How exactly is he not famous on the same level as Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, or Magneto?
If I'm reading what he can do right...he was nutso with the gusto /before/ he performed a science project on himself, bumping him from Alpha to Omega.
The man can /intuietivly/ build /any/ kind of technology he can /IMAGINE/!? Am I the only one who sees the absolute lunacy possible with /that/ ability alone?
But wait, there's more.
Thanks to his background and upbringing, he not only CAN wield mystic power, he has a high level of natural talent in doing so, hamstrung by what I can only describe as "Gohan Syndrome."
And then his upgrade. Combining them both.
If the page I read is correct, I find it hard to imagine a single cooler display of upgraded power than Forge, in freefall from losing ANOTHER blackbird, used pieces of the destroyed aircraft, without ever touching them, to build an exoskeleton around himself to survive the fall.
I..../what/?
The closest thing the man has to a drawback is he often can't explain his own hardware. Which could..theoritically....be dangerous as all hell. Because what's NEVER discussed is how his mutation decides to accommodate a particular imagined idea.
What if he thinks "Infinite Energy Device" and his mutation goes:
"Got it. Argent Energy, coming right up."
What does he do with his free time, design more and more sophisticated Rubix Cubes? How does Earth-616 exist outside the concept of /post-scarcity/ when this guy can IMAGINE a Star Trek replicator, and he proceeds to build it with all the same effort you or I expend hearing or seeing?