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Warning : hold in SPOILERS for Fantastic Four # 18!Out of all the members of theFantastic Four , theThing ’s powers are easy the most straightforward , as they are direct tied to his physical visual aspect . Ben Grimm was mutate by cosmic ray , and was transformed into the super - strong , jolty - skinned hero fans experience and love today . However , aside from boasting an armoured outside and superhuman military capability , the Thing ’s rocky skin in reality offers him another , definitely tempestuous top executive that many fans would never have expected .

InFantastic Four#18 by Ryan North and Carlos Gómez , the Fantastic Four are work to prevent the destruction of the entire worldby invisible asteroid . To that end , Invisible Woman and the Human Torch take in that they can flux their top executive to create a ace laser , as the abstemious Johnny can generate could be manipulated by Sue ’s energy shields , make a beam of coherent brightness , which - harmonise to Sue and Reed - is the deadliest laser in the world .

This laser can flash beam that journey at the speed of sentiment , and the Fantastic Four utilise the one Sue and Johnny make with the combined might of their powers to obliterate all the asteroids jeopardise Earth . While telling , this number also confirms that inconspicuous Woman and the Human Torch are n’t the only Fantastic Four members who can meld their powers , asInvisible Woman and the Thing can do something standardised .

Fantastic Four Officially Debuts the Team’s Perfect MCU Villain

The Fantastic Four is about to make its MCU debut , leading many to enquire who their baddie will be . Well , Marvel Comics just debut the perfect one !

Invisible Woman & the Thing Can Combine Their Powers to Create Illusions

As revealed by a classified SHIELD document cataloging the Fantastic Four’s powers!

While it ’s just a glimpse , the end of this risible reveals a classified SHIELD written document that details the nature of the Fantastic Four ’s powers , and how they can use them together in useful ( or severe ) ways . One of the combination was what was have in the issue itself , that being Sue and Johnny combining their king to create a super laser . However , there ’s another standout jazz group that ’s perhaps even more shocking : the Invisible Woman and the matter can combine their tycoon to create illusions .

The actual description in theSHIELD file was : Holographic Photolithography . Photolithography is using light to reassign a pattern onto a substrate , typically Si - or the Thing ’s rocky pelt . That means Sue is seemingly able-bodied to utilize the affair to create illusions , and while the extent of that presumed power has yet to be tested in any way , it ’s an absolutely raving mad app of their index .

The Thing’s Newfound Illusion-Creating Power Could Add to His Intimidation Factor

It ’s no secret that the Thing ’s primary function on the Fantastic Four is to be the team ’s brawniness , and perhaps even more than that , to be the squad ’s ocular deterrent for any depressed - level villains who may need to think double before devote a crime . The affair may be impregnable , but for the most part , he ’s all show , as he ’s probably the weak extremity of the team in full term of mightiness ( as made light in this publication alone ) . However , with his newfound ability to make illusions , his intimidation gene could rocket , with illusion that would make him downright terrifying .

While the software of the Thing ’s new baron is riveting to take , the biggest takeout food from this issue is the fact that Marvel is still finding ways to introduce its First Family . No one could have imagine ( other than SHIELD , evidently ) that Johnny and Sue could fuse their powerfulness to create the world ’s deadliest laser . likewise , noFantastic Fourfan could have known that Sue and the matter could meld their power as well in a agency that altogether redefines theThing ’s bumpy skin .

Fantastic Four # 18by Marvel Comics is available now .

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Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma looks back on Chandrila during Leida’s wedding reception, edited with circular imagery.

The Thing from the Fantastic Four.

Split image: the Thing (left) and Invisible Woman (right).

The Thing from the Fantastic Four.

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