All the children do their part with their intelligence and powers to solve the puzzles, but it is Franklin who ties it all together with his scientific knowledge and analytic ability.[70]. [volume & issue needed] Franklin himself is not shown in this storyline. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The adult Franklin from the future not only held his own against the Mad Celestials, but he also was able to resurrect a fallen Galactus from his time, who was then revealed to be serving as Franklin Richards' herald, proving just how powerful young Franklin is destined to become in the future. 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. Technically, Franklin Richards' omega-level ability is his reality-warping, however, he exhibits a number of psionic abilities that rival other omega-level mutants like Jean Grey and Quentin Quire. While I am sure this was a fun read in the original runs of a few pages each as backup stories in this collection I am more annoyed than amused with the characters by the end. Despite their age differences, Franklin and Dwayne are shown as friends. [volume & issue needed] After a brief skirmish, the heroes and villains decide to work together to defeat Onslaught. [59], Billions of years later, Franklin is seen with Galactus at the End of Time to witness the birth of the Ninth Cosmos. 20 Children's Books With Strong Female Characters. They join with the family of Dwayne Taylor. "Brawl", Last edited on 10 November 2020, at 03:44, "[EXCLUSIVE] Marvel Preview: Fantastic Four #2", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Richards_(comics)&oldid=987940434#Franklin_Richards:_Son_of_a_Genius, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Powerhouse, Psi-Lord, Ego-Spawn, Avatar, Tattletale, Franklin Benjamin, Richard Franklin, This page was last edited on 10 November 2020, at 03:44. There is no way this series would work with full length stories. Description: 1 online … Rikki Barnes defeats him using a Fantasticar to send them both through the Negative Zone barrier in the Fantastic Four's lab, trapping them. Not-so-secret invasion. 's responsibility as Franklin's caretaker. This universe comes to be represented by a small, bluish ball which Franklin carries with him. FRANKLIN RICHARDS SON OF A GENIUS: SPRING BREAK #1 & HAPPY FRANKSGIVING 184292284176 Written by Chris Eliopoulos, Marc Sumerak. Franklin Benjamin Richards is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His friendship with the Power children also gave Franklin a taste of life among siblings, which the lonely Franklin would not experience until much later when his sister Valeria was born. The siblings were on their own due to their father's experiment which left him unreachable and the other members of the Fantastic Four stranded in alternate realities. I hate leaning on comparisons like that but it's too evident here. Franklin and Agatha soon developed a familial-like bond, even residing together for a time at Whisper Hill (Agatha's old residence, which was regularly destroyed and rebuilt). The strips were well received by Marvel readership and the concept was granted a self-titled one-shot, which primarily reprinted the published strips to date. Franklin then runs away with Jack, then proceeds to get captured by Doctor Doom. [24] As such, Franklin's abilities at this time were limited to telepathy, precognition, and psionic energy blasts. As per Master Mold, this adult incarnation of Franklin is simply called "The Twelfth". This is a lot of fun. Afterwards, Franklin takes Galactus' armor and, entering the third stage of his evolution, becomes Galactus himself. It is revealed that in all of the possible futures, Franklin is Reed (as Nihil) and Sue's son. 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. But it's worth it. In the out-of-continuity humor series Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, Franklin is portrayed as a Calvin-esque troublemaker who can't resist "playing" with his father's inventions, with disastrous results. In the process, Franklin's parents seemingly die. He is an incredibly powerful demon who can also reshape reality, yet Franklin Richards has taken him down with very little effort, even for a baby. This compilation is bound to bring out the kid in every reader! He is able to rearrange the molecular structure of matter and energy at will. Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius Ultimate Collection - Book 1 by Chris Eliopoulis is wonderfully illustrated. He plays with Artie Maddicks and Leech, both mutant children. Even as a child Franklin's abilities have proven capable of taking on cosmic forces like the Mad Celestials, as he exhibited during an earlier encounter with the same Mad Celestials his future self defeated with the aid of Galactus. [volume & issue needed], Since Krakoa became a safe heaven for all mutants, accessible only to those who carry the X-gene, an invitation was made to Franklin to live on the island of Krakoa, however his parents decided it was better for him to remain with them. 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. His parents named him Franklin Benjamin Richards; his middle name is taken from his godfather Ben Grimm, the Thing. From November 1994 an older version of the same character (aged for the purposes of a story) appeared in the pages of Marvel's Fantastic Force until publication ceased as of April 1996. Imagine Calvin and Hobbes, where Calvin’s parents are Reed and Susan Richards ofthe Fantastic Four and Hobbes is Calvin’s robot companion. These are fun & silly little stories that are often nearly as hilarious as. [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. Technically, Franklin's powers (or his parents' irradiated metabolisms) were causing problems even in the womb, and when complications arose the FF were forced to use anti-matter energy obtained from the Negative Zone in order to save both Sue and the baby. Franklin Richards is a suitable stand-in for the precocious Calvin. To see what your friends thought of this book, Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius: Ultimate Collection, Book 1. Franklin Richards, Son of a Genius #1 [Chris Eliopoulos] on Amazon.com. [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.