The Four Color Media Monitor

Making clear they lack faith in how to market their latest crossover, One World Under Doom, The Hollywood Reporter says that Marvel is relaunching the FF in another millionth new volume, and they'll travel back through time to find a form of energy that can help defeat the despot of Latveria:

Avengers: Doomsday is still weeks away from filming in London, but Marvel is already all-in on Doctor Doom in the pages of its comics.

The company is in the midst of its One World Under Doom storyline, in which Doctor Doom has taken over the Earth, and The Hollywood Reporter has the first look at the next chapter for the Fantastic Four as they try to unravel the machinations of their chief villain.

Marvel relaunches their adventures with July’s Fantastic Four No. 1, a time-traveling story in which amid a battle with Doom, the four are sent to different eras of Earth’s history. Their only chance to put things right is to reach something called the Forever Stone, a mass of granite that is also one of Earth’s longest-lasting rocks, and is accessible in all time periods. And yes, Ben Grimm fights a dinosaur in these pages. [...]

Says North of what’s to come for the Fantastic Four title: “This book comes in the middle of our One World Under Doom event, so you can be certain that he plays a role in those first few issues – and after that we’ve got science mysteries, monsters, and trips into space.”

Newsweek also notes this step is being prepared before the opening of the latest movie adaptation:

Not long after the new "Fantastic Four" #1 shows up in the comic book shops, fans will be able to see "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" in theaters. The film is directed by Matt Shakman. It stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Julia Garner and Ralph Ineson. The film bows on July 25.

Once again, a case can be made that any film starring Pascal at this point, after the tasteless political statements he made, is not something worth spending money on. And that Marvel would relaunch the FF in yet another volume because of a movie only proves they have no faith in how to market and appeal to modern audiences despite what they ostensibly claim. The only great thing I see here is the cover illustration of Invisible Woman by Humberto Ramos. Despite the themes spoken of, their modern PC is a leading reason why they haven't been able to appeal to modern audiences for a long time, and they again make the mistake of not trying to encourage audiences to also read the older stories from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. If the past tales don't matter, what's the point of those written in the present?

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