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When it come to superheroes who have the good rogues galleries , TheFantastic Foursurprisingly often gets left out of those conversation . This is most interesting when considering that when critics talk about the best andmost powerful supervillains in Marvel account , two of The Fantastic Four ’s most consistent enemy get name - set down the most : Galactus and Doctor Doom .
Despite how often he ’s beenbeaten in Marvel canyon , Galactus remains The Fantastic Four ’s most levy cosmic figure in their world . Meanwhile , Marvel has made it a full stop to remind their readers whenever potential why Doctor Doom might really bethe sound supervillain of all time .
It is hard to argue that Doom and Galactus prepare the bar when it comes to villainy , but that does n’t think of they are the only rivals that The Fantastic Four have that are worth blab about;their scalawag ’s gallery is filled with villains who deserve just as much of a public eye .
10Diablo
Fantastic Four#30 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Chic Stone, & Artie Simek
Esteban Corazón de Ablo ’s lifespan dates back to ninth hundred era Saragossa , where he quite literally sells his someone to the devil once Mephisto promises an extended sprightliness anticipation . He takes his dastard deeds to Transylvania , where the local decide the only means to block him is to imprison him in a tomb , to be revealed when The matter stumbled upon him old age later . Diablo promise The Thing that if he release him , he ’d turn over him human again using a personally made potion in telephone exchange for a age ' Charles Frederick Worth of servitude . The matter begrudgingly follow , but the potion proves bogus .
In a grievous moment , Johnny Storm has just give away the truth about why he has n’t found happiness the fashion his Fantastic Four teammate have .
That is exactly what makes Diablo such a unnerving foe . – it ’s not just what he can do with chemistry , but in how much of a master operator he is ; he can sweet - talk anyone into giving him what he wants , open him a legion of follower and worldwide wealth .
9Immortus
The Avengers#10 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg & Sam Rosen
Immortus is dangerous not only for what he is capable of , but for his ultimate potential;Marvel has painted Immortus as the net form of Kang the Conqueror that is destined to one day take , as well as the end point goal that every interpretation of Kang from every universe hop to achieve . Immortus entrench himself deep into Fantastic Four traditional knowledge by being the fate of not only Kang , but the portion of Nathaniel Richards of Earth-6311 , father of Mister Fantastic , creating avery dark connection to Reed .
It immortalizes Immortus ( or Rama - Tut , in another animation ) asthe deadly Kang variate . Much like Kang the Conqueror and his variant , he has stop over aging through his futurist fourth dimension go tech , and that fourth dimension traveling tech only makes the scientist all the more severe .
8Hate-Monger
Fantastic Four#21 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, George Roussos, & Artie Simek
Sometimes , a scoundrel does n’t have to be dastardly and threatening on the base of having an eccentric plan or an over - the - top motive for evil . Sometimes , a scoundrel can be wretched just for being a bigot . It ’s round-eyed compare to the average mustache twiddle scoundrel of the week , but it ’s also a more realistic shape of immorality . Just a small intimation of pragmatism edging into the cartoony realm of amusing Book is enough to up the stakes .
This is the case for the Hate - Monger , who is as evil as they get , asthe cloned spawn of Adolf Hitler . come on the end of his reign of little terror , the Nazi party loss leader conspires with Arnim Zola to transfer his mind into clone soundbox that could express out his mission well after he ’s beat . The Fantastic Four ca n’t truly wipe out himwhen Hitler ’s mind continues to shift to unexampled bodies .
7The Red Ghost
Fantastic Four#13 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Stan Goldberg, & Artie Simek
hold Ivan Kragoff , the Russian scientist ’s blood line are straight tied to The Fantastic Four , or more fittingly , inspired by them . His studies of Cosmic Rays staunch directly from the fateful place deputation that gave them their powers . After trip to the moonlight , this communist work effortlessly to duplicate the Cosmic Rays and their side effects not just on himself , but on his trained hierarch . The experiment influence , create his Super - Apes , gifting them powers like shapeshifting and crack - strength . Kragoff , meanwhile , can travel by through whole objects .
WhileStan Lee ultimately regrettedusing the Red Scare as a means to create a supervillain , deeming the anti - communist rhetoric simple and naive in retrospect , Red Ghost has nonetheless become a staple fiber of Fantastic Four’svillains ' circle . John Malkovich will be playing him inFantastic Four : First Steps .
6The Frightful Four
Fantastic Four#36 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Chic Stone, & Artie Simek
At one point , The Fantastic Four became so efficient at disposing of supervillains that it became unacceptable for a queer resister to one - up on them in a conflict . The resolution was for their most familiar foes tocome together to vote down themall at once . At the insisting of Paste - Pot Pete , he recruits The Sandman and The Wizard to go after a challenger they share in The Human Torch . before long enough , a debut Medusa would link up them , and The Frightful Four would come to overtake .
They before long establish that there is truly intensity level in numbers , as even in defeat , they were able to evade capture , re - group , and re - architectural plan . The Frightful Four would germinate and enjoy multiple iteration in the come years , often led byThe Fantastic Four ’s most underrated scoundrel , The Wizard .
5The Mad Thinker
Fantastic Four #15 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg, & Artie Simek
Sometimes , Julius is referred to plainly as The Thinker;understandably so , considering that there isalways a method acting to his madness . Take his first coming into court as a prime lesson , where he took over the Baxter Building , trapping The Fantastic Four below it . He is eventually captivate , but the finish was n’t to take over The Fantastic Four ’s home base , but to empathise the engineering of the bright gentleman on the planet(back when Reed still was ) . He was well-chosen to go to prison as long as he had that knowledge for himself .
Furthermore , he found ways to falsify The Fantastic Four behind the picture in promise of getting them to dissolve , sleep together that they were the only opponents capable of defeating him . Miraculously , his method worked for a time . He may be mad , but The Thinker is still a genius at the end of the Clarence Day .
4Psycho-Man
Fantastic Four Annual#5, Story “Divide – And Conquer!” – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, Stan Goldberg, & Sam Rosen
For a man calling himself Psycho - Man , he ’s as meticulous as they come , not to name thorough . Much like The Mad Thinker , villainy may make him unhinged , but Psycho - Man is no moron . That ’s why he result his own technocracy within a microuniverse of worlds in Sub - Atomica . His genius - level intellect has compel him to think of a gadget that allows him to manipulate the emotion of others , specifically by straightaway raise negative emotions into whoever he targets .
He ’s prove to tincture doubtfulness , fear , anger , etc . , into even Cosmic wielders like the Silver Surfer . No one is immune to his regard and wielding such a unequaled powerfulness has allowed him to domineer entire society as a dictator . He lark one of the bestvillain introduction in Fantastic Four story , andremains a vulgar foil for them .
3Annihilus
Fantastic Four Annual#6, Story “Let There Be … Life!” – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott & Sam Rosen
Annihilus is a baddie who seems to only get more hefty with every coming into court he make for Marvel . Upon his unveiling , he ’s a permanent occupier of the Negative Zone who stands in the way of Reed Richards get what he call for to determine the element that will helpSue tempest give birth to their son . The foursome narrowly scat Annihilus ' clutches , but every clock time after that , Annihilus seems to get potent .
The height of the cosmic villain ’s power comes inMarvel ’s practiced crossover serial , Annihilation , where the Billie Jean Moffitt King of the Negative Zone nearly destroy the intact Earth-616 with his army . Despite typically being constrained by the Negative Zone ( until he escapes ) , Annihilus proves to be a cancerous force play that spreads himself across the integrality of the Marvel Universe , hefty enough to combat any Heron within it .
2The Super-Skrull
Fantastic Four #18 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg & Artie Simek
Kl’rt - or simply the Super - Skrull - is immortalized in Marvel lore as one of the most skilled soldiers in the Skrulls ' army . The Super - Skrull was make by The Skrulls to wait on them with one round-eyed goal : world mastery . The good way to accomplish that was to imbue Super - Skrull with the world power of The Fantastic Four;by the logical system of fighting firing with fire , The Fantastic Four battle to fend off the Super - Skrull when he is capable to dish up their hardest attacks right back at them , literally .
The Super - Skrull ’s first outing against The Fantastic Four proves successful enough to warrant to creation of multipleSuper - Skrulls across Marvel ’s history . Still , though , none of the follow - ups can hold a candle to the original . Not a heroas powerful as Captain Marvelcan handle the ultimate Super - Skrull .
1The Molecule Man
Fantastic Four #20 – Written By Stan Lee; Art By Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Stan Goldberg & Artie Simek
The Molecule Man is one of those villains who might be underestimated on the great unwashed just for get a dizzy name . In world , not only is he immensely powerful , he is one of Marvel ’s most important villains in its lore . As found intheSecret Warsprelude , Molecule Man ’s role is essentially that of an anchor being beforeDeadpool & Wolverinecoined the full term for the MCU . Owen Reece becomes substantive when Marvel ’s multiverse is experiencing wandflower - threatening incursion .
Doctor Doom - as a military personnel who is seldom unforced to admit he needs anything from anyone - determines he want Molecule Man to stop the incursions . Even beforeSecret Wars , Molecule Man was always deemed a terror as one of the few opposition to in reality overcome Marvel ’s first kinfolk . The Fantastic Fourhas an endless array of foe , but Molecule Man might be the big foeman who is n’t named Galactus or Doctor Doom .
Summary
The Fantastic Four is a superhero franchise revolve about on Marvel Comics ' first family of superheroes . make by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the squad made its funny book introduction in 1961 and apace became a cornerstone of Marvel ’s success . The dealership follows four astronauts — Reed Richards , Susan Storm , Johnny Storm , and Ben Grimm — who make headway great power after being exposed to cosmic radiation . Over the years , Fantastic Four has been adapted into several live - action picture , animated series , and video games . The films have seen multiple reboots , with varying levels of success , and are now fructify to be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , with a new film slated for release in 2025 .
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