One of my earliest childhood memories is when I absconded with a copy of a Fantastic Four comic book that was included on the magazine counter in my dad's Barber Shop. I hid it away in my room and read it over and over. I was fascinated by the people in special uniforms who were exhibiting different superpowers! I actually got scolded for removing it from Dad's business. But since his Barber Shop was actually the front room of our house... it wasn't that big of a problem!
My brief exposure to the Fantastic Four spurred a desire for other visually exciting stories, so I used my first allowance to buy my own comic book! It was a DC comic featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. I was hooked! And while my young, pre-teen self gravitated more to DC, I never gave up on my Fantastic Quartet published by Marvel Comics. I faithfully collected Fantastic Four and Marvel's Greatest Adventures (a title that reprinted older Fantastic Four tales) from the early 1970s through the mid-2000s.
One of the unique things about the Fantastic Four was that its membership shifted and changed over time (one of the things I also loved about the Legion). In this tour, we will take a look at all the (many more than four) heroes who have been members of the Fantastic Four.
