Answers....
1. Fraction isn't a writer I gravitate towards, so his arrival on Fantastic Four means nothing to me. I may not continue with the series when the creative team shifts.
2. I liked Chronicle. Based solely on that film, I don't think Trank is a terrible choice for the next Fantastic Four film. It's really going to depend on the story & level of studio interference that will determine whether or not the film will be watchable. In a perfect world, Spielberg would be directing the film.
3. A better husband than Reed? No one. However, if Reed were dead, I could see her turning to Ben.
4. What I'd like to see happen to Sue is for her to take a lead role in the Marvel Universe, as befits her history. She's Marvel's first super heroine, and unlike so many of her peers, she's not just the female counterpart to a more popular male hero. It's kind of hard to separate her from the Fantastic Four, as she's so intrinsically defined by that team, but if the Thing and the Human Torch could feature in their own series, I think Sue could, too. Her power set makes her ideal for S.H.I.E.L.D. type espionage missions. She could crib from any of the Fantastic Four's rogues gallery for adversaries. I think having other prominent super-heroines as her supporting cast would work quite well, as, clearly, her frieds are going to come from the super-human community. A series focusing on Sue Storm would allow for a unique perspective on the Marvel Universe, and is honestly what the character deserves.
5. Her power doesn't really work that way. While she has molded her force field into simple geometric shapes, sculpting a human form would be much more complex task. Assuming she took the time to learn to do it, it would still be an energy field molded into her shape. It couldn't move independently of her. She would have to constantly be reshaping it to give it the illusion of natural movement. She also couldn't actually make it visible, anymore than she can make any of her force fields visible. She does have the ability to make other invisible objects visible, but that power seems to only apply to objects unconnected to her own power of invisibility.
I'm going to disagree with the idea of breaking Reed and Sue up. The core concept of the Fantastic Four is family. Any writer that doesn't get that, shouldn't be working on that title. If Reed and Sue were to divorce, it would destroy that core concept, and ruin both characters. It might make for high drama in the short run, but, there would be no coming back from it.
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