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

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.

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,