Taking place on Earth-828, the entirety of The Fantastic Four: First Steps is fairly isolated from the events of the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t several MCU Easter eggs in the movie, including one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it reference at the very beginning of the film.
Right away, The Fantastic Four: First Steps seems to establish that this version of the Marvel timeline has a version of Howard Stark and Stark Industries. And we know this because a very important piece of tech that Sue relies on to set the rest of the movie in motion.
