Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #1

History

The Marvel Adventures imprint grew out of the Marvel Age line, which had launched in 2003 with the idea of retelling Stan Lee's 1960s plots in a modernized setting; by 2005 Marvel rebranded and refocused the line around entirely original stories. Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #1 was written by Akira Yoshida (C.B. Cebulski's pen name at the time) and penciled by Carlo Pagulayan, with inks by Jeffrey Huet, colors by Andrew Crossley, letters by Dave Sharpe, editing by Nicole Boose, and an Editor-in-Chief credit to Joe Quesada. The cover was provided by Michael Ryan, who also handled covers for early issues of the series. The preceding 'issue #0' — the actual series premiere titled 'The Apple Doesn't Fall Far' — was written by Marc Sumerak with pencils by Scot Eaton and featured Doctor Doom disrupting an NYC parade in the Fantastic Four's honor; that story had been produced during the transitional Marvel Age period before the rebranding.

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• Released June 15, 2005, with a cover date of August 2005; published by Marvel Comics as part of the newly launched Marvel Adventures imprint.
• Story titled 'The Apple Doesn't Fall Far' (issue #0 / series opener by Marc Sumerak and Scot Eaton) features Doctor Doom as the villain — his first appearance in the Earth-20051 continuity — disrupting a New York City parade thrown in honor of the Fantastic Four.
• The numbered #1 issue is written by Akira Yoshida and penciled by Carlo Pagulayan; it introduces Earth-20051 versions of Skrull characters Karrin, Darko, and Zara — their first appearances in any continuity.
• The series is set in the alternate universe designated Earth-20051, a continuity completely separate from the main Marvel Universe (Earth-616), established specifically for the all-ages imprint.
• Each issue in the series tells a standalone, single-issue complete story — a deliberate editorial format designed so that any new reader could pick up any issue without prior knowledge of Marvel continuity.
• The Marvel Adventures imprint evolved from the earlier Marvel Age line (2003–2005), which had retold classic Stan Lee 1960s plots; Marvel Adventures replaced it with fully original stories.
• The series ran for 49 issues, from July 2005 to July 2009, with multiple writers contributing over its run including Marc Sumerak, Akira Yoshida, Jeff Parker, and Fred Van Lente.
• The first four issues were collected in the trade paperback Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four Vol. 1: Family of Heroes, making the stories available in digest and standard TPB format consistent with the imprint's publishing strategy.

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