Reed Richards (Earth-981)

{{Character Template|Title = Mister Fantastic|CurrentAlias = Mister Fantastic|RealName = Reed Richards|Image = Ultiverse Mr.Fantastic copy.jpg|Aliases = Stretch, The Brains, Kang the Conqueror (future timeline), Dr. Richards|Identity = Public|AlienRace = Human|Alignment = Good|Affiliation = Fantastic Four, formerly S.H.I.E.L.D.|Relatives = Nathaniel Richards (father);

Evelyn Richards (mother, deceased);

Susan Storm (Invisible Woman) (girlfriend);|Universe = Earth-981|BaseOfOperations = Baxter Building, Central City|Gender = Male|Height = 6' 0" (Variable)|Weight = 170 lbs (77 kg)|Eyes = Brown|Hair = Brown|UnusualFeatures = When asleep, parts of Mr. Fantastic's body relaxes to the point where they "sag."|MaritalStatus = Dating|Occupation = Scientist, Adventurer, Super Hero, former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent|Education = Multiple PhDs in theoretical and applied physics fields|Origin = In an attempt to travel to another dimension composed of anti-matter, Reed's genetic structure was radically altered, giving him the ability to stretch his body to great lengths.|PlaceOfBirth = Central City, San Francisco|First = Ultiverse Fantastic Four #1|HistoryText = Nathaniel Richards and his wife gave birth to their first child, a son named Reed. As a child, he demonstrated remarkable intelligence, well ahead of that of his peers. While his father wanted him to pursue sports, Reed devoted himself to the science instead. His father often found him cannibalizing household appliances in an effort to create something never before seen by man - this in fact annoyed his father.

Reed's heightened intellect naturally made him the subject of ridicule at his school. Fortunately, he managed to become friends with the school's star baseball player, Ben Grimm. Ben generally associated with Reed in order to get help with his biology homework. But he valued him enough to help him against the school bullies.

When Reed was only ten years old he began developing schematics for a device that could transmit matter across the dimensional plane. Around this time, the government and S.H.I.E.L.D, discovered a rift in London, England, which almost killed 3 civillians. He showcased his work at his Middle School Science Fair, where he successfully teleported a toy plane into an alternate dimension. This garnered him the attention of Dr. Franklin Storm, the Director of Horizon Labs Technology Development and Agent Diaz.

Franklin recommended him for induction into a special government think tank - a program that recruited young geniuses in the hopes of creating the scientific leaders of the future. Franklin approached Reed's parents for their permission, and explained that the government would pay them a nominal fee for allowing them to take Reed under their care.

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Franklin brought Reed to the Baxter Building, the central hub for the Horizon Labs consortium. He began working under the auspices of Dr. Franklin Storm. Storm introduced Reed to his "greatest achievements", his adoptive daughter, Susan who is very intelligent and independent, and her younger step brother, Johnny Storm is a thrillseeker and troublemaker but is also smart and charismatic. For the next several years, Reed continued to work on his teleportation technology. The Baxter Building provided him with all of the resources at their disposal and they even developed an oscillating window that could peer into an otherworldly plane of reality known as the Null-void, a second dimension full of toxic air and dangerous creatures.

Soon after Reed met Victor van Damme, the prince of his home country latveria and the expert of biotechnology.Victor was also a brash and arrogant student, known for his enmity toward his fellow students but was also equally brilliant from Reed Richards. He invited him to work alongside him on the Null Void project. Over the next five years Van Damme helped Reed with his N-Zone math, while Reed aided Victor's work in miniaturized robotics.

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By the time they reached adulthood, Richards and his team designed a device that could utalize the Null Void to teleport across Earth. The team created a space shuttle that allowed them to travel through the portal generators at great speeds. However government scientist told them that NASA would take over and that they would not be going on the excursion.

After getting intoxicated with Johnny and Victor, they decided to take the Quantum Gate and go to the dimension themselves. Johnny convinced his sister sue to go with them while Reed contacted his best friend Ben, not wanting to do this without him and the five successfully teleported to the dimension. Upon exploring one of the planets they were on within the null void, they all experienced a sudden fear as if they felt that someone was watching them and what made it worse is that the entire dimension itself looked terrifying. As Victor spotted screeching humanoid creatures flying above them, planet it started to become unstable. Reed, Victor, Johnny and Ben escaped with the help of Dr. Franklin Richards. As they're entering the portal leading back to Earth, the devices malfunctioned, increasing the gravitational pull sucking everything in until the shuttle returned only with Reed inside. While crawling away from the damaged shuttle, Reed discovered he could stretch his limbs and remold his body into any variety of shapes; Ben, Sue, and Johnny had also developed powers of their own.

*More to be Added.*|Powers = *Plasticity: Mister Fantastic possesses the ability to convert the mass of his entire body into a highly malleable state at will. How his body's respiration and circulatory systems function at these distorted extremes is as yet unknown. Mister Fantastic can alter his form in a matter of seconds, often much less (depending on the complexity of the shape), Reed can stretch any or all of his body parts long distances; assuming non-human shapes such as a sphere or even a parachute Reed's body is also superhumanly flexible capable of twisting, and bending his body in an inhuman fashion. Reed's abilities allow him to stretch his brain in order to accommodate and solve almost any problem, thus making him effectively a human computer.


 * Superhuman Strength: Due to his Elasticity, Reed possesses far more strength then a normal human; giving him the force of large machinery, or a moving car, allowing him to easily overpower humans.


 * Movement: Mister Fantastic can move at great speeds by stretching to his destination.


 * Dense Flesh*: Due to his Elasticity, Reed possesses far more durability then a normal human; his body naturally cushions almost every impact and stretches on its surface so only when he is in his normal form can anything pierce his flesh.


 * Redirect Projectiles: After his body absorbs the kinetic energy of a ballistic projectile's impact, Mister Fantastic can expel the object back along its trajectory by flexing his body like a trampoline if he is adequately braced.


 * Shape Changing: Mister Fantastic can stretch, deform, expand, or compress his entire body or parts thereof into any contiguous shape he can imagine for a variety of uses|Abilities = *Genius Intellect: Reed Richards is a child prodigy and possesses a keen scientific intellect, decades ahead of his time. This intelligence has recently been augmented by his new powers. Reed holds multiple doctoral level degrees in theoretical and applied physics fields. Richards' IQ is 267.|Equipment = *Impact Suit: Reed, like the rest of the Fantastic Four, wears an impact suit that can adjust itself to his abilities. To this end, whenever Reed stretches or compresses himself, the suit takes on the same malleability his body possesses.|Transportation = *To be Added|Weapons = *To be Added}}