Mister Fantastic
Mister Fantastic is a male comic superhero that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Reed Richards was a male human who was born in the modern age as the child of Nathaniel and Evelyn Richards. (Fantastic Four: Unplugged v1 #2)
At some point, one of his mentors was Noah Baxter who considered Reed his star pupil. (Fantastic Four v3 #40) At State University, a malignant Micro-Universe formed that Richards crushed in his hands thus saving the Earth from being destroyed though he apologised to Stacy Valentine for the act. (Fantastic Four: 1234 v1 #4)
Fantastic Four
From his PDA, the collective notes that Reed had written that were stored in an alternate dimension developed sentience creating the being Modulus who believed that only it was worthy of his love and sought to eliminate his comrades. (Fantastic Four v3 #63)
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a demonstration of his love for Sue, he crafted a ring that contained a micro-galaxy with seventy-four inhabited worlds and over forty trillion couples in total all of whom loved each other the way Reed loved his wife. (Fantastic Four v1 #557)
A close friend of his was Noah Baxter who was an intelligent scientist. (Fantastic Four v3 #37)
At one point, he adopted a masked identity and made use of various advanced gadgets. (Strange Tales v1 #127)
Powers and abilities
It was said that his body and brain had become completely malleable to the point that his thoughts, ideas along with sensations being so different that humans could barely dream of it. (Fantastic Four: 1234 v1 #2) He was able to expand his consciousness and grow new space for his brain for processing power thus creating an elasti-consciousness. (Fantastic Four: 1234 v1 #4) Richards was said to be more creative when his elastic brain was stimulated by sensory overload. (Fantastic Four v3 #62)
He created a number of inventions that included:
- Datavore : a bio-engineered, self-sustaining dimensional probe which converted ingested matter into fuel that was used to explore other dimensions. (Fantastic Four v3 #60)
- Fold Space Transceptor : an experimental device that folded space allowing near-instantaneous transport over planetary distances such as from worlds to moons. (Fantastic Four v3 #16)
- Omni-Communicator : a device worn at the back of the head that allowed the user to communicate with any appliance through voice commands. (Fantastic Four: 1234 v1 #1)
- Hyperwave Communicator : a means of interstellar communication allowing two individuals to speak in real-time over great interstellar distances. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #97)
- Anti-Galactus Suit : a giant bipedal armoured suit whose power requirements led to it costing a billion dollars a second in order to run it. (Fantastic Four v1 #557)
- Multiselect : this was a tool that was able to access an area known as the Multiplane that was a nexus of seemingly infinite universes. (Marvel Two-In-One v2 #1)
- Radical Cube : a huge machine was designed to create an entrance into sub-space leading to the discovery of the Negative Zone. (Fantastic Four v1 #51)
- Radical Dodecahedron : based on the concept of the Radical Cube but taken further with the Rad-D breaking through space-time allowing travellers to go anywhere and anywhen. (Fantastic Four v1 #337)
- Bridge : a large ring shaped machine that allowed people to view events in alternate realities allowing them to witness events and their impacts in the future on worlds that experienced them or actually travel to those universes. (Dark Reign: Fantastic Four v1 #1)
Reed developed a special type of PDA that downloads via subspace transmission to a neighbouring dimension of pure electrochemical energy creating infinite storage space. (Fantastic Four v3 #62)
The uniform he wore was in effect a wearable computer with its sensors able to tract the suits of the other Fantastic Four members along with scanning the immediate vicinity. (Fantastic Four v3 #15)
Richards had created a micro-universe that was hidden in a pocket dimension he invented that could only be accessed through a door which had no lock or combination with it only opening through his unique brain-waves. This was used as a place for Reed to store highly important and sensitive items for safety. (Avengers v4 #8)
Among his discoveries included finding the Quintasphere that was a reality entirely made of superconducting living material. (Fantastic Four: 1234 v1 #4) Another was a different dimension known as the Leviaverse that was populated with its own forms of life. (Fantastic Four v3 #60)
Notes
- Mister Fantastic was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where he made his first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #1 (November, 1961).
- On Comicbook.com, writer Dan Jurgens stated in an interview commented that the story arc with Hank Henshaw and the Excalibur crew was meant as a take on the Fantastic Four.
Alternate Versions
- In Fantastic Four v1 #118 (1972), an alternate reality designated Earth-A showed Reed Richards and Ben Grimm embarking on the astronaut mission together with the two affected by the cosmic rays. This incident led to Richards developing a rock-like form whilst Grimm gaining stretching powers in a reversal of roles compared to the main reality. Susan Storms later left Reed for Ben leading to Richards falling into depression where he exiled himself onto an island where he built robots to replay events in history. During this time, he encountered the Earth-616 Ben Grimm who later returned to his own world. After this event, the Earth-A Reed Richards recovered from the depression to create his own company named Reed Richards Robotics that designed the robotic Andrones.
- In What If? v2 #30 (1991), an alternate version of events saw Susan Richards die in the birth of her second child Suzy Richards. Unknown to Reed, Suzy drained life energy from others and could turn into a monstrous entity. Eventually, she attempted to feed on Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Doom until Franklin Richards sent her through a portal into the Negative Zone.
- In Fantastic Four #387-#399 (1994-1995), an alternate version of Reed Richards was driven mad for failing to save Earth from Galactus after being distracted by the advanced technology at the World Devourers home. As a result, he began wearing a masked armed uniform and took on the identity of the Dark Raider who started eliminating Reed Richards in every reality. He was later killed by the Invisible Woman in the Negative Zone.
- In Ultimate Fantastic Four v1 #1 (2004), an alternate version of Reed Richards appeared in the Ultimate Marvel universe of Earth-1610.
- In Bullet Points v1 #3 (2007), an alternate version of events saw Reed Richards being a scientist on Project: Iron Man and being a friend of Colonel Steve Rogers who wore the projects armor. His latest project was creating a ship that ran on cosmic rays and took his wife, brother-in-law and best friend on the mission. However, the craft crashes killing Sue, Johnny and Ben along with costing Reed his left eye. At their funeral, he was approached by an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. to continue his work and disappear from the world. He eventually became director of the agency and turned it into the best anti-terrorist organization in the world and recruited several operatives.
In other media
Television
- In Fantastic Four, Mister Fantastic appeared in the 1967 animated television series where he was voiced by actor Gerald Mohr.
Films
- In Fantastic Four, Reed Richards appeared in the 2015 live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Josh Trank.
Video games
- In Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Mister Fantastic appeared as a playable character in the video game where he was voiced by actor David Naughton.
Appearances
- Fantastic Four v1:
- Fantastic Four: Unplugged v1:
- Fantastic Four v2:
- Fantastic Four v3:
- World War Hulk v1:
- Incredible Hulk v1:
- Hulk v3:
- FF v1:
- New Avengers v2:
- Fantastic Four:
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