Fantastic Four Shows How Reed Richards' Powers Evolved in His Son
Warning: contains spoilers for Fantastic Four #44!
In the most recent issue of Fantastic Four, the powers of Reed Richards seem to have rubbed off on his son, Franklin Richards. Despite possessing unlimited power, Mister Fantastic's son still uses his own version of his father's stretching powers to fend off the family's most recent threat.
Reed Richards and the rest of the Fantastic Four gained superpowers after being exposed to cosmic rays on an adventure to outer space. Due to this exposure, Reed and his wife Sue Storm passed on their powers to their son, Franklin. However, rather than turning invisible or creating forcefields like his mother or stretching like his father, Franklin developed the ability to warp reality, making him one of the most powerful people in the Marvel universe. Following the collapse of the multiverse during Secret Wars, Franklin and his family used his power to help create the entire multiverse. Sadly, he has since lost his reality-warping powers, however by entering Thought Space — a dimension in which thoughts are made tangible — he's been able to recreate them against his family's latest foes.
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Fantastic Four #44 by Dan Slott, Andrea Di Vito, Davide Tinto, Rachael Stott and Jesus Aburtov comes in the midst of the Reckoning War. Currently, the Fantastic Four and their friends and family are trying to defend the universe from an ultra-powerful alien race known as the Reckoning. While Franklin and Valeria mount their defense in Thought Space, Valeria warns the Reckoning that Franklin's experience with reshaping reality makes him a god in Thought Space. To prove this point, Franklin launches an attack on the
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