Sunday Trade: Franklin Richards

Franklin Richards Son of a Genius: Ultimate Collection Book 2 Story & script - Chris Eliopolous & Marc Sumerac, art & letters by Eliopolous and colors by Brad Anderson

Isn't calling Book 2 an Ultimate collection unfair to the ultimateness of Book 1? Anyway, this volume collects the "Spring Break", "Not So Secret Invasion", "Summer Smackdown", "Sons of Geniuses", "Its Dark Reigning Cats & Dogs", "April Fools!" and "Schools Out" one-shots...

One thing Marvel manages to do well are their all-ages books. Whenever their mainline is swimming in angst or cynicism or disappointing Big Event cross-overs I can count on books like Franklin Richards Son of a Genius to bring back the fun. Eliopolous and Sumerac always do that with their stories about Franklin and his robot baby-sitter H.E.R.B.I.E. With Franklin being a well-meaning, but impulsive little kid. One who, no surprise, would rather treat a lab full of super-science as the World's Greatest Toy Chest then do his chores or homework....