Fantastic Four's Reed Richards Has Officially Become a Marvel God
Warning: Contains a preview for Fantastic Four #42!
It appears that being the leader of the Fantastic Four and one of the smartest men in the Marvel Universe is no longer enough for Reed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic. After acquiring dangerous technology from the Watchers, Reed has gained all the powers of that godlike race, rising to the same level as Marvel's cosmic beings, as shown in a preview for Fantastic Four #42, by Dan Slott, Rachael Stott, Jesus Aburtov, and Eric Arciniega.
The Fantastic Four are currently caught in the middle of the Reckoning War, a huge, cosmic-scale conflict that dates back to the earliest days of the Marvel Universe. The Watchers, then known as the Luminous, were a powerful and benevolent race who mastered the secrets of cosmic energy. They decided to share their «gifts» with other species, including the Prosilicans, who used this knowledge to become unstoppable warmongers, becoming known as the Reckoning. Feeling responsible, the Watchers sealed the Reckoning away in a part of the universe that was turned into a toxic wasteland by their weapons, and took an oath to never interfere again in the affairs of other races. However, after millennia, the Reckoning have returned, and they are planning to destroy the entire universe as an act of revenge. They have armed other warlike races with advanced technology, and one of their first targets was Uatu, Earth's Watcher, who recently came back to life.
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Uatu survived the attack and fled to his home planet, trying to rally the Watchers against the common threat, but in the process, he left behind a device that stores all the knowledge of his ancient race. Reed Richards used it
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