THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - New Character Posters Spotlight Marvel's First Family & H.E.R.B.I.E.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - New Character Posters Spotlight Marvel's First Family & H.E.R.B.I.E.

Marvel Studios has unveiled a series of old-school trading card-style character posters for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, featuring news looks at Reed, Sue, Ben, Johnny and H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot...

By MarkCassidy - May 02, 2025 11:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantastic Four

Marvel Studios has shared five new character posters for The Fantastic Four: First Steps in the style of retro trading cards (back when they used to come with a free stick of gum).

The artwork spotlights Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, Freaky Tales) as Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning) as Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things, A Quiet Place Day One) as Johnny Storm, aka The Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Punisher, The Bear) as Ben Grimm, aka the Thing.

We also get a new look at H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot, whose voice actor - if he even has one - has not been disclosed.

Check out the artwork at the links below, along with a preview video.

Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser and John Malkovich are also on board in undisclosed roles. 

Kevin Feige recently confirmed that the movie will take place in an alternate universe, but we know that Marvel's First Family will appear in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, so we wouldn't be surprised if they find their way into the main MCU timeline by the end of this movie.

Spoilers follow.

We actually see the team arriving to the main 616 universe in Thunderbolts' post-credits scene.

"Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal."

Matt Shakman directs The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is set to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/2/2025, 11:48 AM
That’s pretty cool, they look good !!.

Also Thunderbolts came out today and Marvel’s already like “onto the next”…

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SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/2/2025, 11:49 AM
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Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/2/2025, 11:56 AM
@SuperCat - LOL!!!

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MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/2/2025, 1:53 PM
@SuperCat -

One day...
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 5/2/2025, 11:50 AM
Nice posters!
grif
grif - 5/2/2025, 12:00 PM
posters huh? where can you get them?

MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/2/2025, 1:57 PM
@grif -

In the Disney Store basement.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/2/2025, 12:01 PM
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Lisa89
Lisa89 - 5/2/2025, 12:26 PM
H.E.R.B.I.E. = Jar Jar Binks
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/2/2025, 12:47 PM
@Lisa89 - a secret dark sith lord? or a bumbling moron who just gets in the way?
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 5/2/2025, 12:54 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - Sadly, the latter.
Baf
Baf - 5/2/2025, 1:45 PM
So, the Fantastic 5? The cartoon featured H.E.R.B.I.E. as one of the four.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/2/2025, 1:54 PM
@Baf -

Then who was left off the team?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/2/2025, 3:20 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Johnny Storm, on account of the rights being held up with a potential Human Torch movie at the time. Obviously it never happened, but instead we got one last Lee/Kirby creation in HERBIE.
thedrudo
thedrudo - 5/2/2025, 1:50 PM
These look pretty great
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/2/2025, 1:55 PM
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dragon316
dragon316 - 5/2/2025, 2:35 PM
After thunderbolts excited to see thinderbolts not that excited to see fantastic four all except only galactus if galactus was not in movie I will not be going see it in theaters
BruceWayng
BruceWayng - 5/2/2025, 7:33 PM
@dragon316 - My thoughts exactly
Maskmaster
Maskmaster - 5/2/2025, 6:44 PM
I am an admitted H.E.R.B.I.E. fan, but has anyone else noticed how they turned his 'mouth' into his 'eyes'? And his 'eyes' have become recording tapes, like an old reel-to-reel is his memory, safely stored on his forehead?

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