Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics) Character Review
Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional Character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. Richards possesses a mastery of mechanical, aerospace and electrical engineering, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology. BusinessWeek listed Mr. Fantastic as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics. He is the inventor of the spacecraft which was bombarded by cosmic radiation
on its maiden voyage, granting the Fantastic Four their powers.
Richards gained the ability to stretch his body into any shape he
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Richards acts as the leader and father figure of the Fantastic Four,
although in recent years he has increasingly been portrayed as being
cold and distant towards his teammates due to his scientific, methodical
nature. This is particularly true with his best friend, Ben Grimm, who
partially blames Richards for his transformation into a large, rocky
creature called the Thing.
Whenever Richards is confronted with a challenge, his attention can be
so focused that he can neglect even his own family. Regardless, he is
the loving husband of Susan Storm, father of son Franklin Richards and daughter Valeria Richards, and mentor of his brother-in-law, Johnny Storm.
The character of Reed Richards was portrayed by Ioan Gruffudd in the 2005 film Fantastic Four, and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Powers and Abilities (Mister Fantastic)
Reed Richards gained the power of elasticity
from irradiation by cosmic rays. He has the ability to convert his
entire body into a highly malleable state at will, allowing him to
stretch, deform, and reform himself into virtually any shape. Reed
Richards has been observed as being able to utilize his stretching form
in a variety of offensive and defensive manners, such as compressing
himself into a ball and ricocheting into enemies or flattening himself
into a trampoline or a parachute to rescue a teammate. Reed is also able
to shape his hands into hammer and mace style weapons, and concentrate
his mass into his fist.
All of these feats used to require extreme
concentration; however, due to mental and physical training, he can now
perform these feats at will. The most extreme demonstration of Reed's
powers is when at one point he was able to increase his size and mass to
Thing-like proportions which also increased his physical strength.
Despite this, Reed Richards' strength comes more from the powers of his mind than the powers of his body; indeed, he once told Spider-Man that he considers his stretching powers to be expendable compared to his intellect. Some stories have implied that Reed's intellect may have been boosted
by his powers, as he once visited an alternate universe where his other
self-had never been exposed to cosmic rays and was notably less
intelligent than him, though purely human versions of Reed that are as or even more intelligent than himself have been shown, particularly among the Council of Reeds.
Tony Stark
has commented that Reed's ability to make his brain physically larger
(via his elastic powers) gives him an advantage, though this seems to be
meant more as a joke. That said, scenes from the same issue show Reed
"inflating" his skull as he calculates the power output of Tony's
Repulsor-battery heart implant.
For virtually his entire publication history, Richards has been depicted as the most intelligent human in the Marvel Universe. A visionary theoretician and an inspired machine smith, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, spectral analysis
and more. However, he is never afraid to admit when others have greater
expertise in certain fields than him (such as recognizing that Doctor Octopus possesses greater knowledge of radiation, that Hank Pym is a superior biochemist, or that Spider-Man can think of a problem from a biology perspective
where he would be unable to do so, since his expertise is in physics).
Richards has earned Ph.D.s in Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering. His patents are so valuable that he is able to bankroll the Fantastic Four, Inc., without any undue financial stress. Mind control
is rarely effective on him and when it does work, it wears off sooner
than it would a normal person, due to what he describes as an "elastic
consciousness".
Richards is also an accomplished fighter due to his years of combat
experience with the Fantastic Four, and has earned a black belt in judo.
Equipment and Technology
Although the Fantastic Four have numerous devices, crafts, and
weapons, there are some items that Reed Richards carries with him at all
times.
Fantastiflare: Launches a fiery "4" into the sky that is used during combat situations to let other members of the group know their location.
Uniform Computer: Like all the Fantastic Four's costumes and
the rest of Reed's wardrobe, his suit is made of "unstable molecules".
This means that the suit is attuned to his powers, which is why Johnny's
costume doesn't burn when he "flames on", Sue's costume turns invisible
when she does, and Reed's costume stretches with him. The costume also
insulates them from electrical assaults. In addition, the team's
uniforms are also, in essence, wearable computers. Their costumes have a
complete data processing and telemetry
system woven into the material of the uniform on a molecular level.
This forms a network with the entire team, providing a constant,
real-time uplink of everyone's physical condition as well as their
location and current situation. The suit is capable of displaying data
and touch-pad controls on the gauntlets. Its sensors can track all of
the team's uniforms and provide a picture of their immediate vicinity.
The suit has an intricate scanner system which can detect things around
the wearer, from how many people are in the next room to what dimension
or planet they are on. Reed can also up-link the bodysuit to any
computer by stretching his fingertips to filament size and plugging them
into an I/O data-port. With this, Reed can establish a fairly
comprehensive database of any computer's cybernetic protocols and encryption algorithms.
In Other Media (Film/Movie)
The unreleased 1994 film The Fantastic Four featured Alex Hyde-White as Mr. Fantastic.
Mr. Fantastic has been played by actor Ioan Gruffudd in the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Both movies were directed by Tim Story.
In the film continuity, Reed Richards is, initially, a brilliant but
timid and pedantic scientist who, despite his genius-level understanding
of the sciences and being (as he is described in the second film) "one
of the greatest minds of the 21st century", is fiscally incompetent and
nearing bankruptcy, forcing him to seek investment from Victor von Doom (in the film continuity a rival scientist and successful businessman) to further his projects.
By the events of "Rise of the Silver Surfer", Richards is, along with his teammates, an internationally recognized superhero and celebrity.
Reed's celebrity status sometimes gets to his head, like when he gives
in to the seduction of three sexy women who he meets at a bar. Reed and
Sue are now engaged, although Reed has trouble keeping himself from
being distracted from his imminent wedding (which is established as the
fifth attempt they have made).
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