New Marvel Logo Reveals First Look at H.E.R.B.I.E From THE FANTASTIC 4: FIRST STEPS and More
Marvel has released a new 2024 logo at New York Comic-Con and it features a look at a lot of characters from the franchise, but the one that stuck out the most was the first look at H.E.R.B.I.E., the Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics, in Marvel Studios‘s upcoming The Fantastic 4: First Steps.
H.E.R.B.I.E. was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the 1978 animated series The New Fantastic Four as a replacement for the Human Torch.
H.E.R.B.I.E. is a robot that was created by Mister Fantastic to help them fight crime. The robot eventually made the jump to the comics, becoming an integral part of Marvel’s First Family’s publication history.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps will serve as the robot’s first appearance in a live-action project.
The Marvel logo is filled with characters from recent and upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, like Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness, Harrison Ford’s Red Hulk, Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, Joseph Quinn’s Human Torch and Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, and more.
The Fantastic 4 is set in the ‘60s in an alternate-reality version of New York City. We saw some test footage of this at Comic-Con 2024, and I was blown away by it.
The movie also stars Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning) as Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman; and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Punisher, The Bear) as Ben Grimm, aka the Thing.
Paul Walter Houser also recently was cast in the project in an unknown role, as well as Natasha Lyonne,, and Julia Garner (Ozark, Inventing Anna), who will take on the role of Shalla-Bal, who is an incarnation of Silver Surfer. Ralph Ineson will play Galactus.
The Fantastic 4: First Steps is scheduled to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.