10 Most Powerful X-Men Of All Time

1. Franklin Richards

Okay, so this might be a little controversial. Technically, the first son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm - better known as Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four - has yet to become part of the X-Men, but as a grown man he's a huge part of the Days of Future Past storyline, helping Rachel Summers evade the mutant-hunting Sentinels. So we reckon he counts.

Especially because Franklin is Omega as they come, with reality warping powers to rival Scarlet Witch, and he has them permanently. No magical mumbo jumbo for him. This is a tween who can change the world just by thinking about it. Franklin's abilities to change reality allow any thought or desire of his to come true, from the lowest level right up to affecting the whole cosmos.

For a period in the nineties he created a pocket dimension that contained his family, Iron Man, Captain America and the Avengers, for the Heroes Reborn reboot. The Celestials - the Marvel Universe's equivalent of Gods - consider Franklin their equal. Along with the ability to do absolutely anything, Franklin is telepathic, telekinetic, and can see the future. He may also be immortal. In fact Franklin is so powerful that, in one glimpse into what's in store for the Marvel Universe, he survives the collapse of reality and becomes the Creator of the new one. So he actually is God.

In other futures he has tamed Galactus as his own cosmic bodyguard, in Days of Future Past he survives his own death and lives on in people's dreams, and in one issue of Power Pack he grew up to be Ultiman, the Ultimate Superhero. If that's not a sign of the most powerful X-Man in history, we don't know what is. And we're at the end of the article, so we're not gonna dwell on it either.