Reed Richards' Monster Duplicates (original) (raw)

REED RICHARDS' MONSTER DUPLICATES

Purpose: To defeat Dr. Doom

Affiliations: Fantastic Four; Galactus; Silver Surfer

First Appearance: Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine#12 (January, 2002)

History: (Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comics Magazine#12) - After Dr. Doom had stolen the power of Galactus, becoming a gigantic being in the process, the Fantastic Four tried to find a way to defeat him. While in Doom's castle, Reed found the Ionic Inanimate Matter Converter, a device which could create beings out of nothing. Using the device and the images of some monsters from the covers of comic books, Reed and the other three created four monsters with their minds which then attacked Doom. However, after a short battle, Doom defeated and destroyed all four creatures.

Comments: Created by Erik Larsen, Eric Stephenson, Stan Lee, Steve Rude and Jorge Lucas. Based on characters created by Jack Kirby.

Dr. Doom was familiar with all of the creatures as he had read comic books about them. Think about that for a moment.

On that note, the comic book versions are, of course, just Earth-616's Marvel Comics having published books based on actual creatures. As per Susan in the issue: "(Reed) once told me that he believes those old Marvel monster magazines were based on actual events - actual monsters!"

Clarifications:

Based on:

Blips, race of electrical beings, @Tales to Astonish I#15
Fin Fang Foom, Kakarantharian, giant dragon, @Strange Tales I#89
IT the Living Colossus, stone statue imbued with mind of Bob O'Bryan, @Tales of Suspense I#14
Sporr, giant amoeba, @Tales of Suspense I#11 And should be distinguished from other duplicates/imposters:
Blip robot, created by Xemnu, @Incredible Hulk II Annual#5
Fin Fang Flame, of Earth-Amalgam, amalgamation of Foom and DC's Brimstone, @JLX Unleashed#1
Fin Fang Foom, of Earth-1298 (Mutant X), member of the Lethal Legion, @Mutant X Annual 2001
Fin Fang Foom, of Earth-Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man, controlled by the Mandarin, @Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man#1
Fin Fang Foom, Foom's spirit, of Earth X, @Paradise X Special: Xen#1
Fin Fang Foom imposter, a Mindless One controlled by the demon Nightmare, @Hulk III#78-79
Karrg, built to look like IT, @Marvel Comics Presents#169
The Midgard Serpent, who impersonated Fin Fang Foom, @Thor I#379

Blip duplicate