Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman: The Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Fantastic Four, 1)

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For Johnny's power source in creating flame. Occasionally justified by him feeling tired or very hungry after using extremely hot flames. And then there's the part about his body and his powers both needing oxygen to function. There have been times when he's been trapped in airtight spaces, causing him to pass out when his flame powers used up all the oxygen. Married to the Job: One of Reed's struggles is his Workaholic dedication to science and Superheroing coming into conflict with being a present husband and father to his family. The series has been solicited through issue #4 [45] [46] [47] [48] before the first issue was pulled from schedule. [49] Last-Minute Baby Naming: Franklin went nameless for a while after being born, until he was named after the deceased Franklin Storm.

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Due to the great malleability and elasticity of his molecular structure, Reed is able to absorb the impact of any type of man-made ballistic projectile by deforming his body along the path of the projectile's trajectory at the point of initial impact. He can also contain explosions by enveloping them and allowing their force to expand him. Invoked in Mark Waid's run, where it's revealed that companies pay Reed gobs and gobs of money to not commercialize his patents, because he'd put them out of business if he did. The Von Trope Family: Doctor Doom's real name is Victor Von Doom. Reed and Sue's daughter Valeria could also fit here, since in one alternate future she was Doctor Doom's daughter, but Sue was still her mom.Bad Future: Mark Millar's run revolves around one. Some time in the late 21st century, after most of Earth's heroes were killed off, Earth goes to utter crap. All the powerful and rich run for it, leaving everyone else behind to starve and die.

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Issue #2: A giant snake, a massive, spike-covered golem made of iron, and an enormous bird, all of which were actually Skrulls in disguise. Casual High Drop: During John Byrne's tenure, he had She-Hulk substitute for Ben Grimm. While fighting against the mask of Doctor Doom (who'd presumably died), she fell from a top-story window of the Baxter Building, and plummeted many stories to the street below. Of course, this won't hurt She-Hulk much; she instead aimed to miss the people and cars to minimize the collateral damage. How thoughtful. Deaf Composer: Alicia Masters is a blind sculptress. More impressive because she makes lifelike statues based purely on description. Issue #606, the team shrunk down to microscopic size to remove an inoperable brain tumor brain tumor from their postman and very good friend Willie Lumpkin. Absent-Minded Professor: Reed. Often extending as far as Ditzy Genius. Whenever there's a Broke Episode, Reed is usually the culprit.Power Perversion Potential: Reed Richards can stretch any part of his body — and yes, it has come up in subtext that this is why he and Sue are so Happily Married. Reed and Ben are the type of best friends that are so close they each consider the other their brother, blood relations be damned, making the Four all in-laws. Which explains a lot about all their conflicts, actually... Alternate Universe: Many, many of them. The FF have the highest number of canon AU stories. And whenever they needed to be avoided from a crossover; their absence is usually handwaved with: "The FF are away in an alternate dimension..." At one point, it's even revealed that Reed Richards often holds trans dimensional conferences with numerous alternate versions of himself at the same time.

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Finger in a Barrel: When the Fantastic Four first encounter Prince Namor, the Submariner is preparing an invasion of New York to combat "the human filth." At one point, some Atlantian soldiers are preparing a large gun for firing when Ben Grimm stuffs his whole arm down the barrel, causing the weapon to explode. Ben then brings four dazed and unconscious Atlantians to Reed's laboratory, saying, "Hey, Reed: I found ya four volunteers."Character-Driven Strategy: After a "Freaky Friday" Flip courtesy of a Celestial, Reed Richards's mind occupies Doctor Doom's body, and vice versa. During a tense standoff, Reed-in-Doom plays a game of chess with Ben Grimm. Normally, Reed plays a quiet game, mostly keeping his pawns and pieces in a tight formation to secure his half of the chessboard. During this game, however, Ben remarks that Reed is using an uncharacteristic ruthless strategy, more fitting for Doctor Doom, that aims to dominate as much of the board as possible. Though he hides it well, Ben is worried that Reed is becoming more like Doom the longer he remains in Doom's body and armor.

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Action Girl: Invisible Woman, and there have been two female stand-ins for Ben Grimm: She-Hulk, and Sharon Ventura, who was transformed into a Distaff Counterpart of The Thing. Crystal of the Inhumans also once filled in for Sue. So did Medusa, Crystal's sister. The flagship title continues to be Fantastic Four but recently the series spun off another book FF, meaning Future Foundation. In addition, Marvel Two-in-One a team-up series featuring The Thing and other heroes ran regularly in The '70s and even when the the core title was cancelled between 2015-2018, this team-up title was revived by Chip Zdarsky as part of Marvel Legacy. Originally a temporary replacement for the regular Fantastic Four book, the Foundation is a scientific organization working for the betterment of mankind. The book features Reed and Sue's children, Franklin and Valeria; and notably includes Spider-Man and Doctor Doom as members. With the Marvel NOW! relaunch the new volume of the Future Foundation stars Scott Lang, She-Hulk, Medusa and Johnny Storm's current girlfriend, Darla Deering, while the main family is on an intergalactic vacation. The series ended in 2015 with issue #645. However some characters appeared in other titles separately. In the aftermath of Secret Wars (2015), Johnny Storm appeared in Uncanny Inhumans and Uncanny Avengers and the Thing joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. As for Reed and Sue Richards, they went off with their kids rebuilding The Multiverse, which was destroyed in the lead-up to Secret Wars. In 2017, Johnny and Ben reunited in Marvel 2-in-One and began searching for their missing family, leading into the team finally returning in 2018 after a three-year (real-time) absence. Future Foundation continues the adventures of the titular Foundation in the multiverse without them.Johnny and Spider-Man have a friendly rivalry with each other; so do Ben and Wolverine. Encounters of the two duos are common in crossovers. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: It really depends on the era the book was written and who is writing it. In the 60's he came off as bit offish and the early 70's had him as a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, Afterwards, he's been consistently portrayed as the Nice Guy. The series, which was initially announced to be only six issues, [54] was continued as an ongoing comic written by Costa solo, [55] drawn by various artists and collected as: Mind Rape: A notable example when the Psycho Man twisted Susan's emotions to turn her into the villain Malice. Sue explicitly compared the experience to being raped, and it was a key factor in her decision to change her name to the Invisible Woman, and take one of the biggest levels in badass in comics.