| Comics | Mainstream • Ultimate |
|---|---|
| Movies | FOX's Fantastic Four • FANT4STIC |
| “ | I learned that the difference between living and dying is managing fear. Not being so afraid of losing the things you love that you hold them too tight. I used to believe in universal contraction. Entropy and the end of all things. Well, I changed my mind. I'm letting go. Because now I believe in expansion. I believe we endure. Don't you see? Everything lives. | „ |
| “ | 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? | „ |
| “ | So we'll begin here... with you and me. With a new focus for your ongoing and never-ending education. Our curriculum wil start at survival and end at the edge of an eternal tomorrow. The rules are simple... I teach one class, and it's pass or fail. Welcome to the Future Foundation... Together, there is nothing we can't do. | „ |
| ~ Mister Fantastic |
Summary
Reed Richards, better known as Mister Fantastic, is the leader of the Fantastic Four and the head of the Future Foundation. A nearly unparalleled scientist, he invited his colleagues Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm to test an experimental spacecraft of his own design as the government threatened to withdraw funding. Although their launch was successful, the ship's shielding was inadequate to protect the team from a sudden burst of cosmic radiation caused by a solar flare as they tried to enter hyperspace. This radiation mutated Richards, allowing him to stretch and elongate his body at will into nearly any shape he could imagine, with his friends suffering mutations of their own. Convinced that he ought to use his newfound powers for the good of humanity, he created the Fantastic Four, one of the world's first superhero teams.
He would later marry Susan and have two children, Franklin Richards and Valeria Richards.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 8-C, up to 1-A with preparation time, higher with The Ultimate Nullifier
Name: Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic
Origin: Marvel Comics
Gender: Male
Age: Middle aged, likely in his 40s or 50s
Classification: Human Mutate, Leader of the Fantastic Four, Member of the Illuminati, Former Soldier
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Supergenius Intellect, Enhanced Senses (Unexplored, but knew where Psylocke was when she was invisible), Military Training, Preparation, Automatic Translation, Elasticity, Super Breath, Can mathematically predict his opponents' movements in advance, Body Control, Size Manipulation, Limited Attack Reflection. Resistance to Electricity Manipulation, Transmutation, Blunt Hits, Light Manipulation (Quickly recovered from a flash brighter than a supernova), Biological Manipulation (Quickly recovered from a neural shock), Poison Manipulation (Has been made immune[1] to over 16.000 kinds of poison), Limited Possession and Mind Manipulation (Reed was able to resist Owen from taking over his body and mind. Owen also notes that Reed has some good mental defences[2][3])
Possesses a device to reconstruct objects, Power Nullification (Created a weapon which nullifies Cosmic Cubes, and a device capable of permanently depowering Human Torch), Power Absorption (Dekion Pulses are able to absorb the strength of Uatu The Watcher), Existence Erasure (Using The Ultimate Nullifier), Statistics Reduction (As shown here[4]), Flight (Using the Fantasti-Car, Flying Harnesses and various ships), Vibration Manipulation and Sound Manipulation (Using Vibra-Guns), Light Manipulation (Using Flares) and Illusion Creation (Using Hologram Projector[5]), Air Manipulation (Using Vortex Machine), Perception Manipulation (Using Distortion Gas Cylinders), Limited Time Stop (Using the Chronal Displacement Device, can stop the time for 4 minutes around everywhere except a given area), Technology Overloading via the Pulse Gun and Resistance to Gas-Based Attacks using the Flex-O-Gen
Attack Potency: Building level (Can fight against those that can harm him. Damaged Grey Gargoyle. Pulverized a car), up to Outerverse level with preparation time (Built an Anti-Galactus Mech. Can create weapons that can badly injure Mad Celestials[6]), higher with The Ultimate Nullifier (Can erase Multiversal Eternity)
Speed: Relativistic+ (Moved only slightly slower than the speed of light,[7] and has dodged lasers at close range. Comparable to the Invisible Woman)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 1 when buffed (Decapitated an alien. Lifted large metal beams)
Striking Strength: Building level
Durability: Building level (Took hits from Daken), Planet level against blunt hits (Took punches from the Thing)
Stamina: Superhuman (Despite being stretched to his maximum length and his skin frozen, he endured the pain of his entirety nearly tearing apart and broke free)
Range: 4.8 km maximum stretching distance. Hundreds of meters for most attacks
Standard Equipment: His uniform (made of unstable molecules that stretches along with him, has an on-board computer with translator, remote controls for FF equipment and a digital interface, the suit also makes them resistant to some transmutation powers), in possession of the Power Gem but would never use it
- Optional Equipment: Various devices he is able to construct, The Ultimate Nullifier
Intelligence: Supergenius. He has created machines and devices far beyond anything else on earth, including time machines, FTL spaceships, dimensional portals, robots with power above the level of Galactus' heralds, planetbusting weapons, multiversal computers, reality warping devices, teleportation devices, discovered scientific principles far in advance of the rest of the world and even advanced alien races, devices that can harm cosmic beings, successfully convinced alien races to spare the life of Galactus when he was dying, fluent in multiple languages including alien languages, has a Ph.D. in practically every field imaginable (some of which he invented), master of psychology, often considered to be the smartest person in the Marvel Universe.
Weaknesses: Will undergo pain and injury if his body is stretched more than 3 miles, vulnerable to extreme heat and cold, sometimes has trouble understanding magic, vulnerable to energy blasts and weapons
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Elasticity: Reed can move his body through small openings, buff himself up to gain superhuman strength, and even imitate the appearance of another person or an inanimate object. He can also change his shape in mid-combat to react against the enemy's attacks or even counter them (i.e. turning into spikes). He can also change his size and volume at will to grow into massive proportions quickly, gaining a proportionate amount of strength in the process.
- Ricochet: Reed can curl himself into a ball and ricochet off hard surfaces into opponents at high speed. Reed can precisely calculate the angle in order to hit the enemy for certain.
- Suffocate: Reed can wrap his body around opponents, trapping and suffocating them.
- Slingshot: Reed can use his body like a giant rubber band, flinging himself, his allies, or his enemies at high speed in any direction.
- Reflect: Reed's body can stretch to absorb physical projectiles like bullets, then reflect them back at the attacker.
- Super Breath: By expanding his lungs, Reed can inhale a massive amount of air and blow it out with great force.
Notes: Before making any changes to this page, please read and follow the Power-scaling Rules for Marvel and DC Comics.
The Ultimate Nullifier constructed by Mister Fantastic is likely not remotely comparable to the scale of the real Nullifier, and keep in mind Reed doesn't always carry the Ultimate Nullifier
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Assassin's Creed) Altaïr's Profile (Speed was equalized, Apple of Eden was restricted, starting distance was 20 meters with no line of sight)
Captain Spaceboy (OMORI) Spaceboy's Profile (Speed was equalized, Space Ex-Husband Spaceboy was used, Standard Equipment only, battle took place in a snowy mountain)
Marcy Wu (Amphibia) Marcy's Profile (Everything above 8-C was restricted; Marcy had prior knowledge and a month of preparation time; Speed was equalized; Starting Distance: 20 meters)
Mister Fantastic (Fantastic Four FOX Duology) Mister Fantastic's Profile (Speed was equalized; Starting Distance: 48 meters)
Losses:
Batman (Post-Flashpoint) (DC Comics) Batman's Profile (Speed was equalized, and starting distance was 48 meters)
Sans (Undertale) Sans' Profile (Mister Fantastic was 8-C; Equipment: Standard Equipment only)
Inconclusive:
References
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