F♑antastic Four #36 continues Johnny Storm's cosmic evolution into what Doctor Doom called a "true Human Torch" when he shot Johnny with a raygꦺun that made his flaming powers go totally haywire back in .
Unable to turn his powers off, Johnny has quickly gone from being the FF's happy-go-🅺lucky daredevil to an ꧂emotional wreck as he faces a fate not unlike that of Ben Grimm, who is traditionally (but not always) perpetually trapped as the Thing - but with much more dangerous implications for anyone or anything around him that isn't fireproof.
In this four-page preview from writer Dan Slott, artists Nico Leon and Dono Sánchez-Almara, and letterer Joe Caramagna, Johnny has a flamed-on freak out in Reed Richards' lab as the self-proclaimed Mister Fantastic tries to figure out how to stop Johnny from getting hotter and hotter as the cosmic energy in his body bui♒lds uncontrollably.
At the same time, Franklin Richards, Reed's teenage son, seems to have a solution that may wo�🐎�rk for everyone: drain Johnny's excess cosmic power, and use it to re-empower his own reality-altering abilities. On the other hand, Sue Richards, Johnny's sister and Franklin's mom, finds this to be more than a little selfish.
Here's the preview, including the😼 cover from Mark Brooks:
The family drama around Johnny comes hot on the heels (we make ourselves laugh, at least) of the Richards family secrets that wer🌃e revealed in September 15's Fantasti𝐆c Four #35, which may have fa🍰r-reaching ramifications🎉 for Reed and the bunch.
Fantastic Four #36 (whic♔h also doubles as the legacy numbered #681 - notice that we're creeping toward FF #700) is due out September 22.
If you want a glance ever further ahead in Marvel's future, dig into the just-released Marvel Comics December 2021 solicitations.
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