[24] As such, Franklin's abilities at this time were limited to telepathy, precognition, and psionic energy blasts. Then it occurred to me we could have a lot of fun with that, because we would assume that if two people with super powers have a baby, the baby might have a super power. [34] The Fantastic Four return just in time to protect the children. It's not the genius of Bill Watterson, but it's a lot of fun, nonetheless. Fantastic - Marvel's First Family has a brand new star! [56], After Nathaniel Richards battled his other counterparts in a game set by Immortus and remained as the last Reed Richards, Franklin forced him to travel back in time and help the Fantastic Four, at that time Future Foundation, to fight the alternate Reed Richards loose on Earth-616 and deal with the invasion of the Mad Celestials until he and Valeria could escape from the destruction of their reality and arrive to finish their plan. He had to wear a special Vibranium headband to help him control his abilities. After returning to Earth, his family entrusted their old Baxter Building to the superhero team Fantastix, and moved to Thing’s hometown Yancy Street as a new base operation and home. Franklin Richards is the son of the Fantastic Four's Reed and Sue Richards, and he has at times been classified as beyond omega-level, which is the highest level of power classification used for mutants in the Marvel universe. [61] When the Sentience of the Eighth Cosmos came to greet what he thought was Bruce Banner, he soon discovered that it was an elaborate trick put in motion by the One Below All, a malevolent entity that resides in the Below-Place, the deepest layer of Hell, which had possessed the Hulk and then quickly devoured the Sentience of the Eighth Cosmos and absorbed its power.[62]. And much like a four panel comic strip the stories are limited to a handful of comic book pages. We’d love your help. And we wanted to stretch that out as long as we could while we tried to figure out whether she'd have a boy or a girl and what to name it. Franklin has recently chosen Powerhouse as his superhero alter ego, and he's shown repeatedly over the years why he deserves the name. FRANKLIN RICHARDS SON Of A Genius: Spring Break #1 & Happy Franksgiving #1 - $3.64. The costume looks like a standard Power Pack costume, done in orange and having the all-seeing eye icon of his "Tattletale" costume from the original series. [11], Under the care of yet another guardian, a robot nicknamed H.E.R.B.I.E., Franklin unintentionally used his reality warping abilities to age himself into adulthood. This compilation is bound to bring out the kid in every reader! I think this is a great book for kids who love Calvin and Hobbes--the story lines go on a little longer than in C&H, and there aren't any jokes that go over a kid's head. These are fun & silly little stories that are often nearly as hilarious as. Franklin repels their attacks. Most of Franklin's feats up to this point have largely been undefined blasts of power that touch on some of the higher functions of his ability, such as time travel and dimensional travel. 's responsibility as Franklin's caretaker. Franklin even kept his membership of Power Pack a secret from his own parents: when he appeared before them in image form (see above) he would stick to ordinary clothes, only appearing in his Power Pack outfit before other heroes such as Kitty Pryde. Doctor Strange broke the crystal and freed young Franklin, who woke up and quickly obliterated the "Bad Man" with powerful energy blasts from his eyes. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. RELATED: X-Men: 10 Times Hope Summers Earned Her Status As An Omega-Level Mutant. Move over, Mr Fantastic--Marvel's First Family has a brand-new star! So, Xavier and the Master of Magnetism concoct a plan to usher Franklin to Krakoa by means of using his relationship with Kitty Pride, employing the premise that they would be either helping Franklin get the full extent of his powers back or discerning if what's happening to young Franklin "could" also emerge in other mutants. [25] Later during a battle against the Dark Raider (an evil alternate reality version of Reed Richards) Psi-Lord and the Invisible Woman forced the Malice persona into the Raider's mind leading to his defeat and the apparent destruction of the Malice persona. Franklin isn't an only child, though that was almost the case as Reed and Sue's second child, who was conceived in the Negative Zone, was stillborn, despite help from the best scientists in the Marvel Universe. In Power Pack #36 (published in April 1987), Franklin and his friends battled the giant robot Master Mold. Mephisto had captured the souls of Reed, Sue, and Franklin Richards and brought them down to Hell, though while he was torturing Reed and Sue, Franklin was trapped behind a crystal. Franklin Richards, son of a genius : lab brat. Valeria Von Doom would return to the mainstream universe and be instrumental during a battle with the powerful cosmic being known as Abraxas. The team investigates and find that not only Sue was trapped, but also Reed, who has been replaced with an alternate version being mind-controlled by an alternate version of Doctor Doom. Master Mold refers to this adolescent version of Franklin as Ultiman. Moreover, it remains unclear what power levels Franklin will ultimately achieve as an adult, as several future incarnations from alternate realities as well as the mainstream Marvel universe have been shown to vary in power. [volume & issue needed] At the end of the story, Reed, after gaining the cosmic consciousness, states his first task will be to save his son. He has started using the code name Powerhouse.