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The $200 Office
For small businesses in a never-ending fight for clients, first impressions mean a lot. So when a home-based financial planner wants to impress a CEO, a meeting at Starbucks (SBUX) just won't do. Yet many entrepreneurs aren't ready for the headaches and expense of leasing commercial office space. The solution for some: the "outsourced office."
The founder of one of several companies providing flexible work space is Mark Dixon, CEO of Regus Group, www.regus.com, a global firm with its U.S. base in Dallas. He recently told Smart Answers columnist Karen E. Klein how his entrepreneurial clients are able to cast a big shadow on a small budget. Edited excerpts of their conversation follow.
What's an "outsourced office," and how does it work?
Increasing numbers of small companies are realizing that they don't need full-time offices. Broadband Internet connections are very cost-effective, and with voice-over IP or just a regular telephone at home, why do you need to have people working out of an office? Occasionally, though, you need a place to entertain clients, meet with your staff, or just get away from the spouse and kids to work uninterrupted. That's what we provide.
What are the terms, and how does an entrepreneur arrange for an outsourced office space?
Say you or your team only needs a physical office location two or three days a week, or two or three days a month. Starting at $200 a month, you get access to the office space twice a month with a telephone number and a full-time receptionist to answer it all the time, use of a prestigious business address in one of 350 cities around the world, office equipment like copiers, printers and coffee machines, and Internet access.
The only thing we don't supply is computers; most of our clients bring in their own laptops. If they want filing cabinets, cupboards, and lockers to keep their things in when they're not there, we can arrange that for an additional fee.
That sounds awfully inexpensive. What's the top end of the price range?
The average price in the U.S. is about $600 a month, which includes access to one full-time office. That means you can put your family pictures up and leave all your materials there. If you're looking for a location on Park Avenue or Wall Street, or in Palo Alto, or Trafalgar Square in London, we have space in those prestigious addresses, but they're obviously going to be more expensive.
Tokyo is probably our most expensive location, and that's going to cost about $1,000 a month. Still, if you're a one-person company or a company that employs 10 or fewer people, our price is about 40% cheaper than you'd pay on your own. As companies get larger than 10 people, obviously, it becomes less cost-effective.
How much time and effort go into setting up an outsourced office?
It's actually just a one-page agreement like you'd sign when you're renting a car, and you can do it all online, including paying by credit card. You can walk into the office tomorrow, or next month, for a day or a year. You don't have to set up a long-term contract, and there won't be a landlord asking you for money when you leave.
How many entrepreneurs are taking you up on this deal?
We have about 100,000 companies and 200,000 individuals a day using our furnished offices, meeting rooms, conference facilities, videoconferencing suites, and business lounges internationally. Some facilities, like the videoconferencing suites and conference rooms, can be booked by the hour. Business lounges are furnished rooms near airports and hotels, where road warriors can go to do some work between client calls.
In the last couple of years we've seen unprecedented growth. This year, we're projecting 30% year-on-year growth over 2005.
Aside from the flexibility for home-based business owners, what are the major benefits for entrepreneurs?
Negotiating a long-term commercial lease is a time-consuming and even risky undertaking, because if your company hits a downturn, you'll be on the hook until the lease runs out. It also costs a lot to furnish and equip an office, and most people don't even realize that. They're calculating the price of the lease per square foot and forgetting about choosing the furniture, upgrading the wiring, maintaining the facility, and taking out the insurance. All that small stuff can add up to a large headache, and it's not productive time for the company.
How does your business model work?
The majority of our customers are taking the full-time packages, with the part-time packages in the minority. So we have a solid, long-term book of business from our full-time clients that covers our expenses. The part-time and virtual users maximize our profitability, so we can be very flexible with smaller companies and startups. We like to operate that way, because we see those clients as our future full-timers.
What are the virtual users getting?
They are getting a local address and telephone number, with a receptionist to answer the telephone, take messages, and sort and forward the mail. This is really a popular concept for small companies that want to venture into an overseas market, but are put off by the idea of braving their way into a different country and culture and trying to establish a physical presence there.
How do entrepreneurs set up international outsourced offices?
They can contract for part-time or full-time use of the office, which may be in London, India, China, or any one of 63 countries. I think our services overseas are even more valuable than they are in the U.S., because you've got the same ease of setup, but you've got staff who speak the language, understand the culture, and help you get started in business quickly and effectively.
Renting an office can be a minefield in a place like India. It can take months to accomplish. If you arrange for a place online, before you even get on the plane, you've got a local phone number, an e-mail account, and an address to go to. You're in business from Day One.
How does the pricing work overseas?
It can be quite different from place to place. An office in India is relatively cheap in dollars, for instance, while Japan is relatively expensive. The main thing is that you have an office where things feel and look the same as they do at home. Knowing where things are and feeling comfortable is really important when you're operating in another country.
Isn't that kind of homogenous "rent-an-office" feel sometimes criticized for giving off a cheap, unprofessional vibe?
Yes, but that's not what we're doing. We're providing high-quality offices with staff who are physically on-site. When a client walks in, it looks like any other quality office. This is not a call-center-driven operation. If you're a full-time client, we can do accent painting for you and have your logo printed up and hung over the door.
Where do you see your business going in the future?
Well, over the last 17 years, we've seen almost constant growth of mobile workers and home offices. In the last three years, it's really picked up. Our plans are to open many more centers in both urban and suburban areas, because a lot of home-based business people want a part-time office close to home.
We're even negotiating with a new home developer to put one of our centers in the midst of a new housing development. Everything would be connected up throughout the development with WiFi, and our center would be a hub available to all the people in the neighborhood who are working from home. We haven't signed anything yet, but the idea is promising.
Have a question about your business? Ask our small-business experts. Send us an e-mail at Smart Answers, or write to Smart Answers, BW Online, 45th Floor, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10020. Please include your real name and phone number in case we need more information; only your initials and city will be printed. Because of the volume of mail, we won't be able to respond to all questions personally.

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So on my DX50 with fw 1.22, I just got a different battery in, its KINPS branded, didnt know what to expect, but there is a definite difference in sound from stock battery, bass has increased immensely, more slam, more sub bass, treble has been tamed slightly, sound stage is smaller, everything sounds closer to you, vocals and instruments are all forward without being harsh, over all I prefer this sound. The stock battery sounds more balanced overall, but the treble is extremely tizzy for me and the bass is too soft, although the stock battery sounds a bit more transparent, and wider which I really like. Now I definitely want to try out a samsung battery, as the change in SQ from battery change is quite significant to me.
I get the impression that there is a lot more power behind the KINPS battery. But from the stock battery I get the impression that the power is cleaner. I'm hoping a samsung battery will combine both these traits :)
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Under the blazing heat of the Borneo sun, a beautiful naturalist's dream comes true - to live among the feral jungle creatures. But an untamed, irresistible beast of another sort forces her to explore her own wild side.
Spot-on: listen to more titles in Christine Feehan's Leopard series.
©2009 Christine Feehan; (P)2009 Penguin
"My only complaint was that the story wasn't longer"
A great story. Erotically charged. Since it is a relatively short book the plot isn't as complicated as many Christine Feehan books but it was quite good.
"The Awakening"
I have read all of this author's books, from several of her different series, and I have got to say this was the worst book I have read of hers. I guess, statistically, she was due for a stinker!
The love scenes got to be tiring and tedious- I actually had to skip over them since I couldn't take them anymore, which made the story end much faster, and made me feel cheated as far as the money spent to buy it.
Christine, please, go back to developing the storyline and cut out the sex already!
I enjoy reading series and very rarely read stand alone series. I mostly read romance and sci-fi & fantasy.
"Waste of money waste of time"
This is a waste of time! This book although important I guess for the series was just a waste of time and money. I am a huge fan of Christine Feehan she is the author who got me into paranormal books. So I figured that this series would be a good one. Man was i wrong.
It isn't that long but it took me forever to read. I can't explain. How much of a bore this book was.
A woman goes to the jungle of South America to inherit her dead parents estate. She meets a man and with in one day of meeting him falls in love with him and begins sleeping with him and decides to spend the rest of her life with him. Oh and a plot twist another man tries to steal her and the two men duke it out and fight to the death to have her. That is what the story is about in a two sentences.
From the excepts that I have apart from this one the rest of the series seem to have more meat to them, and should be more entertaining than this one.
I wold have to say hat this is not essential to the series and you can go on to the second book and be fine with out reading the first one. The narrator did a okay job but not the best. All in all this is not one of the best from Christine Feehan.
"Almost there"
It was not as riveting as I had expected. A lot more could have been done to the characters. Having read a lot of this writer's books I was disappointed
"Too short and too sexual"
Some less sex, more plot, more characters.
Entering the house for the first time.
It was well written but had very little plot, few characters and a lot of description of the bedroom. I don't mind sexual books, but I do like more to a book than just that. So, it's a so so book.
I absolutely LOVE Christine Feehan's stories, good story lines, and STRONG heroines! BUT, this reader gave her heroine such a weak, whiny quality, I found myself glad that this was one of the shorter of her stories. Would likely not purchase another book with Ms Kruise being the reader. :-(
Ms Kruise made the heroine appear weak and whiny. NOT Ms Feehan's heroines at all.
Enjoyed the story, though.
"More of the same"
I think so
it was to much like the Dark Series...which I loved I just thought this one would be ......more!
She wasn't bad at all space and tone was fine..
The characters were interesting... I don't think I would cut any.
I am willing to give the next book a try... I did like the story, again it's just that I though it would be different.....just something more... I can't put my finger on it..


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University of Mount Union Campus Life |
Ohio Athletic Conference
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Men's sports coaches (Average salary: $78,866) |
8 |
Women's sports coaches (Average salary: $59,044) |
Sport | Varsity Men | Varsity Women | Club | Intramural |
All Track Combined | 139 | 92 | - | - |
Baseball | 91 | - | - | - |
Basketball | 33 | 35 | - | |
Football | 232 | - | - | - |
Golf | 24 | 7 | - | |
Soccer | 45 | 28 | - | |
Softball | - | 32 | - | |
Swimming | 16 | 25 | - | - |
Tennis | 11 | 12 | - | - |
Volleyball | - | 20 | - | |
Wrestling | 41 | - | - | - |
Bowling | - | - | - | |
Court Sports | - | - | - | |
Flag Football | - | - | - | |
Frisbee/Disc Sports | - | - | - | |
Water Polo | - | - | - |
Student | Total |
American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0.1% |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
Black/non-Hispanic | 5.0% |
Hispanic | 1.4% |
Non-resident alien | 2.8% |
Race/Ethnicity unknown | 3.8% |
Two or more races | 1.5% |
White/non-Hispanic | 84.3% |
Disabilities | |
Percent of students with disability | 3% or less |
Services Offered
Musical Groups
Performance Arts
Journalism & Publications
Reserved Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
Arrests On Campus | |
Illegal Weapons Possession | 0 |
Drug Law Violation | 6 |
Liquor Law Violation | 6 |
Criminal Offenses On Campus | |
Personal Crime | 3 |
Property Crime | 21 |
Love the dorms!They are located idealy around campus.…
freshman dorms are fairly decent, and upperclassman dorms are great.…
Dorm life is a life changing experience but don't be scared of it. You get to make tons of new friends and your dorm cordinator puts together fun activities you…
Dorm life all depends on where you live. Everyone keeps their doors open so you can meet students just like you who are in the same boat. It is easy…
Mount Union dorms are much nicer than those you will see at most campuses in this area. We also have absolutely gorgeous upperclassman housing options such as townhouses, suites and…
Great the first couple weeks, eventualy gets old
Read MoreKresge Court is our main dining hall and has is open at the perfect times for everyone to get food. Most of the food is fresh, prepared that day, or used as leftovers for the next day in different dishes. The buffet style is also helpful since you can decide how much you want to eat for just one price. Most of the food in Kresge Court is good but some days, they try different recipes that don't seem to be good to me.
Read MoreThe food has been nationally acclaimed. AVI may have its bad days, but overall, the food is better than what you'd find at other universities. There's a sandwich station, fresh peanut butter daily, a home-style food station, a vegetarian station (which honestly is somewhat lacking), a large salad bar, a fresh made pasta station, an international food station, and a grill. Also always have cereal and ice cream for those who want them.
Read MoreThe food is good as a whole. They have a large amount of healthy food to choose from. They need to change up the selections, they seem to have the same meals alot. It would be nice if the cafeteria was open later. There are many athletes on campus and sometimes I am at practice longer and the cafeteria closes at 7:00 before I get home. I miss out on dinner. And on Sunday they close at 5:00 so we have to eat dinner at 4:00. Way to early.
Read MoreThere's a variety of Food and Dining plans, which is nice.
Read MoreJust like any cafeteria it gets old, the food isn't bad but it's not great either. They have a wide range of selections such as salad bar, pizza bar, international, home style, and sandwich bar.
Read MoreIt's college campus food, that's all that can really be said. It is not bad by any means and there is a lot of variety but let's be honest, after a year of the same foods who wouldn't get sick of it? We do however have a cafe on campus as well as fast food and restaurants within walking distance of campus.
Read MoreThe dining has alot of variety to choose from and more than one food cafe to choose from on campus.
Read Morea little pricy but very good food.
Read MoreAlpha Chi Omega
Read MoreGreek life on campus is decently big and I know that they do a great amount of community service and raise money for their philanthropies. I know that they are very close as well and that they are basically a second family to each other.
Read MoreSeveral different opportunities.
Read MoreAt Mount Union most of the campus has some form of Greek life affiliation. We have four sororities and four fraternities on campus as well as numerous service or educational fraternities. Greek life is a major part of Mount Unions history and accounts for much of the activities found on campus.
Read MoreGreek Life is definately fun and nice to get involved in if intersted for the cause of fundraising of the phianthropies.
Read MoreVery Active.
Read MoreI'm not in Greek life but it seems fun.
Read MoreAlpha Phi Omega, Alpha Zeta Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Sigma Tau, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Tau
Read Moredefinitely fun and a great experience, but there's no unpleasant pressure to join. i highly recommend going through recruitment though. you don't have to join afterward, but you'll be able to make a much more educated decision. the greeks on campus get along and there is more cooperation than competition.
Read Morei am not in greek life but i love going to the frat houses. it is a safe environment as apposed to many collegiate greek life settings.
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Neighbors defend elevated flaring at Shell
The elevated flaring, which caused the release of permitted levels of emissions, lasted for a week from Sunday, Dec. 2 until the plant fixed a faulty piece of equipment and returned to normal production on Sunday, Dec. 9.
Representatives of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), a New Orleans-based environmental health organization, canvassed the neighborhoods immediately surrounding the Shell/Motiva campus on Friday, Dec. 7.
Bianca Marie, an LABB canvasser, said most residents in the area did not report any health issues related to the flaring.
"We are told we are troublemakers, that nothings wrong and that no one has any health symptoms and if they did they would know because they have been living here their whole lives and they are just used to it," Marie said.
LABB canvasser Zubaid Karimov said at the time they had only received one complaint from a community member who complained of a headache.
According to a report later released by LABB, out of 103 people surveyed in the area surrounding the plant 71 reported immediate health impacts.
However, several parish residents said the plants were here first and that the flaring did not concern them.
Gina Caillouet, of Destrehan, said she is used to the flares and smoke because she was raised in Norco.
"If people dont like it, oh well. The plant was there before a lot of people were. I had no choice when I was little on where I lived. Now I do," Caillouet said. "So if you chose to move there or stay there then get used to the flares, the smoke and the noise."
Lori Duplessis agreed.
"Shell has flared since its existence. Thats what a refinery is supposed to do," she said. "Its kind of like choosing to live in south Louisiana but complaining about the heat and humidity."
Marie Guillot said that the plants and refineries in St. Charles Parish provide millions of tax dollars that go to schools, roadways and the hospital while providing job opportunities for thousands of residents.
"Flaring is a safety measure to protect you and the equipment being used in the plant. Without flares, things would explode and the really dangerous stuff would be released to the atmosphere," Guillot said. "When a power outage or some other upset occurs and you see flaring, thank God that the system is working properly. A big flame, some smoke and noise is much better than the alternative."
Toby Petit, who is an operator at the plant, echoed Guillot. He said the company does not want to flare because it means a loss of money.
"We dont flare because we want to, we flare because we have to," Petit said.
But others who live around Shell/Motiva did express concerns about the elevated flaring.
"I think we all know whats going on and have had enough," Susan Simoneaux said. "Its not normal, its not healthy, its not right. Something has to be done and now."
Paige Duhe, of Norco, said she is worried about the malfunctions at the plant, the possible pollution coming from it and is afraid to take her newborn child outside.
"If the elevated flaring does not have you worried for your childrens safety and your own then Im sorry for you," Duhe said. "These plants are becoming more and more unsafe. I feel as though we are not getting the whole story and Im just waiting for the plants and all of Norco to blow."
Jarrett Shelton, of Destrehan, said he was worried about the possible health impact of the emissions.
"No telling what kind of medical issues we are going to face later on in life," he said.
Rodney Mallett, communications director at Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), said the elevated flaring began early last week when an ethylene compressor malfunctioned at the plant.
"The flaring is a control device meant to minimize air emissions," Mallett said. "So what they are doing currently is sending a product line to flare to burn off."
The flaring then escalated when an electrical outage was reported at the plant on Dec. 6.
In a statement released following the power outage, Shell/Motiva reported increased flaring due to the power outage was separate from the equipment malfunction.
"We are working with Entergy to restore power to the affected substations as quickly as possible. This unit upset is separate from the issue that caused elevated flaring earlier this week," the statement said.
Later that afternoon, the company released a statement saying that they had resolved the power outage issue.
According to reports from the U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center, unknown amounts of butadiene, hydrogen sulfide and benzene were released as a result of the equipment malfunction.
Hydrogen sulfide is known to be potentially harmful to those with respiratory ailments, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and benzene is a known carcinogen.
Mallett said the emission levels recorded by LDEQ did not have any health implications.
"The flare is actually doing its job," Mallett said. "Its burning off everything it is supposed to.
"The levels we have seen are below evacuation levels and below any type of long-term or short-term health risk levels."
Mallett said LDEQ placed a mobile air monitoring lab at the site to record emissions and that a third party contractor working with Motiva/Shell was also monitoring emissions.
However, Mallett said it was his understanding that when black smoke is released from the flare, rather than white or no smoke, that it means more emissions are escaping the burn off procedure.
Throughout the flaring incident, the smoke released was reported at times to be a very dark black.
Attempts to correct the equipment failure were ongoing until Dec. 8 when Shell/Motiva reported the malfunctioning unit had been fixed and flaring was back to normal.
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Weird, Michelle Malkin forgot to include a link for her claim there are 2 million protesters in Washington, D.C today
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It's like Malkin just totally forgot, y'know:
12:34pm Eastern: Police estimate 1.2 million in attendance. ABC News reporting crowd at 2 million.
Teeny, tiny fringe, huh?
Yep, Malkin claims ABC is reporting 2 million, but Malkin can't find the link to the ABC report. Funny, neither can anybody else. What I did find at ABCnews.com was an AP report which claimed "tens of thousands" of protesters are marching today. I don't know, in the right-wing blogosphere does "tens of thousands" now translate into "2 million"?
Also, love Malkin's unsubstantiated claim that D.C. police estimated the crowd at 1.2 million. Again, no link or specific sourcing. It's weird, it's almost like Malkin is trying to deceive people. (Psst, I heard from a-friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend that ABC News is reporting crowd at 9 million. Think Malkin will post it?)
UPDATED: if you poke around the GOP sections of the Internet you'll discover that that nifty 1.2 million number is "unconfirmed." Shocking, I know.
UPDATED: ABC News confirms it never reported the 2 million number. Says it's "a total myth." Anxiously waiting for Malkin to explain the extra-large blunder.
UPDATED: It's like the blind leading the blind with these wingnuts. Complete (purposeful?) incompetence.
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Mister Fantastic
Mister Fantastic | |
Artwork for the cover of Fantastic Four vol. 3, 52 (Apr, 2002). Art by Mike Wieringo.
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961) |
Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Reed Richards |
Species | Human Mutate |
Team affiliations | Future Foundation Fantastic Four Avengers Defenders Illuminati |
Notable aliases | Invincible Man, Reed Benjamin |
Abilities |
Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character 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 American comics.[1] He is the inventor of the spacecraft that was bombarded by cosmic radiation on its maiden voyage, granting the Fantastic Four their powers. 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 towards his teammates due to his scientific, methodical nature. This is particularly true with his best friend, Ben Grimm, who partially blames Richards for his transformation into a large, rocky creature called the Thing. Whenever Richards is confronted with a challenge, his attention can be so focused that he can neglect even his own family. Regardless, he is the loving husband of Susan Storm, father of son Franklin Richards and daughter Valeria Richards, and mentor of his brother-in-law, Johnny Storm.
He was first speculated,[2] and later confirmed, to be on the autistic spectrum.[3]
The character of Reed Richards was portrayed by actors Alex Hyde-White in the 1994 The Fantastic Four film, Ioan Gruffudd in the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Miles Teller in the 2015 film Fantastic Four.
Publication history[edit]
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Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). He was one of the four main characters in the title. Lee has stated the stretch powers were inspired by DC's Plastic Man, which had no equivalent in Marvel.[4]
Reed Richards has continued to appear regularly in the Fantastic Four comic for the majority of its publication run.
Fictional character biography[edit]
Pre-Fantastic Four[edit]
Born in Central City, California, Reed is the son of Evelyn and Nathaniel Richards. Nathaniel was a scientific genius, and Reed inherited a similar level of intellect and interests. A child prodigy with special aptitude in mathematics, physics, and mechanics, Reed Richards had enrolled in college by the time he was 14, attending such prestigious universities as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Columbia University, and the fictional Empire State University. By the age of 20,[citation needed] he had several degrees in the sciences under his belt.
It was at State University (not to be confused with Empire State University) that he met Benjamin J. Grimm.[5] Reed had already begun designing a starship capable of traveling in hyperspace. Sharing his plans with his new roommate, Grimm jokingly volunteered to pilot the craft.
When 19-year-old Reed continued his education by attending Columbia University in Manhattan, he rented a room in a boarding house owned by the aunt of a young girl named Susan Storm. To his embarrassment, the girl, who was 13, instantly fell in love with him. Even though Reed had to move on, she continued to carry a torch for Richards. Also while at Columbia, he met a brilliant fellow student, Victor Von Doom. In Richards, Doom met the first person who could match him intellectually; regarding Richards as his ultimate rival, Doom became increasingly jealous of Richards. Determined to prove he was better, Doom conducted reckless experiments which eventually scarred his face and would lead him to become Doctor Doom.
Moving on to Harvard, Reed earned Ph.D.s in Physics and Electrical Engineering while working as a military scientist, all this by the age of 22.[citation needed] He also worked in communications for the Army. Three years later, in his mid-20s, Reed used his inheritance, along with government funding, to finance his research. Determined to go to Mars and beyond, Richards based the fateful project in Central City. Susan Storm, now a young adult, moved into the area, and within a short time, found herself engaged to Reed. Due to her family's lucrative savings and involvement in charitable foundations, she provided more funding when his money ran out. Likewise, Reed's old college roommate, Ben Grimm, now a successful test pilot and astronaut, was indeed slated to pilot the craft.
All seemed well; however, when the government threatened to cut funding and cancel the project, Reed, Ben, Sue, and Sue's younger brother Johnny, agreed to sneak aboard the starship and take it up immediately. They knew they had not completed all the testing that had been planned, but Reed was confident they would be safe. Ben was initially skeptical about the unknown effects of radiation, while Reed theorized that their ship's shielding would be adequate to protect them.
It was on Reed's initiative that the fateful mission which had Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm accompanying him into space took place. When their ship passed through the Van Allen belt they found their cockpit bombarded with nearly lethal doses of cosmic radiation. Reed had neglected to account for the abnormal radiation levels in the belt's atmosphere. The cosmic rays wreaked havoc on the starship's insufficient shielding and they were forced to return to Earth immediately. When they crash-landed they found that their bodies were changed dramatically. Reed's body was elastic and he could reshape any portion of his body at will. At his suggestion, they decided to use their new abilities to serve mankind as the Fantastic Four. Reed was chosen to lead the group, under the name "Mr. Fantastic".[6] He later told his daughter, by way of a bedtime story, that the reason he suggested they become adventurers and gave them such outlandish costumes and names as "Mister Fantastic" and "The Thing" was that he knew they would likely be hated and feared for their powers without such an over-the-top public image.[7]
This history has been changed over the years in order to keep it current. In the original comics, Richards was a veteran of World War II who had served behind enemy lines in occupied France, and the goal of his space mission was a manned space flight to the moon before the Communists were able to. This was later changed to getting there before the Chinese Communists and to explore the interstellar areas of the red planet and beyond. Also, in the earlier stories, Reed was said to have met Susan when he was 23 and she was 12, but this has been retconned to a more reasonable six-year age difference.[citation needed]
Leadership of the Fantastic Four[edit]
The early career of the Fantastic Four led Mister Fantastic to a number of discoveries, and had their first encounters with many unusual characters. In the team's first appearance, they battled the Mole Man.[6] They then battled the Skrulls.[8] Soon after that, the team encountered the Sub-Mariner.[9] They then had the first of many battles with Doctor Doom.[10] They later journeyed to a subatomic world.[11] Soon after that, they encountered Rama-Tut.[12] They then battled the Molecule Man.[13]
As the team leader, Mr. Fantastic created numerous exotic devices and vehicles for the team to use such as clothing made of 'unstable molecules' so that it can be used with their powers safely. Furthermore, he often leads the team into daring expeditions such as into the Negative Zone in addition to opposing evil. Also, he has felt personally responsible for Ben Grimm's grotesque change and has labored off and on to reverse it permanently.
Under his guidance, the team went on to become Earth's most celebrated band of heroes. Together, they would save the world countless times. Ever driven by his quest for knowledge, Reed is believed by most to be the Earth's foremost intelligence. There is little he cannot create, fix, or understand given time. The patents and royalties on his inventions alone have funded the group over the years.
However, there are drawbacks to his association with the team. Chief among them is the team's violent encounters with Doctor Doom, who believes that Reed was responsible for the accident that scarred him. Doom has never forgiven Reed and has sworn revenge. Doom has even gone as far as transforming Reed into a monstrous freak, attacking Reed's children and attempting to seduce Sue.
Subplots and story arcs[edit]
After many adventures as the Fantastic Four, Reed married Sue.[14] Not long after that, the team encountered the Inhumans for the first time.[15][16] They next encountered Galactus and the Silver Surfer.[17] Reed then opened a portal to the Negative Zone for the first time.[18] Soon, the team first battled the Psycho-Man.[19] Before long Reed and Sue had a baby, young Franklin Richards; the team battled Annihilus right before Franklin's birth.[20] Franklin was a mutant with incredible powers, but, due to the cosmic ray alteration to his parents' DNA, they manifested while he was still very young (in the Marvel world, most mutants like the X-Men get their powers while teenagers). Franklin appears to have power that can rival a member of the Celestials; the power of a god in the body of a small child. The couple briefly separated,[21] and Reed further alienated Sue by shutting down Franklin's mind in order to prevent his power from causing global catastrophe;[22] Sue Storm initiated divorce proceedings but the two were reconciled soon after.[23]
Reed also saved Galactus's life during the course of his adventures.[24] He then bought the Baxter Building.[25] Later, he was tried by the Shi'ar for saving Galactus's life, but the charges were dropped when Eternity briefly granted all those attending the trial a moment of 'cosmic awareness' that allowed them to understand that Galactus was necessary for the continued well-being of the universe.[26] Reed's battle with Gormuu prior to getting his powers was recounted.[27] Just after that, Reed was reunited with his father in an alternate timeline.[28] Some time later, Reed and Sue retired from the Fantastic Four,[29] and then joined the Avengers, although Reed's past experience as leader of the Fantastic Four meant that he had trouble adjusting to following Captain America's lead regardless of his respect for the other man.[30] Eventually, Reed and Sue did rejoin the Fantastic Four.[31]
In the course of fighting an alien called Hunger, Doctor Doom was seriously injured. The Fantastic Four were also part of the battle against Hunger and Doom asked for his old enemy to take his hand. At that point they both disappeared in a flash, leaving nothing but ashes. It would appear as if the two sworn enemies had fittingly died in each other's hands.[volume & issue needed]
However, unknown to anyone else at the time, Reed and Doom had actually been thrown back into the time of barbarians and onto an alien world by a being called Hyperstorm, Reed's grandchild from an alternate future, the child of Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers, daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey. They were so far into the past, and with no technology, that even their brilliant minds couldn't find a way back home. Doom was captured and held prisoner by Hyperstorm. Reed wandered aimlessly for about a year.[volume & issue needed]
Meanwhile, the rest of the FF recruited Scott Lang as scientific advisor. They even confronted an insane alternative version of Reed called the Dark Raider who was traveling from reality to reality, destroying all the various versions of himself after his own failure to save his world from Galactus in their original confrontation.[volume & issue needed]
A while later, the remaining members of the FF along with the Sub-Mariner, Lyja and Kristoff Vernard found themselves trapped in the same era as their Reed and Doom. They found Reed but faced a new problem: during his time alone, Reed had resigned himself to the reality that it was impossible for his old friends to stage a rescue and attacked them but soon realized that these truly were his friends. After returning to their own time period, he sought out Galactus as he was the only being in the Universe who could defeat Hyperstorm. Upon Hyperstorm's defeat at the hands of Galactus, the FF returned to the present day where they continued their lives, not only as a team, but as a family.[volume & issue needed]
Onslaught and Heroes Reborn[edit]
Shortly after their return, the FF were confronted by a being called Onslaught. Onslaught took control of an army of Sentinels and invaded New York City, hunting down every mutant being he could find. Onslaught wished to add the abilities of the godlike Franklin Richards to his own. Only through the apparent sacrifice of the Fantastic Four's own lives and that of many of the heroes in the Marvel universe was Onslaught finally vanquished. The heroes would have died then and there if not for Franklin, who created an alternate reality for them to reside in. Completely oblivious to what had taken place, Reed and his compatriots relived most of their lives. In their absence the Fantastic Four's headquarters, Four Freedoms Plaza, was annihilated by a super villain group called the Masters of Evil, posing as heroes, The Thunderbolts. One year later, Franklin returned with his family along with the other heroes from the parallel reality. Reed was overjoyed to see his son again, but he and the rest of the FF found themselves without a home, moving into Reed's storage warehouse on Pier 4, overlooking the East River. Making this their home, the Fantastic Four continued with their lives, eventually managing to move back into the Baxter Building.[volume & issue needed]
It has emerged that Reed is one of the members of the "Illuminati", unknown to his wife. He is also in possession of the "Power" gem of the Infinity Gauntlet.[volume & issue needed]
In Marvel's Civil War miniseries and crossover event, Reed Richards is one of the leading figures, along with Iron Man, on the side which is in favor of the Superhuman Registration Act. He speculates that this will lead to conflict with his wife, which came true in issue #4 of the miniseries when a clone of Thor, created by him and Tony Stark, went out of control and killed Goliath and nearly killed all the rest of the Secret Avengers until Sue Storm stepped in and saved them. Soon after, Sue left Reed, along with Johnny, to join the Secret Avengers in hopes that it would drive Reed to end the conflict quickly.[volume & issue needed]
In The Amazing Spider-Man #535, which takes place shortly before the events of Civil War #5, Peter Parker demands to see the conditions inside the detention facility designed by Reed to hold unregistered superhumans. After being escorted to and from the prison by Iron Man, Parker returns with more doubts than ever about whether he is on the right side and asks Reed why he supports the Superhuman Registration Act, a question Reed answers by telling the story of his paternal uncle, Ted. A professional writer, Reed remembers his uncle as "funny", "colorful", and "accepting". As a boy, Reed loved spending time with Ted. Unfortunately, Ted was also "an eccentric" and "stubborn". Because he had a career in the arts and because he stood out, Ted was called before HUAC, imprisoned on contempt of Congress charges for six months, and was unable to find work after he'd served his sentence. He was even shunned by Reed's father. Ted lost everything, which Reed says finally "killed him" without going into greater detail. Richards opines that his uncle was wrong to take such a stand, to pick a fight he couldn't win, and to fail to respect the law.[volume & issue needed]
However Fantastic Four #542 reveals that the real reason for supporting the registration act is due to his development of a working version of Isaac Asimov's fictional psychohistory concept. His application of this science indicates to him that billions will die in escalating conflicts without the presence of the act. In the final battle of the war, he is shot by Taskmaster, saving Sue Storm's life. With Reed on the brink of death, a furious Sue crushes Taskmaster with a telekinetic field. Reed survives, however, and Sue returns to him in the aftermath of the battle, having been granted amnesty. Seeking to repair the damage done to their marriage as a result of the war, Sue and Reed take time off from the Fantastic Four, but ask Storm and the Black Panther to take their places in the meantime.[volume & issue needed]
World War Hulk[edit]
Within the midst of Civil War, Reed Richards learned from a brief conversation with Mastermind Excello that the Hulk is not on the planet where the Illuminati attempted to exile him. After a conversation over the good the Hulk has done for humanity, Reed tells Iron Man of what happened to the Hulk and also states that the Hulk has friends, and "may God help us if they find him before we do".[volume & issue needed]
Within the aftermath of Civil War, Reed Richards had been keeping tabs on Mastermind Excello and when the She-Hulk learned about the Hulk's exile, Reed Richards sends out Doc Samson to confront her when he sees her meeting with Mastermind Excello.[volume & issue needed]
In World War Hulk #1, Reed is shown with Tony Stark as Iron Man. Both men were trying to convince Sentry to fight the Hulk, thinking that the calm aura that the Sentry produces may be able to stop the Hulk's rampage.[32] In World War Hulk #2, with the aid of the rest of the Fantastic Four, Storm, and the Black Panther, Reed is able to create a machine that projects an image of the Sentry and recreates the hero's aura of calm. He uses the machine on the Hulk just as he is about to defeat the Thing, but the Hulk knows it is not the real Sentry and destroys the machine. In a last line of defense, Sue Storm tries to protect her husband by encapsulating the Hulk in an energy field while pleading with him to spare Reed. The Hulk does not listen and is able to easily exert enough strength against her force field to cause Susan to collapse and experience a nosebleed from the stress, before she dooms Reed to the Hulk's wrath.[33]
Reed is later seen among the various heroes that the Hulk defeated so far, within the depths of the Hulk's Gladiator arena located within Madison Square Garden. He and all of the heroes are implanted with "obedience disks" that are used to suppress their powers.[volume & issue needed] These disks are the same that were used upon the Hulk during his time on Sakaar.[34] The Hulk orders Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic to face off in battle. Richards, after having the upper hand on Stark, is then given the thumbs down by Hulk, instructing Richards to kill Stark.[35] However the Hulk spares their lives, showing them that he proved his point to the world. They survived the encounter by Hulk's mercy and the timely intervention of the Sentry. The Illuminati are partially cleared from the responsibility of Sakaar's destruction when Miek, one of the Hulk's alien allies, admits he saw the Red King forces breach the ship's warp core. Miek kept quiet to initiate what he felt was Hulk's destiny as the "Worldbreaker".[36]
Secret Invasion[edit]
Mister Fantastic was at the Illuminati's meeting discussing the threat of the Skrulls when the Black Bolt with them was revealed to be a Skrull in disguise.
Mister Fantastic and Hank Pym autopsy the body of the Skrull who impersonated Elektra (with Reed pretending to be seeing the corpse for the first time, thus keeping the secret of the Illuminati). After completing the dissection, Reed claims to have discovered the secret of how the Skrulls have been able to conceal their identities. Before he can elaborate, "Hank Pym" reveals himself to be a Skrull and shoots Richards with a weapon that violently leaves his elastic body in a state of chaotic disarray similar to Silly String.[37] In Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #1, it is shown that a Skrull assumed Reed's form in order to successfully ambush and capture Sue Richards, to facilitate an attack on the Fantastic Four's headquarters.
A conscious but still mostly shapeless Reed Richards is seen being forcibly stretched in all directions to cover the floor of a medium-sized arena aboard a Skrull ship, with all of the seats filled by Skrull onlookers.[38] He is freed by Abigail Brand, and then travels with her to the Savage Land and uses a device to reveal all the Skrull invaders present.[39] After helping the Avengers to defeat the imposters and return to New York, Reed aids the heroes and villains of Earth in their battle against the Skrulls.[40]
Dark Reign[edit]
Mister Fantastic aids the New Avengers in the search for the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.[41] He and the rest of the Fantastic Four are magically reduced to television signals by the chaotic activities of the Elder God Chthon, to prevent them from intervening, though after Chthon is defeated, he and the other three are turned back.[42]
Norman Osborn has sent H.A.M.M.E.R. agents to shut down the Fantastic Four and capture them, expelling them from the Initiative and stripping them all their rights. Taking place a week from the Secret Invasion, which has caused Richards to seriously reevaluate his own life and the life he has built for his family, resulting in turbulent internal conflicts. Richards, as he takes a long, hard look at the life, is prompted to construct a machine that is capable of bending reality itself, to do so. Agents from H.A.M.M.E.R. (sent by Norman Osborn, a man well aware Reed is one of the few that have intellect exceeding even his own and thus pose a great threat to his carefully constructed shadow world) arrive just as Reed activates the machine, interfacing with the Baxter Building's power supply, resulting in an energy flactuation that sends Sue, Ben and Johnny back to the prehistoric era, fraught with dangers, which manifest in the form of the First Celestial Host. Reed searches for answers which can only be found in alternate timelines as the three find themselves in a super hero Hyborian-age civil war; Franklin and Valeria are the only ones available to confront the agents Osborn sent. Richards studies other parallel Earths to see if any found a peaceful solution to the Civil War, which resulted from the Superhuman Registration Act. Reed peers into different worlds, some more bizarre than our own, to see what they did differently. This is an insightful look into where the Marvel Universe has gone in the past "year" (in Marvel time) and to see who was at fault, if anyone. Reed meets with the other five Illuminati to handle the problem. Ultimately, after seeing about a million alternate Earths, he had concluded that there was no way for the Civil War to be resolved but that he, as the cleverest man in the Marvel Universe, had a responsibility to put things right. But before turning the machine off, he searches for other realities where they have the same machines he is using; the machine locates them and the people he finds tell him that they can help him.[43]
Reed Richards reappeared in Mighty Avengers #24 refusing to give Hank Pym an invention previously left in the care of the Fantastic Four, following Bill Foster's untimely death,[44] causing the Wasp to lead the team of Mighty Avengers to retrieve the device.[volume & issue needed] In the next issue, Pym's attempting to knock down the Baxter Building (due to Loki's manipulations, likely) sows further displeasure and leads to a direct conflict between the Fantastic Four and Loki's Mighty Avengers,[volume & issue needed] stretching across to Mighty Avengers #26. This conflict eventually ends in a new base for the Mighty Avengers and a shockingly disturbing alliance of the Dark Reign;[volume & issue needed] the next issue of the Mighty Avengers will show a new character, a ruler known as the Unspoken, one more powerful than any other in the universe, to the point he had to be erased from history, and how his return will impact the planet and the cosmos beyond, in the War of Kings.[volume & issue needed]
After the Secret Invasion and some time into the Dark Reign, in the War of Kings, when Blastaar is about to open the portal to Earth, on the other side in Camp Hammond, Star-Lord and the Guardians tell Reed Richards and others to never open the portal, or they will face the wrath of Blastaar. Mister Fantastic agrees and says they will not open the portal and then asks who they are. Star-Lord replies, "We're the Guardians of the Galaxy" before leaving.[45]
Future Foundation[edit]
Tragedy strikes the team when Johnny is apparently killed in the Negative Zone.[46] As the Fantastic Four recover from Johnny's apparent death, Mister Fantastic grows disillusioned at how scientists see science and its applications. Therefore, he creates a new team, the Future Foundation, to help create a better future for mankind.[47] However, the team's initial tasks are complicated when they are forced to deal with the 'Council of Reeds', a group of alternate versions of Reed Richards who lack his morality or family that became trapped in the FF's reality after an accident with Reed's dimensional portal.[volume & issue needed]
The Quiet Man[edit]
After Johnny is returned and the team resume using the Fantastic Four name, they are systematically attacked by the mysterious Quiet Man, a figure who reveals that he has been behind many of the villain attacks the FF have faced over the years, now stepping forward to take a more active role as he shuts down Johnny's powers, frames the Thing for murder, has Reed and Sue Richards declared unfit guardians for their children, and then abducts Reed with the intention of framing him for a series of attacks committed by the heroes created in Franklin's pocket universe.[volume & issue needed] However, Reed is able to defeat the Quiet Man's plan to proclaim himself the hero who defeated Reed's 'attack' on the world when he realizes that the Psycho-Man - one of the Quiet Man's allies - intended to betray him, forcing Reed and the Quiet Man to work together to deactivate the Psycho-Man's equipment.[volume & issue needed]
Secret Wars[edit]
During the Secret Wars storyline, Reed is one of the few survivors of Earth-616 to come through with his memories intact, hiding in a 'life raft' with various other heroes and eventually released by Doctor Strange.[48] Learning that the new 'Battleworld' is now ruled by Doctor Doom, who has absorbed the power of various Beyonders and Molecule Men to become a virtual god, Reed and the other heroes disperse across Battleworld to come up with a plan.[volume & issue needed] Reed eventually starts working with his counterpart from the Ultimate Marvel universe who is now calling himself Maker. The two find themselves disagreeing on their methods, with Reed preferring to find a way to save the world while Maker is more focused on killing their enemy, Reed countering his other self's accusations that he is weak by musing that he simply has things to care for outside of himself.[49] In the final confrontation, Reed and the Maker discover that the source of Doom's power is the Molecule Man, but although the Maker attempts to betray Reed by forcibly devolving him into an ape, Reece reverses the Maker's attack and turns him into pepperoni pizza. When Doom comes down to confront Reed, Reed challenges Doom as Reece temporarily deprives Doom of his new god-level powers, Reed proclaiming Doom to be nothing more than a coward for taking control of what was left of existence rather than trying to reshape it. Inspired by Reed's words, Reece transfers Doom's power to him, with Reed recreating the former Earth-616 before he, Susan, their children, and the rest of the Future Foundation move to use Franklin and Reed's powers to rebuild the multiverse.[50]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Reed Richards gained the power of elasticity from irradiation by cosmic rays. He has the ability to convert his entire body into a highly malleable state at will, allowing him to stretch, deform, and reform himself into virtually any shape. Reed Richards has been observed as being able to utilize his stretching form in a variety of offensive and defensive manners, such as compressing himself into a ball and ricocheting into enemies, or flattening himself into a trampoline or a parachute to rescue a teammate. He can willfully reduce his body's cohesion until he reaches a fluid state, which can flow through minute openings. Reed is also able to shape his hands into hammer and mace style weapons, and concentrate his mass into his fists to increase their density and effectiveness as weapons.
The most extreme demonstration of Reed's powers is when at one point he was able to increase his size and mass to Thing-like proportions which also increased his physical strength.[volume & issue needed]
Assuming and maintaining these shapes used to require extreme effort. Due to years of mental and physical training, Reed can now perform these feats at will. Maintaining his body's normal human shape requires a certain degree of ongoing concentration. When Reed is relaxed and distracted, his body appears to "melt in slow motion" according to his wife.[51] Being forcefully stretched to extremes during a short span of time (by a taffy-puller-type machine, for example) also causes Reed to suffer intense pain and the temporary loss of his natural elastic resiliency.
Reed Richards' strength comes more from the powers of his mind than the powers of his body; indeed, he once told Spider-Man that he considers his stretching powers to be expendable compared to his intellect.[52] Some stories have implied that Reed's intellect may have been boosted by his powers, as he once visited an alternate universe where his other self-had never been exposed to cosmic rays and was notably less intelligent than him,[53] though purely human versions of Reed that are as or even more intelligent than himself have been shown, particularly among the Council of Reeds.[54] Tony Stark has commented that Reed's ability to make his brain physically larger (via his elastic powers) gives him an advantage, though this seems to be meant more as a joke. That said, scenes from the same issue show Reed "inflating" his skull as he calculates the power output of Tony's Repulsor-battery heart implant.[55]
For virtually his entire publication history, Richards has been depicted as one of the most intelligent characters in the Marvel Universe. A visionary theoretician and an inspired machine smith, he has made breakthroughs in such varied fields as space travel, time travel, extra-dimensional travel, biochemistry, robotics, computers, synthetic polymers, communications, mutations, transportation, holography, energy generation, and spectral analysis, among others. However, he is never afraid to admit when others have greater expertise in certain fields than him, such as recognizing that Doctor Octopus possesses greater knowledge of radiation,[56] that Hank Pym is a superior biochemist,[57] or that Spider-Man can think of a problem from a biology perspective where he would be unable to do so, since his expertise is in physics.[58] Richards has earned Ph.D.s in Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering. His patents are so valuable that he is able to bankroll the Fantastic Four, Inc., without any undue financial stress. Mind control is rarely effective on him and when it does work, it wears off sooner than it would a normal person, due to what he describes as an "elastic consciousness".[volume & issue needed] However, this intelligence can be a handicap in his dealings with magic, as it required an intense lesson from Doctor Strange and facing the threat of his son being trapped in Hell for Reed to fully acknowledge that the key to using magic was to accept that he would never understand it.[59]
Richards is also an accomplished fighter due to his years of combat experience with the Fantastic Four, and has earned a black belt in judo.[volume & issue needed]
Following the Battleworld crisis, Reed has acquired the powers of the Beyonders that were once wielded by Doom, but he relies on his son Franklin's creativity and new powers to help him recreate the multiverse after the incursions destroyed the other parallel universes.[60]
Equipment and technology[edit]
Although the Fantastic Four have numerous devices, crafts, and weapons, there are some items that Reed Richards carries with him at all times.
Fantastiflare: Launches a fiery "4" into the sky that is used during combat situations to let other members of the group know their location.
Uniform Computer: Like all the Fantastic Four's costumes and the rest of Reed's wardrobe, his suit is made of "unstable molecules". This means that the suit is attuned to his powers, which is why Johnny's costume doesn't burn when he "flames on", Sue's costume turns invisible when she does, and Reed's costume stretches with him. The costume also insulates them from electrical assaults. In addition, the team's uniforms are also, in essence, wearable computers. Their costumes have a complete data processing and telemetry system woven into the material of the uniform on a molecular level. This forms a network with the entire team, providing a constant, real-time uplink of everyone's physical condition as well as their location and current situation. The suit is capable of displaying data and touch-pad controls on the gauntlets. Its sensors can track all of the team's uniforms and provide a picture of their immediate vicinity. The suit has an intricate scanner system which can detect things around the wearer, from how many people are in the next room to what dimension or planet they are on. Reed can also up-link the bodysuit to any computer by stretching his fingertips to filament size and plugging them into an I/O data-port. With this, Reed can establish a fairly comprehensive database of any computer's cybernetic protocols and encryption algorithms.
Other versions[edit]
In other media[edit]
- Mister Fantastic appeared in the 1967 Fantastic Four TV series, voiced by Gerald Mohr.
- Mister Fantastic also led the team in the 1978 Fantastic Four TV series, voiced by Mike Road.
- Mister Fantastic appeared in the 1994 animated series voiced by Beau Weaver.
- Beau Weaver reprises his role of Mister Fantastic in the The Incredible Hulk episode "Fantastic Fortitude". He and the other Fantastic Four take their vacation prior to Hulk, She-Hulk, and Thing fighting Leader's Gamma Soldiers.
- Mister Fantastic appears toward the end of the 1994 Spider-Man TV series voiced by Cam Clarke. He and the Fantastic Four are among the heroes Spider-Man summons to a planet to help him against the villains the Beyonder brought there. Mister Fantastic helps to awaken the dormant part of Curt Conners' mind in The Lizard.
- Reed Richard's name is also briefly mentioned twice in the first episode of Spider-Man Unlimited. First mentioned in an interview, he is later seen again when Spider-Man gets some equipment from Reed which aids him in building his new stealth-uniform.
- Mister Fantastic is in the 2006 Fantastic Four TV series voiced by Hiro Kanagawa.
- Mister Fantastic is featured in The Super Hero Squad Show voiced by James Marsters.[61]
- Mister Fantastic appeared in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. He made a brief cameo appearance in the episode "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow". He reappears in the episode "The Private War of Doctor Doom" where the Avengers and the Fantastic Four team up to battle Doctor Doom and his Doombots.
- Mister Fantastic appears in the Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. episode "Monsters No More", voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.[62]
- The unreleased 1994 film The Fantastic Four featured Alex Hyde-White as Mister Fantastic.
- Mister Fantastic has been played by actor Ioan Gruffudd in the 2005 film Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Both movies were directed by Tim Story. In the film continuity, Reed Richards is, initially, a brilliant but timid and pedantic scientist who, despite his genius-level understanding of the sciences and being (as he is described in the second film) "one of the greatest minds of the 21st century", is fiscally incompetent and nearing bankruptcy, forcing him to seek investment from Victor von Doom (in the film continuity a rival scientist and successful businessman) to further his projects.
- By the events of Rise of the Silver Surfer, Richards is, along with his teammates, an internationally recognized superhero and celebrity. Reed's celebrity status sometimes gets to his head, like when he gives in to the seduction of three sexy women who he meets at a bar. Reed and Sue are now engaged, although Reed has trouble keeping himself from being distracted from his imminent wedding (which is established as the fifth attempt they have made).[63][64]
- Mister Fantastic makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the animated direct-to-video film Planet Hulk. His face was shadowed because the rights to the character were held by 20th Century Fox.[citation needed] He and the members of the Illuminati regretfully inform Hulk of the decisions made to ensure his removal from Earth.
- Miles Teller portrayed Reed in Fantastic Four, directed by Josh Trank.[65][66] At a young age, Reed Richards and Be Grimm work on a project teleporter which catches the attention of the Baxter Foundation's director Franklin Storm. Reed helps to create the Quantum Gate which takes him, Ben, Johnny Storm, Susan Storm, and Victor von Doom to Planet Zero. The effects of Planet Zero gives Reed the ability to stretch. Blaming himself for the incident while being held at a government facility, Reed escapes and remains incognito. After being found by the military one year later, Reed is taken to Area 57 where he is persuaded to help repair the Quantum Gate. Things get worse when Victor von Doom resurfaces and plans to use Planet Zero to reshape Earth. After he, Ben, Johnny, and Susan defeat Victor, they remain together as Reed is the one who comes up with their group name.
Video games[edit]
- Mister Fantastic is a playable character in the Fantastic Four PlayStation game.
- Mister Fantastic has a cameo appearance in the Spider-Man game based on his 1990s animated series for Sega Genesis and Super NES. By reaching certain levels of the game, Mr. Fantastic can be called a limited number of times for assistance.
- Mister Fantastic appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance voiced by David Naughton. He has special dialogue with Bruce Banner, Uatu, Black Bolt, Karnak, Crystal, Arcade, and Colonel Fury. A simulation disk has Mister Fantastic fight Bulldozer in Murderworld. Another simulation disk has Thing protect Mister Fantastic, when he's frozen by Rhino.[67] His classic, New Marvel, original and Ultimate costumes are available.
- Mister Fantastic appears in the Fantastic Four video game based on the 2005 film voiced by Ioan Gruffudd with his classic appearance voiced by Robin Atkin Downes in bonus levels.
- Mister Fantastic appears in the Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer video game based on the film voiced by Matthew Kaminsky.
- Mister Fantastic appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Robert Clotworthy. His classic design is his default costume and his Ultimate design is his alternate costume. Since the game is based on Civil War, he is locked onto the Pro-Registration side along with Iron Man and Songbird.
- Mister Fantastic is a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
- Reed Richards is one of the four scientists Spider-Man tries to call in the 2008 video game Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, along with Tony Stark, Hank McCoy and Henry Pym.
- Mister Fantastic makes a cameo in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 in Frank West's ending. In the ending, he tells Frank about the Marvel Zombies, and that as soon as they are done consuming their own world, they will be coming to theirs. Not wanting that to happen, Frank and Mr. Fantastic team up to stop them.
- Mister Fantastic appeared in the virtual pinball game Fantastic Four for Pinball FX 2 released by Zen Studios.[68]
- Mister Fantastic is a playable character in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
- Mister Fantastic appears in Marvel Heroes as an NPC and as a playable character,[69] voiced by Wally Wingert.[70]
- Mister Fantastic appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes,[71] voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.[72] While working on the mysteries of the Silver Bricks, Mister Fantastic and Captain America end up fighting Doctor Octopus until they are assisted by Spider-Man.
In popular culture[edit]
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- A parody of Mr. Fantastic is shown on the Adult Swim cartoon, The Venture Bros. The show features a character named Professor Richard Impossible (voiced by comedian Stephen Colbert), who attains the same powers as Mr. Fantastic.
- In a season 4 episode of Stargate Atlantis, "Travelers" Lt Col John Sheppard uses the alias Reed Richards when kidnapped.
- In The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" episode segment titled "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off!", there is a moment where the family is transformed to resemble members of the Fantastic Four; Bart is Mr. Fantastic. He exhibits the same ability as Stretch Dude in a previous "Treehouse of Horror" episode entitled "Desperately Xeeking Xena".
- Mister Fantastic appears in the Robot Chicken episode "Monstourage" voiced by Seth Green.
- Norm Macdonald plays Reed Richards in a skit appearing in his comedy album Ridiculous. In it, the members of the Fantastic Four are deciding on their names; after Reed comes up with "The Thing", "The Invisible Girl" and "The Human Torch" for his teammates, he decides to call himself "Mr. Fantastic". His teammates become upset, because unlike the other names, "Mr. Fantastic" does not really describe his powers.
- Mister Fantastic's genitalia, along with that of fellow Fantastic Four member The Thing, is discussed in the film Mallrats in a scene guest-starring Stan Lee.
Mister Fantastic was ranked as the 41st Greatest Comic Book Character of All Time by Wizard magazine[73] IGN ranked Reed Richards as the 40th Greatest Comic Book Hero of All Time stating that "Mister Fantastic numbers among the very smartest men in the Marvel Universe" and that "Sure, his obsession with science sometimes comes at the detriment of his family life, but a kinder and nobler hero you'll rarely find."[74] Mr. Fantastic was also listed as #50 on IGN's list of the "Top 50 Avengers".[75]
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- Official Fantastic Four movie webpage
- Official Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer movie webpage
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Open play gymnastics sessions at the PG Sports & Learning Complex are listed among my recommendations for places to let kids burn energy, but seeing as it's been among our regular Tuesday activities for years, I wanted to give the pursuit its own post.
The Gymnastics Center at the Complex is incredible. Elite competitions are often held there, so the venue is huge and equipped with every kind of gymnastics apparatus imaginable. And gymnasts of all abilities also take classes and train there, so there is equipment to accommodate the youngest tumblers, from soft mats and trampolines to easy swings and a foam pit to low balance beams and even a mat slide.
It's these soft, safe parts that guests have access to during open play sessions. And it's nothing short of a blast for kids. Much of the fun is centered around the big foam pit, which you can jump into from a springboard or balance beam, swing into from a dangling rope or gymnastics rings, or slide into down a mat set on an incline. Nearby are low parallel bars where kids can dangle, big trampolines and a narrow in-ground one where they can bounce, and big, soft colorful "blocks" and boards set up like obstacle courses to be navigated. You really have to see the place to comprehend how truly impressive — and insanely fun! — it is.
Open play sessions during the school year are Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11:30am – 12:30pm, Fridays 4:30-5:30pm, and Saturdays 1:30-2:30pm. Be sure to call ahead, especially on the weekends, to make sure a session isn't preempted by another program being held there. Admission is $7/child. The Complex is located at 8001 Sheriff Road in Landover, Md.
*July 2012 update: There is different schedule for the summer. Open Play will be on Wednesdays, 11:30am – 12:30pm on July 11, 18, & 25 and August 1, 8, & 15 11:30am – 12pm, and on Fridays, 6-7pm on July 6, 13, 20, & 27, and August 3, 10, 17, 24.
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Making Cheese: Fromage BlancCity Market Classes & EventsSunday, April 21, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (EDT) |
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Previously: Potes was a godsend and gave a hundred and ten puh-cent in recapping Lou's ouster for me. Aubrey and Arsenio made up, I suppose, though not before Aubrey compared her own situation to gay kids who get bullied to death, because the real victims are always people like Aubrey and Kelly Bensimon. Lisa and Dayana also seemed to make up, though not even the narrator believes that's going to last.
Post-Pinkslip Aftermath:
Lisa comes back to the penthouse crowing about having gotten rid of Lou, and Clay objects to her having a little too good of a time with it. "He's still a person," he tells her, not even that haughtily, but Lisa still doesn't want to hear it coming from Clay. He backs right down, to the delight of Aubrey, who giggle-interviews about how she hates Clay and was happy Lisa shut him up. Speculation turns to whether someone from Unanimous will be drafted onto Forte in order to even up the numbers. Aubrey privately hopes it will be Clay or Arsenio, since she wants to see their friendship split up.
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The Trump-lebrities meet up at FAO Schwartz, where Trump informs them that "We all hear that puppets are for kids." Oh yes. I'm always saying that grown adults need to be more into puppets. They're joined by Brian (son of Jim) Henson, who talks about the puppet improv show "Stuffed & Unstrung," and how the task will be to build two original "miscreant puppet characters," in tandem with the Henson creature shop, and then perform in front of a live audience. Joining Trump this week are Ivanka and Eric.
And indeed, Trump does even up the teams. He polls Forte as to who they'd want: Dayana wants Clay, Lisa wants Aubrey, and Penn… totally ducks the question. Doesn't matter anyway — Trump already decided it was going to be Clay. Lisa opines that "Clay is a BLEEP sometimes" and I am QUITE curious as to what she said there. Anyway, Eric delivers the criteria for the task: they'll be judged on puppet design, the overall quality of puppeteering and improv, and the total live performance. The project managers are Paul and Lisa. Paul interviews that puppeteering is not his thing at all (red flag!), but he figures: it's improv — you're not supposed to know what you're doing. Uh huh.


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This is one of my favorite fresh dinner swap meals of all time. I really like having one of our swap meals being a fresh meal rather than all frozen meals. Emilie brought this yummy salad one month and it was so delicious we made it again the next week. Be sure to toast the almonds – it really makes a difference!
3/4 cup almonds, blanched and slivered
1 pound spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces
1 cup dried cranberries
2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons minced onion
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook and stir almonds in butter until lightly toasted. Remove from heat, and let cool.
In a large bowl, combine the spinach with the toasted almonds and cranberries.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sugar, onion, paprika, white wine vinegar, cider vinegar, and vegetable oil. Toss with spinach just before serving.
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Angry Birds To Make 02/02/12
by Leslie Lyons
These Angry Birds balloons are versatile- make them yourself to use as party decorations OR let the kids make them and then hang them up for your party decorations! If they're old enough, I'd let the kids make these.
A big shout out to thepartyanimal-blog.org for sharing these, including the template for making them! Unless they're old enough to do it themselves, blow up the balloons for the kids. Print out the templates- 2 per child so they can make two. While thepartyanimal taped the printed pieces to the balloons, that might be harder for kids than glueing them on with glue sticks.
If you can find colored lunch bags, use these templates to create Angry Birds party favor bags.
These paper Angry Birds sprinkled all around your party venue and food table will be a super compliment to your Angry Birds balloon decorations. Just print them out (in color), fold and glue. Be aware- lots of ink here.
Craftsbyamanda.com has instructions for very cute Angry Birds made from cardboard paper towel tubes that the kids can make for themselves to use as pencil holders. To simplify everything for the kids, I'd recommend cutting the paper towel rolls down to size and painting them the Angry Birds colors ahead of time. I'd also make one of each for the kids to model. Let the kids use cut-up construction paper and markers for beaks, eyes, etc. Provide scissors and glue sticks and they'll be happily busy for a good bit creating these Angry Birds. Of course, once the kids have finished, your 6 angry Birds models can then be repurposed as part of your birthday party decorations.
It's very unusual to find a craft that can double as your party decorations once the kids have had the fun of making them. These Angry Birds are turning out to be a very workable party theme!
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