Yes, rights issues surrounding the Human Torch have limited the Fantastic Four's on-screen presence — but we also got these great characters!
While the Marvel Universe has seen a number of characters make the leap from the comic page onto the big and small screens, the property that seems to be the hardest to adapt is Fantastic Four. The quartet of superpowered adventurers hasn't exactly had the best luck when it comes to film adaptations. The Roger Corman-produced film from 1994 has more or less been regulated to circulated videotapes and cult legends.
How Did Human Torch's Rights Issues Lead to New Marvel Characters? With the Torch being off limits to The New Fantastic Four, a new character was made to fill his place: the Humanoid Experimental Robot, B-type, Integrated Electronics unit - or H.E.R.B.I.E. for short. Stan Lee came up with the concept of a robotic helper for the Four and asked artist Dave Cockrum - best known for a genre-defining run on the X-Men - to design H.E.R.B.I.E.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends would have had the web-slinger joining forces with Human Torch and Iceman to battle evil. This made sense; after all Spidey and the Torch shared a long history. However, the Universal deal meant that Torch was off limits, leading the showrunners to create a new character: Firestar. Angelica Jones was a seemingly normal college student who learned that she was a mutant with the ability to generate waves of heat.
Firestar's origin originally saw her on the side of darkness, as she was conscripted by the Hellfire Club into serving their needs. After being manipulated by the malicious Empath, Firestar joined the superhero team known as the New Warriors. She battled numerous threats, even helping Spider-Man fight Carnage during the 'Maximum Carnage' storyline. Eventually, she and her fellow New Warrior Justice joined the Avengers, even making plans to get married.
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