The Fantastic Four

fictional superhero team
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Summary

The Fantastic Four is a superhero team[1]. It draws 16,722 Wikipedia views per month (superhero team category, ranking #3 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Stan Lee[3], Jack Kirby[4]
  • Instance of: fictional organization[5], fictional quartet[6], tetrad[7]
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics[8]
  • Commons category: Fantastic Four and its cast[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Has part(s): Mister Fantastic[12], Invisible Woman[13], Human Torch[14], Thing[15], Crystal[16], Medusa[17], Luke Cage[18], She-Hulk[19], Ms. Marvel[20]
  • Start time: 1961[21]
  • Official website: https://www.marvel.com/teams-and-groups/fantastic-four[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fantastic Four[23]
  • Described at URL: https://seriewikin.serieframjandet.se/index.php/Fantastic_Four[24]
  • From narrative universe: Earth-616[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Fantastic Four[26]
  • Present in work: Fantastic Four[27]
  • Title: The Fantastic Four[28]
  • Different from: Fantastic Four[29]
  • Start of work period: November 1961[30]
  • Derivative work: Fantastic Four[31], The Fantastic Four[32], Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes[33]
  • Enemy: Doctor Doom[34], Galactus[35], Annihilus[36], Super-Skrull[37], Thanos[38], Ultron[39], Wizard[40], Red Ghost[41], Puppet Master[42], Mad Thinker[43], Rama-Tut[44], Mole Man[45], Diablo[46], Terrax[47]

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Influence

Things named for The Fantastic Four include Die Fantastischen Vier[48], a musical group[49], founded in 1986[50].

Why It Matters

The Fantastic Four has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

It has been cited as an influence by Jenny Everywhere[53], a fictional human[54].

Entities named for it include Die Fantastischen Vier[48], a musical group[49], founded in 1986[50].

FAQs

Who did The Fantastic Four influence?

The Fantastic Four has been cited as an influence by Jenny Everywhere[53].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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