#Franklin Richards ~ Psi Lord

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

This isn't... super well explained... Sue finally starting to believe that Franklin is who he says he is as his power are taken over and he starts to spiral out of control.

[cada4us]

i guess i didn’t post this 😞

[bronzemettle]

Gary Mitchell was a Mutant, then, right? Like if he'd been born a few centuries earlier, he'd be a Brotherhood of Mutant?

It is a relatively common mutation for Mutants to get to turn them into very powerful psychics, but non-Mutant psychics, ESPers, are still their own thing too. Gary Mitchell's power was vastly amplified by cosmic radiation at the Galactic Barrier, similar to Franklin Richards being stronger thanks to strange energies inherited from his parentage. Before that Gary was on the lower end of the human ESPer spectrum. Flashes of insight, not much more.

For 21st century examples you could look to Manchester Black, Maxwell Lord, Psimon, the Leader (albeit very weak before getting Gamma-amped), Franklin Richards (as mentioned), and April O'Neil, among many more.

But at the time these were all considered random, isolated cases with unknown/misattributed origins to their abilities. Real in-depth scientific study around ESPers as a group at large tracing the common qualities between them wouldn't come until the early United Earth years after the Post-Atomic Horrors.

ESPers do have their own historical bigotry, though. While in the 21st century Gary wouldn't join the Brotherhood, if he'd been born in that United Earth era before the founding of the Federation, he might have found himself being pressed into service with Psi Corps.

[heckyeahfantasticfour]

Fantastic Four (1961) #410, March 1996

[kylereadscomics]

@comfortfoodcontent did it first, but here are my Top 10 Marvel Comics runs, in no particular order.

Thunderbolts 1-75 by Busiek, Bagley, Nicieza, et al. - indisputably the best, wouldn't still be reading comics without it.

Defenders vol 4 1-12 by Fraction, Dodson, McKelvie, etc. - the shortest run on this list but one of my all-time fave comics that I re-read more often than most.

Amazing Spider-Man by Lee, Romita, etc. (issues 39-122) - while the Lee/Ditko run is great and features the introductions of so many iconic villains and characters, the soap opera elements of this era, culminating in the Death of Gwen Stacy, with Romita drawing both MJ and Gwen, makes it the best to me.

Spider-Man comics from Revelations to The Final Chapter - possibly the most overlooked era, this stretch of 20+ issues each of 4 different ongoing Spidey series, from the end of the Clone Saga/Ben Reilly era to the Byrne relaunch, are the comics that were coming out when I started reading as a young lad, and will always be my favourites, especially with Wieringo and JR Jr. and Steve Skroce doing much of the art.

Ultimate Spider-Man 1-160 by Bendis, Bagley, Immonen, Lafuente, etc. - The best attempt to make Spider-Man relevant to teens again without just sticking Peter in a perpetual loser cycle.

Daredevil by Nocenti and Romita Jr. (250-282) - I don't think there's a bad DD comic between 168 and 300, but these ones are the best.

Daredevil by Waid, Rivera, Samnee, etc. (vol 3 1-36, vol 4 1-18) - After a period of time where I wasn't buying comics at all, this brought me back and got me collecting like never before.

Fantastic Four by Defalco, Ryan, etc. (356-416) - I know in my heart that there are better FF runs, but this one has Lyja Lazerfist and Psi-Lord Franklin Richards and Sue Storm's ridiculous swimsuit costume and it is my favourite.

Post-Onslaught X-Men (specifically Uncanny 341-350, X-Men 62-71) - Again, these issues are intrinsically linked to childhood memories but also the Joe Madureira and Carlos Pacheco art is amazing and the stories are fun.

Captain Marvel by Peter David, ChrisCross, etc. (volumes 4 and 5) - IDK I just love these comics. They're very fun.

[capesandjapes]

Today we talk about Franklin Richards, the son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm of the Fantastic Four, who is an extremely powerful mutant with reality warping powers.

[anepotter]

Dem burd møt kvarainnjer. Billy kan hjelp Franklin.

[evilhorse]

Avengers #383

[comicsforall]

x-men / fantastic four (2020) icons

[pat1dee]

Fantastic Five #5

February 2000

Cover by Paul Ryan and Al Milgrom

[fyeahfantasticfour]

Be I Tara Richards or Mary Alvarez, the truth is I am Huntara of Elsewhen and no caprice of birth could ever alter that fact!

Fantastic Force Vol 1 13: "Picking up the Pieces"

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

CMRO readers point out that despite only having to keep track of the continuity of two books (Fantastic Four and Unlimited) they can not, for the life of them, keep the continuity working at all so this just basically doesn't exist properly with the last Unlimited book, but if we are wiping one off the face of the earth, I'll take this over Unlimited any day.

[cada4us]

don’t think i’ve posted these either. johnny and frankie <3

[travisellisor]

variant cover to Fantastic Five (1999) #2 by Mark Schultz, Bob Sharen and Tom Smith

[castlewyvern]

[comicbooktradingcards]

Marvel Masterpieces - Series 5 (1996)

#34 Psi-Lord