Like most of the most iconic Marvel Comics villains, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the Red Ghost. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #13, in 1963. He’s a villain exhibiting all the Cold War tropes,

The Mole Man, the very first villain to ever menace the Fantastic Four, is rumored to appear in Fantastic Four: First Steps, and while Malkovich isn’t a match for many of Mole Man’s looks in the comics, why not, it’s possible.

Beyond the threat of Galactus, John Malkovich could be playing a classic Marvel villain in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.