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Warning : spoiler for Fantastic Four # 48
TheFantastic Four , once debate Marvel ’s most important property , are nowhere near as popular today as they once were , and this recur problem has yet to be solved . Marvel ’s first family turned the company into a household name ( alongwith creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ) , and Reed Richards , the unseeable Woman , the Human Torch and the matter once deck the lunchboxes of laughable book fans across the country . ButFantastic Four # 48only proves what fans have know for years : the Fantastic Four ’s greatest enemy is not Doctor Doom or Kang the Conqueror , but stagnation .
Before the X - Men , Spider - Man , Black Panther or any other Marvel superheroes created by Stan Lee , the Fantastic Four were Marvel ’s flagship franchise . Unlike about every other superhero on the food market at the time , the Fantastic Four wore no masks or mantle , had no sidekicks or secret identity , and most of import of all , were a category with their own personality flaws . It was n’t long before every superhero had their own flaws , foibles , and family dramas , and the Fantastic Four had to adapt to come through by give Reed Richards and Sue Storm shaver - evenas Doctor Doom named their girl Valeria .
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But inFantastic Four # 48 , written by David Pepose with art by Juann Cabal , it appears the Fantastic Four have ceased changing , even as the Progenitor Celestial attempts to change the world - by destroying it wholly . While Susan Storm protect the Baxter Building from enemy , Reed Richards ' narration provides insight into his thought process process regarding his family line . He admits ( from within his receptive - loss think storage tank ) that he loves Sue even as he ca n’t find the words while in front of her expression , accept Johnny Storm is underestimatedeven by himself , and admires the Thing ’s indomitable will in the boldness of impossible odds . There is nothing inherently ill-timed with the narration … but every Fantastic Four fan has hear these manner of speaking before .
The Fantastic Four Are Getting Left Behind
The Fantastic Four ’s family unit dynamic has not changed importantly in year , and in a medium that thrives on alteration , this means the group is left behind while other Hero ' position quos are transfer . Daredevil recently misrepresent his own death , Spider - Man is no longer dating Mary Jane , Black Panther is no longer the Kingof Wakanda and Thor ’s begetter ’s feeling now resides inside his hammer . Meanwhile , outside of the Thing adopting two children of his own , the Fantastic Four ’s adventures remain rooted in the past .
Even 2021’sFantastic Four : Reckoning Warevent- a storyline fifteen years in the making - barely convert a undivided aspect of the team ’s dynamic . The characters are still as compelling as they were in 1961 , but the stories are lacking in change . TheFantastic Fourmust avoid stagnancy - or they could find themselves in the same pile as so many other forgotten Silver Age heroes .
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