FantasticFour_583_586_covers.jpgMedia Release -- Marvel is proud to announce that Three, the story that brought an end to the Fantastic Four, will be going back the press! After going back to press before, Marvel has been met with overwhelming demand from fans and retailers for issues #583-#586, featuring the landmark death of the Human Torch and pivotal turning point for Marvel's first family. The new printings of the Fantastic Four story of the century, from the superstar creative team of Jonathan Hickman and artist Steve Epting, will include a series of all new, interlocking covers featuring Johnny Storm through the ages as rendered by some of Marvel's greatest artists. It's still not too late to discover why this is the one epic story that got the world talking about the World's Greatest Comic's Magazine and changed the landscape of the Marvel Universe forever!

Fans and critics agree, Three is a smash hit!

"Hickman's Fantastic Four is really fun, far-out, deep-feeling stuff, marked by wild sci-fi ideas, intricate storytelling, and one of the best characterizations of elastic-limbed genius Reed Richards that I've ever read." – Jeff Jensen, Entertainment Weekly

"I'm a fan… [Hickman] has been doing some great stuff on the classic and venerable Fantastic Four title…" – Geoff Boucher, Los Angles Times

Hickman is one excellent writer…Bottom line, this series continues to carry well the mantle of one of Marvel's flagship titles." – Dante Amodeo, AintItCoolNews.com

"[T]horoughly enjoyable and masterfully plotted…" – Jesse Schedeen, IGN.com

Be sure to catch up on the complete tale behind the shocking death of the Human Torch when Fantastic Four #583-#586 return to stores this March a week before the monumental FF #1!

FANTASTIC FOUR #583 FOURTH PRINTING VARIANT (DEC108315)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by STEVE EPTING
Rated A…$3.99
FOC – 2/21/11, On Sale – 3/16/11

FANTASTIC FOUR #584 THIRD PRINTING VARIANT (DEC108316)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by STEVE EPTING
Rated A…$3.99
FOC – 2/21/11, On Sale – 3/16/11

FANTASTIC FOUR #585 THIRD PRINTING VARIANT (DEC108317)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by STEVE EPTING
Rated A…$3.99
FOC – 2/21/11, On Sale – 3/16/11

FANTASTIC FOUR #586 THIRD PRINTING VARIANT (DEC108318)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by STEVE EPTING
Rated A…$3.99
FOC – 2/21/11, On Sale – 3/16/11

FF #1 (JAN110748)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Pencils and Cover by STEVE EPTING
Variant Cover by DANIEL ACUNA
Variant Cover by STAN GOLDBERG
Character Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Fantastic Four 50th Anniversary Variant by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Blank Cover Also Available
Rated A…$3.99
FOC – 2/28/11, On Sale 3/23/11