Maker (Reed Richards)
Maker | |
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Mister Fantastic | |
Abilities | Super-human levels of elasticity, malleability, durability and immortality Genius-level intellect, expert inventor, expertise in physical sciences and extensive knowledge of physics and genetics |
Maker (previously Mister Fantastic, also known as Ultimate Reed Richards) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
He is the Ultimate Marvel's version of Mister Fantastic, initially presented as a heroic, morally altruistic and scientifically driven superhero and a younger, modernized alternate version of Reed Richards, who later turns into the villainous Maker, after enduring a series of tragedies and immense mental trauma; he eventually becomes part of the regular Marvel Universe, serving as an enemy and evil foil to his parallel universe counterpart, the New Avengers, and Eddie Brock/Venom, serving as an example of what his Earth-616 counterpart could have been had he used his powers and intellect for evil and malice. However, during the "Absolute Carnage" and "King in Black" storylines, the Maker revealed he had been coordinating with the Council of Reeds (a group of other alternate counterparts of Mister Fantastic) and had utilized the many Symbiote Codexes he had extracted from the various heroes and villains who had been previous hosts as a means to repeat his long-standing, but now altruistic goal: restoring his native dimension, the Ultimate Universe, which he sets out to enact in the 2023 miniseries Ultimate Invasion.
The 2015 film Fantastic Four adapts the origin story of Ultimate Fantastic Four to its version of Reed Richards, primarily portrayed by Miles Teller.[1]
Publication history
Ultimate Reed Richards bears a resemblance to his Earth-616 counterpart; however, he differs in many aspects: the origin of his powers is different and he is much younger. The character was created by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and Adam Kubert, and debuted in 2004 in Ultimate Fantastic Four.[2]
In 2011, the character started calling himself Maker and became a nemesis to the Ultimates. After the "Secret Wars" storyline destroyed the Ultimate Universe (Earth-1610)[3] and restored the Multiverse, the Maker moved to the post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe in 2015.[4]
Fictional character biography
Born in the suburbs of
After the
In
When the primary
Secret Wars
New Avengers
Despite this, the Maker survives and emerged in the new Prime Earth, where he forms the science-based terrorist organization W.H.I.S.P.E.R. to continue experimenting for his own gain. His first experiment focuses on harnessing the souls of the dead to try and capture the souls of previous universes.
During the "
Working with Project Oversight
Maker later appears as a member of Project Oversight. He was seen interrogating Eddie Brock about the incident revolving around the Grendel symbiote and Knull while stating that he is not the Mister Fantastic that Brock knows. In addition, he talked about how the Venom symbiote has lost its personality, saying it is just a guard dog now, that it can't give Brock powers anymore. When Brock asks Maker if he would be able to restore it, Maker states that the only way to do that is to connect it to the symbiote hive mind and the last person to do that was the late Flash Thompson.[27] Maker was unable to get the answer from Brock about what happened to the same of the Grendel symbiote. He even reveals the symbiote bio-mass that was extracted by Flash's corpse as he plans to exhume and vivisect it. This causes the Venom symbiote to retaliate and trap Maker in a morgue locker. After getting out, he reaches a room to delete the footage of him being attacked by the Venom symbiote while also viewing the events of "Spider-Geddon" and "Infinity Countdown."[28]
Maker later shows up at the hospital when Brock was by the bedside of Dylan Brock.[29] Maker probed the living darkness cocooning Brock's body until the Venom symbiote's tendril constricts him. Eddie tells Maker that he has to go after Dylan after it was discovered that Dylan is his son, but Maker states that Dylan will be fine.[30] Maker shows his concern that Eddie will not survive long being forcefully separated from the Venom symbiote. After turning up the volume the symbiote is successfully removed from Eddie, however incapacitating both Maker and Eddie.[31]
Eventually, Maker bonds with the Venom Symbiote from Earth-1610, but is attacked by a symbiote named Virus and thrown into the Ultimate Universe, where Maker is happy to see his Earth's New York in ruins.[32][33]
After Eddie Brock becomes the new King in Black following Knull's defeat, Venom tells the Avengers that Maker is still around and may be plotting an invasion on the main Marvel Universe.[34][35]
Rewriting History
During Ultimate Invasion, it's revealed that the Maker was taken prisoner off-screen but escapes. He meets with Miles Morales and asks him to go back to his native Universe, but Miles Morales disagrees. The Illuminati confront The Maker, but the Maker escapes and starts to rewrite history by preventing a spider from biting Peter Parker. [36] As The Maker tries to rewrite history by enlisting the help of Howard Stark to create a machine that will make him invincible, an alternate version of Kang the Conqueror arrives with an army of alternate versions of Ultimates, and in the chaos Howard Stark kills Maker after realizing his true intentions and personality. [37]
Powers and abilities
Ultimate Reed Richards's power of elasticity has been increased in comparison to his
The Ultimate Reed experiences an increase in his intellect from the accident that empowered him, making his "mind as flexible as his body". He has shown a reduced need for sleep due to the hyper-efficient workings of his brain.
Ultimate Reed is extremely durable, surviving a nova flame attack from the Human Torch, ionic attacks from the
Following the
Other versions
During the "Eternity War" arc, an alternate version of the Maker (sharing the same consciousness as the one imprisoned by the New Avengers) arrives on
In other media
- The 2015 film Fantastic Four adapts the origin story of Ultimate Fantastic Four to its version of Reed Richards, portrayed by Miles Teller.[1] Owen Judge portrays Reed as a child while Fernando Rivera portrays Reed in disguise.
- The Ultimate costume is the default skin for Mister Fantastic in the video games Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Marvel: Future Fight. The Ultimate costume also appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 and Rise of the Silver Surfer.
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- ^ Venom Vol. 4 #35. Marvel Comics.
- CBR. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ Keller, Val (2023-07-31). "How Ultimate Invasion Puts The Maker Back Into His Most Dangerous Hands". CBR. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
- ^ mrgabehernandez (2023-09-27). "Ultimate Invasion #4 Review". Weird Science Marvel Comics. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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- ^ Ultimate Doomsday
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- ^ The Ultimates 2 vol. 2 #9. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Ultimates 2 vol. 2 #8. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Ultimates 2 vol. 2 #9. Marvel Comics.
- ^ The Ultimates 2 vol. 2 #9. Marvel Comics.
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External links
- Reed Richards (Earth-1610) at Marvel Wiki
- Maker at Comic Vine
- Maker at Comic Book DB