Fantastic Four: First Steps Funko Pops Include A Baby Franklin Bitty Pop

Summary

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is still more than two months away, but its firstFunko Popswill seemingly be available to buy later today, probably for pre-order ahead of a release alongside the movie. There are six figures in theMCU’s F4 Funko collection, as well as a Bitty Pop companion for one of the characters whose appearance has dividedMarvelfans.

There are six First Steps Funko Pops going on sale today, thanks tofunkoinfofor sharing the images. Naturally, the core four Pops are each of the main characters, three of them in the outfits they wear in the trailers, and Johnny Storm in his Human Torch form, covered in Funko flames.

The Thing is the only member of Marvel’s First Family to be getting two First Steps Funko Pops, as there’s a second figure that puts the rocky hero in a hat and trenchcoat. That look is also already available inMarvel Rivals, by the way. Finally, the Silver Surfer, the villain who informs Mister Fantastic and the gang that their planet has been marked for death, also gets a Pop.

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Who’s The Kid?

All very nice, and I’m sure lots of Marvel fans will be picking up the Pops later today - I know I will be. It’s the Bitty Pop accompanying Invisible Woman that has people talking, though. Sue Storm’s Pop has a baby next to her. If you’re not familiar enough with Fantastic Four’s comic book history, a quick look at the Pop’s packaging reveals the little one’s name is Franklin.

The latest trailer for First Steps confirms Sue is pregnant, and that her partner, fellow Fantastic Four team member Reed Richards, is the father. While comic book fans will have assumed Franklin Richards is the baby in question, none of the trailers have suggested that. None of them have even shown Franklin, but the Funko Pops have revealed that the baby will be Franklin, and that he will presumably be born in enough time to play a key role in the movie.

That has led to divided reactions online. While some fans are fawning over the adorable baby Bitty Pop, others are peeved that its reveal has spoiled a potentially pretty significant plot point two months before the movie is released. That’s one way to one-up Thunderbolts, I guess. Marvel’s marketing for its latest movie came under fire whenthe studio decided to spoil one of its biggest reveals by literally slapping it on billboards.