Alternative versions of Mister Fantastic
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Reed Richards' Earth-1610 counterpart.
Artwork for the cover of Ultimate Fantastic Four vol. 1, 10 (August 2004 Marvel Comics). Art by Stuart Immonen. |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fantastic Four Vol. 1, #1 (November 1961) |
| Created by |
Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
Mister Fantastic is a fictional comic book character, who has had many alternate versions that have appeared in Marvel Comics publications.
In the alternate reality known as the Age of Apocalypse, Richards never received superpowers as he was never bombarded with cosmic radiation in space. Instead he attempted to evacuate a large group of humans from Manhattan during Apocalypse's regime. Along with Ben Grimm as the pilot and his friends Johnny and Susan Storm as crew, Richards used one of his prototype rockets to fly off the island. Unfortunately, a mutant sabotaged the launch and both Reed and Johnny sacrificed themselves to let the others blast off safely.
Following the rise of Weapon Omega, its revealed that Reed was the world’s foremost authority on the Celestials and had collected all the information he could about these cosmic beings in several journals when Apocalypse came into power. Apocalypse himself was known to fear Reed Richards' knowledge and had him targeted and a special taskforce created to locate the journals but while they succeeded in killing him, they weren't able to find the journals.
Amalgam Comics is a 1997-98 shared imprint of DC Comics and Marvel, which features composites of characters from the two publishers. Two alternate versions of Reed Richards appear in this series.
In Bullet Points, Dr. Reed Richards is drafted by the government to act as technical support to Steve Rogers, who in this reality is Iron Man. Along with Sue, Ben and Johnny, he later attempts the rocket flight that in the mainstream continuity saw the creation of the Fantastic Four, but the flight is sabotaged and the rocket crashes, killing everyone aboard except Reed. He thus never develops superpowers, and following the tragedy, he accepts the position as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Having lost his eye in the rocket crash, Reed wears an eyepatch, giving him a strong resemblance to Nick Fury.
The Interdimensional Council of Reeds first appeared in Fantastic Four #570 (Oct 2009). The Council is composed of multiple versions of Reed Richards from alternate universes, each with different powers, intellects, and abilities. Reeds join the council when they are able to invent a device (called "the Bridge") that allows them to cross into the nothingness between realities. The leaders of the Council are the three Reeds that have acquired their reality's Infinity Gauntlet. The 616 Reed discovers that the other Reeds have one thing in common: each of them grew up without their father Nathaniel Richards, whose influence made the 616 Reed a more compasionate man. Reed declines membership to the Council after realizing he would have to sacrifice his family ties to join. Nearly all the Council members are killed when the mad Celestials of Universe-4280 gain entry to the Council headquarters and attack the Reeds.
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