The Fantastic Four Appreciation 2021

[Iron Maiden]

Thanks for the correction on that. I must have been confusing it with the X-Men/Fantastic Four mini.

Shadowcat, I made a few Lyja icons for you to try out

R.B. Silva from FF#32



This is from the Fantastic Four Secret Invasion mini art by Barry Kitson


This is one from the Fantastic Four by Paul Ryan, her co-creator along with Tom DeFalco

[Shadowcat]

Thanks for the correction on that. I must have been confusing it with the X-Men/Fantastic Four mini.

Shadowcat, I made a few Lyja icons for you to try out

R.B. Silva from FF#32



This is from the Fantastic Four Secret Invasion mini art by Barry Kitson


This is one from the Fantastic Four by Paul Ryan, her co-creator along with Tom DeFalco

<3 <3 you are a doll!!!

[Iron Maiden]

<3 <3 you are a doll!!!

Flattery will get you..everywhere! I think the Silva one is the best but for nostalgia I like Paul Ryan's version too. I like her better with out the pony tail If I find more images I will post them here or send you a PM.

[Shadowcat]

Flattery will get you..everywhere! I think the Silva one is the best but for nostalgia I like Paul Ryan's version too. I like her better with out the pony tail If I find more images I will post them here or send you a PM.

I really do love every character Silva touches, so I’m hoping to see more of Lyja in the future.

[CaptCleghorn]

I also think there's some Professor X shenanigans going on.



Franklin had been officially classified as one of the few Omega mutants even in the handbooks. But then recently in the X-Men books, Professor X claimed that he is just a human who had reality warping powers. IMO that makes no sense. He had the powers as a baby so what's the difference?

Mutant/Not a mutant might matter to Marvel as far as movie rights are concerned given the switching of Squirrel Girl, Wanda, and Pietro. It could also be a gimmick to separate Franklin from the mutant books to simplify things between Hickman and Slott. Either option seems odd, given the Fantastic Four X-Men mini that just recently concluded. It could be a Slott thread to pile crap on Franklin's issues. I liked Franklin as a mutant as it brought the FF more into the Marvel Universe. In any case, I can go with it either way, although this storytelling seems very awkward. But in the end, you know, I know, and Marvel knows Franklin's getting his powers back somehow sometime. And some future writer may reclassify Franklin as a mutant.

[Gaastra]

Awe thanks.

Sorta. He had precognitive gifts, and could astrally project himself.

He could see the future at times and cast a dream form also. In power pack he used his dream power a lot.

Here are some ff vs x-men scans. The two really got along well at that time.

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[Ravin' Ray]

Here are some ff vs x-men scans. The two really got along well at that time.

Something Charles and Eric blatantly took advantage of in the new X4 mini. Plus their Hellfire Gala guest appearance preview shows Kate upbeat that things will turn out well for Franklin in the end. Foreshadowing, perhaps?

[U.N. Owen]

There was that time in Power Pack where he also could possess people like a ghost, leading to a memorable scene where Dr. Power beats the crap out of Franklin who is possessing Red Ghost to cut his control.

[Shadowcat]

He could see the future at times and cast a dream form also. In power pack he used his dream power a lot.

Here are some ff vs x-men scans. The two really got along well at that time.

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Bogdanove’s art was so nice here. I didn’t like his style in X-Factor MoS.

[Lucyinthesky]

I also think there's some Professor X shenanigans going on.



Franklin had been officially classified as one of the few Omega mutants even in the handbooks. But then recently in the X-Men books, Professor X claimed that he is just a human who had reality warping powers. IMO that makes no sense. He had the powers as a baby so what's the difference?

This happened after Franklin battled a cosmic being didn´t he? I thought he did something to Franklin during the fight because right after he lost his powers and was no longer able to get into Krakoa because he didn´t have a X-gen I guess we will see what will happen with it in the near future.

On other news, it got my attention Slott added "precognitive hability" to Luna Maximoff so maybe this will play a hand in the near future given her connection to Pietro,Wanda and Magneto.

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[Shadowcat]

This happened after Franklin battled a cosmic being didn´t he? I thought he did something to Franklin during the fight because right after he lost his powers and was no longer able to get into Krakoa because he didn´t have a X-gen I guess we will see what will happen with it in the near future.

On other news, it got my attention Slott added "precognitive hability" to Luna Maximoff so maybe this will play a hand in the near future given her connection to Pietro,Wanda and Magneto.

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I thought she was more using her Empath manipulation powers, not precognition, but I definitely see that now.

[Lucyinthesky]

She used to have just emath manipulation powers but Crystal said here her powers evolved when she grew up so she´s also showing some precognition and she´s also resistant to telepathy and mind manipulation.

[Ravin' Ray]

I always thought that Luna's powers were line-of-sight based only, much like how Wanda's hexes were limited as described in the 80's Handbook. So she can see even televised auras now?

[Lucyinthesky]

It looks like she can but this is the first time we see her grow up so we don´t know yet how her powers work now.

[CaptCleghorn]

Something Charles and Eric blatantly took advantage of in the new X4 mini. Plus their Hellfire Gala guest appearance preview shows Kate upbeat that things will turn out well for Franklin in the end. Foreshadowing, perhaps?

Indeed. One could say they pimped Kate out in order to attract a young teenage boy. As for the Hellfire appearance, I will be waiting to see if their is any real FF content, at which case, I will consider buying a trade. But the appearances of Future Franklin (FF - see what I brilliantly did there) in many books including Mark Waid's history of the Marvel Universe kind of indicate he's getting his powers back and will do well.