Marvel Comics is publishing a particular one-shot comedian to tie into the upcoming MCU movie, The Implausible 4: First Steps, and it seemingly confirms just a few fan theories. First Steps has develop into probably the most anticipated movies of 2025, not just for Marvel followers but in addition for common audiences, because the teaser trailer garnered 200 million views inside 24 hours. After three failed makes an attempt on the Implausible 4 on the massive display (4, for those who depend the never-released movie), Disney and Marvel Studios know loads is driving on this film, and they’re starting their epic advertising and marketing push.
Marvel Comics introduced they had been releasing a particular one-shot Implausible 4: First Steps comedian guide on Jul. 2, 2025, by way of Deadline. The comedian will likely be written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Mark Buckingham, with cowl artwork by Phil Noto. The comedian, a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics, will exist throughout the world of the film and will likely be “revealed” by the Future Basis, the charity group run by Sue Storm. Marvel Comics labored intently with filmmakers on the comics, with Matt Fraction and firm even visiting the set of the film. The comedian’s cowl, a recreation of The Implausible 4 #1 from 1961, and particulars that the movie takes place 4 years after the group gained their powers, shed some gentle on some main fan theories.
Hints at Mole Man’s Actor, the Silver Surfer, and the Arrival of Galactus
Recreating the long-lasting cowl of The Implausible 4 #1, the place the group faces off in opposition to the villain big kaiju monster Giganto, it seemingly confirms the fan principle that actor Paul Walter Hauser is in reality enjoying Mole Man within the movie, the primary villain the group ever confronted within the comics. Subterranea, the underground civilization dominated by Mole Man, was confirmed to be within the film in particular maps distributed at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024. It will likely be curious to see how he components into Implausible 4: First Steps if the comedian, set in the identical universe, reveals that he has already confronted off in opposition to the group. Will he be a villain they battle originally of the film, or an ally afterward, as a part of the Future Basis to avoid wasting Earth from Galactus?
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Talking of Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer, the affirmation that The Implausible 4: First Steps takes place 4 years after the group acquired their powers appears to be a meta-reference to the comics. The Implausible 4 debuted in November 1961, with Silver Surfer and Galactus showing within the comics in March 1966, 4 years into the Implausible 4 comics run. The trailer seemingly confirms that the Silver Surfer’s arrival on Earth happens round Halloween. Provided that Sue Storm is pregnant, the occasions of the movie may span 9 months earlier than she provides start to her son, Franklin Richards, and Galactus arrives to threaten the planet. If the movie follows the Implausible 4’s acquisition of their powers in November 1961, meaning the Silver Surfer may arrive in October 1965, and the film’s climax might happen in March 1966, the identical date the comedian was revealed.
Whereas followers knew the MCU was skipping the Implausible 4’s origin story, the brand new particulars across the comedian trace at a lived-in universe and timeline for Marvel’s First Household. This additionally may suggest that the group has already encountered Physician Doom, with all indicators pointing to Robert Downey’s model of the character originating in the identical actuality as First Steps. Physician Doom himself will not seem within the movie, as confirmed by director Matt Shakman, however that does now beg the query: What’s he doing when Galactus threatens his world? That is perhaps a touch at Avengers: Doomsday, as he might be touring throughout the multiverse.
Supply: Deadline