New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)

Name	New Fantastic Four
Aliases	Secret Defenders
Members
Leader(s)	Spider-Man
Current Member(s)	Spider-Man, Wolverine, Powerhouse, Brainstorm
Former Member(s)	Ghost Rider, Hulk, Sleepwalker
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Allies	Fantastic Four, Jo-Venn, N'Kalla
Enemies	Mole Man, Skrulls, Empyre, Priests of Pama, Mephisto
Origin and Status
Origin	Formed to avenge the apparent deaths of the true Fantastic Four. Regrouped twice: once to fight the Sinister Six, again to apprehend the Human Torch. A new group came together to help defend Earth during the Empyre crisis.
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Walt Simonson, Arthur Adams
First	Fantastic Four #347 (October, 1990)
First	Fantastic Four #347 (October, 1990)

History

A female Skrull alien named De'Lila who was an empath, a shape-shifter, and a telepath managed to capture the true Fantastic Four. Pretending to be Susan Richards she convinced Wolverine, Spider-Man, Hulk, and Ghost Rider to form a New Fantastic Four to avenge their "deaths". She sent them to fight the Mole Man so that she could steal a powerful Skrull device that crash-landed on Monster Isle.

The team briefly regrouped with Sleepwalker instead of Wolverine to fight the reformed Sinister Six.

The original members reunited again as the first Secret Defenders at Dr. Strange's request to bring the Human Torch in for arson.

When Franklin and Valeria needed help while the FF were away dealing with the latest Kree-Skrull threat, Valeria activated an emergency signal that summoned Spider-Man and Wolverine to aid them, but a message from their father confirmed that the children should consider themselves members of the team as well.

Notes

• In story arc Circle of Four Venom teamups with X-23, Red Hulk and Alejandra Jones, making homage to New Fantastic Four.
• Another homage happens in Ghost Rider, when Robbie Reyes teamups with Amadeus Cho, Laura Kinney and Cindy Moon.
• The Superior Four also served as a homage to the New Fantastic Four. Not only were they each a version of the four replaced by Doctor Octopus, but they were originally based in the Baxter Building.

See Also

• 16 appearance(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)
• 2 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)
• 3 minor appearance(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)
• 45 image(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)
• 7 member(s) of New Fantastic Four (Earth-616)