Major Superstar Was Hiding In Plain Sight In 'Fantastic Four,' Filmmaker Confirms “ The Fantastic Four: First Steps” took in $118 million over the weekend to dethrone “ Superman ” and lead the weekend box office. And one scene that had fans talking didn’t come during the movie itself. It came during the credits.

Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios. © 2025 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2025 MARVEL.

First Steps, a new character has begun to make waves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Franklin Richards. This baby, born to the

As the rest of the Fantastic Four mourn her, Reed puts their son on her chest to say goodbye, and then he miraculously resuscitates her. The parents spend most of the movie worried that Franklin might be some kind of monster like Galactus,

Curious how Franklin Richards ended up with one of Marvel’s most powerful forces in The Fantastic Four: First Steps? The newborn wields the Power Cosmic, an energy so immense it once sustained Galactus and now fuels Franklin’s reality-shaping abilities.

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Galactus ends up giving the Fantastic Four an ultimatum, telling a pregnant Sue that he'll spare Earth if she gives up her powerful unborn child to him. The group declines his deal, which further angers Galactus, sending him on a vengeful mission to both destroy Earth and take Sue’s child.

Curious how Franklin Richards managed to save Sue Storm in The Fantastic Four: First Steps and what it reveals about his cosmic abilities? The newborn taps into a mysterious energy source that allows him to reverse death and marks him as a major force in the MCU.

In a 1982 arc by John Byrne, Franklin gets frustrated trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube and uses his powers to age himself into an adult body, though he couldn’t actually gain more emotional maturity. He winds up going back to being a kid, placing restrictions on his own abilities to allow him to have something of a normal childhood.

First Steps" star Vanessa Kirby breaks down Sue Storm's birth scene and her mid-credits moment with Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.