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| Future Foundation | |
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 FF #1 variant cover by Daniel Acuña | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four #579 (July 2010) |
| Created by | Jonathan Hickman (writer) Steve Epting (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Baxter Building |
| Member(s) | Bentley 23 Doctor Doom Dragon Man Invisible Woman Korr Leech Artie Maddicks Mik Mister Fantastic Franklin Richards Nathaniel Richards Valeria Richards Spider-Man The Thing Tong Turg Vii Wuu Zero-G |
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| See: above | |
Future Foundation is a fictional organization appearing in comics published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jonathan Hickman, the team first appeared in Fantastic Four #579 (July 2010) and stars in the series FF, written by Hickman and illustrated by Steve Epting. The Future Foundation is a philanthropic organization created by Mister Fantastic to better serve humanity's future. It was revealed in September 2011[1] that the focus of the series would shift to the children as of #12 (November 2011), whilst the founding members would return to Fantastic Four - which will begin again with #600 (November 2011).
History
After becoming discouraged by how Earth's scientists view science and its applications, Mister Fantastic forms a new group to create a better future for all of humanity. Gathering some young, great minds, Mister Fantastic plans to mold them into a team that will come up with solutions to the world's problems.[2]
Zero-G; Dragon Man; evolved Moloids Tong, Turg, Mik, and Korr; and Bentley 23 (a clone of the Wizard) are the first recruits to the organization.[3] Artie Maddicks then joins the Future Foundation,[4] as does Leech.[5]
The organization next gains Mister Fantastic's father, Nathaniel Richards,[6] followed by ancient Atlanteans Vii and Wuu. Spider-Man joins the team as well as a final request from Human Torch, and Mister Fantastic is disturbed to discover that his daughter and father have also invited Doctor Doom to join following Valeria's proposition for Doctor Doom to help the Future Foundation.[7] After learning about Doctor Doom being a member of the Future Foundation, the Thing objects and attacks him, but Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman break up the fight. Later, Reed takes everyone to the Room, a classroom where the Future Foundation discuss the problems that they must solve. One of their early projects is to create a temporary cure for the Thing.[8] When Valeria asks Doctor Doom if he has a backup for restoring his memories, he reveals that Kristoff Vernard is his backup. Afterward, Mr. Fantastic, Spider-Man, Nathaniel, Valeria, and Doctor Doom head to Latveria to meet with Kristoff and request his help. Mister Fantastic sets up a brain transfer machine in order to help restore Doctor Doom's memories and knowledge, which is successful. When Kristoff wants to return the throne to him, Doctor Doom states that it is not time yet because of a promise he made to Valeria. When Mister Fantastic asks what promise Doctor Doom made to Valeria, Doctor Doom states that he made a promise to help defeat Mister Fantastic.[9]
Doctor Doom decides to hold a symposium on how to finally defeat Reed Richards. The Thing and the evolved Moloids give an invitation to the High Evolutionary. Dragon Man and Alex Power give an invitation to Diablo. Upon receiving an invitation from Spider-Man, Mad Thinker is convinced to take part in the event. Bentley 23 even gives an invitation to his creator, the Wizard, along with two A.I.M. lieutenants. However, it is subsequently revealed that the 'Richards' they have been invited to defeat are actually members of the "Council of Reeds" (alternate versions of Reed who were trapped in this universe by Valeria a while back, possessing Reed's intellect while lacking his conscience).[10]
While Spider-Man and Invisible Woman make sandwiches for the kids, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Doom, Valeria, and Nathaniel Richards meet with the supervillain geniuses and Uatu the Watcher about what to do with the Council of Reeds.[11]
When doing one of the experiments that will deal with the four members of the Council of Reeds, the Future Foundation ends up in Old Atlantis where they find Mole Man and an alternate Mister Fantastic attacking it.[12]
While the Future Foundation are dealing with the remaining Alternate Reed Richards, Black Bolt suddenly returns to the Universal Inhumans.[13] It was revealed that Black Bolt was trapped in the Fault following the events of War of Kings. Black Bolt was able to hold his own, but was unable to escape until Lockjaw found him. After killing the minister who objected to return to Earth's moon, Black Bolt and the rest of the Inhuman Royal Family returns to the moon as do the other Inhumans, the Badoon, the Centaurians, the Kymellians, and the Dire Wraiths. The prophecy that ended the Inhuman experiments spoke of five brides and one king with a mighty voice. However, another prophecy comes closer to fruition which ended up being a prophecy of four cities and a war to shatter everything.[14]
Spider-Man and the Future Foundation investigate several rifts in the space-time continuum: one in the Microverse, another in the distant future, and another on present-day Earth.[15]
Spider-Man and the Future Foundation arrive on a Caribbean Island where the tribal natives are being attacked by zombie pirates. When Franklin Richards claims that the battle is similar to the Scooby-Doo cartoons, Invisible Woman uses her powers to discover that one of the zombie pirates is actually Mysterio in disguise. It also turns out that the tribal chief is a disguised Chameleon. Soon the rest of the Sinister Six arrive,[16] though Spider-Man comes to realize that Doctor Octopus, Electro, Rhino, and Sandman are all robots. Meanwhile, the real Doctor Octopus infiltrates the Baxter Building to look for specific technology plans.[17]
During the Fear Itself storyline, the Future Foundation is analyzing one the seven hammers that fell from the sky and landed near the Baxter Building. Thing ends up lifting it and is transformed into Angir: Breaker of Souls.[18]
Members
The Future Foundation consists of a combat team and a science team, with some members being part of both groups.
The First Family
- Mister Fantastic
- Invisible Woman
- The Thing
- Spider-Man
- Franklin Richards
- Valeria Richards
- Nathaniel Richards
- Leech
- Doctor Doom
The Future Foundation
- Mister Fantastic
- Spider-Man
- Valeria Richards
- Zero-G
- Bentley 23: A clone of the Wizard.
- Dragon Man: Valeria Richards upgrades Dragon Man so that it can join the Future Foundation.
- Artie Maddicks
- Vii: An ancient Atlantean.
- Wuu: An ancient Atlantean.
- Korr: An evolved Moloid.
- Mik: An evolved Moloid.
- Tong: An evolved Moloid.
- Turg: An evolved Moloid.
Council of Doom
The following supervillain geniuses were recruited by Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom in order to deal with the alternate Mister Fantastics:
Other Versions
Ultimate Marvel
In the Ultimate Fallout storyline, Reed (now a villain) has set up an experiment inside a dome to force people to evolve or become extinct. His test subjects are wearing a variation of the Future Foundation costume and Reed welcomes them "to tomorrow".[19] It would later be revealed that these people were grown in a lab, with very little outside contact. Known as "The Tomorrow People", they would launch an attack on the super-team, Excalibur, including the ultimate Captain Britain and coming across Ultimate Thor. They wished to capture these superhumans, but were very unsatisfied, until they examined Thor, and found a link connecting him and Ygdrassil. They would follow the link, and launch a massive attack on Asgard, eventually killing all the Gods, save Thor. [20]
Trivia
- Characters from Kurt Busiek's Astro City are also called First Family. The Astro City characters are an obvious homage to concepts and characters from the Fantastic Four, so the choice of the core Future Foundation combat's team name as the First Family appears to be a homage to Astro City.
Collected editions
Hardcovers
| Title | Material collected | ISBN | Publication date |
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| FF by Jonathan Hickman - Volume 1 | FF #1-5 | 0-7851-5144-9 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | September 7, 2011 |
| FF by Jonathan Hickman - Volume 2 | FF #6-11 | 0-7851-5769-4 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | February 8, 2012 |
Paperbacks
| Title | Material collected | ISBN | Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FF by Jonathan Hickman - Volume 1 | FF #1-5 | 0-7851-5145-6 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: checksum | March 7, 2012 |
References
- ^ 'Four' Marvel Teaser Newsarama, Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Hickman, Jonathan. Fantastic Four #579 (July 2010), Marvel Comics
- ^ Fantastic Four #580
- ^ Fantastic Four #585
- ^ Fantastic Four #586
- ^ Fantastic Four #588
- ^ FF #1
- ^ Fantastic Four #579
- ^ FF #2
- ^ FF #3
- ^ FF #4
- ^ FF #5
- ^ FF #6
- ^ FF #7
- ^ Amazing Spider-Man #658
- ^ Amazing Spider-Man #659
- ^ Amazing Spider-Man #660
- ^ Fear Itself #3
- ^ Ultimate Fallout #4, Page 23
- ^ Ultimate Comics: Ultimates 02 (2011)
External links
- Future Foundation at Marvel Wiki
- Future Foundation at Comic Vine
- Spider-Man Joins The FF!
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