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Warning ! This clause contains spoilers for Fantastic Four # 16A new artillery has just land in the laps of theFantastic Four , and it ’s something that has never been seen before in the Marvel Universe : a universal solvent , capable of eating through evenWolverine ’s adamantium claws .

In a preview forFantastic Four#16 by Ryan North and Francesco Mortarino , Franklin Richards , his sister Valeria , and their friend are brainstorming about how they can take their science preparation to the next level . Rather than doing some boring assigning , the shaver - geniuses decide to do something that ’s never been done before : invent a universal dissolver .

The children come home from school day , storm Reed ’s science laboratory for a few scientific items , and then set up their own make - shift laboratory , where they reason , trial run , and eventually succeed in creating the worldwide solvent . However , their invention work a little too well , as the liquid in reality consume through the ampoule it was keep in , eating through each layer of the Baxter Building , without showing any signaling of slowing down .

Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards and Doctor Doom.

Fantastic Four just introduced a new baddie that has the intelligence agency of billions , making it more of a challenge for Reed Richards than Doctor Doom .

The Fantastic Four’s Kids Accidentally Invented A Way To Kill Wolverine

This persona is fromDeath of Wolverine#4 , & is probable what Logan would take care like if he was covered in the Fantastic Four ’s universal solvent !

The world-wide solvent was invented on a whim by these shaver - scientist just to test themselves at school , and while matter inescapably went ill-timed in the end , they still accomplished what they set out to . Since the Fantastic Four did n’t have a direct hand in creating this subject matter , it ’s effectively a arm that just drop in their lap ( and through their building ) .

Franklin and Valeria may not have been able to control the universal dissolver , but Reed Richards utterly could . Not only that , he could weaponize it , and bring this seemingly unstoppable meaning to his family ’s ever - growing armoury of ultimate weapons .

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A Wolverine-Killing Weapon Is A Good Thing For The Fantastic Four To Have

At the start ofDawn of X- during theHouse of X / Powers of Xevent - Reed and Sue do n’t veil their distrust in the sport establishing their own nation on Krakoa . And they outwardly express their displeasure at water flea get to vague threat regarding their then - mutant Logos , Franklin , as Scott alluded to the melodic theme that the Adam - human beings would basically take Franklin to add up live with them on Krakoa . Basically , not too long ago , the Fantastic Four and the X - Men were enemy . While that condition quo has flipped , it could flip back in at any moment , so the Fantastic Four would be impertinent to be quick if / when it does .

House of X / Powers of Xproved that the Fantastic Four ca n’t always trust the Adam - work force , so a weapon that could for good put down their pestilent member , Wolverine , is a very good thing to have admission to at a here and now ’s notice . And now , thanks to the scientific recklessness ( albeit grandness ) of their kid , theFantastic Fourhas just that , as the squad ’s new weapon can literally melt down through anything - includingWolverine ’s adamantium hook .

Fantastic Four # 16by Marvel Comics is available January 17 , 2024 .

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