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[garbon]

Iron Man also had a cartoon in the 90s.

[Neil]

Fantastic Four isn't a rights issue.  It's Marvel Studios starting to bring the big-name properties that the sold to Fox to stave off bankruptcy into their cinematic universe.  Because most of their production after Endgame has been such a disaster, they're hoping that they can use this as a launching point to try and restore the brand with characters that people know.  Of course, the Fantastic Four aren't exactly top-tier superheroes these days, and really haven't been since the Seventies, but they do have a certain nostalgic weight. 

The big gun is going to be when they start rolling out the X-Men.

As a kid in the 90s, the Fantastic Four were right up there with X-Men and Spiderman as they all had cartoons that aired near one another.

Having a cartoon doesn't mean that they were as big as the X-Men or Spiderman.  Their comics sold significantly less, and their cartoon got 26 episodes, which is a single production run.  They were definitely second-rate at the time.

[garbon]

Fantastic Four isn't a rights issue.  It's Marvel Studios starting to bring the big-name properties that the sold to Fox to stave off bankruptcy into their cinematic universe.  Because most of their production after Endgame has been such a disaster, they're hoping that they can use this as a launching point to try and restore the brand with characters that people know.  Of course, the Fantastic Four aren't exactly top-tier superheroes these days, and really haven't been since the Seventies, but they do have a certain nostalgic weight. 

The big gun is going to be when they start rolling out the X-Men.

As a kid in the 90s, the Fantastic Four were right up there with X-Men and Spiderman as they all had cartoons that aired near one another.

Having a cartoon doesn't mean that they were as big as the X-Men or Spiderman.  Their comics sold significantly less, and their cartoon got 26 episodes, which is a single production run.  They were definitely second-rate at the time.

I should have clarified I don't think they were as significant as those latter two but as a child in the 90s they looked equally large. TV watching as a child was also very different as I don't think I ever watched a whole show through but just saw them endlessly at random times in syndication.

On a different note, I wonder how many people have been exposed to X-Men and Spiderman primarily through comics. That would count me out as my family never spent much money on those.

[garbon]

Actually I think my main marvel knowledge came from these that my grandfather collected and gave us.

Mostly the 1990 version

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Marvel_Universe_Cards