The MCU has been around since 2008's Iron Man - 17 years at this point. And through it all, there's one thing I've practically been begging for: more of a presence for immortal comic creator Jack Kirby, one of the founders of the Marvel Universe, including more faithful renditions of some of his best designs. Now, finally, after nearly two decades and dozens of movies and series, Marvel Studios has finally given me what I've been wanting this whole time thanks to The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which has Jack Kirby's fingerprints all over it.
Along with perfectly capturing Kirby's art and storytelling vision, The Fantastic Four: First Steps also includes numerous nods to the legacy of the man known as the King of Comics, right down to the FF's home reality of Earth-828 taking its number from his birthday, August 28, and the movie's last words being a quote from Kirby himself. Natasha Lyonne's character, Rachel Rozman, is even a tribute to wife-guy Kirby's beloved spouse Roz Kirby.
