Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional character, a superhero that appears

in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the Fantastic

Four. Richards possesses a mastery of mechanical, aerospace and electrical
engineering, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and
alien biology. BusinessWeek listed Mr. Fantastic as one of the top ten most intelligent
fictional characters in merican comics.
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He is the inventor of the spacecraft $hich $as
bombarded by cosmic radiation on its maiden voyage, granting the Fantastic Four their
po$ers. Richards gained the ability to stretch his body into any shape he desires.
Richards acts as the leader and father figure of the Fantastic Four, although in recent
years he has increasingly been portrayed as being cold and distant to$ards his
teammates due to his scientific, methodical nature. %his is particularly true $ith his best
friend, &en 'rimm, $ho partially blames Richards for his transformation into a large,
rocky creature called the %hing. (henever Richards is confronted $ith a challenge, his
attention can be so focused that he can neglect even his o$n family. Regardless, he is
the loving husband of )usan )torm, father of son Franklin Richards and daughter *aleria
Richards, and mentor of his brother+in+la$, ,ohnny )torm.
%he character of Reed Richards $as portrayed by -oan 'ruffudd in the .//0
film Fantastic Four, and its .//1 se2uel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.