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Reed Richards
Mister Fantastic
Aliases: Mister Fantastic; Reed Benjamin
Continuity: Fantastic Four
Notability: Main character
Type: Superhero
Gender: Male
Race: Altered human
Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York
Known relatives: See Family members
Status: Alive
First: Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 #1

Mister Fantastic is the codename for Reed Richards, a fictional comic book superhero and mega-genius featured in comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby and first appeared in the premiere issue of Fantastic Four, Volume 1, cover-dated November, 1961.

Overview[]

Reed Richards is the leader of the superhero team the Fantastic Four. In addition to being one of the smartest men on the planet Earth, Reed is also gifted with the power of elasticity. He can stretch every part of his body to extreme lengths and manipulate his pliable form into a wide variety of shapes. Reed is married to teammate Sue Storm and the father to her children, Franklin and Valeria. He is the brother-in-law to fellow teammate Johnny Storm and is the best friend of Ben Grimm, aka the Thing. Reed's most notorious rival both as a super-powered adventurer and as an intellectual is Victor von Doom - known across the world as Doctor Doom.

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The 1980s[]

Reed Richards was attacked inside his laboratory at the Baxter Building by a fire elemental - one of four such creatures created by Diablo. He managed to escape and lured the creature towards the Human Torch, whereupon he then tangled with the air elemental. He again headed off, prompting the elemental to find him until he found Susan, who could contain it within a force field bubble. Reed then attacked the water elemental with cables attached to a power generator and caused it to disperse. [1]

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Reed and Johnny Storm came to the aid of Spider-Man, when knew that an opportunity had arisen to capture Venom. Armed with a sonic blaster, Reed incapacitated Venom, and he was taken away by the Guardsmen from The Vault. [2]

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