Future Foundation is a fictional organization appearing in comics published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jonathan Hickman, the team first appeared in Fantastic Four #579 (July 2010) and stars in the series FF, written by Hickman and illustrated by Steve Epting. The Future Foundation is a philanthropic organization created by Mister Fantastic to better serve humanity's future.
History
After becoming discouraged by how Earth's scientists view science and its applications, Mister Fantastic forms a new group to create a better future for all of humanity. Gathering some young, great minds, Mister Fantastic plans to mold them into a team that will come up with solutions to the world's problems.
Zero-G; Dragon Man; evolved Moloids Tong, Turg, Mik, and Korr; and Bentley 23 (a clone of the Wizard) are the first recruits to the organization. Artie Maddicks then joins the Future Foundation, as does Leech.
The organization next gains Mister Fantastic's father, Nathaniel Richards, followed by Uhari co-heirs Vii and Wuu. Spider-Man joins the team as well at a final request from Human Torch. Mister Fantastic is disturbed to discover that his daughter and father have also invited Doctor Doom to join, following Valeria's proposition for Doctor Doom to help the Future Foundation. After learning about Doctor Doom being a member of the Future Foundation, the Thing objects and attacks him, but Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman break up the fight. Later, Reed takes everyone to the Room, a classroom where the Future Foundation discusses the problems that they must solve. One of their early projects is to create a temporary cure for the Thing. When Valeria asks Doctor Doom if he has a backup for restoring his memories, he reveals that Kristoff Vernard is his backup. Afterward, Mr. Fantastic, Spider-Man, Nathaniel, Valeria, and Doctor Doom head to Latveria to meet with Kristoff and request his help. Mister Fantastic sets up a brain-transfer machine in order to help restore Doctor Doom's memories and knowledge, which is successful. When Kristoff wants to return the throne to him, Doctor Doom states that it is not time yet because of a promise he made to Valeria. When Mister Fantastic asks what promise Doctor Doom made to Valeria, Doctor Doom states that he made a promise to help defeat Mister Fantastic.
Doctor Doom decides to hold a symposium on how to finally defeat Reed Richards. The Thing and the evolved Moloids give an invitation to the High Evolutionary. Dragon Man and Alex Power give an invitation to Diablo. Upon receiving an invitation from Spider-Man, Mad Thinker is convinced to take part in the event. Bentley 23 even gives an invitation to his creator, the Wizard, along with two A.I.M. lieutenants. However, it is subsequently revealed that the 'Richards' they have been invited to defeat are actually members of the "Council of Reeds" (alternate versions of Reed who were trapped in this universe by Valeria a while back, possessing Reed's intellect while lacking his conscience).
While Spider-Man and Invisible Woman make sandwiches for the kids, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Doom, Valeria, and Nathaniel Richards meet with the supervillain geniuses and Uatu the Watcher about what to do with the Council of Reeds.
When doing one of the experiments that deals with the four members of the Council of Reeds, the Future Foundation ends up in Old Atlantis where they find Mole Man and an alternate Mister Fantastic attacking it.
While the Future Foundation is dealing with the remaining Alternate Reed Richards, Black Bolt suddenly returns to the Universal Inhumans. It was revealed that Black Bolt was trapped in the Fault following the events of "War of Kings". Black Bolt was able to hold his own, but was unable to escape until Lockjaw found him. After killing the minister who objected to return to Earth's moon, Black Bolt and the rest of the Inhuman Royal Family returns to the moon as do the other Inhumans, the Badoon, the Centaurians, the Kymellians, and the Dire Wraiths. The prophecy that ended the Inhuman experiments spoke of five brides and one king with a mighty voice. However, another prophecy comes closer to fruition which ended up being a prophecy of four cities and a war to shatter everything.
Spider-Man and the Future Foundation investigate several rifts in the space-time continuum: one in the Microverse, another in the distant future, and another on present-day Earth. Spider-Man and the Future Foundation arrive on a Caribbean Island where the tribal natives are being attacked by zombie pirates. When Franklin Richards claims that the battle is similar to the Scooby-Doo cartoons, Invisible Woman uses her powers to discover that one of the zombie pirates is actually Mysterio in disguise. It also turns out that the tribal chief is a disguised Chameleon. Soon the rest of the Sinister Six arrive, though Spider-Man comes to realize that Doctor Octopus, Electro, Rhino, and Sandman are all robots. Meanwhile, the real Doctor Octopus infiltrates the Baxter Building to look for specific technology plans.
During the "Fear Itself" storyline, the Future Foundation is analyzing one of the seven hammers that fell from the sky and landed near the Baxter Building. The Thing ends up lifting it and is transformed into Angir, Breaker of Souls. Although the Thing is almost killed in battle by Thor, Franklin is able to use his powers to restore him to his original rocky form.
The Future Foundation discovers that Human Torch is alive and that the insects implanted into him by Annihilus revived him. Human Torch was surprised that his teammates have formed the Future Foundation in his absence.
When the Future Foundation came to Africa, one of their visits was Wakanda. Valeria met a Wakandan engineer's daughter named Onome. Valeria was able to get Onome a spot on the Future Foundation.
As part of Marvel NOW! FF was relaunched with creative team of Matt Fraction and Mike Allred in November 2012 and ended with issue #16 in January 2014.
Members
The Future Foundation consists of a combat team along with a science team, with some members being part of both groups. Other groups include a replacement group for the core members of the original Fantastic Four, as well as a temporary supervillain group.
The Future Foundation
Current members
- Ant-Man
- Miss Thing
- She-Hulk
- Alex Power
- Leech
- Artie Maddicks
- Bentley-23 (clone of the Wizard)
- Ahura
- Franklin Richards
- Onome (daughter of one of Wakanda's greatest engineers)
- Adolf (son of the Impossible Man)
- Vil (female co-heir to the Uhari throne)
- Wu (male co-heir to the Uhari throne)
- Mik (evolved Moloid, identifies as male)
- Korr (evolved Moloid, identifies as male)
- Turg (evolved Moloid, identifies as male)
- Tong (evolved Moloid, previously identified as male, now identifies as female)
- Dragon Man
Former Members
- Luna
- Medusa
- Mister Fantastic
- Invisible Woman
- Thing
- Human Torch
- Spider-Man
- Doctor Doom
- Valeria Richards
- Franklin Richards from Earth-10235
- Valeria Richards from Earth-10235
- Nathaniel Richards
Council of Doom
The following supervillain geniuses were recruited by Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom, in order to deal with the alternate Mister Fantastics:
- Diablo
- High Evolutionary
- Mad Thinker
- Wizard
Other versions
Ultimate Marvel
In Ultimate Marvel's Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates, the Maker (Reed Richards as a villain) sets up an experiment inside a dome to force people to evolve or become extinct. His test subjects are wearing a variation of the Future Foundation costume, and Reed welcomes them "to tomorrow". It would later be revealed that these people were grown in a lab, with no contact with the outside world. Known as "The Children of Tomorrow", they would launch an attack on the super-team Excalibur including Captain Britain and coming across Thor. They wished to capture these superhumans, but were very unsatisfied until they examined Thor and found a link connecting him and Yggdrasil. Realizing that the Asgardians could harm them, they would follow the link and launch a massive attack on Asgard, eventually killing all other gods except Thor.
In the wake of the Cataclysm crossover, a new Future Foundation title will be launched starring Susan Storm, the Falcon, Iron Man, Machine Man (Danny Ketch), and Phil Coulson. The book will be written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and drawn by Mario Guevra.
In other media
Video games
- Spider-Man's Future Foundation costume is unlockable in Spider-Man: Edge of Time.
- A color-inverted version of the Future Foundation costume is unlockable in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 video game).
- The Future Foundation costumes for Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, and Spider-Man are featured as unlockable costumes in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
- The Future Foundation costumes for Spider-Man and Doctor Doom appear in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
- The Future Foundation costumes for Spider-Man, Thing, Mister Fantastic and Invisible Woman appear in Marvel Heroes.
- The Future Foundation costumes appear as alternate costumes for Mister Fantastic, The Thing, Invisible Woman, and Spider-Man in Lego Marvel Super Heroes
Collected editions
Hardcovers
Paperbacks
References
External links
- Future Foundation at Marvel Wiki
- Future Foundation at Comic Vine
- Spider-Man Joins The FF!
