User blog:Whitekey/Most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe: Part 3

My last post was my list of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Universe. I left Franklin Richards off the list. Franklin has demonstrated extraordinary power: he winked Mephisto (Earth-616) out of existence and recently Galactus (Earth-616) has shown concern for the return of his powers.

I've always been uneasy about this character. One reason is that Franklin has functioned as the deus ex machina in Fantastic Four stories. The FF usually get into some very difficult situations involving very powerful characters, and writers need a way to get them out. Franklin is that solution. This is especially convienent that his powers are sometimes dormant, blocked, or the like. In the current FF series, it appears that Franklin of the future will play a key role in resolving the conflict yet again.

I'd imagine that Franklin would be in the top ten on my list if not for the fact that he is a kid and his powers have been locked up for the most part.