A new look at The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ H.E.R.B.I.E., which stands for Humanoid Experimental Robot B-Type Integrated Electronics, has been unveiled at New York Comic Con.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled to be released in United States theaters in July 2025. The film will formally introduce H.E.R.B.I.E. — who was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and was originally introduced in a 1978 episode of The New Fantastic Four before the character made their official comics debut in 1979’s Fantastic Four #209 — into the MCU.
The Marvel Studios booth at the 2024 New York Comic Con features a mural filled with characters from recent and upcoming projects created by the studio. Along with Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness and Harrison Ford’s Red Hulk, the mural features a new look at H.E.R.B.I.E., who appears inside the “A” of “MARVEL.”
What will H.E.R.B.I.E. look like in the MCU’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps?
View the mural below, via an X post from DiscussingFilm:
You can also see a closer look at H.E.R.B.I.E. in the mural, via another X post from DiscussingFilm, here:
The original artwork shared by Marvel Studios for The Fantastic Four: First Steps sees H.E.R.B.I.E. hanging out alongside Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Sue Storm, and Reed Richards.
It is not yet known who is voicing H.E.R.B.I.E. or how big of a role the character will have in The Fantastic Four: The First Steps. Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, and Natasha Lyonne have all been cast in undisclosed roles in the film, meaning it could potentially be one of them or a new cast member who has not yet been announced.
The cast of the movie also includes Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/the Thing, Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer, and Ralph Ineson as Galactus.
Directed by Matt Shakman, The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be released on July 25, 2025, from Marvel.
