The modern reimagining of Marvel in the Ultimate Universe took the early 2000s by storm, and the Fantastic Four were one of the biggest stars of the initiative! When high-school genius Reed Richards enrolls at a secret, government-sponsored school for the world's most gifted minds, he unwittingly embarks on the journey of a lifetime! And the experience will be transformative for Reed and his friends: Ben Grimm and Susan and Johnny Storm! But before they can even begin to get accustomed to their incredible new abilities, former classmate Victor Van Damme - forever altered by the same experiment - returns to exact his revenge! Plus: The nascent FF explore the N-Zone, meet Namor and the Inhumans and discover another reality very like their own. Is it the Marvel Universe we know and love, or home to a deadly threat set to lay waste to the Multiverse? Collecting: Ultimate Fantastic Four (2003) 1-32, Ultimate Fantastic Four Annual (2005) 1