Along with its robust opening weekend efficiency, The Implausible 4: First Steps has been met with a variety of constructive important reception, so it’s honest to name it one in every of Marvel Studios’ successes. Nevertheless, not everybody’s a fan of the most recent adaptation of Marvel’s First Household. Rob Liefeld, who co-created Deadpool with Fabian Nicieza, didn’t mince phrases whereas sharing his ideas concerning the 2025 film starring Pedro Pascal’s Mister Implausible, Vanessa Kirby’s Invisible Girl, Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Factor and Joseph Quinn’s Human Torch.
Following 5 months after he took intention at Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige over Captain America: Courageous New World’s field workplace drop, Liefeld went on X to share an image he took of an empty IMAX theater screening First Steps to accompany his destructive response to the film. Test it out:
This was the 5pm Implausible 4 screening at my IMAX. I can let you know why there’s little or no repeat biz on this movie. It’s impossibly boring & boring. pic.twitter.com/AdiHfOmbMSJuly 30, 2025
Okay, I must level out that Rob Liefeld posted this on Tuesday. Positive, it’s a disgrace that theater wasn’t packed, however at 5 pm on a Tuesday, lots of people are both nonetheless at work or have simply come house and may not be within the temper to go straight again out to see a film. Plus, IMAX tickets price greater than what you’d pay for the standard screening, so taking these elements into consideration, I don’t suppose the quantity of attendees in that theater ought to be thought-about indicative of The Implausible 4: First Steps’ high quality.
Nonetheless, Rob Liefeld is entitled to his opinion about First Steps, as no film is ever going to please each person who sees it. Nonetheless, this continues the author/artist’s important streak in direction of Marvel. Again in January, he expressed his dissatisfaction at Deadpool & Wolverine not together with Josh Brolin’s Cable. Then the next month, Liefeld shared that he’d severed ties with Marvel over points that started in 2023, however reached a tipping level over alleged slights on the Deadpool & Wolverine New York premiere. Additionally, in February 2024, he introduced that he was retiring from engaged on Deadpool comics, although he cited his age as the principle motive for this.
The Implausible 4: First Steps might not have Rob Liefeld’s cup of tea, however with its 86% Tomatometer and 92% Popcornmeter scores on Rotten Tomatoes, it actually was for a lot of others. A Implausible 4 sequel is reportedly already in improvement, and as theorized by Selection final month, it might match into one of many 4 theatrical slot’s Marvel’s blocked off for 2028. Different prospects embrace the long-awaited Blade reboot, Black Panther 3 and the X-Males reboot.
However we don’t have to attend till then to reunite with the MCU’s Implausible 4, as they’ll return for Avengers: Doomsday in December 2026, adopted by Avengers: Secret Wars in December 2027. Finger crossed that Rob Liefeld is extra entertained by their appearances in these gigantic ensembles.