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Warning : contains despoiler forFantastic Four # 46 !
TheFantastic Fouris one of Marvel ’s most famous superhero teams , but the society sees to have forgottenSusan Storm , and prioritizes all the other members before her - for a very distressing reason . The powerful Invisible Womanmay have get going her chronicle as a character with an ability unsuited for scrap , but she soon grow shield and easily became the most hefty appendage of the Four . That being say , modern writers have left her out of most write up - and it ’s all because of her ( perceived ) lack of interesting characterization .
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ’s initial run onThe Fantastic Four , beginning in 1961 , revolutionized cartoon strip and pose Marvel on the map . The serial publication subvert many trend and spearheaded new single : the squad wore no mask and never concealed their identities , they were public figures and even celebrities , and - in the most important modification from superhero status quo - there were a family , both in the real and metaphoric sense . They also had abundant and very filmy fiber flaws : Theleader and paterfamilias Reed Richardsfocused too much on his work to pay attention to his kinsperson , Johnny Storm was epicurean and impulsive , and Ben Grimm had great difficulty controlling his angriness ( and it also mask his fear and inadequacy about his permanent transformation ) .
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But in the modernistic era , very few storylines have concentre around Susan Storm at all . Ben Grimm was finally able to marry Alicia Masters and upraise adopted children of his own , and Johnny Storm ’s year - longsighted plot line in which his powers were permanently trip finally ended inFantastic Four # 46 . Meanwhile , Reed Richards keep reach the integral universe thanks to his Watcher - provided knowledgein theFantastic Four : Reckoning Warevent- but Susan Storm has sat out the absolute majority of plot line in the retiring class . While she was very much a player , she did not make many decisions that impacted the patch , and was a supporting character reference in her own book of account . Even after discovering Reed Richards ' half - babe , she does n’t push the story forward .
It would seem as though current writers are concerned to revisit Susan ’s own character flaw from the 60 : her conceitedness . true , this was a rather sexist flaw to grant a distaff lineament ( especially a hefty superhero in the Silver Age of Comics),and Stan Lee and Jack Kirbyquickly realize their mistake rather betimes in the run . Unfortunately , without an easily - identifiable fault , Susan is frequently passed over for story arc in favor of Reed , Johnny and Ben , forcing Sue to play a abide role to all three .
The teaser image forFantastic Four # 47depicts Sue alone , signifyingan Invisible Woman - centrical storyline . In many ways , Sue is Marvel ’s most authoritative distaff superhero ( by chastity of being the first , if nothing else ) . TheFantastic Fourmay have saved the world and all of existence itself from fading off during theReckoning Wareventin 2022 , but now the Marvel writer must save Susan Storm from the same fate .
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