TEASER: Fantastic Four’s Hickman and Epting on “FF: A Beginning”

Marvel's been a big ol' tease lately. The latest volley in what I'm calling the Ambiguity Wars of 2010 is this image for something called "FF: A Beginning." With letters like that and creators like Hickman and Epting involved, it's likely tied to their ongoing Fantastic Four story line "Three." 

It may also be about honey. Or popcorn. 

Week's like this, I don't miss Lost as much. 

Bees. 

Bees? 

Bees! 

Comments

  1. Simon Says minus one?

  2. I think the pattern of this cover sorta says who is going to die. Maybe not so much on who specifically, but who in terms of gender.

  3. That’s not a Fantastic Four book at all, guys. It’s a new Icon titled called “Fuck Face”. In this issue, the pair deal with the idea of bringing in a third partner… who is also a bee.

  4. I’ve been catching up on Hickman’s run on Marvel Digital, really enjoying it so far…(only caught up through the first 3 issue story arc)…

  5. Maybe Q*Bert is joining the team!

  6. @JonathanLondon  hahahaha Gold!

  7. Bees?!

  8. OMG Q*Bert has invisibilty powers like Susan Richards.

  9. This’ll be the issue that changes everything…FOREVER!

    Right?

  10. Why is it “FF” if there will be only 3 members?

  11. @VichusSmith  – New member.

  12. Will this be a second Fantastic Four book? Marvel has been returning to a lot of original numbering, they even did so with this title during Waid and Ringo’s run (500), would they actually go back to number 1 with the current FF book.

  13. whoever “dies” will be cloned back to life. 

  14. So is this how they’ll jump the price up to $3.99?

  15. @AmirCat  Or Fantastic Free?

  16. THose hexes look like Things’ skin.

  17. hey JumpingJupiter! You’re right! Suddenly rememebered how John Bryne used to draw Thing’s rocky hide!

    FF = Fantastic Family

    awwww… sounds mushy!

  18. Gob’s not on board.

  19. There’s something of a tradition for Sue to have only her outline when drawn sometimes. Makes me think she won’t be the dead one based on this cover.

  20. @reg5000  That’s the first thing I thought, too.

  21. Future Foundation

  22. @rjspring  Like the rest of the world, I sure loved that arc. Just stop right there 🙂

  23. wait  … BEES!!!!!

  24. @FausticCaust: I think you might be onto something. The teaser does only say FF – Future Foundation could be a possible name change.

  25. It’s Reed who’s going to die and they are recruiting a member of AIM.

    The whole Fantastic Four is changing forever thing has been done about 10 times already.
    Spiderman – She-hulk- a female Thing.

    I really hope this is something good and different other than Hickman seeing how intricate he can be by inventing a sub set of Atlanteans – that arc was a snoozefest.

    We all know he has great ideas but is anyone still regularly reading Shield?

    Right- you have to catch up on some back issues- or you’re wating for the trade-

    Just something about his stuff that sounds soo good on paper and you respect the “architecture” of it.

    But ends up boring in the translation.  For me anyway.

  26. @TheNextChampion …”Everybody gets their OWN SWARM of BEES!!” — thanx Oprah =]
     @mrtonk  ….Q*bert ? HlLaryious

  27. Not bees triBenzene