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word of advice : Contains spoilers forFantastic Four # 19 ! !
As Marvel ’s first superhero team , theFantastic Fourhave spend their lives in the limelight . They ’ve saved the world countless time and extended their reach far into the have it away cosmos - and sometimes beyond it . Yet even with their extraordinary king , they sometimes fall short of finding the veracious solution . Their honorary fifth member , Alicia Masters - Grimm , has been helping them avail everyone else for a tenacious time .
Fantastic Four#19 – by Ryan North , Carlos Gomez , Jesus Aburtov , and Joe Caramagna – is the in style in a serial publication of issues limn Alicia ’s immense contributions to the team . The relaxation of the Four never fail to impress , and have been direct their own ability to new heights recently , yet it is Alicia who surpisingly carries the greatest duty .
In fact , Alicia has saved Marvel ’s First Family multiple times . She ’s donea lot of arduous liftingrecently , from using her sculpting cognition to help the Invisible Woman to fixing reality herself .
The Human Torch just got an all - new ultimate king - up in Marvel Comics , one that all the Fantastic Four ’s scoundrel will be lost to represent against .
Alicia Masters-Grimm Has Been Vital Since Her Introduction
And She Doesn’t Need Superpowers
In a world where she ’s surrounded by superpowered heroes and villains , Alicia Masters does n’t just keep up , but makes huge contributions to the Fantastic Four in her own way .
While the team is called the Fantastic Four , Alicia Masters - Grimm has play as their 5th phallus for a long while . First introduced all the way back inFantastic Four ( 1961)#8 , she has spent the subsequent year being a huge influence on the radical . She ’s an fabulously empathetic and empathise soul and is always willing to see the best in others . Despite being blinded by an explosion and then exploit by her stepfather , the Puppet Master , she behave as a force of trade good . Marrying Ben Grimm cement her placein the family , but her grandness go far beyond her family relationship .
In a human beings where she ’s surrounded by superpowered hero and villains , Alicia Masters does n’t just keep up , but makes vast contributions to the Fantastic Four in her own style . Alicia ’s sculpting abilities were subservient in kill Xargorr inFantastic Four#9 , when she facilitate shape theInvisible Woman ’s force fieldsto stand off Mr. Fantastic and the affair after they were play a joke on into lash out the balance of the team . Her talents , and compassionate nature , add an angle the team is otherwise miss , and she ’s finagle to get them out of more than one tight spot as a resultant .
Alicia Brings A New Way Of Being A Hero To The Fantastic Four
She’s Made Them Strongrer
wondrous Four#18 offered an keen example of [ Alica ’s contribution to the squad . ] As inconspicuous asteroids seemed set to demolish the major planet , the team could n’t come up the proper solvent until Alicia intervened .
Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman are highly educated and well-informed , and they both ofttimes total up with scientific solutions to problems , while the Thing and Human Torch offer up their own unique approaches . The four are so accustomed to working together with their strengths and weaknesses that they sometimes get lock in a loop-the-loop of thinking and ca n’t break out of it - even to work time - sensitive problems . Alicia often bid the utter solution to this , andeven after being close to the team , and a member of the kinfolk , for year , she still has an insightful remote perspective .
Fantastic Four#18 offered an exquisite example of this . As inconspicuous asteroid seemed sic to destroy the planet , the team could n’t find the right-hand resolution , until Alicia intervened . While her original inspiration was drawn from a game she remembered from puerility , she also suggest thatJohnny and Sue use their powersin a way none considered before . The end result was a completely novel compounding : lasers . Reed and Sue take Alicia ’s theme and turned it into a full - scale solution , but none of them would have pulled it off in such a time crush were it not for Alicia .
The Fantastic Four Have Faced Cosmic Threats With Alicia’s Help
Alicia Altered Reality To Thwart Trapster
Ultimately , vote down Trapster and restoring realism was a team exploit , but it would n’t have been possible without Alicia .
The most recent show of Alicia ’s unique brand of herosim came inFantastic Four#19 . The baddie Trapster managed to get his hand on a Cosmic Cube and use it to warp reality , pin down the Four in a retro alternative universe . inconspicuous Woman negociate to save Reed , encasing him in one of her personnel theatre of operations , just long enough for Alicia to navigate her way to him . Mr. Fantastic had just enough time to excuse that Alicia ask to get the square block and will their literal world back into existence to save them .
Using a Cosmic Cube is no little feat , and it ask acute density and willpower . Alicia establish both , even though follow Reed ’s command meant giving up her family - which , in that realness , felt incredibly real to her . It put a public eye on her especial kind of specialty . Ultimately , get the better of Trapster and restoring reality was a squad campaign , but it would n’t have been potential without Alicia . Not only did she findReed in the alternate reality , butshe maintain one of Marvel ’s most powerful artifacts to put thing correctly again , and the fortitude that required can not be overstated .
Alicia Is Essential To The Fantastic Four Going Forward
She Is Officially Their MVP
Alicia ’s influence extend beyond her direct contributions , and the whole squad is adept off for it … give late events , and her longsighted history with the squad , there is no further doubt that Alicia Masters - Grimm is a star player in the Fantastic Four .
Alicia has been caught up in many dreaded situations over the years , from snatch to many of the Four ’s tough fight . Not only has she hold up , but she has acted as a hero , even with no powers of her own . Alicia has a particular understanding of the world and perspectiveon people that no one else can match . For all their champion and wide range of abilities , the team does n’t always have the veracious answer ( or sometimes any answers at all ) . Luckily , their 5th penis is not just a vocalise display board , but a major generator of intake .
Even when she does n’t contribute straight , her presence in their lives is a blessing . Reed and Sue late used Braille , which they find out in a show of solidarity and sustenance for Alicia , to in secret communicateand defeat Kang . Alicia ’s influence extend beyond her direct part , and the whole team is good off for it . Her unequaled viewpoint helps them overcome challenges that they ’re not up to face exclusively on their own . Given recent events , and her long history with the team , there is no further doubt that Alicia Masters - Grimm is a star player in theFantastic Four .
Fantastic Four # 19is available now from Marvel Comics .
FANTASTIC FOUR # 19 ( 2022 )
