1. Anyone Could Tear Mr. Fantastic Into Hundreds Of Blood-Soaked Pieces
The worst of all the problems with the Fantastic Four lays at the bendy, elastic feet of Mr. Fantastic. It's bad enough that he's still capable of exerting normal strength on objects and people when he's at full stretch, but he's also shown as being nigh-on indestructible. Galactus can't tear free from his rubbery coils, Wolverine can't stab his claws through his suffocating embrace, and even Klaw can't blow a hole through his all-encompassing grasp. But that makes no sense at all. When Reed Richards uses his favourite tactic of wrapping his stretchy body around a foe to immobilise him, that enemy should be able to tear free without any trouble at all. As discussed earlier, the more Reed stretches, the thinner he should get. And if he's stretched so much he's completely wrapped up an enemy like a mummy's bandages, his body should be tissue thin. Under those circumstances, Galactus would walk right through the coils of Richard's body without even noticing, Wolverine's claws would slice through him like a hot knife through butter, and Klaw's sonic blasts would vapourise Reed into nothing more than a red, sticky mist. Even Spider-Man's Aunt May would be able to rip Reed Richards into hundreds of blood-stained shreds without working up a sweat. All thing's considered, it'd be best to keep the audience's minds off just how implausible the Fantastic Four really are.
Mike Morgan
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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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