Update: I must quote a reader who notes: “to me it looks like an AI trailer where someone typed in “fantastic four, retro future, wes anderson vibe”. I think this is exactly right, a perfectly succinct way to describe what feels so off about the trailer.

Welcome to the first discussion post for the ComicBook Panel! We’ve got a lot to dissect this week, so let’s get right into it! Marvel’s first family has officially made their much-anticipated debut in the MCU this week with the first teaser trailer for Marvel Studios’ Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Evidently it’s now tradition to release a Fantastic Four movie midway through a decade. The first theatrically-released Fantastic Four movie (remember that Roger Corman’s 1994 flick never made it to the big screen) arrived in 2005,