In Marvel Comics, Doom’s fixation on Franklin is legendary. He views the boy’s near-limitless powers as the key to creating and ruling Battleworld, a twisted reality of his own making as seen in Secret Wars.

The Fantastic Four First Steps’ ending and post-credits scenes explained. Doctor Doom's MCU debut teased as Robert Downey Jr sets up Avengers Doomsday. Franklin Richards' powers revealed.

Fantastic Four spoilers are already everywhere on social media, but you may have been fooled by an AI-generated post-credits scene.

First Steps was just about reboots and retro vibes, think again. With their First Family, Marvel is cracking open a cosmic door to something far bigger.

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige reveals why Franklin Richards was introduced in the MCU's first Fantastic Four movie.