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Fantastic Four: First Steps Almost Totally Avoids Showing One Character’s Powers

First Steps makes a bold move in stripping a superhero of their defining characteristic, but shifts the team's hierarchy.

Who is Franklin Richards in the Fantastic Four and what are his powers?

First Steps, a new character has begun to make waves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Franklin Richards. This baby, born to the ...

‘Fantastic Four’: How ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Inspired the Film’s Retro-Futuristic Design

Production designer Kasra Farahani took that and ran with it, turning London’s Pinewood Studios into a retro-futuristic ...

Fantastic Four: The Terrifying Reed Richards Line That Could Affect Avengers: Secret Wars

Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are poised to be the next great entries in the MCU, hoping to reshape the universe like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame did years ago. While ...

‘Fantastic Four’: What Exactly Are Franklin’s Powers and Why Does Galactus Want Him?

First Steps" introduced the most powerful being in the MCU -Franklin Richards – and was pretty nonchalant about it.

Decades of Weird Fantastic Four Comics Paved Their ‘First Steps’

After a number of false starts, the Fantastic Four have another feature adaptation in the retro-pastiche Fantastic Four: ...

What Is the Power Cosmic in Fantastic Four? Franklin’s Ability Explained

Curious how Franklin Richards ended up with one of Marvel’s most powerful forces in The Fantastic Four: First Steps? The ...

All your questions about the Fantastic Four’s cosmic baby Franklin Richards, answered

In a 1982 arc by John Byrne, Franklin gets frustrated trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube and uses his powers to age himself into ...