Yeah but One Piece does it better. Luffy is mostly stupid and and can stretch and is not meant taken that seriously, and he has a powerful origin story. Reed other hand is mostly perfect and he's smart,and godly intelligent. He can reinvent your toaster and make it a time traveling machine.
Franky he's a cyborg, and he's smart but not a Jesus smart like Reed is.
Robin is mostly just an archeologist, sure isn't godly smart like Richard Reed.
Chopper isn't retarded, hes very smart(he's a doctor)
who can do this
Can Franky do this? Maybe Vegapunk but can Franky do this?
Scientific Genius-Level Intellect: Dr. Richards is the most intelligent being on the planet. Reed possesses a mastery of electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering, electronics, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology. A visionary theoretician and inspired machine smith, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, spectral analysis and more. He is one of the few people on Earth to be an expert on other dimensions and the methods by which to travel to and through them. Reed’s patents are so valuable that he is able to bankroll the Fantastic Four, Inc., without any undue financial stress. Not only has Reed proven himself to be a genius in virtually every science native to Earth, he has shown himself to be more knowledgeable than even some of the most highly advanced alien civilizations in the known universe as well.
I'll repeat this again he still can't find the cure to cancer?
Merchadising. Same reason Iron Man has barely changed the look of his armor, and Spiderman keeps getting reset back 20 years at a time.
Also, fanboys are stupid and hate change even though change is good.
Then change would be good medicine for them it could cure their stupidity . Just get a good guy who's smart and knows the material and reinterpret them in a better way. The best writers are those who give the audience what they need not want.
And the Fantastic Four aren't exactly the most lucrative franchise on the market right now if you know what I mean. It would be a more smarter business deal to reinvent them for the the newer generation. They aren't even that popular anymore, just well known.
And Ace doesn't fly and or really transform his body into fire completely
If I could write just one issue, of one Marvel comic ever, it'd be Fantastic Four. Screw X-Men, screw Spiderman, screw the X-men, I never want to write them. But a shot at the Fantastic Four would be great, I even know what I'd do to make them great.
Also, I'd make Stiltman into at least a B-list villain instead of the D-string joke he is currently.
I hope you work with them one day. They need more good villains.