Meylikhov, Matthew (July 17, 2012). "Dustin Weaver Explains "Whatever Happened To Shield?" ". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Science Hero's Babe Assistant: Sue was basically this for Dr. Reed Richards. While not the only non-scientist on the team, she existed primarily to need rescuing and be ignored by Reed in favor of whatever experiment he was obsessed with at that moment. This was before taking so many levels in badass she's now one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel universe. Collects Thing (1983) #1-36; Fantastic Four (1961) #274, 277, 296; Secret Wars II (1985) #7; West Coast Avengers (1985) #10; Questprobe (1984) #3; Marvel Tales (1964) #198; Marvel Graphic Novel: Hulk & Thing – The Big Change (1987); material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #15, Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #5. Disproportionate Retribution: Considering that Reed had absolutely nothing to do with Doom's experiment failure or his injuries, Doom's grudge is completely unwarranted in the first place; but the sheer lengths that Doom goes to in his search for vengeance frequently go way beyond 'excessive'. What's amazing is Doctor Doom's quest for revenge is often as petty as it is insanely over the top. For instance, he's actually tried to break up Reed Richards' marriage as often as kill him. The Frightful Four, with varying line-ups, but almost always including the Wizard as Reed's particular counterpart. Most recent line-ups have also included Hydro-Man as a counterpart to Johnny.

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Nominated for "Best Continuing Series" for East of West and "Best Writer" Eisner Award for East of West, The Manhattan Projects, The Avengers, and Infinity [34] Johnston, Rich (January 5, 2014). "Finally, For Marvel Comics, The Return Of SHIELD..." Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Competence Porn: Reed Richards is generally considered the most competent and effective leader and scientist in the entire universe and the Four's adventures generally are all about their adventures and inventing and exploring somehow always saving the day. Rouge Angles of Satin: Volume 1 #19 keeps spelling the word Pharaoh as "Pharoah". This was pointed out in the "Fantastic Four: The Legend" special.

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Depending on the Writer: Reed's disposition varies from series to series. Sometimes he's nice but a bit unnecessarily gruff, sometimes he's a complete Jerkass, sometimes he's just absent minded. Arch-Enemy: Doom and Reed, one of the most strongly It's Personal pair of nemeses in all of comics, although in practice the enmity extends to the rest of the team as well. Last-Name Basis: The Thing seems to be on a permanent last-name basis with Bruce Banner (possibly having to do with his main rival being Bruce's alter-ego, and when he gets sufficiently pissed at Reed he'll start referring to him exclusively as "Richards".

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True Companions: Spider-Man is one of the most trusted allies and friends of the Four. After the Torch's supposed death, Spidey temporarily became a member of the Future Foundation. I think it's good that we're not embarrassed that we're comic book creators anymore. It's good that people are able to make a good living at doing it, and not doing the traditional sort of mainstream fare." The original family of four — Reed, Sue, Johnny, Ben — enlarged with the arrival of the children — Franklin and Valeria. But they still call themselves the Fantastic Four.For the first two issues, the team just wears street clothes. And yet, Reed is able to make the clothes stretch with his body, and Johnny does not incinerate his clothes whenever he uses his powers. Even after they get uniforms in the third issue (designed and sewn by Sue, of course, as it was the sixties and only women did stuff like that), it's mainly to promote team spirit than to accommodate their powers. During this time, they also operated out of Central City instead of New York City—which is still canon as Reed's hometown. Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates (with Esad Ribić, Brandon Peterson (#5–6) and Luke Ross (#10–12), 2011–2012) collected as: Near and Dear" Baby Naming: Franklin Benjamin Richards (who is Reed and Sue's child) is this crossed over with Dead Guy Junior; he's partially named after Sue's dead mother, and partially from Reed and Sue's living teammate Ben Grimm. Flaming Emblem: Johnny often creates fire in the shape of the "4" logo, usually as a flare for the rest of the team to come to his aid. Sometimes, he does it on covers and other promotional material as well.

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What is the true cost of a man's mistakes? What is the purpose of my life? How can I save my world in these dark times? And the one that changed everything: Who else seeks the answers to these same questions? — Mr. Fantastic Appearing in "Solve Everything: Part One" Who You Gonna Call?: When Earth faces world ending threats, the Four is usually the first resource the authorities call upon to stop them.Collects Fantastic Four #261–295; Fantastic Four Annual #18–19; Alpha Flight #4; The Thing #7, 10 and 19; The Avengers Annual #14; material from Secret Wars II #2; Epic Illustrated #26–34; What If…? #36; What The–?! #2 and 10; Fantastic Four Roast #1; and Fantastic Four Special Edition This is also where was launched the new series Fantastic Force which lasted 18 issues. Only #8-9 have been collected at this date. The idea of The Thing being simultaneously physically strong, ugly, and smart was seen as revolutionary in comics. Elite Four: The eponymous group are four humans that made a daring venture into space, where exposure to cosmic radiation gave them superpowers. Reed Richards, "Mister Fantastic," is the team leader and also The Smart Guy; Ben Grimm, "The Thing," is The Big Guy; Johnny Storm, "The Human Torch," is the Lovable Rogue / wildcard of the group; and Susan Richards, "The Invisible Woman," used to be a frequent Damsel in Distress, until John Byrne's run on the series promoted her to The Lancer.

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Mundane Made Awesome: A recurring joke about the characters is that they'll go into space or another universe for picnics, or for coffee. Invoked in Mark Waid's run, where it's revealed that companies pay Reed gobs and gobs of money to not commercialize his patents, because he'd put them out of business if he did. Reed Richards: I've done it! I'm drifting into a world of limitless dimensions! It's the Crossroads of Infinity — The junction to everywhere! Khouri, Andy (February 7, 2007). "Behind The Nightly News". CBR.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2012. The Last Defenders, a group of heroes from one Bad Future recount to Johnny how they caught Galactus. Johnny is understandably dubious, since there's only six of them. Their Hulk mentions that there used to be a lot more of them.

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Covert Emergency Call: In Issue #348, Mr. Fantastic is secretly being held prisoner by a Skrull infiltrator disguised as Sue. As the leave the Baxter Building together, Reed tells his robotic assistant that he and his wife are going on a day trip and that she should tell that to his "friends in the Marines." The robot, knowing that Reed has no friends that are in the Marines, looks up the phrase, discovering its history as a Covert Distress Code and realises that Reed is in trouble. The Silver Surfer came to Earth as a herald of his master Galactus, who intended to devour the planet. After Sue Storm convinces him to change sides, he turns against Galactus, who punishes the Surfer by making him unable to leave Earth. It took several years before this situaltion changed. Not Wearing Tights: For the first two issues. They only started wearing them because of fan demand.