Last month, Marvel announced that their First Family would finally be whole again with the launch of a new Fantastic Four series, debuting this August from writer Dan Slott (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Sara Pichelli (Ultimate Comics Spider-Man). While team members Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm have been seen in the Marvel Universe in everything from The Amazing Spider-Man to Guardians of the Galaxy to Marvel Two-in-One lately, Reed and Susan Richards and their children haven’t been spotted since the end of Marvel’s Secret Wars.

The finale of Secret Wars, written by Jason Aaron with art by Esad Ribic, saw the Richardses and members of the Future Foundation setting out to rebuild the destroyed multiverse. So it’s fitting that Ribic would be the one tapped to provide cover art for the first time we’ve seen the family whole in three years. Today, Marvel released Ribic’s cover to issue #1 as well as a teaser for the Fantastic Four revival. In fact, Ribic will provide the covers to every issue, bringing the same grandiose sensibility he brought to Secret Wars and that’s befitting the FF.

Fantastic Four #1 hits newsstands in August.

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Jed W. Keith is managing editor for FreakSugar and has been a writer with the site since its start in 2014. He’s a pop culture writer, social media coordinator, PR writer, and technical and educational writer for a variety of companies and organizations. Currently, Jed writes for FreakSugar, coordinates social media for Rocketship Entertainment and GT Races, and writes press copy and pop culture articles for a variety of companies and outlets. His work can also be seen in press releases for the Master Musicians Festival, a Kentucky event that drawn acts such as Willie Nelson, the Counting Crows, Steve Earle, and Wynona Judd. His work was featured in the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con convention book for his interview with comic creator Mike Mignola about the 25th anniversary of the first appearance of Hellboy. Jed also does his best to educate the next generation of pop culture enthusiasts, teaching social studies classes--including History Through Film--to high school students.

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