First Steps is now in theaters, and audiences around the world are being introduced to Franklin Richards, the son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Franklin might be new to the MCU, but the character has been an incredibly important part of the Marvel Universe going back several decades.

The subtitle of Marvel’s Fantastic Four movie, First Steps, really refers to Franklin Richards. We don’t literally see him taking his first steps in the film, but clearly this character – the son of Reed and Sue Richards — is a massively powerful being,