repercussions of Doctor Doom's climactic wedding, the groundbreaking changes to the Fantastic Four's status quo are just beginning.
However, perhaps the most exciting thing about this anniversary issue is that Mark Waid will return to Fantastic Four for a team-up with Paul Renaud to deliver dramatic new insights into their origin.
"I’ve read, and been told by much smarter people, that ‘luck is the residue of design’ so I won’t even attempt to claim I designed the events of these last few months, but I will take this kind of luck any day any time," Romita Jr. said. "I was lucky to begin my career with Marvel and now am extremely lucky to re-connect with Marvel. That’s an enormous amount of good fortune. I sincerely thank all the folks up at Marvel, and Disney, who worked for this fortunate re-connection to happen."
"To add to all this, and I hate to add a third section to my good fortune, is the opportunity to start off with a huge project, which is the 60th anniversary of the Fantastic Four! It is an honor and extreme privilege to be asked to work on this along with a friend and former collaborator, Dan Slott! Along with ink artist JP Mayer, I am looking forward to this being up for viewing in August!"
You can check out Mark Brooks' Fantastic Four #35 cover below along with Romita Jr.'s artwork: