Close-up on Reed’s face, eyes wide, hair a little tousled, even his beard is frazzled. You slowly look around… he’s got equations on every wall (at least you think they are, they look like gibberish to you). On the board behind him, you see:

∇·(εᵣE) – μ₀ ∂²φ/∂t² = Σ sources T^μν = … Σ (κᵢ e^{iωt}) = ??? Bridge strain Δ = f(σ, ε, load) = ?

Reed holds his chin, muttering under his breath.

Reed Richards (Earth-616): “This — all of this — is Plan 101. Solve everything. Hunger, disease, entropy, cosmic decay — every last variable. I’ve mapped fifty universes’ constants. I just need one more boundary condition: the Bridge between realities. Once I derive its form mathematically —”

Still presumably lost in his muttering…

Reed Richards (Earth 616): “There’s no problem that can’t be solved.”

[IDEA #101

SOLVE

EVERYTHING]

Powers & 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 to over 16,000 kinds of poison), Limited Possession & Mind Manipulation (Reed was able to resist Owen from taking over his body & mind. Owen also notes that Reed has some good mental defences), 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, 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), 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

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.

[NARRATOR: Reed is an intellectual who prefers to examine foes and if possible negotiate with them before actually fighting them. He is often intrigued by the scientific implications of a problem, so much so that he almost forgets there is a problem in the first place. As Ben once put it, "...if an alien stubbed his toe, Reed would want to spend ten years studying it." Reed is an extremely likable fellow who keeps a pleasant smile on his face and cares deeply about those he is close to, particularly his extended family. However, he does occasionally lapse into depression and self-hatred over long-standing unsolved problems, most notably Ben's inability to return to human form and Franklin's mysterious potential. Susan once speculated that Reed's eccentric behavior may be due to autism.]