Fantastic Force

Fantastic Force was a superhero team in the Marvel Universe, a spin-off of the Fantastic Four. The team had its own title, which lasted for eighteen issues from November 1994 to April 1996. Its average monthly sales for 1995, its only full year of publication, were 33,675 copies. The title was revived for a miniseries involving a new team in April 2009.

Original team

Rumors started circulating in the early 1990s that the Fantastic Four was to be cancelled and a new title called Fantastic Force launched in its place. At the time the rumors were false, however the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, Tom DeFalco decided that due to the amount of traction the rumor had gained that they should create a new comic book with the same title.

A creative team was brought together, however after it disbanded due to creative differences, Tom Brevoort wrote the new book while Dante Bastianoni took on the responsibilities of cover design and penciller. It launched in November 1994 as a spinoff book to Fantastic Four rather than as a replacement.