With the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Five in the books, it's time to look back at the strongest characters it introduced.

"We will protect you," Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards promises a waiting press pack as The Fantastic Four hastily return from an intergalactic mission gone very, very wrong. The supergroup's leader is talking about the impending threat of the world-eating Galactus,

The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the start of Phase 6 of the MCU, the final phase of The Multiverse Saga that has tested fans and led to Kevin Feige admitting that Marvel has made "too much" since Avengers: Endgame.

First Steps premiere and describes what he thinks his character, Mole Man, would eat. Plus, he dishes on talking with Sebastian Stan about joining the MCU.

To celebrate the impending arrival of 'First Steps' in theaters, both 'Marvel Rivals' and 'Fortnite' will get movie-themed skins for the Fantastic Four this Friday.

While this comment by Feige is a definite bummer, it makes a ton of sense. Because while Sony's live-action Spider-Man universe has been struggling for years, Phil Lord and Chris Miller's animated franchise has been wildly successful. So why would they want to give away their lead character to go join the MCU sandbox?

First Steps premiere, Joseph Quinn chats with THR and shows his excitement for the idea of teaming up with Tom Holland in future MCU projects.

The MCU is barreling forward with its grand experiment but things are getting unsustainable behind the scenes.