Reed Richards (Earth-61615)

{{Character Template Evelyn Richards (mother; deceased), Nathaniel K. Richards (distant cousin), Susan Storm (wife), Franklin Richards (son), Valeria Richards (daughter)
 * Image                  = Mister_Fantastic_61615.jpg
 * ImageSize              = 250px
 * RealName               = Reed Richards
 * CurrentAlias           = Mister Fantastic
 * Aliases                = Stretcho, Big Brain, Reed Benjamin, The Invincible Man, Doctor Doom, Doctor Richards, The Explorer, Protector of the Cosmos, The Supreme One, Flat Man
 * Identity               = Public
 * Alignment              = Good
 * Affiliation            = Fantastic Four (founder and co-leader), Future Foundation (founder and mentor), Illuminati (co-founder and former leader)
 * Relatives              = Nathaniel Richards (father; estranged),
 * Universe               = Earth-61615
 * BaseOfOperations       =


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 6'1"
 * Height2                = (Variable)
 * Weight                 = 180 lbs
 * Eyes                   = Brown
 * Hair                   = Black
 * Hair2                  = Grey
 * UnusualFeatures        =


 * Citizenship            = American
 * MaritalStatus          = Married
 * Occupation             = Scientist, adventurer
 * Education              = Multiple PhDs in theoretical and applied physics fields


 * Origin                 = Human mutated via exposure to cosmic rays
 * PlaceOfBirth           = Central City, California
 * Creators               =
 * First                  = Modern Comics: Fantastic Four Vol 1 1
 * Last                   =


 * HistoryText            =

Early Years
Reed Richards was born in Central City, California. He was the only son of wealthy physicist Nathaniel Richards and his wife Evelyn, was a child prodigy with special scientific aptitude in mathematics, physics, and mechanics. When Evelyn died in Reed's youth. Reed's heightened intellect naturally made him the subject of ridicule at his grade school. Nathaniel encouraged and guided young Reed in his scientific studies, and Reed was already taking college-level courses. Fortunately, he managed to become friends with the school's star linebacker and his childhood friend, Ben Grimm. Ben generally associated with Reed in order to get help with his trigonometry homework, but he valued him enough to help him against the school bullies. Nathaniel and even Ben had encouraged and guided young Reed in his scientific studies, and Reed was taking college-level courses. Reed had entered college at thirteen at CalTech (California Institute of Technology). He also attended Harvard University and M.I.T. He would then study abroad at the University of Vienna in Austria.

Opportunity of a Lifetime
As result of his extraordinary achievements at such a young age, a veteran scientist by the name of Franklin Storm had recommended his father for induction into a special government think tank known as the Baxter Program, which was a secret program that recruited young geniuses in the hopes of creating the scientific leaders of the future. Storm introduced Reed to his "greatest achievements", his daughter, Susan (who would become Reed's eventual loving soulmate), and her younger brother, Johnny. Growing up in the scientific think tank for the next few years, Reed has always been reaching for the stars and would have done anything to fund his lifelong dream of an experimental space mission, including cutting a last ditch, no-win deal with fellow young genius and one-sided rival, Victor von Doom. He invited him to work alongside him on the notorious and somewhat secretive N-Zone Project. Over the next few years both Susan and Victor helped Reed with their N-Zone mathematics, while Reed and Ben aided Victor's work in miniaturized robotics.

A Fantastic Foundation
Accompanied by a bevy of military officers and scientists, Reed, Ben, Susan, Johnny, and Victor stood at the control panels of the transmit platform, and as the portal opens to the other side, the five of them were side by side trying to teleport an apple to the interdimensional gate leading to the N-Zone. But one tiny "miscalculation" turned into tragedy, transporting the five instead of the apple. Along with it, a brutal cosmic ray storm had battered the crew as they were on the alternate dimension. The Negative Zone's cosmic rays left Reed the ability to bend, stretch and expand his body in any imaginable way. Reed himself responsible for the accident which transformed the four, and he wrapped himself around his work in an attempt to reverse their condition. The exposure to the cosmic cloud brought out the worst in Victor von Doom. The evil genius even tried to turn Ben Grimm against Reed, convincing him that Reed was responsible for Ben's hideous appearance. Thankfully, Ben realized that Victor was out to ruin Reed and united with his friends to stop him.

Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm had now embraced their cosmic powers for the greater good, joining forces as the heroic Fantastic Four and battled against their new enemy, Doctor Doom. When the four officially named themselves as the iconic Fantastic Four to the very public, they dedicated to the use of their powers for the safety and overall benefit of humanity, along with their missions of further exploration across the cosmos. As a founder and the leader of the heroic four, Reed was labeled to be the famous and popular superhero known as Mister Fantastic.

Plasticity: Due to exposure to cosmic rays during their expedition to the Negative Zone, the irradiation gave Reed superhuman powers. 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), and revert to his normal humanoid shape within a similar time. The greater the distance he stretches or the more extended the size of the object he becomes, the weaker his overall strength becomes. Mister Fantastic's transformation to a malleable state is reflexive and nearly instantaneous: if he was at his normal form and taken unaware by machine gun fire, his body would still absorb the bullets' impact through radical deformation. Mister Fantastic's skin is virtually impervious to laceration or punctures unless he willfully relaxes his reflexive control over small areas of his body. In that case, scalpels and ordinary needles can penetrate his skin.
 * Powers                 =


 * Dense Flesh
 * Contain Explosions
 * Redirect Projectiles
 * Elongation
 * Grappling
 * Movement
 * Shape Changing
 * Imitation
 * Canopy, Parachute or Sheath
 * Gliding
 * Cushion
 * Sling Shot
 * Geometric Shapes
 * Fist Weapons
 * Bouncing Ball
 * Two-Dimensionality
 * Infiltration
 * Open Locks
 * Wind Generation
 * Semi-Solid Liquid State

Class 55+
 * Abilities              =
 * Hyper-Intelligence
 * Super-Genius Intelligence
 * Strength               =
 * Weaknesses             =

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 * Equipment              =
 * Fantastic Four Uniform
 * Baxter Building issue communications equipment
 * Various advanced technology equipment
 * Various created gadgets and gear
 * Fantasti-Flare
 * Universal Translator
 * N-Zone Transporter
 * Chrono-Tunnel
 * Transportation         =
 * Fantasticars
 * Fantasti-Car (formerly; destroyed)
 * Fantasticar 2.0 (formerly)
 * Fantasticar 2.5 (formerly)
 * Fantastiships
 * Space Shuttles
 * Weapons                =
 * Ultimate Nullifier
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