Frightful Four

The Frightful Four are a group of fiction characters in Marvel Comics who serve as the antithesis to the Fantastic Four.

The Frightful Four first appeared in Fantastic Four #36 (March 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

The team subsequently appears in Fantastic Four #129 (December 1972), #177 (December 1976), Spectacular Spider-Man #42 (May 1980), The Amazing Spider-Man #214-215 (March-April 1981), Fantastic Four #326-328 (May-July 1989), Fantastic Four Unlimited #5 (March 1994), Incredible Hulk (Vol. 2) #418 (June 1994), Deadpool (vol. 3) #35 (December 1999), Fantastic Four (vol. 3) #29 (May 2000), and Fantastic Four #514 (August 2004), and #547-549.

The Frightful Four received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #3.