The company that created the Fantastic Four was Marvel and the main creator was Stan Lee. The Fantastic four were created in an attempt to battle DC’s “The Justice League” for popularity. The Fantastic Four’s most notorious character …show more content…
is “The Thing” because of his alienation for looking different from others, (Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961)(Lee, S. "Fantastic Four (Earth-616)." Marvel Database). The Fantastic Four’s other characters are Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, and Mr. Fantastic. Their abilities are fairly clear to most readers by their names but Mr. Fantastic is different, unlike the others his ability isn’t immediately apparent just by reading his name, his ability is to stretch any part of his body.(St. James Encyclopedia of popular culture)(Lee, S. "History of the Fantastic Four Part One." History of the Fantastic Four).
The Fantastic Four were created in 1961 when divorce rates were abnormally high, This gives The Fantastic Four their inability to get along and work together as well as other heroes, They also get their character “The Thing” from the recent end of segregation. (Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961).
The Fantastic Four are quite a “Fantastic” squad of heroes because even though they can barely get along with one another they still manage to get the task at hand done. The Fantastic Four also show their need and assistance of one another by staying together and never separating.(Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961) (St. James Encyclopedia of popular culture).
The Fantastic Four strongly represent divorce rates and racism by arguing (Common among divorce couples) and “The Thing” being different, representing racism. By The Fantastic Four showing in news papers it helped people realize the situation and hand and help bring it to an end. (Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961).
They helped slow divorce rates, stop racism, and battle for popularity all by showing in the news paper which is an amazing feat.
They did a great job of giving out the message to people all across America. (Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961).
The Fantastic Four were most popular in the 1960’s and 1970’s due to the divorce rates and racism at the time but since divorce rates have gone back down and segregation ending they’ve lost a lot of their popularity some people still remain faithful to The Fantastic Four while others have begun following more “interesting” characters. (Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961).
The Fantastic Four have had very few changes throughout time mostly just looks, But they still have the same touch arguments and “The Thing” wanting to be treated fairly. The Fantastic FOur could still pull through and become as popular as they once were but they would have to make major changes and would never be quite the same heroes they once were.(Linder, Vital statistics of the United states, 1961) (St. James Encyclopedia of popular culture).
The Fantastic Four are seen as nothing more than super heroes for little kids made into toys for them to play with. The Fantastic Four have lost most of their popularity from the media, They aren’t what they used to be, and hardly anyone remembers their original
purpose. Stan Lee was able to make a group of heroes to not only rival the “Justice League” but change history as well. He made heroes that people could enjoy for generations which is the goal for most comic artists/authors His original purpose still stands and has remained rock solid throughout time. (St. James Encyclopedia of popular culture) ("Fantastic Four." IMDb).