"Galactus had many heralds, Franklin only had one."
It's an amazing tipping point of the story and one of the last times Marvel probably had any good long arc works before things went to shit in the last decade or so, which isn't surprising when you know it's written by Jonathan Hickman. He's great when left to his own devices as shown in both that FF run and the Avengers run up to Secret Wars II, and he gave the Krokoa X-Men era a fantastic start, but wanted to also end it sooner and when Marvel said no, because they wanted to milk it more, Hickman left, and the Krakoan era spiraled into absurdity and horrendous writing.
It's an amazing tipping point of the story and one of the last times Marvel probably had any good long arc works before things went to shit in the last decade or so, which isn't surprising when you know it's written by Jonathan Hickman. He's great when left to his own devices as shown in both that FF run and the Avengers run up to Secret Wars II, and he gave the Krokoa X-Men era a fantastic start, but wanted to also end it sooner and when Marvel said no, because they wanted to milk it more, Hickman left, and the Krakoan era spiraled into absurdity and horrendous writing.
Still, we have moments like this to remember.
Whole thing is made all the better by the underlying point that a son needs a/his father. That's the entire reason the whole arc happens.
Hickman deserves so much better than what Marvel repeatedly does to him now.
Marvel keeps pushing shitty writers with weird fetishes