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The Invisible Woman is a
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appearing in
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s published by
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. Created by
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and
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, the character first appeared in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 (November 1961). Susan Storm is a founding member of the
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and was the first female superhero published by Marvel during the
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. Dr. Susan "Sue" Storm received her powers by being exposed to a cosmic storm, and was known as Invisible Girl during her early years with the team. After being brainwashed at some point, she decides to change her identity from then onward to reflect a more confident version of herself. As a human mutate, she possesses two powers: invisibility and force fields. Her invisibility power deals with bending light waves and allows her to render herself and other objects
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. She can also project powerful fields of invisible psionic, hyperspace-based energy that she uses for a variety of offensive and defensive effects, including shields, blasts, explosions, and levitation. Sue plays a central role in the lives of her hot-headed younger brother Johnny Storm, her brilliant husband Reed Richards, her close friend Ben Grimm, and her children ( Franklin and Valeria). She was also romantically attracted to
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the Sub-Mariner for a time. Invisible Woman has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes. Invisible Woman was portrayed by Rebecca Staab in the unreleased 1994 film '' The Fantastic Four'',
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in the 2005 film ''
Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four, often abbreviated as FF, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover-dated November 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism i ...
'' and its 2007 sequel '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'', Kate Mara in the 2015 film ''
Fantastic Four The Fantastic Four, often abbreviated as FF, is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover-dated November 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism i ...
'', and will be played by
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in the 2025
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film '' The Fantastic Four: First Steps'', the 2026 film '' Avengers: Doomsday'', and the 2027 film '' Avengers: Secret Wars''.


Publication history

Created by writer
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and artist/co-writer
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, the character first appeared in '' The Fantastic Four'' #1 (November 1961). Since Stan Lee wanted ''The Fantastic Four'' to be driven by familial connections rather than action, the primary impetus for Susan Storm's creation was to not only be a full member of the team, but also the female lead (with Reed Richards a.k.a. Mister Fantastic being the male lead) of the series. He eventually emphasized this to readers explicitly, with a story in which the Fantastic Four read fan mail denigrating the Invisible Girl's value to the team, and respond by enumerating some of the occasions on which she played a key role in their victories. Teammate Johnny Storm a.k.a. the Human Torch being Sue's little brother became one of several sources of tension within the group, and she also served as the center of a
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with Reed and the Fantastic Four's sometime ally, sometime enemy
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. Sue was initially presented as the sole reason for Ben Grimm, a bad guy, remaining on the group, which was significantly toned down in the published series. Lee did not want Sue to have super strength, "to be
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and punch people", so eventually he came to
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, inspired by works such as
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' ''
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''. His original two-page plot summary for the first issue of ''The Fantastic Four'', reprinted in the '' Marvel Masterworks'' and '' Marvel Epic Collection'' editions of the first ten issues, handled Susan's powers similarly to ''The Invisible Man'', which required her to take off her clothes, but noting concern that that might be "too sexy" for a comic book. It also noted that she could not turn visible again, and would wear a mask recreating her face when she wanted to be seen. By the time the first issue was written and drawn, both elements had changed: Susan could turn invisible and visible at will, and doing so affected the visibility of whatever clothing she was wearing. Invisible Woman has primarily appeared in issues of ''Fantastic Four''. In issue 22 (January 1964), the creators expanded Sue's abilities, giving her the powers to render other objects and people invisible and create strong force fields and psionic blasts. Under John Byrne's authorship, Sue became more confident and assertive in her abilities, which became more versatile and impressive. She finds she can use her force field abilities to manipulate matter through the air, immobilize enemies, or administer long-range attacks. Susan changed her ''
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'' to Invisible Woman. In April 2019, Marvel Comics announced that it will publish Sue Storm's first solo miniseries, ''Invisible Woman.'' It was written by
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, drawn by Mattia De Iulis with covers by
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. It was later confirmed by
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, editor at Marvel Comics, that the miniseries was produced for
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purposes.


Fictional character biography

As detailed in ''The Marvel Saga: Official History of The Marvel Universe #16'', Susan Storm, and her younger brother, Jonathan grew up in the town of Glenville,
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, children of the
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Franklin Storm and his wife Mary. The parents left their kids alone one night to travel to a dinner honoring Dr. Storm. On the way, a tire blew out and Mary was injured. Franklin escaped injury and insisted on operating on his wife. He was unable to save her. After his wife's death, Dr. Franklin Storm became a gambler and a drunk, losing his medical practice, which led him to the accidental killing of a
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. Franklin did not defend himself in court, because he still felt guilty over Mary's death. With their father in
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, Susan had to become a mother figure for her younger brother. While living with her aunt, Susan, at the young age of 17, met her future
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, Reed Richards, a house guest who was attending
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. When she graduated from
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as the award-winning captain of her Girls' Varsity Swim Team, she moved to
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to attend college, where she pursued an acting career and encountered Richards again. They began to become romantically involved with each other. Reed Richards, working in the field of
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, was designing a
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for interstellar travel. Everything was going well until the government stopped the funding of his project. Richards, wanting to see his project through, decided to make an unscheduled test flight. It was only going to be Reed and his best friend, Ben Grimm, involved, but Susan was instrumental in persuading Reed in letting her brother and herself join them on the dangerous space mission. In space, the quartet was exposed to massive amounts of
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. As a result, they had to abort the mission and return to Earth. After the crash landing, they realized that they gained superhuman powers; hers was the ability to become invisible at will. Realizing the potential use of their abilities, the four of them became the Fantastic Four, for the benefit of mankind.''Fantastic Four'' #1 Susan adopted the code name Invisible Girl.


Invisible Girl

As the Fantastic Four, the team set up their first headquarters in the
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in
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. The Fantastic Four encounter many villains in the early part of their career, but none of them contend for Susan's affections more than
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the Sub-Mariner. Sue feels an amount of attraction to Namor, but her heart belongs with Reed, a situation that has been called the Marvel Universe's first
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. Initially, her powers are limited to making herself invisible. However, before long Sue discovers she can make other things invisible as well as create force fields of invisible energy. After Susan is injured in battle with the Mole Man, her father escapes from prison and operates on her to save her life. Franklin makes amends with his children before returning to prison; however, the
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finds a way to kidnap Dr. Storm, mimic his appearance, and then fight the Fantastic Four as the Invincible Man. In the process of defeating the Super-Skrull, Dr. Storm sacrifices his own life to protect the Fantastic Four from a Skrull
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. Reed and Sue's relationship progresses, with the two of them deciding to get married. The
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is the event of the century, with several of
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's preeminent superheroes in attendance. Not long after that, Sue and the Fantastic Four encounter
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and the
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. Sue later becomes
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with her first child. As a result, she takes time off as an active member of the team. Johnny's girlfriend, the Inhuman elementalist
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, joins the team, taking over Susan's roster spot. Susan's cosmic ray irradiated blood cells serve as an obstacle for her in carrying the unborn child to term. Knowing this, Reed, Johnny, and Ben journey into the Negative Zone to acquire the Cosmic Control Rod from
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. Effectively utilizing the device, the baby is safely delivered and is named Franklin, in memory of Susan and Johnny's father. Due to the genetically altered structure of his parents, Franklin is a
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, possessing vast powers. Seeking to use the boy's talents for his own sadistic purposes, Annihilus triggers a premature full release of Franklin's latent abilities, which were already in the process of gradual emergence. Fearing that his son could release enough psionic energy to eliminate all life on Earth, Reed shuts down Franklin's mind. Angry with Reed for not seeking her input in the matter, Susan leaves the Fantastic Four and has a
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from Reed.
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of the Inhumans takes her roster spot. With the help of Namor, Susan reconciles with Reed and returns to the Fantastic Four accompanied by Franklin.


Invisible Woman

Susan eventually becomes pregnant for a second time. However, this second child is
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due to Susan having been exposed to
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inside the Negative Zone. A depressed Susan is manipulated by
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into becoming Malice. As Malice, Susan attacks her friends and family in the Fantastic Four, utilizing her abilities at power levels she had never displayed previously. Reed saves Susan by forcing her to hate him legitimately. Susan (off-panel) does something to Psycho-Man, causing him to let out a terrifying scream. After she rejoins her teammates, Susan states that Psycho-Man will never hurt anyone ever again. Susan is profoundly affected by the entire episode, and changes her code name from "Invisible Girl" to "Invisible Woman". Along with Reed, she briefly leaves the Fantastic Four and joins the
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. The two of them rejoin the Fantastic Four before long. During
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, Susan faces off against Malice, who has reemerged in her subconscious. Susan absorbs Malice into her own consciousness. Subsequently, Susan's personality is influenced by Malice, causing her to become more aggressive in battle, even creating invisible razor-like force fields she uses to slice enemies. Her son Franklin, who has traveled forward and back in time, becomes the adult hero Psi-Lord, frees his mother, and absorbs the influence of Malice into himself.''Fantastic Four'' #384 He eventually defeats Malice by projecting her into the mind of the Dark Raider, an insane alternate universe counterpart of Reed Richards who later dies in the Negative Zone. After the apparent death of Reed, Susan becomes a capable leader. Susan keeps searching for Reed, feeling he is still alive, despite romantic advances from her old flame, Namor the Sub-Mariner. The Fantastic Four eventually rescue the time-displaced Reed, who finds himself temporarily losing confidence in his leadership skills, since Susan is also a capable leader. Following their return to their Earth of origin, the Fantastic Four encounter Valeria von Doom. This new Marvel Girl came from an alternate future, where she was the child of Susan and
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. Susan eventually comes to accept the young girl as a friend. During a conflict with
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, Franklin reveals that he used his abilities to save Susan's original stillborn child and place it in another alternate future. After the ordeal involving Abraxas, Marvel Girl is restored to a baby again inside Susan's
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. Susan again has a difficult birthing. Due to the help of Doctor Doom, Susan gives birth to a healthy baby girl, which Doom names Valeria, his price for helping Sue. Doom places a spell on the baby, which makes her his
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, to be used against the Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four wrestle Valeria free from Doom's control and defeat him.


Sue, the Human Torch

Zius, leader of a group of
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s, kidnaps Susan. His intent was to use her powers to hide planets from Galactus. Reed finds a way to fool Zius, by switching Susan and Johnny's powers. Susan assists in an adventure where Johnny becomes a herald of Galactus. Wielding a cosmic version of her powers, Johnny is able to see through people to the very cores of their personality. Both Sue and Johnny gain a newfound respect for each other and how they deal with their powers. Soon, Reed tries to switch the powers back. The entire FF's powers are granted to four random civilians before being restored to their rightful wielders. This parallels an earlier torture by Doom, where Sue was given an extremely painful version of Johnny's pyrokinetic ability.


Anti-registration movement

During the 2006–07 storyline "
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", which takes place in the aftermath of an explosion in a residential neighborhood in
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, and prompting calls for the government to register people with superhuman abilities, Sue's brother Johnny is beaten up by locals angered by his celebrity superhero status. Although Sue is initially part of the pro-registration side supporting the
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, she defects after the
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clone, created by her husband
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and
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, kills Bill Foster. Sue leaves the Baxter Building, informing Reed via a note that their children are in his care, as she intends to join Captain America's underground resistance force. Her final injunction to her husband is a heartfelt request: "Please fix this." The Storm siblings narrowly escape a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents bent on capturing them in ''Civil War'' #5. The two further elude detection by operating under fake husband and wife identities provided by Nick Fury, becoming members of Captain America's Secret Avengers. Before storming the Negative Zone prison, Sue visits Namor to plead for assistance. He refuses and indicates she is still attracted to him, an accusation she does not deny. During the final battle depicted in ''Civil War'' #7, as Susan is nearly shot by Taskmaster, but Reed Richards jumps in front of her and takes the brunt of the attack, sustaining a major injury. Outraged, Susan beats Taskmaster into the ground. Following the end of the war, Susan helps with the clean-up of
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. She and the other Secret Avengers are granted amnesty, and she returns home to Reed. 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
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and the
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to take their places in the meantime.


World War Hulk

In the second issue of ''
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'', the Fantastic Four confront the
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. Reed has designed a machine that recreates the
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's aura. The Hulk, only momentarily calmed, discovers the ruse. Sue deploys her force fields to defend Reed against the Hulk, who shatters her protective fields with such force that she collapses, leaving Reed vulnerable. Reed suffers a vicious beating at the hands of the Hulk; Sue telephones the Sentry for help. The Hulk transforms Madison Square Garden into a gladiatorial arena. Sue and the other defeated heroes are held captive in a lower level. The heroes are outfitted with the same obedience disks that were used to suppress the Hulk's powers and force him to fight his companions on Sakaar.


Death

Some time after World War Hulk, but before Secret Invasion, the Richards family has hired a new nanny for their kids, Tabitha Deneuve. At the same time, a mysterious new group, calling themselves the New Defenders, commits robberies, and one of their members, Psionics, starts a relationship with Johnny. After a bad break-up, Johnny is kidnapped by the Defenders, along with Doctor Doom and Galactus, to power a massive machine that is designed to apparently save the people of the future 500 years from now, a plan orchestrated by Tabitha, who is revealed to be Susan Richards from 500 years in the future. Eventually, the present Fantastic Four are able to save both the present Earth and the future Earth by sending the future inhabitants to the Earth Trust's private duplicate Nu-Earth, but after freeing Doctor Doom, the future Sue goes to apologize to him and is electrocuted by Doom.


Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four

While Susan is on a lecture tour in Vancouver, British Columbia, a
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posing as Mister Fantastic ambushes her, applying pressure to her skull with an invisible force field and knocking her unconscious. Then, a Skrull infiltrates the Baxter Building disguised as Susan and opens a portal into the Negative Zone, forcing the top three floors of the building into the Negative Zone, and in turn trapping herself, Johnny, Ben, and the two Richards children there. The Skrull impersonating her is later revealed to be Johnny's ex-wife Lyja, who once infiltrated the Fantastic Four by impersonating Ben Grimm's love interest
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. The real Susan Richards is recovered alive from a downed Skrull ship after the final battle of the invasion.


Future Foundation

Reed started the Future Foundation for the benefit of the world and for science. When the Human Torch died, the Fantastic Four was dissolved and Sue's heroic exploits were moved entirely under the banner of the Future Foundation. It is later revealed that Johnny was revived and is still alive.


''Secret Wars''

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, Sue's part of the ship becomes separated. Reed and Black Panther plan to get her ship back, with Sue holding her part together with her force field. However, the death of the universe proves too much, even for her, and she, Ben, and her children die at the hands of Oblivion, with Reed screaming in agony at the death of his wife and children. Captain Marvel tells him they need to go, and they leave Sue's destroyed part of the ship behind. When
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transfers his power to Reed, Reed used it to resurrect his family including Sue, and they began to rebuild the entire Multiverse. Invisible Woman was later with Mister Fantastic and the Future Foundation when they were confronted by the Griever at the End of All Things.


Powers and abilities

The Invisible Woman received her powers after cosmic radiation had triggered mutagenic changes in her body. Originally only able to turn herself invisible, Sue later discovered she could render other things invisible as well and project an invisible force field. It has been said on numerous occasions, including by the Fantastic Four's greatest opponent, Doctor Doom, that Susan Storm is the most powerful member of the quartet and one of the few beings able to rupture the shell of a Celestial.


Invisibility

As the Invisible Woman, Susan can render herself wholly or partially invisible at will by bending light around her. She can also render other people or objects fully or partially invisible too, affecting up to of volume. According to the ''Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Handbook'', Sue's retinas don't function conventionally and instead of just registering objects using reflected light, the retinas in Sue's eyes also interpolate shapes based on reflected cosmic rays, which in the Marvel Universe are always present in the atmosphere, granted usually only in small concentrations. This anomaly apparently allows her to perceive invisible people and objects, though she does not see them in color since the cosmic-ray reflections bypass her eyes' rods and cones; her vision may also be monochromatic when she herself is invisible since her eyes do not reflect light in that state, though she otherwise seems to possess a full range of vision while she is invisible. She can also sense people or objects made invisible by scientific means, and can restore them to a visible state at will.


Force-field projection

Sue can also mentally generate a field of invisible psionic force (drawn from hyperspace), which she is able to manipulate for a variety of effects. For example, Sue can shape her fields into simple invisible constructs or generate a nearly indestructible invisible force field around herself or her target. She can vary the texture and tensile strength of her field to some extent, rendering it rigid as steel or as soft and yielding as foam rubber; softer variants on the field enable her to cushion impacts more gently, and are less likely to result in psionic backlash against Susan herself. She is also able to make her shields opaque or translucent like milk glass to effectively block variations of light such as
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beams, even using her shields to block out the sun for days at a time. She can make them semipermeable to filter oxygen from water though the latter is mentally taxing. She can generate solid force constructs as small as a marble or as large as in diameter, and her hollow projections such as domes can extend up to several miles in area. By generating additional force behind her psionic constructs, Sue can turn them into offensive weapons, ranging from massive invisible battering rams to small projectiles such as spheres and darts. By forming one of her force fields within an object and expanding the field, Sue can cause her target to explode. She can also travel atop her animated constructs, enabling her to simulate a limited approximation of levitation or flight. She can manipulate the energy of her force fields around other objects to simulate telekinetic abilities as well. She is capable of generating and manipulating multiple psionic force fields simultaneously. This power is only limited by her concentration; once she stops concentrating on a psionic force field, it simply ceases to exist. Sue's force fields can also counteract or interact with other forms of psychic energy. For instance, when battling against Psi-Lord, an adult version of her own son, her force fields shielded her mind from his telepathic abilities. Similarly, Jean Grey's psychokinetic abilities could not pass through her shields.


Miscellaneous abilities

Susan is an excellent swimmer and capable unarmed combatant, having been trained in
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by Mister Fantastic and received additional coaching from Iron Fist, the Thing, and
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.


Cultural impact and legacy


Critical reception

George Marston of ''
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'' referred to the Invisible Woman as one of the "best female superheroes of all time", writing, "Marvel's first superheroine (debuting 60 years ago this year in ''Fantastic Four'' #1 may not have the highest profile of the characters on this list, but Sue Storm set the pace for modern female heroes – and still occupies a fairly unique place in comic books. While it's true that early stories didn't exactly serve Sue particularly well, she developed into the heart and soul of the Fantastic Four, serving as Marvel's first family's de facto – and literal – mother. And that may be one of the most crucial aspects of her character. While Sue Storm is powerful in her own right – many writers have said she's got the most raw power of anyone on the FF – she also represents an important aspect of womanhood that many female heroes have sacrificed or had used against them – motherhood. That Sue can serve as one of the most respected heroes in the Marvel Universe (and its first female hero) while simultaneously raising two children and shepherding the growth of many more through the Future Foundation can't be understated. Plus, it takes a pretty amazing woman to stand up to a blowhard like Reed Richards." Garrett Martin of '' Paste'' called the Invisible Woman one of the characters who "hold a special place within the Marvel Universe and the hearts of its fans," stating, "Of the original team, Sue Storm has grown the most, by far, since ''Fantastic Four'' #1. Not only was her official superhero name the Invisible Girl, even after getting married and having a child, but she was basically written like the typical early Marvel love interest, despite having powers. She was too demure, too squeamish and not always competent enough to feel like a true superhero. That's changed so much that she's basically the strongest member of the team today, emotionally, morally and in terms of her superpowers. That says a lot about how cultural perceptions of the role of women have shifted since 1961, and also about how Marvel, as a company, has never been afraid to reexamine its characters when the larger story demands it." Brett White of '' CBR.com'' described the Invisible Woman one of Marvel's "classic characters worthy of ongoing attention," saying, "Since debuting in 1961, Sue Storm has played a pivotal role in the Marvel Universe without ever having even a single limited series to her name, unlike her brother the Human Torch or the Thing, as both have had a few series, ongoing and mini, between them. As both Marvel Comics' literal first lady and the Marvel Universe's spiritual first lady, Sue Storm enjoys a level of prominence and importance that could prove to be fascinating material for a series. Turn Sue Storm into the Michelle Obama of the Marvel hero community. Make her inspiring and proactive; have her spearhead outreach opportunities to those in need, and have her go on diplomatic missions in hostile territories. Jonathan Hickman played with a lot of these ideas in his "Fantastic Four" run, and it's time someone continued those stories." ''
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'' named the Invisible Woman one of the "greatest Avengers of all time", asserting, "Invisible Woman is much more closely associated with the Fantastic Four than the Avengers, but that's not to say she won't answer the call alongside the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes when necessary. Sue often tends to serve as the heart and soul of any team she serves on. Her power to manipulate invisible force fields arguably makes her the strongest of the FF. But despite that power she remains firmly grounded in the real world. She keeps her dysfunctional family in order, whether it's dragging her husband and daughter out of the lab or making her hotshot brother act his age. Sue is a matriarch who isn't at all afraid to kick some ass when the situation calls for it. And the Avengers' villains have come to realize that every bit as much as Doctor Doom or Galactus." Gavia Baker-Whitelaw of ''
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'' called the Invisible Woman one of the "best female superheroes of all time", asserting, "Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, is an icon of the Marvel Universe. She rarely appears as a solo character. As a key member of the Fantastic Four, her superpowers include invisibility and the ability to create force fields. In some ways, her characterization plays into traditional gender roles. As Mr. Fantastic's wife and Johnny Storm's sister, she can be overshadowed by her male teammates. Her powers are often interpreted as passive because they're more attuned to protection than aggressive combat. Several of her storylines involve unwanted romantic attention from characters like Dr. Doom. This all adds up to her being a rather divisive character. It would undoubtedly help if Marvel hired a female writer to explore her character for a new audience." Joshua Isaak of ''
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'' described the Invisible Woman as "Marvel's first major female superhero", stating, "Marvel's ''Fantastic Four'' is undoubtedly the series that defined the company - but unfortunately Stan Lee completely botched writing for Marvel's first major female superhero, Susan Storm. Today, the character is famous for being a scientific genius, astronaut, and the strongest member of the team (with her ability to use her powerful invisible force fields in a variety of offensive and defensive ways). But for the first few years of the ''Fantastic Four,'' Sue was little more than a collection of 1960s stereotypes - the worst the decade had to offer. ..Stan Lee found it necessary to constantly remind readers that Susan Storm was a woman (even though her superhero name remained Invisible ''Girl'' all the way until ''Fantastic Four #280'' in 1985!). Sue would create a version of her suit with a miniskirt, try on different looks in the mirror (''"A girl is a girl"'' reads the caption above Sue trying on a black wig), and even decide to do housecleaning while the men lounged about after a battle. Thankfully, this wouldn't last; Sue not only became a key player in superhero battles but would regularly call out Reed's arrogance and superiority whenever he would insult her for being too "emotional" (which was distressingly often). In many ways, Sue was progressive for the time - many female characters in comics were relegated to love interests and rarely participated in battles at all. But as revolutionary as he was, Stan Lee couldn't help but rely on outdated tropes while writing for Sue. Today, the Invisible Woman is a powerful and respected member of the Fantastic Four, and the early issues - however stereotypical - led to the Susan Storm known and loved by the Marvel faithful worldwide." Stephanie Williams of '' Syfy'' stated, "The core four members of the Fantastic Four are a package deal. It's challenging to think of one of them without the other. However, we're going to do just that. Each member is unique in their own right, especially Sue Storm. She's a character that has been around for almost 60 years, making her first leap onto the silver screen by way of Jessica Alba in the 2005 live-action ''Fantastic Four''. This year marks the 15th anniversary of that early-aughts attempt at the iconic foursome. While it's not a movie that's high on many comic book movie lists, Jessica's Sue does a reasonably strong job encapsulating a character with such a long history on the page, especially if you just ignore the dye job. Sue can be as hot-headed as her brother, if not more. She is always looking for smoke and absolutely deserves better than what Mr. Stretch can offer. The MCU provides a chance to introduce her in ways that highlight this amazing individual separate from her teammates in Fantastic Four." Laura Kelly of ''
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'' wrote, "None of the movies we've gotten could ever figure out what to do with Sue. Too many times, the focus would land on Reed Richards and his science experiments, or the comic relief of the Thing and the Human Torch. Sue was usually reduced to one character trait: girl. Admittedly, this was also a major problem in Sue Storm's early comic book portrayal, and it was an uphill slog for her to get some real character development. And out of the four, Sue has ultimately gone through the most growth and has come out on the other side as probably the most powerful member of the team. ..For an MCU remake, Sue Storm absolutely should be a scientist, but she needs to be a human being, too. First, Sue should not only be an active participant, but she should be Reed's scientific equal. They should be working together on experiments and research and be actual contemporaries. In the comics, Sue is the glue that keeps the team together. Without her, the team would have fallen apart long ago. And that's not an easy job. Sue has had to deal with Reed's absent-mindedness (and dickishness), Johnny's recklessness, and Ben's temper, not to mention all the various infighting (physical and otherwise) that regularly breaks out. She's had to be practical and grounded, but also sensitive and empathetic. That's a lot of pressure on one person. Delving into that part of Sue's psyche would make her a much more interesting, complex character."


Accolades

* In 2011, '' Wizard'' ranked the Invisible Woman 99th in their "Top 200 comic book characters" list. * In 2011, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 66th in their "Top 100 comic book heroes" list. * In 2011, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 85th in their "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list. * In 2012, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 40th in their "Top 50 Avengers" list. * In 2015, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 75th in their "Let's rank every Avenger ever" list. * In 2017, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 27th in their "Top 33 female superheroes of all time" list. * In 2018, '' Paste'' ranked the Invisible Woman 2nd in their "20 Members of the Fantastic Four" list. * In 2020, ''
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'' included the Invisible Woman in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list. * In 2021, '' CBR.com'' ranked the Invisible Woman 6th in their "Marvel: The 10 Strongest Female Humans" list and 8th in their "10 Strongest Characters From Fantastic Four Comics" list. * In 2021, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 2nd in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Fantastic Four" list. * In 2022, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 5th in their "Best female superheroes" list. * In 2022, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 21st in their "35 Best Female Marvel Characters Who Dominate The MCU & Comics" list. * In 2022, '' CBR.com'' ranked the Invisible Woman 2nd in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Fantastic Four" list and 10h in their "Marvel's 10 Best Infiltrators" list. * In 2022, ''
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'' ranked the Invisible Woman 5th in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Lady Liberators" list and included her in their "10 Female Marvel Heroes That Should Come To The MCU" list.


Parodies

* In the
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series '' Planetary'', written by
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, the main adversaries of the eponymous team of superpowered investigators are an evil version of Marvel's Fantastic Four called The Four. The Sue Storm analogue is Kim Suskind, who has exactly the same powers as the original, except that she has to wear a pair of goggles to see while invisible. The daughter of a Nazi scientist and lover of The Four's leader, Randall Dowling, Suskind destroys her opponents by rapidly expanding a force field inside their heads. * Invisible Woman appears in the ''
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'' episode "Monstourage", voiced by
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. In the fight against Doctor Doom, she turned invisible only to be hit and dragged by a car. None of the other Fantastic Four members found out about this. * ''
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'' introduced a parody character, Miss Invisible, in the episode "Mega Diaper Babies"; Lil also creates a similar superheroine form in the same episode, calling herself "Dotted-Line Girl". * In ''
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'' episode " Treehouse of Horror XIV" segment titled "Stop the World, I want to Goof Off!", there is a moment where the family is turned into members of the Fantastic 4. Maggie is the Invisible Woman. *
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appears as the Invisible Girl in ''
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'', in which she has an affair with
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.


Literary reception


Volumes


''Captain Universe'' / ''Invisible Woman'' - 2005

According to
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, ''Captain Universe / Invisible Woman'' #1 was the 111th best selling comic book in November 2005.


''Invisible Woman'' - 2020

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, the ''Invisible Woman'' trade paperback was the 72nd best selling graphic novel in January 2020.


= Issue 1

= According to
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, ''Invisible Woman'' #1 was the 15th best selling comic book in July 2019. Joe Grunenwald of '' ComicsBeat'' stated, "The artwork from De Iulis throughout the issue was exceptional. His work first came to my attention on the digital ''Jessica Jones'' series, even if it was a little 'house style-y' for me, so it's nice to see him having evolved more or less past that into his own unique look with this series. I particularly appreciated the way his coloring represented Sue's abilities. The opening sequence and the effect of the snow on a pair of invisible people was also something I've never seen done with Sue before from both a story and a visual standpoint. ..I was enthusiastic about this book from the jump and it didn't disappoint me. Sue Richards is such a rich character, and it's great to see her have a chance to shine in the hands of a seasoned writer and an artist who's really coming into his own. ''Invisible Woman'' #1 gets a BUY from me with no hesitation." Jesse Schedeen of ''
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'' gave ''Invisible Woman'' #1 a grade of 6.5 out of 10, saying, "De Iulis' art packs a unique punch, at least. De Iulis' lines are sleek and sharply rendered, with expressive facial work helping to heighten the emotion in any given scene. The vibrant colors are the book's real standout element. Invisible Woman has a painterly aesthetic that makes it look unlike anything else Marvel is publishing. Whether this is truly the best look for an espionage-focused superhero comic is another question. As eye-catching as the art is, it also tends to be a little too clean and pretty to reflect the grungy surroundings in which Sue and friends are operating. ''Invisible Woman'' seems like an easy sell at first glance. It features the return of Mark Waid to a franchise he does better than almost anyone, along with a new take on an old heroine and a snazzy art style. Those element don't coalesce into an effective whole in issue #1, however. The story lags once it shifts to the presents, and the art is perhaps too pretty for the subject matter."


= Issue 2

= According to
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, ''Invisible Woman'' #2 was the 81st best selling comic book in August 2019. Jamie Lovett of '' ComicBook.com'' gave ''Invisible Woman'' #2 a grade of 4 out of 5, stating, "The second issue of Invisible Woman does a better job of making a case for its own existence than the first. The themes are clearer, as Mark Waid shows the assumptions made about Invisible Woman as a wife and mother being incapable of carrying her weight in the field. Waid also does a great job of coming up with scenarios for Sue to use her powers in unconventional ways, and Mattia de Iulis draws it all with a soft line that fits the stories tone and pace without skimping on some great big action moments. A marked improvement over the debut issue."


Other versions

A number of alternate universes and alternate timelines in Marvel Comics publications allow writers to introduce variations of the Invisible Woman, in which the character's origins, behavior, and morality differ from the mainstream setting. In some stories, someone other than Susan Storm is the Invisible Woman, and in others, Susan Storm is someone other than the Invisible Woman.


Age of Apocalypse

In the alternative reality known as the Age of Apocalypse, Susan never became the Invisible Woman, but instead helped her boyfriend Reed Richards in his attempt to evacuate a large group of humans from Manhattan when Apocalypse came into power. Along with Ben Grimm as the pilot and her brother Johnny as crew, they used one of Reed's prototype rockets to fly off the island. However, a mutant sabotaged the launch and both Reed and Johnny sacrificed themselves to let the others blast off safely. Susie and Ben join the Human High Council as hired muscle. They are sent to the Eurasian Security Field Command Center to retrieve Bruce Banner, the scientist who worked on the nuclear warhead project that made the Council's
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possible. They found the facilities barraged by a Thing. The two are able to defeat the monster and retrieve Banner so they can board Mikhail Rasputin's mothership as one of a few select representatives allowed to board the Horseman's vessel as part of a false peace convoy. The humans are hoodwinked and held captive on the ship until Tony Stark, another captive on Mikhail's vessel, short circuits the craft with his mechanized heart. After they are freed, Ben and Susan help with the evacuation of the humans, piloting the ships after Banner to unify all the transfer arks into a single fleet used to flee from Earth.


''Age of Ultron''

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'' storyline, Invisible Woman is the only surviving member of the Fantastic Four, and joins a group of surviving heroes. The group goes to the
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to find
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, with a plan of going forward in time to destroy
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in the future, where he is coordinating his attack.
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, however, believes they should go back in time and kill
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before he creates Ultron, arguing Pym would see a warning not to create the robot as a challenge, and create Ultron regardless. The group decides against this, and several members go to the future. Wolverine then goes to the past, with the intent of assassinating Pym. Invisible Woman stows away with him in hopes of convincing him otherwise. When Wolverine attacks Pym, Invisible Woman creates a force field to stop the killing blow. Torn between Hank's pleas for help, and Wolverine's reminders of what will happen if he lives, Sue allows Wolverine to kill Pym. After the consequences of this decision were realized, Wolverine went back to this point again and convinced his past self to stand down. The Wolverines and Sue manage to help Pym create a backdoor in Ultron's programming that will stop him before he can launch his attack in the first place.


''Age of X''

In the '' Age of X'' reality where mutants are hunted, Sue is the only free member of the Fantastic Four left after she betrayed the other three to the government for harboring a mutant after the mutant attacked Franklin. Unlike some of her colleagues in the mutant-hunting Avengers, Sue merely wishes to contain mutants rather than kill them, and eventually sacrifices herself to save the mutant retreat from a suicide bombing by her former teammate, the Hulk.


Counter-Earth

On Counter Earth, counterparts of the Fantastic Four hijack an experimental spaceship in order to be the first humans in space.
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negates the effects of the cosmic radiation for all of them except Reed Richards who succumbs to the effects a decade later. When their craft crashes, Sue Storm falls into a coma from which she does not awake.


''Exiles''

Various versions of Sue have appeared many times in the pages of '' Exiles'': * Queen Susan Boltagon, who was married to
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and helped him defeat that reality's tyrannical dictator
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. * Empress Hydra, controller of
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, Slaymaster, and
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, the latter of whom she has romantic feelings for, this version of Sue has killed billions and plans to move onto other Earths. Along with the Exiles, she is opposed by that reality's Reed Richards and Elektra. After the Exiles defeated her, she escaped into another dimension and began recruiting villains defeated by the Exiles across various dimensions to form a team to defeat them. * Queen Susan McKenzie, who was married to
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, bearing him two children, named Gambit and Valeria Fen, having been the only survivor of the test flight that endowed her with her powers.


''Marvel 1602''

In the miniseries ''
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'', Susan Storm is a member of the Four from the Fantastick, in reference to the ship upon which she and three others gained their powers in the
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. Unlike in the Marvel Universe, she is weightless and cannot become visible. She is related to the alchemical element of
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as stated by
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. At the start of '' Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four'', Susan is visibly pregnant with Sir Richard Reed's child. He forbids her to join him in his pursuit of Otto von Doom while in this condition, but she goes anyway. Much to Miss Doris Evans' shock, Sir Richard and Susan are not married. She displays the ability to create force fields but becomes visible when doing so.


Marvel 2099

On the
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reality of Earth-96943, the Invisible Woman of 2099 is a clone of Susan Storm. She and her fellow
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clones were created by the 2099 version of Uatu the Watcher.


''Marvel Apes''

In the alternative universe of '' Marvel Apes'', the Invisible Girl is an ape who unwillingly turns human after gaining her powers. This causes her great distress. She reaches out in friendship to another human named Charles Darwin who was also stranded in the ape-verse. Later, she assists in the defense of her universe against zombie invaders. She is flash-fried and consumed by her zombie 'brother'.


Marvel Mangaverse

In the alternative universe of the Marvel Mangaverse, the Invisible Girl is Sioux Storm. Her half-sister is Jonatha Storm. Sioux has near
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-level
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and may suffer from
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. In order to get her to fight or show any interest, Reed has programmed her battle suit to inject near- overdoses of battle stimulants and aggressor
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s into her bloodstream. She is a member of the Megascale Metatalent Response Team Fantastic Four. The team uses power packs that allow them to manifest at mecha-sized levels. Sioux projects a tall "invisible friend" constructed from her invisible force fields. The team fights
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-sized monsters from various alien xenocultures that attack Earth in order to put an end to experiments that endanger all of reality. In ''Mangaverse'' volume 1 the team destroys a
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-like
Annihilus Annihilus () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily as an adversary to the Fantastic Four. The character debuted in ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four Annual'' #6, which was published ...
. In ''New Mangaverse'' Sioux is murdered by ninja assassins dispatched by the
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.


''Marvel Zombies''

The '' Marvel Zombies'' universe's version of Reed Richards deliberately infected his team, including Sue, with the zombie virus, following madness from the murder of their children at the hands of a zombified
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. The Zombie Fantastic Four subsequently make contact with their Ultimate counterparts, attempting to escape into the
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universe. Zombie Reed is neutralized when the Ultimate Invisible Girl destroys a chunk of his brain. After a brief period of imprisonment, Sue and the zombie Fantastic Four are killed by Ultimate Doctor Doom and returned to their universe.


MC2

In the MC2 universe, Sue and
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recently returned from space, where Sue had been holding back a rift in reality with her force powers. Sue is instrumental in battling
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during the ''
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'' miniseries in which she deployed psionic force fields to prevent a tsunami from leveling New York.


''Mutant X''

In the darker reality of Mutant X, Sue does not have superpowers, but wears a high tech "stealth" suit. She is shown dead along with several other super heroes who attempted to stop the
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.


''Spider-Gwen''

On Earth-65 in ''
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'', the Storm Twins (modelled after Cersei and Jaime Lannister as respectively portrayed by
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and
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in ''
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'') are former child stars-turned-influencer sitcom leads of the popular television series ''The Fantastic Four''. Secretly sharing an incestuous and manipulative relationship, both siblings publicly go missing on a trip to Latveria while in-fact seducing and manipulating the benevolent Latverian ruler Victor Von Doom over the course of five years into granting them superpowers, before Susan murders him and takes his place as Doctor Doom, converting Latveria to a dictatorship under her command. When the siblings return to New York, they murder their own mother, before blackmailing Gwen Stacy into leaving her home reality, taking control over the criminal underworld while posing as vigilantes to "stop" crimes they themselves instigated. As of 2023, they are still in control of the criminal underworld, with Gwen only occasionally allowed to return to her Earth.


Ultimate Marvel

The ''
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'' version of Susan Storm is an eighteen-year-old
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prodigy who grew up in the Baxter Building in the gifted and talented program supervised by her father. Though her newfound fame and beauty has brought her unsought attention from the likes of billionaire playboy
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, the former Baxter Building scientist turned villain, Mole Man, the Atlantean criminal Namor, and even her own friend and teammate, Ben Grimm, she remains romantically attached to Reed Richards despite her concerns about his over devotion to science. Throughout the series, Sue has been a major player in events such as ''Ultimate Secret'' and ''Ultimate Power''. In ''Ultimate Salem's Seven'', Sue Storm leaves Reed Richards and moves to Oregon to study a bizarre sentient organism. It has been shown that this organism is responsible for creating the Salem's Seven. She returns to Oregon to destroy the creature with Namor and the rest of her team. In the ensuing explosion Reed is trapped by molten lava. When Sue saves him with her invisible force field, they reconcile. She would later play a part in the Ultimatum event where she pushes back a tidal wave that floods New York with a colossal psionic field. She saves the city, but the mental strain puts her into a deep coma. She would later be awoken from her coma through the combined efforts of Mole Man and the Thing, during the course of which it is revealed that Ben harbors romantic feelings towards Susan. After the Ultimatum Sue breaks up with Reed and follows in her mother's footsteps after proposing to Ben. She is later assaulted, along with other heroes, by Reed, who had turned to villainy. This version of Sue Storm is an accomplished scientist in her own right. Reed even describes her as "just a teeny bit smarter than him", but when Reed once mentioned this to Ben, Susan responded with "Reed is an idiot," as she always envies Reed's abilities and considers him the "king of physics". (See Ultimate Fantastic Four Quotes) It is Sue who does research into the biomolecular basis of the Fantastic Four's powers and she manages to understand how Reed's and her brother Johnny's powers as Mister Fantastic and the Human Torch work.


Kang the Conqueror

A future version of the Ultimate Marvel Sue appears as
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guiding Reed as The Maker to prevent destruction of their planet by
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while forming a " Dark Ultimates" to combat the Ultimates.


Ultimate Universe

During the "
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" storyline, Maker traveled to
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and remade it into his own image. One of the things he did was make sure that those who would've became the Fantastic Four didn't fly into the cosmic storm. Maker's memory log lists Susan Storm as "deceased". This was further elaborated in
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's flashback where they took the shuttle into outer space against Franklin Storm's orders. Because of Maker's sabotage, Susan Storm was dying from the radiation while her brother
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burned to death. Franklin Storm used his connections to allow an incarcerated Reed Richards to see Susan Storm one last time before she died of the radiation as he also blamed Reed for killing his children.


''What If?''

Marvel's ''What If?'' comic book series featured several alternative versions of Sue Storm and the Fantastic Four.


Fantastic Five

On the world designated Earth-772, in ''What If?'', Spider-Man joined the Fantastic Four, but his presence resulted in Sue feeling increasingly sidelined in favour of the four male members of the team, resulting in her leaving the team to marry the Sub-Mariner. Although Reed was briefly driven insane and declared war on Atlantis, he eventually recovered and the two apparently reconciled, resulting in the 'Fantastic Five' reforming once again in time to confront Annihilus in the Negative Zone to help Susan give birth.


Ultra Woman

In ''What If?'' #6 (Dec 1977), after the team are exposed to cosmic rays, they develop powers based on their personalities. Sue Storm gains the ability to stretch and reshape her body, because her personality caused her to try to fit in with the more dominating friends, while Reed Richards vast intellect causes him to become a giant floating brain. Sue takes the name Ultra Woman in this reality. This version of the Fantastic Four reappeared in the Volume II story arc 'Timestorm', summoned by the Watcher to persuade the man who would become Kang/Immortus not to become a threat. Sue, along with the other members of this alternative Fantastic Four, are killed by Immortus.


Flo Steinberg

In ''What If?'' Volume 1, #11 (May 1978), an alternative universe is shown wherein the original 1960's staff of Marvel Comics are exposed to cosmic rays by
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. Marvel Comics secretary Flo Steinberg gains the powers of the Invisible Girl, and together with
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,
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, and
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, she continues to work by day at Marvel Comics, while operating in secret as a member of the Fantastic Four.


Vol. II #11

In ''What If?'' vol. 2 #11 (March 1990), the origins of the Fantastic Four are retold, showing how the heroes lives would have changed if all four had gained the same powers as the individual members of the original Fantastic Four. * Fire Powers: In this alternative history the cosmic rays give the four the powers of the Human Torch. They decide to use their powers for good, and become the Fantastic Four. They battle such menaces as the
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and the alien race
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. During a battle with the mystic Miracle Man, the villain brings to life a statue advertising a monster movie called "The Monster from Mars." When the heroes set fire to the statue, the fire spreads to a local apartment building, killing young Angelica Parsons. Feeling responsible for Parsons's death, the team disbands. Sue, troubled by Angelica's death, becomes a nun. * Elastic powers: In this alternative history, Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben develop the ability to stretch. Deciding not to become superheroes, Ben and Sue discover their love for one another and settle down to raise a family, never using their stretching powers again. * Monstrous forms: The cosmic rays in this alternative history transform the four into monstrous creatures, with Sue taking on a mindless form similar to
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. When the public reacts with fright at their appearances, they choose to leave civilization and live on Monster Isle.''What If?'' Vol. II #11 * Invisibility powers: In the final ''What If?'' story, Ben Grimm, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, and Sue Storm gain different aspects of the mainstream Sue Storm's power. Sue can turn invisible, Reed can project invisibility, Ben projects invisible force-fields, and Johnny can become intangible. They join Colonel
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's new C.I.A. unit, codenamed S.H.I.E.L.D. The story retells their initial encounter with Doctor Doom under these circumstances.


In other media


Television

* Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'' (1967), voiced by Jo Ann Pflug. * Invisible Woman appears in '' The New Fantastic Four'', voiced by Ginny Tyler. * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'' (1994), voiced by Lori Alan. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version was already married to Reed Richards when the titular group got their powers. * Invisible Woman appears in the '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' three-part episode "Secret Wars", voiced by
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. * Invisible Woman appears in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes'', voiced by Lara Gilchrist. This version is not married to Reed Richards. * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. * Invisible Woman appears in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', voiced by Erin Torpey. * Invisible Woman appears in the '' Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.'' episode "Monsters No More", voiced by
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. * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'', voiced by Lauren Emily Jackson. * Invisible Woman appears in ''Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition'', voiced by Vanessa Marshall.


Film

* Sue Storm appears in '' The Fantastic Four'' (1994), portrayed by Rebecca Staab. * Sue Storm appears in ''
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'' (2005), portrayed by
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. This version is the head of Von Doom Industries' Department of Genetic Research who initially dates company CEO Victor von Doom before breaking up with him. Additionally, her abilities are partially influenced by her emotions. * Sue Storm appears in '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'', portrayed again by Jessica Alba. By this time, she and Reed Richards have become engaged to be married. * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'' (2015), portrayed by Kate Mara. This version is Kosovan and the adopted daughter of Franklin Storm. Additionally, she, along with the rest of the Fantastic Four, obtained her powers from a botched expedition to a parallel dimension called "Planet Zero". *
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will appear in the upcoming
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(MCU) films '' The Fantastic Four: First Steps'', '' Avengers: Doomsday'', and '' Avengers: Secret Wars'', portrayed by
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.


Video games

* Invisible Woman appears as an assist character in ''
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'' (1995). * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'' (1997). * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'' (2005), voiced by Jessica Alba. Additionally, her "classic" design appears in bonus levels, voiced by
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. * Invisible Woman, based on Jessica Alba's portrayal, appears in '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'', voiced by Erin Matthews. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'', voiced by Danica McKellar. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'', voiced again by Danica McKellar. Additionally, her
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design appears as an alternate skin. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in the '' Marvel Super Hero Squad'' and '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet'', voiced again by
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. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad Online'', voiced again by Grey DeLisle. * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'' via the "Marvel Costume Kit 3" DLC. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat'', voiced again by Tara Strong. * Invisible Woman appears in ''
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'', voiced by
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. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Avengers Alliance''. * Invisible Woman initially appeared as a playable character in '' Marvel Heroes'' before she was removed on July 1, 2017 for legal reasons. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in ''
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'', voiced by
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. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Future Fight''. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Puzzle Quest''. * Invisible Woman appears as a downloadable playable character in '' Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order'' via the "Shadow of Doom" DLC, voiced again by Kari Wahlgren. * Invisible Woman appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Super War''. * Invisible Woman appears as a downloadable playable character in '' Marvel Rivals'', voiced by Suzie Yeung. Additionally, Malice appears as an alternate skin.


Collected editions


References


External links


Susan Storm on the Marvel Universe Character Bio WikiUltimate Susan Storm on the Marvel Universe Character Bio Wiki
*
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