The art and imagination of Jack Kirby are front-and-center in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and it's what the MCU has needed for years

That might sound like no big deal, but after 2023’s “The Marvels,” this spring’s fourth “Captain America” movie and “Thunderbolts*” all underperformed by Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) standards, the new “Fantastic Four” may offer broader audience appeal by not pulling from other franchises.

First Steps. The true power of The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the love between a mother and her child. While all four members of Marvel's First Family do their fair share to save their world from the giant,