Richard Janus

Richard Janus
Aliases:	Nega-Man
Continuity:	Marvel Universe
Notability:	Antagonist
Occupation:	Scientist
Gender:	Male
Race:	Human
Location:	New York City, New York
Status:	Deceased
First:	Fantastic Four #107

Richard Janus is a fictional comic book super-villain who goes by the code name of Nega-Man. He is featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics and is associated with the Fantastic Four line of titles. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #107 in February, 1971.

Biography

Richard Janus was a scientist and a contemporary of Reed Richards. While working on an experiment involving negative energy, Janus was exposed to this energy, which separated him into different people, one of whom was the more dominant Nega-Man.

Janus, under the control of Nega-Man, entered the Negative Zone where he aligned himself with would-be alien conqueror, Annihilus. Nega-Man offered to help Annihilus enter the Earth dimension, whereupon both villains came into conflict with the Fantastic Four.

Abilities

Powers

• Bio-fission: Exposure to the "Nega-Power" split Richard into his Janus and Nega-Man.

Skills

• Physics: Richard Janus had a PhD in physics.

Notes & Trivia

• The character of Richard Janus was created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema.

• Nega-Man is not to be confused with the DC Comics character Larry Trainor, aka Negative Man, though both had similar powers.

See also

Fantastic Four Fantastic Four films Fantastic Four comics Fantastic Four programs Fantastic Four characters

Fantastic Four villains Fantastic Four images Fantastic Four creators Fantastic Four cast & crew Fantastic Four miscellaneous

External Links

• Richard Janus at MDP
• Richard Janus at Comic Vine
• Richard Janus at the Marvel Appendix

Appearances

• Fantastic Four 110 (In flashback only)