>>102113395See, there's multiple issues to have with that. First off, they almost never defeat omnipotent villains EASILY, and when they do, it's not through fighting. At least never in a straight fight. They didn't beat Galactus by winning in a fight. They didn't beat the Mad Celestials by winning in a fight. The Beyonder, Molecule Man, Doom in his various cosmically powerful buffs, Cosmic Control Rod Annihilus. And if they have to use intellect, cunning, diplomacy and/or teamwork to win instead of just "Thing punches bad guy in the face really hard and they win" or some such then isn't that in itself a good story? "How will the Fantastic Four win against this insurmountable, unstoppable threat?"
But even if we DO say that they beat omnipotent villains easily, which they don't, there's still an inherent flaw in the claim that "too powerful to have good stories" because that claim doesn't hold water because it doesn't make sense. For that to be true, it'd require that the only things that define something as a "good story" to be how hard the fight is, but Fantastic Four isn't a shonen manga. It isn't, say, Dragonball Z where the fight IS the point of reading. You're reading Fantastic Four for the family moments, the interpersonal drama, Thing's pathos, Johnny's antics, Reed and Sue's relationships, the struggles of raising a super-intelligent daughter in Valeria and a super-powerful son in Franklin. The "fights" are just there to put some action into the stories, but the Fantastic Four isn't really an Action Comic.
You come to F4 for the themes of family, of exploration and adventure, seeing things that have never been seen before. They're not superheroes, they're imaginauts and scientist adventurers. And yes, they'll get into fights with the Frightful Four and Mole-Man's monsters, but those fights aren't what make the Fantastic Four a great franchise.
But even beyond that, the claim doesn't make sense because things like Thought-Armor Superman is awesome.
