When Susan Storm was engaged to wed Doctor Doom, the Marvel universe was shocked including the Fantastic Four’s creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Although the world was unaware that it was Reed Richards's mind occupying Doom’s body, the world grappled with why Invisible Woman would marry one of her family's worst enemies, not to mention one of the world’s most infamous dictators and villains. As the big day approached, Lee and Kirby make a hilarious cameo breaking the fourth wall to threaten the comic's creative team!

 The Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom have always been intertwined in each other’s lives, maintaining a relationship where they could be enemies one day and begrudging allies the next. After Franklin Richards’ actions in Heroes Reborn, they come together to fight the Dreaming Celestial whose efforts to merge Earth and Counter-Earth threaten to destroy everything. They succeed in destroying the Celestial, but Reed and Victor are caught in the crossfire, with Doctor Doom appearing alone afterwards. As the Fantastic Four deal with Reed’s disappearance and issues from the conflicting Earths, Doctor Doom’s strange behavior reveals that the Celestial somehow placed Reed’s mind within Victor’s body, something that he eventually confides to his family. Although skeptical at first, his knowledge of personal information wins them over and in order to keep Doom’s forces in line and maintain appearances, Reed asks for Susan’s hand and she agrees to become Baroness von Doom.

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In Fantastic Four #27 by Chris Claremont, Salvador Larocca, and Art Thibert, the world is shocked by the front-page news of this upcoming marriage, alarming both superheroes and government officials who are unaware of Reed’s predicament. As the Fantastic Four’s actions are questioned by family, friends, and those worried that this union will lead to Doom’s worldwide domination, Reed struggles in vain to free himself from Victor’s armor which prevents him from accessing any of his work. Sue comforts him as Reed blames himself for the overwhelming negative backlash the marriage has had on them and the Fantastic Four’s reputation. That backlash includes the busy Marvel office where Stan Lee and Jack Kirby interrupt the brainstorming session between Claremont, Larocca, and Thibert themselves, stating that these “youngsters” better know what they’re doing or they’ll answer to the famous duo for “messing with the primal forces of the Marvel Universe.”

Stan and Jack’s cameo here continues an unofficial tradition of the famous creators appearing in the Fantastic Four comics. Whether helping Doctor Doom finally defeat the famous quartet or being denied entrance to Reed and Sue’s first wedding, both writers are woven into the identity of the characters whose early success helped launch Marvel Comics. Comic books are a temperamental genre with its fanbase supporting or criticizing the direction creators take their favorite characters and this cameo both addresses and parodies this fact. Susan Storm marrying Doctor Doom is a bold move and it wouldn’t be a Fantastic Four wedding without an irate Lee and Kirby, this time channeling their frustration to the events creators and reminding them of the high expectation’s fans have of Marvel’s first family.

The Fantastic Four take quite a beating from the world and despite the loss of funding or briefly fighting the Avengers when they don’t give an explanation, the big day arrives and Susan and Victor/Reed are wed, beginning a new era for the Fantastic Four. Although this marriage would not last, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s cameo is a hilarious break from the high-stakes action and drama reminding us that despite our love and affinity for the characters, it is still a comic book and should not be taken too seriously.

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