Franklin Storm

Franklin Storm is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the father of Susan Storm and Johnny Storm, better known as Invisible Woman and Human Torch of the Fantastic Four, respectively.

Franklin Storm
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Fantastic Four #31 (Oct. 1964)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Species	Human
Abilities	Gifted surgeon

Reg E. Cathey portrays Franklin Storm in Fantastic Four (2015).

Publication history

Franklin Storm first appeared in Fantastic Four #31 (October 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

Fictional character biography

Franklin Storm is an accomplished surgeon and the father of Susan and Johnny Storm. After his wife Mary is killed in a car crash, Franklin allies with loan sharks to obtain money. Later in his life, after his children become superheroes, Franklin is captured and impersonated by Super-Skrull, who eventually kills him with a concussive energy blast.^[1][2][3] Susan named her son Franklin after her father in honor of his memory.^[4]

Other versions

Secret Wars

An alternate universe variant of Franklin Storm from Earth-15513 who became the leader of the Fantastic Four appears in Secret Wars.^[5]

Ultimate Marvel

An alternate universe variant of Franklin Storm from Earth-1610 appears in the Ultimate Marvel universe. This version is a scientist who worked on recreating the Super-Soldier Serum and helped build the Baxter Building.^[6][7][8] During the Ultimatum storyline, he is killed when Magneto floods Manhattan.^[9]

Ultimate Universe

An alternate universe variant of Franklin Richards from Earth-6160 appears in Ultimate Invasion. This version is the director of a space program who contributed to the Fantastic Four's space flight. However, due to the Maker's interference, all except Reed Richards are killed.^[10]

In other media

Television

Franklin Storm appears in the Fantastic Four (1994) episode "Behold, A Distant Star", voiced by Richard McGonagle.^[11]

Film

Franklin Storm appears in Fantastic Four (2015), portrayed by Reg E. Cathey.^[12] This version is African-American and the director of the Baxter Foundation, with Johnny being his biological son while Susan is adopted. After the formation of the Fantastic Four, Franklin works with the government to help them control and understand their powers before being killed by Doctor Doom.