SPOILERS: Fantastic Four #26

[Crimz]

It begins with Man Thing in Florida protecting the nexus and about to attack a man investigating the portal. When he attacks the man is set aflame and it turns out it's Johnny, he's there investigating the portal alongside Sky. They discuss her being here, the potential of the portals and things like that.
The next scene is what we saw in the preview, Sue and Reed holding a press conference while Val has figured out how to control the Forever Gate. She uses to find the Prince from the first issue, finds out his culture is polyamorous (so he has multiple consorts that he loves equally) and runs home crying to Franklin.

NOW THIS PART IS BIG. Franklin gets the device from Val and plans to use the Forever Gate to got to Krakoa. Suddenly, Xavier mentally contacts him and reveals that Franklin is not a mutant and never was a mutant. As a kid he accidently used his cosmic powers to give himself the X-gene - so he is not welcome on Krakoa.

Late, Alex and Julie Powers parents and Onome's father have come to the FF for their missing kids. The FF decide to use the Forever Gate to bring them back and now the Future Foundation are back!
Also, Lyja's back which leads to a big fight with Johnny and his "soulmate" Sky. But they are not the only ones coming through the gate... Countless aliens pour through the gate but are not aggressive or invading, it is revealed that they are all beings that Franklin created while the team were rebuilding the multiverse. The reason why they are copming to earth is that they are escaping the threat from the first issue of this run - The Griever!

[Crimz]

[Journey]

I have been saying Franklin is a false God and fraud since the beginning so I loved this issue felt so much validation, also Skye and Johnny are about to be done it's for the best.

[Crimz]

I have been saying Franklin is a false God and fraud since the beginning so I loved this issue felt so much validation, also Skye and Johnny are about to be done it's for the best.

Not for the best when the rapist is back...

[jwatson]

Good jumping off point for me. Not feeling Johnny and the wing lady and cebrero somehow being smarter than reed and val combined and able to independently think and theorize an entire solution for Franklyn that no one has been able to do is a river too far jumped for me.

[The BaRoN]

Art is beautiful and I'm glad Lyja is back but the mutant scene was brutal.

Slott just loves misery and reminded me why I hated his Spider-man run.

Also, where did Rikki Barnes go?

[Agent Z]

Not for the best when the rapist is back...

What rapist?

[Ravin' Ray]

What rapist?

Lyja. Line of thought being that since she impersonated Alicia, any sex Johnny had with her was fraudulent.

[Crimz]

What rapist?

Lyja


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[Marvel Forever]

I was wondering the same thing....

[cmore]

Not for the best when the rapist is back...

While I agree with you about Lyja, I don't see Skye as being much better. She put an unconscious man in her bed, stripped him of his clothes, put an arm band on him, and then when he wakes up, calls him her soulmate. I guess technically she isn't a rapist, but still, none of this was consensual. I don't want to see Johnny with either one of these women.

[Crimz]

While I agree with you about Lyja, I don't see Skye as being much better. She put an unconscious man in her bed, stripped him of his clothes, put an arm band on him, and then when he wakes up, calls him her soulmate. I guess technically she isn't a rapist, but still, none of this was consensual. I don't want to see Johnny with either one of these women.

Seriously, what is with the weird consent thing with Johnny Storm and acting like it's okay?

[Marvelman]

I'm not sure why someone called Franklin obnoxious. I only remember him from his Power Pack days when he was a cute little boy. Also, he is a teenager so maybe give him a break, huh?

That said, I have big problems with how Professor X and Krakoa treated Franklin in this issue. Would Kitty really be okay with this? It would be nice to see a scene in which she and some of Franklin's friends react to this news.

[President Togekiss]

Why does Marvel keep doing this "Jk, they actually WEREN'T mutants in all those 20 years of publications". They did with the Maximoffs, and now Franklin. Just because a character isn't in an X-men book, it doesn't mean they can't be a mutant.
This is going right into my list of "Stupid Retcons I'm gonna ignore and expect the next writer to undo".

[Will Evans]

Why does Marvel keep doing this "Jk, they actually WEREN'T mutants in all those 20 years of publications". They did with the Maximoffs, and now Franklin. Just because a character isn't in an X-men book, it doesn't mean they can't be a mutant.
This is going right into my list of "Stupid Retcons I'm gonna ignore and expect the next writer to undo".

Squirrel Girl and the Android Inhuman Torch’s sidekick Toro too.

Only Gwenpool has been retroactively made into a mutant. Almost like the opposite of Franklin.