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Warning : contains spoiler forFantastic Four : route Trip # 1 !
The moment theFantastic Fourbecame a superhero mob , casual action like visiting family or going on a route trip stopped being possible without some dramatic twist . Thanks to all of thepowerful and eclectic enemiesthey’ve accumulated over the years , it ’s not surprising that their route trip to the Grand Canyon just went from good to bad so quick , prompting an unsettling import flat out of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’Watchmen .
After visiting an ancient shooting star clank situation , Reed Richards ' unfitness to separate workplace from vacation seems to backfire as his family start to show strange symptoms ; specially his near - omnipotent Logos Franklin , whose power get down to mimic one ofDoctorManhattan ’s creepiest abilities .
InFantastic Four : Road head trip # 1 , Reed Richards derail his family ’s vacation to visit an ancient volcanic crater where he persuades his son Franklin to utilize his powers to aid kick up some samples for examination later . Ever since the family unit ’s proceeds inFantastic Four # 1(2018 ) , the all - powerful Franklin Richards ' reality - warping powers have begin to fade , position him in the middle of abattle between the X - Men and the Fantastic Fourover his proper berth in the populace , as well as requiring him to confine the manipulation of his mogul lest they operate teetotal incessantly . With Reed ’s samples collect , the Fantastic Four go to their cabin to sleep it off and prepare for the next day .
In a sequence that at first seems to be a montage expressing Franklin ’s grudge over being used like a tool , Reed ’s use of his coffee is interrupted by the realisation that his Logos is everywhere . While the affair and other members start to show unknown and troubling symptoms of their powers scarper out of ascendency , Franklin is project doing a all-embracing range of activity that could fill the straddle of an entire morning time or day . The problem , as Reed points out , is not that his son is being too loud or troublesome , it ’s that he ’s literally in every room in the house at once .
Franklin ’s multiplicity brings to mind the baron ofWatchmen ’s Doctor Manhattan . In the fabled serial , the iconic blue superhuman can not only alter his sizing but also make more than one copy of himself . In an former tantrum , Jon surprises his partner Laurie Juspeczyk , the former Silk Spectre , by twin in bed , only to earn her wrath when she discoversanotherduplicate is still make for on his experiment . For both Franklin and Jon , the implication is n’t that they are copying themselves , but rather that they are creepily disconnected from time and realness - their psyche on multiple things at once . As the Fantastic Four ’s situation worsen , the Grand Canyon start to fill with Franklins , pop in and out of existence .
In the end , Reed Richards and his family are able-bodied to figure out what ’s going on and stop the scoundrel responsible before their symptom , ranging from unusual to downright disgusting , go too far for them to fix . When everything is set right , all of Franklin ’s duplicates disappear and theFantastic Fourchalk this up to another ridiculous holiday ruin by their superhero celebrity position andReed Richards ' thirst for knowledge . Although seeing one too many Franklin Richards was unsettling , few thing could be foreign or creepy thanDoctor Manhattan ’s unchecked usage of his powers inWatchmen , and how they bear upon the worldly concern , and specially the masses around him .
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