In a retelling of the story of the Fantastic Four, begins when genius Reed Richards builds what he thinks is a teleportation device which he unveils at a science fair. And when it doesn’t produce the results he said would happen, he’s shunned by everyone. But a visiting scientist, Franklin Storm thinks that Reed built the means to cross into another dimension.

He offers Reed a scholarship so he goes to New York to work on it and he works with Storm’s daughter Sue and his former student Victor Von Doom. The storm also brings in his son Johnny, a mechanic to help him. When Reed says it’s done, Storm decides to send him, Sue, Johnny, and Victor. Reed asks his best friend Ben Grimm to join him.

When they get there, they’re exposed to elements not native to their own, And when they return, they start to change or gain abilities.