Quote Originally Posted by Revolutionary_Jack View Post
I mean Reed Richards was never an especially complex character but to the extent he was, the guilt over making Ben into a rock golem, was pretty interesting. Now even that's gone. Reed's guilt over Ben was a major part of Mark Waid's run, and Hickman's, his burden of wanting to "solve everything" and what that can cost.
Saying that Reed isn't complex is pure nonsense. He's extremely complex. His drive to solve everything, and the missteps that can arise from that compulsion, will not suddenly vanish because he knows that his shields were at the proper strength.