The Fantastic Four Deserve to Debut in the MCU Before the X-Men

Times are tough, the world is complex, and the MCU is on hiatus. As stressed as we are, there is some comfort in the things that we have available to us. Personally, not being able to go anywhere and being stuck at home has given me time to catch up on some comics. Right now, I’ve been eating up Dan Slott’s current Fantastic Four run which is … pardon me, fantastic. It’s wholesome, with a nice mix of new stories and old. Getting into Marvel’s first family again got me thinking.  The Fantastic Four and the X-Men are the two biggest players coming to the MCU. Disney’s purchase of Fox means that Marvel Studios can start integrating the two groups into their movies. While I can’t stop megacorporations from megacorporationing, and seeing any of those characters in new films might be a long ways away, one can dream about how that goes down. The X-Men have always been the more popular of the superheroes. However, I’m here to argue that not only should the Fantastic Four arrive in the MCU first but they are the heroes we need right now. Never Given a Fair Shot It’s so strange to say this but the best Fantastic Four movie is The Incredibles. A superhero movie that is, at its core, about family. While The Incredibles features a heavy amount of action and heroics, it’s the family’s relationship with one another as well as the internal drama that holds our interest. That’s because it realistically portrays the trials and tribulations of being a family, which can be rocky at times. T…