Fantastic Four Nikes Are Coming To Fortnite

The MCU’s version of the Fantastic Four is finally making its debut on July 25, and it will come as absolutely no surprise whatsoever that it looks like Marvel’s First Family will receive Fortnite skins to mark the occasion. But it also appears they’re bringing with them something a little more unusual skins for this sort of collaboration: a set of four pairs of Nike kicks, with each pair themed after a member of the Fantastic Four.

The shoes were added to the files with Tuesday’s patch and decrypted when the shop updated on Tuesday evening. The set includes a pair of Harbor Blue Air Max 90s for Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, clear Air Force 1s with a blue swoosh to represent Sue Storm/the Invisible Woman, red and orange Air Max 95s for Johnny Storm/the Human Torch, and orange Dunks for Ben Grimm/The Thing. The set will apparently have a bundle, which would make this the first Kicks bundle to come with more than three pairs. We don’t know when these shoes will land in the item shop, but it will likely be during the week before Fantastic Four: First Steps hits theaters on July 25.

What’s particularly interesting about these shoes is that, like all Nike kicks in Fortnite, all four of these pairs are real shoes that were available to purchase. These Fantastic Four Nikes were originally released in 2006 as a tie-in with Fox’s Fantastic Four movies, which hit theaters in 2005 and 2007, and you can read more about them over at Sneaker News.

The best part of this set is that the clear Air Force 1s are a major new novelty for Fortnite kicks, as you can see the color of the sock that a skin is wearing with the shoes. That marks the third pair of novelty Air Force 1s, after the solid white and solid black pairs released in May that give off unique trails as you run.

This isn’t the first time Fortnite has imported some tie-in kicks to the item shop. During Star Wars season in May, the shop offered three pairs of Crocs and three pairs of Nikes that were themed after Star Wars characters.