Uncanny Exiles: The Smartest Person in the Multiverse

A few weeks back, I tossed out an idea, which I’ve since taken to calling Uncanny Exiles.  Marvel, perhaps in a rush to dilute the products they don’t currently own the movie rights for, has been slapping the adjective Uncanny all over their titles as of late, and if they’re going to give it out for free I’m happy to take it.  I considered Fantastic Exiles, but that didn’t really hit home.  But all that is fundamentally besides the point; I tossed this idea out there a few weeks back. Franklin Richards and Nate Grey. Literal gods on a cross-multiverse road trip, looking for a place to call home.  I think it’s a winner.  And the nice thing about a multiverse is that it’s a pretty expansive sandbox to play around in.  Consider this part two of a semi-regular exploration of that sandbox.  Ladies and gentlemen, tales from the Uncanny Exiles….

So, Exiles, Basically

Pretty much since I finished Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four, a series that I have previously raved about, I've had an idea bouncing around in my head.  Sadly, it's one I'll probably never get to execute - even if by some miracle I end up working for Marvel (stranger things have happened) it's a bit too far out there on the cosmic wackiness scale to really get a mainstream book going.  Moreover, it digs deep into the toy box for some of its cast.  Then again, if Marvel is dedicated to keeping the Four separated and out of their home book, this wouldn't be the worst way to lose a character.  You see, in Hickman's FF run, he introduces (in a manner of speaking) a member of the Richards family that just so happens to be one of my favorites in all of comics.  He's also, for all practical purposes, an immortal god.  Ladies and gentlemen, meet Franklin Richards.