Marvel Comics ‘Fantastic Four’ To Meet Its Doom

Posted January 6th, 2011 by Dirk Van Tilborg

With issue #588, Marvel Comics is bringing it’s longest-running title, ‘Fantastic Four’, to an end. In issue #587, a team member is set to die and the issue is being shipped with the cover hidden.

Issue #587, hitting stores on January 26, will not be overprinted or distributed on newsstands. A Spoiler Variant cover, with art by John Cassaday, will ship one week after #587 hits stores.

The ‘Fantastic Four’ comic book was created in 1961 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Since then, it has been a staple for Marvel Comics spawning numerous television series, movies and toys.

Issue #588 will be in stores on February 23.

Dirk Van Tilborg

After reading Jack Kirby’s Forever People and New Gods comic books and watching 2001: A Space Odyssey, Dirk was assimilated during first grade recess into the collective known as Science Fiction. Fueled by the visions of mad scientists such as Philip K. Dick and Frank Herbert, he has quietly searched the galaxy for the next BladeRunner, Brazil and Dark City. Born in San Francisco and currently enjoying a steampunk version of Ft. Lauderdale, when not grokking Science Fiction he spends his time with family and friends and just maybe trying to enter the dreams of disingenuous politicians.