A four‐stepsynthesis of substituted 5,11‐dicyano‐6,12‐diaryltetracenes was developed, starting from readily available para‐substituted benzophenones. The key step of this straightforward route is the complex cascade reaction between tetraaryl[3]cumulenes and tetracyanoethene (TCNE) resulting in 5,5,11,11‐tetracyano‐5,11‐dihydrotetracenes. The mechanism of this transformation was reinvestigated by