—The ThingYa thought... it was okay for Johnny and me to be left behind... and think you were dead! You! Sue! Franklin! Val! Kids, Reed! You let us believe the kids were dead!
Appearing in "Past Tense"
Featured Characters:
- Fantastic Four
- The Thing / "Dan" (Ben Grimm)
- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed New Jerseyans
- The Spider (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
- Jarviz (Mentioned)
- Margot Wilkins (Surname first revealed)
- Johnny Storm (Mentioned)
- Dr. Eric Palevsky (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Sue Storm Richards (Mentioned)
- Franklin Richards (Mentioned)
- Valeria Richards (Mentioned)
- Iron Man (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
- Ben Grimm (Mentioned)
- Sue Storm (Mentioned)
- Johnny Storm (Mentioned)
- Reed Richards (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Mephisto (Mentioned)
- Cynthia von Doom (Mentioned)
- Boris (First appearance)
- Griever at the End of All Things (Mentioned)
- Interdimensional Council of Reeds (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Multiverse
- Earth-18067
- Earth
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Unidentified town
- Awesome Sonic Repair (First appearance)
- Unnamed diner
- Unnamed steel mill (Mentioned)
- Battleworld Arena, East Rutherford (Mentioned)
- Unidentified town
- New Jersey
- United States of America
- Earth
- Prime Marvel Universe (Mentioned)
- Earth-F-266 (First appearance)
- Hyzor (First appearance)
- Earth-P-1837 (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Earthspace (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Milky Way Galaxy (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Latveria (First appearance)
- Doomstadt (First appearance)
- Castle Doom (First appearance)
- Doomstadt (First appearance)
- Latveria (First appearance)
- Earth (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Solar System (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Corisa Galaxy (Mentioned)
- Milky Way Galaxy (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Mephisto's Realm (Mentioned)
- Earthspace (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Earth-18067
Items:
- Fantastic Four Uniforms (Main story and flashback)
- Unstable Molecules (Mentioned)
- Vibranium (Mentioned)
- Multisect (Mentioned) (Destroyed)
- Iron Man Armor Model 51 (Model-Prime Armor) (First appearance)
- Doctor Doom's Armor (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Hellstar (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Multicar (First appearance)
Events:
- Next of Kin (Mentioned)
- The Search for Tony Stark (Mentioned)
- Secret Wars (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Past Tense"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
THE FANTASTIC FOUR are BACK!
• But there’s fallout from their absence, both in the universe and in the family. The THING and MISTER FANTASTIC go on a voyage to rectify mistakes and heal wounds.
• But is it too late?