FIRST STEPS concept art shows the team in action in accurate costumes

Fantastic Four: first steps brought its own twist of MCU style to the costumes worn by Marvel’s First Family, and while they weren’t to everyone’s taste, the designs worked for Earth-828’s 1960s-inspired setting.

In a blink-and-you’d-miss-it look, we got to see Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny in comic-accurate costumes. This happened during a flashback to their first adventure, when they fought Mole Man and Giganto. While it’s a shame they didn’t get more screen time, the scene was still a welcome nod to that of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Fantastic Four #1.

Now a new piece of concept art from Fantastic Four: first steps The “Art of” book shows the Fantastic Four rushing into battle in their blue and black uniforms. However, these don’t seem as simple as the one seen in this flashback; instead, they arguably look exactly like what many fans were hoping to see from the Fantastic Four in 2025. Perhaps they were too contemporary for Earth-828?

Regardless, this piece of art goes a long way toward proving that this version would have worked well on screen, so let’s hope it makes it into the post-Avengers: Secret Wars MCU (expected to bring the heroes into the present alongside the Avengers and the X-Men).

Earlier this year, Fantastic Four: first steps Costume Supervisor Dan Grace had this to say about creating the team’s new costumes:

Well, because they’re a slightly different team than… sometimes when you do, I don’t know, maybe like the Avengers or whatever, where they all come from different worlds and different things. One good thing is that they all have to have the same origin, the same technology, the same look, because essentially all of these suits are designed and made by Reed and Sue.”

“So they’re all going to have similarities. So yes, you want to introduce differences, but it’s not like the difference between Iron Man and Doctor Strange. So the challenge, in that sense, wasn’t actually how to make them all the same, but how to make them subtly different and portray their characters in a different way.”

Check out this new concept art for the Matt Shakman reboot in the X post below.

In our review of Fantastic Four: first stepswe concluded, “Fantastic Four is an exceptional introduction to the MCU’s First Family, and with a Jack Kirby-infused vibe unlike anything we’ve seen before, it proves to be a quintessential superhero film with Marvel Studios at its finest.

Set against the vibrant backdrop of a retro-futuristic world inspired by the 1960s, Marvel Studios Fantastic Four: first steps features Marvel’s First Family: Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.

Forced to balance their role as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth against a ravenous space god named Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and all of its inhabitants wasn’t bad enough, it suddenly becomes very personal.

Also appearing are Natasha Lyonne as Rachel Rozman, Paul Walter Hauser as Harvey Elder/Mole Man, Sarah Niles as Lynne Nichols and Mark Gatiss as Ted Gilbert. John Malkovich was set to play Red Ghost, but was cut short due to time constraints.

Fantastic Four: first steps is directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay by Josh Friedman and Eric Pearson and Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer.

The film is now available on digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Disney+.