Devil's Reign - Superior Four pays homage to a classic Fantastic Four line-up - fowlerexisparbace

Fiend's Reign - Superior Four pays homage to a classic Fantastic Four line-up

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Doctor Octopus once took Peter Parker's place American Samoa Wanderer-Valet de chambre, and now it seems he'll exist succession St. Peter the Apostl's long-time office as a substitute member of the Marvelous Tetrad in February's Devil's Reign: Pucka Four #2, but with a twist.

As shown in January's Superior Four #1, Doc Ock will assemble his have team of elevation-versions of himself from around the Multiverse. Merely his Multiversal interfering seems to have much more than grievous ramifications than simply bringing together his own team, as the solicitation for Superior Four #2, released via AiPT, states that Doc Ock "irrevocably altered the Multiverse" with a "relentless ravish on realness."

As such, the so-known as Superior Four - seemingly comprised of mash-ups of Doc Ock and Ghost Rider, Hulk, and Glutton, alongside Otto Octavius himself - will take in to countersink right the issues caused by Doc Ock's Multiversal meddlesome.

(Incidentall, Marvel Comics is No stranger to mashing up its heroes and villains with each other).

That queue up of Octopized versions of Wolverine, Loom, and Ghostwriter Rider may seem a trifle off for a team up labeled the Fantastic Four, but it's actually mindful of a classical substitute line-up for the team introduced path back in Walt Simonson's Strange Four #350, consisting of Spider-Man, Whale, Wolverine, and Ghost Passenger.

Though the underived concept of the 'Hot Superior Four' was slightly facetious, drawing on the popularity of the characters involved as a fashio to goofball gross revenue of almost any claim by adding them as guest stars, the concept cursed fans, being revisited a hardly a times over the years.

Every bit for how Physician Ock has the power to alter the Multiverse and create a team of his own doppelgangers, cured, that whitethorn come down to the Infinity Stones, which were hinted at in the solicitations for Devil's Sovereignty: Superior Four #1.

Stay keyed to Newsarama for Marvel's full February 2022 solicitations, upcoming later this month.

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