Marvel and Pixar Finally Crossover The Fantastic Four With The Incredibles

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Published May 29, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT

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Until the release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps (and perhaps even still after for some), audiences accepted The Incredibles as the best film adaptation of the beloved comic book. Marvel appears to be acknowledging this opinion by bringing these two superhero families together in honor of Pixar.

Marvel is releasing a Fantastic Four #13 variant cover featuring the characters of The Incredibles as part of celebration of Pixar's 40th anniversary.

The image is an homage to the cover for Fantastic Four #159, a classic story from 1975 that sees the terrific team crossing paths with the Inhumans. The stars of The Incredibles are placed in similar positions as the eponymous heroes, with Bob “Mr. Incredible” Parr standing in the place of Ben “The Thing” Grimm, his daughter, Violet, standing where the similarly powered Sue “Invisible Woman” Richards is seen in the background, and the infantile Jack-Jack taking incendiary flight like Johnny “Human Torch” Storm, for instance.

To those unaware of the original Fantastic Four comic, the cover art may appear to be a simple recreation of the final act of Pixar’s Academy Award-winning 2004 animated favorite. The climax sees Craig T. Nelson’s once retired superhero Bob, teaming with his flexible wife, Helen (Holly Hunter), super-fast son Dash (Spencer Fox), and Violet (Sarah Vowell), along with Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson), to save the city from an octopus-like machine designed by Syndrome (Jason Lee).

Jack-Jack is not involved in this particular scene. However, the child is at least seen with his mask at the cliffhanger ending that sees the family preparing to take on a new villain named The Underminer (voiced by Pixar’s good luck charm John Ratzenberger), who also appears in this special cover.

The Incredibles-inspired Fantastic Four #13 variant cover is designed by David Baldéon, who has pencilled issues of DC comics like Blue Beetle and Robin and has previously worked with Marvel on titles like X-Men: Legacy and Nova. The comic itself comes from writer Ryan North and artist Andrea Sorrentino and sees Johnny Storm attempting to disguise himself as Ghost Rider.

There Are More Pixar-Inspired Marvel Variant Covers To Come

David Baldéon’s “incredible”Fantastic Four cover is only the first of many variants inspired by Pixar to look forward to. There are many more being released this summer to celebrate the animation studio’s exciting milestone.

On the same day thatFantastic Four #13 is released in July,Iron Man #7 flies into stores with a variant cover based on the 2008sci-fi movie masterpieceWall-E by Todd Nauck. Two weeks later, on July 15, David Bardin remagines the heroes ofAvengers: Armageddon #2 as the cast ofInside Out and Hulk meetsRatatouille in Humberto Ramos’ special art forInfernal Hulk #9.

On Aug. 5, Nicoletta Baldari delivers a cover for the next issue ofFantastic Four, this time taking inspiration fromPixar’s sophomore feature, 1998’sA Bug’s Life. Also that day, Ryan Stegman takes Peter Parker to new heights with anAmazing Spider-Man #34 variant cover based on 2009’sUp.

Aug. 19 sees the release of a variant cover forAvengers: Armageddon #3 by Phil Noto that showsBrave’s Merida in a pose that calls fellow archer Hawkeye to mind. Paco Medina’s art forDoomquest #4 pays tribute toPixar’s latest release,Toy Story 5, which will have released in theaters a month earlier.

The final four of Marvel’s Pixar 40th Anniversary variant covers will accompany the Sept. 2 releases ofAvengers: Armageddon #4,Fantastic Four #16, andThor #801 andX-Men #37 on Sept. 16. However, the artists involved and the film they will be paying tribute to are being kept under wraps for now.