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Metagame - Fantastic Four Week - Voices from the Past: Fantastic Forces at Work!
November 1961. A comic hits the newsstands that would change the world of superheroes forever. That comic was “Fantastic Four #1,” created by the immortal Stan “The Man” Lee and Jack “King” Kirby, and it would usher in the Marvel era of comicdom as the flagship title of the Marvel universe for many moons.
This was before Spider-Man, before the Hulk, before the X-Men. DC was riding the Justice League of America wave, and Marvel needed a response, something that would allow them to compete with the wacky comic that teamed up many superheroes for group adventures.
So Lee and Kirby did something even wackier—they took everyday people and made them into superheroes. No costumes (they would come later), no secret identities, and lots and lots of drama. The early age of Marvel was referred to as a comic book soap opera. Characters had problems, emotions, and relationships. People could relate to the characters because they had the same problems, emotions, and relationships, just without the crazy superpowers to go with them.
I can excuse that fact that this article gives exposure to characters that don't really need it more than others you haven't covered yet, as it's obviously a part of Metagame's movie tie-in week.
But putting Fantastic Forces in the title and then not even mentioning the Fantastic Force? Why must you toy with me!