In Marvel Comics, Doom’s fixation on Franklin is legendary. He views the boy’s near-limitless powers as the key to creating and ruling Battleworld, a twisted reality of his own making as seen in Secret Wars.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Thanks to The Fantastic Four: First Steps, I am convinced that Doctor Doom will be Avengers: Doomsday's main character. The ending of The Fantastic Four: First Stepsdid not do much to actively set up Avengers: Doomsday,

This story discusses major plot developments, including the ending and post-credits scenes, in "The Fantastic Four: First Steps," currently playing in theaters. From the very first scene, the question of what will become of the child of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) looms over "The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Robert Downey Jr will be introduced as Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday – but what if he’s not the real Doom?

In their MCU debut, the Fantastic Four become a Fantastic Five with the arrival of Reed and Sue's son, Franklin Richards. Worries that he might not be "normal" are confirmed in Fantastic Four: First Steps when Galactus recognises that the boy can wield an unlimited energy known as the Power Cosmic (presumably because of the "cosmically compromised DNA" shared by both of his parents).

First Steps, a new character has begun to make waves in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Franklin Richards. This baby, born to the

As Fantastic Four: First Steps heads towards its final act, the group is torn between two impossible choices: sacrifice all of Earth to Galactus, or Reed and Sue must give up their child Franklin, who contains the Power Cosmic and enough energy to satiate Galactus' hunger.

Franklin Richards is an important character for the future of the MCU – and if it’s faithful to the comics, he’ll be incredibly powerful.

Wanda Maximoff is no longer the only reality-changing being in the MCU, but is Franklin Richards more powerful than the Scarlet Witch?

So does RDJ’s Doctor Doom pop up in the new Fantastic Four movie? Well, sort of.