Originally Posted by
CaptCleghorn
Much of this is the result of the FF's origin and historical placement. The FF, as a group is basically the Sea Devils, Cave Carson's crew, or Rip Hunter's Time Masters except with super-powers. In all three of those groups the scientist was the lean with three back-ups consisting of his brawny buddy, his girl-friend, and a kid often the girl's little brother. Marvel did a great job pushing Johnny and Ben but those two had breakout years in the nineteen sixties with Strange Tales and Sue was ... the GIRL. And despite John Byrne and a considerable power upgrade, Sue's main personality point is being a MILF. A powerful MILF, but not much more.