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This page covers the Marvel comicbook hero Franklin Richards also known as Tattletale , Psi-Lord , Avatar , Scapper , Ego-Spawn , Zero Man , Sparky . If this is not the page you were looking for check here.
Franklin is the son of Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four. Franklin is an Omega-level mutant possessing nigh-omnipotent psionic powers.
Franklin was exhibiting powers in utero, giving the Invisible Woman premonitions and even moving objects telekinetically. During Sue's pregnancy with Franklin she began to weaken to the point where the remainder of the Fantastic Four, traveled to the Negative Zone in order to get Annihilus, Cosmic Control Rod, in order to save both mother and child. After a long struggle, Reed and the rest of the team managed to salvage some of the cosmic energy from the rod and went back to their own reality where Sue gave birth to a healthy baby boy. In remembrance of her father who had perished in an act of heroism where he saved the life of the team, she and Reed named the boy Franklin Benjamin Richards. It should be noted that Benjamin is the first name of Franklin's godfather, the Thing, who was also honored.
In issue #245 Franklin was playing with a Rubik's Cube and found it too difficult so he extended his powers out to solve it just as the television said, "When are you going to grow up?" With his powers extended and completely open to suggestion he changed into an older, almost Christ-like, cloaked man. Being confused with no accumulated knowledge and a near memory-wipe, he assaulted Reed, Ben, and Johnny, wiping their minds in search of an "answer."
Sue managed to escape and confront him in the street, recognized her son and his memory flooded back. Before he reverted to his younger self, he changed Ben Grimm back into the original "slate covered" Thing we know and love (Ben had changed into a smoother, clumpy rock thing when Reed's experiment to revert him to his human form failed and disfigured him). During his sudden and extreme release of power fixing Ben, Franklin set up some psychological "dampers" so he couldn't use his full powers until he was of an appropriate age to handle them.
A couple of years later, his time traveling paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Richards, kidnapped him and replaced him with Psi-Lord, a teenage version of Franklin taken to another reality where he was trained by his grandfather alongside his aunt, Huntara.
When he returned to the present, however, everyone was weary about him and were too suspicious to believe his story of being a grown up Franklin. The person who believed him least, was his own mother, Susan.
Psi-Lord created the Fantastic Force and eventually absorbed the essence of Malice, a manifestation of Susan Richards that occurred when her emotions were manipulated by the Psycho-Man, and later on subsided. Years later it once again resurfaced giving Sue a more aggressive personality. He did so in order to save his mother from the constant internal battles and to finally give her peace. However, the futuristic tyrant Hyperstorm then kidnapped Psi-Lord, and returned the child version. It was revealed that Hyperstorm was the son of Franklin Richards and his schoolmate, Rachel Summers (Marvel Girl). Rachel is the daughter of Cyclops and Phoenix of the X-Men.
The villain Onslaught planned to enslave all life in the cosmos. He sought and proceeded to absorb the powers of the two most powerful mutants to ever live: X-Man and Franklin Richards. He needed Nate's energy stores and Franklin's reality warping abilities. In the end, Franklin was released and rose to his true potential. He created the Heroes Reborn universe, resurrected all the victims of Onslaught, and teleported them to this new pocket universe. At this point, his power rivals that of a Celestial.
Franklin and Valeria were taken care of only their father for the Civil War time being because the Invisible Woman left. The family had things to work out so the Richards left the FF after Civil War.
They came back to the FF but only to discovr an invasion was on the way. The Invisible Woman was MIA and an imposter came as Sue to dump the Baxter Building into the Negative Zone along with Johnny Storm, The Thing Valeria and Franklin Richards.
Powers
Franklin is an omega level mutant with reality warping powers. He can mutate or deform others, create new worlds and manipulate matter.He is also a powerful psychic, with a mix of telepathic and telekinetic abilities. He also has the power to see the future through his dreams.Frank also has an astral form which he can project both consciously and unconsciously.
Teams
Power pack: While in Power Pack, Franklin called himself Tattletale.
Fantastic force: As Psilord, he was a founding member of Fantastic Force.
Alternate Realities
Earth-982
In the MC2 reality Franklin is a member of Fantastic Five as Psi-Lord.
Earth-9997
In the Earth X reality Franklin cursed Namor for killing his uncle, the Human Torch. Half of his body would have fish scales and if he leave the ocean, he would burn. He became Galactus and devoured the celestial inside the earth, thus, saving the planet. He appeared before his father, Reed, and said that he will be Galactus as long as no one tells him that he isn't and that he will never com back, right before he leaves.
Earth-811
In the Days of Future Past reality Franklin is one of the few remaining mutants. He is the lover of Rachel Summers. He was later killed by an Omega Sentinel.
Earth-952
In this reality Franklin and Rachel Summers has a son - Hyperstorm.
Earth-98
In this reality Franklin calls himself Zero Man, and has energy-based powers.
Earth-2149
Franklin was bitten by the zombified She-Hulk, but it didn't turned him into a zombie, rather it killed him.
Here is a list of import/Significant Franklin Richards Issues
Named (Fantastic Four # 94, 1969)
rendered comatose (Fantastic Four # 140-141, 1973)
opposed Scratch, Salem’s Seven (Fantastic Four Annual # 14, 1979)
met Brain Parasites & created Ego-Spawn (Fantastic Four # 227-228, 1981)
briefly became Avatar (Fantastic Four # 245, 1982)
joined Power Pack, became Tattletale (Power Pack # 15-17,1985)
future self appeared (Fantastic Four Annual # 23, X-Factor Annual #2, New Mutants
Annual # 6, X-Men Annual # 14, 1990)
became Psi-Lord (Fantastic Four # 375-377, 1993)
organized Fantastic Force (Fantastic Force # 1, 1994)
restored to childhood (Fantastic Four # 413-414, 1996)
opposed Onslaught, parents lost (Onslaught: X-Men # 1, Onslaught: Marvel Universe # 1, 1996)
accepted death of family (Daydreamers # 1-3, 1997)
restoration of family (Heroes Reborn # 1-4, 1997)
met Puppy (Fantastic Four # 9, 1998)
restored sister Valeria, lost powers (Fantastic Four # 49, 2002)
dealt with Hell trauma (Fantastic Four # 501-502, 2003)
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