Fantastic Four #577
Fantastic Four #577 marks the first appearance of the Universal Inhumans — four alien races separately engineered from their own species by the Kree in the same ancient program that produced Earth's Inhumans — radically expanding a concept Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced in 1965 into a multi-species galactic mythology. Jonathan Hickman's revelation that humanity was merely one of five subjects in the Kree experiment recontextualized the entire Inhuman corner of the Marvel Universe and supplied the cosmological architecture his run would build toward through the War of Four Cities storyline and into his Avengers work. The issue also introduces Dal Damoc and Eldrac the Doorway as first-appearance characters, and plants the ominous seed that the assembled alien queens have no interest in settling the Moon — they intend to colonize Earth. As the third chapter of the 'Prime Elements' arc, it demonstrates Hickman's method of planting slow-burn world-building pieces that would pay off across years of interconnected Marvel storytelling.
In "Prime Elements 3: Universal Inhumans," the Fantastic Four travel to the moon to uncover a startling truth: the Kree engineered not just the Inhumans, but four other alien subspecies, each with their own unique heritage. Written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Dale Eaglesham, this issue expands the cosmic scope of the Marvel Universe with bold revelations about ancient genetic experiments. The cover by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer captures the moment with striking, otherworldly detail.
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The issue sits within Jonathan Hickman's run on Fantastic Four, which began with issue #570 (2009), edited by Tom Brevoort under editor-in-chief Joe Quesada. Hickman used the 'Prime Elements' arc (issues #575–578) as a vehicle to introduce each of the four cities that would anchor his coming War of Four Cities narrative, with #577 handling the Inhuman city-ship on the Moon. Artist Dale Eaglesham, Hickman's primary collaborator at this stage of the run, drew the issue, while veteran Alan Davis provided the cover with inker Mark Farmer; colorist Paul Mounts and letterer Rus Wooton rounded out the production team.
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- First appearance of the Universal Inhumans as a collective — the five-race alliance of Kree-engineered species from across the galaxy.
- First appearance of the four alien Inhuman queens: Matriarch Oola Udonta (Centurians), Aladi Ko Eke (Moord/Brood), Queen Onomi Whitemane (Kymellians), and Goddess Avoe (Dire Wraiths).
- First appearance of Dal Damoc, the Inhuman Wayfinder left on the Moon by Black Bolt to herald the Universal Inhumans' arrival.
- First appearance of Eldrac the Doorway, a former politician transformed into a living teleportation threshold.
- Story title: 'Prime Elements, Part 3: Universal Inhumans'; written by Jonathan Hickman, penciled by Dale Eaglesham, cover by Alan Davis (inked by Mark Farmer); released March 31, 2010 (cover date May 2010).
- The issue establishes that the Kree carried out their genetic experiments on five separate species — not just humanity — each developing Inhuman abilities through a different process (Terrigenesis, Isogenesis, Amphogenesis, Exogenesis, and others).
- The climactic revelation is that the four alien queens have gathered not to colonize the Moon but to claim Earth itself as their new holy land, 'New Hala,' under the returning King Black Bolt.
- Reprinted in Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2 (trade paperback collecting #575–578) and in the Jonathan Hickman Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 1.
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Reprinted in Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman #2 (2010), Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman #2 (2010), Marvel Icons #3 (2011), Fantastic Four Adventures #20 (2011), Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus #1 (2013), Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection #1 (2018), Fantastic Four: Solve Everything #[nn] (2025)
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