A new piece of What If...? fan art imagines what Chris Hemsworth could look like as every member of the Fantastic 4. The What If...? series of comics, first published by Marvel back in 1977 examines what the world would look like if certain pivotal circumstances within the Marvel universe had played out differently. Disney’s Investor Day 2020 event recently showcased the MCU slate for Phase 4. Both the What If...? animated series airing on Disney+ in 2021 and the upcoming Fantastic Four feature film were referenced. Although fans have since gotten a look at What If...? via trailers, there’s still very little info detailing what is in store for “Marvel’s First Family.”
Hosted by Uatu, the cosmic being known as “The Watcher”, the What If...? printed series has examined several alternate realities over the decades involving the makeup of the Fantastic Four. The inaugural issue itself pitched the idea — “What if Spider-Man joined The Fantastic Four?” Then in What If vol. 2, issue #27 in 1991, it again asked, “What if Namor joined The Fantastic Four?” With Disney’s acquisition of the former Fox-owned Marvel property, a wide array of possibilities has become available for integrating the team with some of the already established players in the MCU.
Instagram user Bosslogic utilized the What If...? mechanic and created a piece of fan art asking the question — “What if Chris Hemsworth is The Fantastic Thor?” The image shows Hemsworth as an amalgam of Fantastic Four members, sporting aspects of each — The Human Torch’s flames, The Thing’s rocky arms, a portion of his body turning transparent like Invisible Woman, and the signature gray temples of Mister Fantastic. You can check out the picture below:
Hemsworth is most famous for his portrayal of Thor throughout the MCU and is due to reprise the role in the upcoming Thor: Love & Thunder. Thor’s connection to the Fantastic Four’s legacy isn’t far removed, particularly in the pages of What If...?, as What If: Thor Vol. 1 #1 posited, “What if Thor was a herald of Galactus?”. 2020 even saw Thor return to Galactus’ aid in the comics, and this time outside of “What If...?” He would ultimately battle the planet devourer, much like The Fantastic Four routinely does, and with borrowed cosmic powers, tying Bosslogic’s Hemsworth art a little closer to the home reality that fans know.
The Fantastic Four’s powers have been housed in singular individuals in the past, the most notable being The Super Skrull, whose shape shifting talents allow him to make use of all their abilities in unison. Disney Investor Day 2020 also revealed Secret Invasion on their slate which is the story of the Skrull invasion of Earth orchestrated by impersonating known Marvel heroes and villains. With this impending MCU story on the horizon, it makes way for the possibility of Thor being revealed as not only a disguised Skrull agent but the Super Skrull, himself, Kl’rt. Only time will tell if the What If...? depiction of Thor embodying the Fantastic Four's powers is just a creative piece of hypothetical fan art or a more ominous prediction of things to come.
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