Mr. Fantastique

Mr. Fantastique ( Mr. Fantastic in original version), also called the Elastic Man , of his true name Reed Richards (famous Red Richards in the majority of the French versions), is a Super-héros pertaining to the universe of Marvel Comics. It is a member of the Fantastic Four and the husband of Susan Storm (the Invisible Woman)

Personality

Reed Richards is a scientist. He is recognized as being one of the most intelligent men of the world. However, it is plunged so much in its work sometimes that it forgets some to carry out a social life. Most of the time, it can keep its coolness and is not kind to be irritated easily.

Moreover, although brain of the group, Mr. Fantastic is not any more his leader since his wife Jane took over temporarily the duties during her disappearance. Reed Richards was then exiled in a dimension without technological resources by Hyperstorm (descendant of Franklin Richards). The return of Richards, complexed as for its capacities of leader, will mark a turning in the history of the four fantastic ones. Its fear (distresses) to be able to protect its family from her enemies proves to be founded when the Doctor Fatalis kidnaps his son and dispatches it in the hells. With the reproaches of his wife concerning her incapacity, it makes the decision to direct the Latvérie what leads S.H.I.E.L.D and UNO to intervene.

Continuations of this cycle (death of the Thing, sequestration of the goods and asset of FantasticFour Inc. by the government) are considerable. Indeed, one sees Red Richards less and less assure, principal choice after error of judgments choice on error of judgment, saved in extremis by his family of increasingly perilous situations and isolating itself as long as one feels at his place a tendency to place oneself beyond the good and evil even beyond the human one (cf letter of rupture of Jane in Civil War).

The crossover Civil War and the role of Richards, eminently turbid, let plane a doubt as for the maintenance of the team under her current form. It is indeed favorable to the Registration Act (contrary to its positions of the Eighties), person in charge of died of Bill Foster via the cloning of Thor, recipient of military contracts of 2 billion dollards for the construction of a penitentiary in negative zone (that without informing its family of it) and clearly explaining in Amazing Spider-Man #535 its adhesion with this Crypto-Fascism by its resignation and its insensitivity.

Capacities

Since it was irradiated by cosmic rays, Red Richards has the capacity to make its body completely malleable.

It can be stretched, become deformed, extend, or be compressed. It can be rolled up around its adversaries and thus immobilize them. It can flatten its body for, for example, make it pass under a door etc It can form a sphere while being contorsionnant.

Its skin is almost impenetrable, which allows him, while being useful in addition to its elasticity, to absorb for example the impact of balls which it can even return to the shipper, with however a less force, thus putting it except combat without killing it. It can even contain certain explosions if they are not too powerful. It controls this cutaneous resistance, which allows him nevertheless for example if it wants to receive an injection.

Physics

Eyes: chestnut (blue in Ultimate Fantastic Furnace)
Size: 1,85 m

Adaptations

In the film the Four Fantastic (left in 2005) and its continuation the Four Fantastic ones and the Money Surfer (left in 2007), Reed Richards/Mr Fantastique is played by Ioan Gruffudd.

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