The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961), which helped to usher in a new naturalism in the medium. They were the first superhero team created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby. The Fantastic Four have been adapted into other media, including 4 animated television series, an aborted 1990s low-budget film, the major motion picture Fantastic Four (2005), and its sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).
