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Hyperstorm 
Hyperstorm in Fantastic Four Issue 408 January 1996, art by Paul RyanPublication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Fantastic Four #406 (November 1995) Created by Tom DeFalco
Paul Ryan
Dan BulanadiIn-story information Alter ego Jonathan Reed Richards Abilities Dynamokinesis
Matter and energy manipulation
Telekinesis
Telepathy
Teleportation
Invisibility
Fire ManipulationHyperstorm is a fictional supervillain from the Marvel comics universe. Also known as Jonathan Reed Richards, Hyperstorm is both the future descendant and enemy of the Fantastic Four. He's also descended from X-Men.
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Fictional character biography
The Fantastic Four first encountered Hyperstorm when Reed Richards and Doctor Doom were ripped out of the timestream by him and ended up in his future, after which he sent Reed thousands of years into the past and kept the crippled Doom as his tortured prisoner. The rest of the Fantastic Four managed to track down Reed. Then, together they traveled back into Hyperstorm's timeline to confront him. His real name and parentage was revealed by Nathaniel Richards, who had through extensive time travelling learned that Hyperstorm was born as the son of Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers with his sister Dream Summers who had telepathy/empathy, in an alternate version of the Days of Future Past timeline.[1]
The point of divergence between his particular timeline and the original DoFP timeline must be assumed to be Franklin Richards surviving the attack by Sentinels instead of perishing, as seen in Uncanny X-Men #141. Once grown up, Hyperstorm used his vast powers to destroy all opposition in his timeline and gradually became corrupted by such unparalleled powers and became a heartless tyrant set on nothing less than complete universal domination and blind obedience to his will. In time he had conquered great portions of the known universe, and purposed to extend his dominion to other timelines as well. He was last seen being trapped by Reed Richards in a sub-dimension, being fed upon by the exiled Galactus. His current whereabouts now that Galactus is free are unknown.
Powers and abilities
Hyperstorm is a mutant with the power to tap into the extradimensional realm of hyperspace and draw virtually limitless amounts of energy for any effect. He can control all forces of matter (electromagnetism, strong and weak nuclear forces, gravity) which, in his fictional universe, emanate from hyperspace which he "is one with." Hyperstorm displayed telepathic, telekinetic, and energy and matter manipulation abilities both as Hyperstorm (Fantastic Four Unlimited #12) and as his otherworld counterpart David Richards. For the latter, his powers are described as an amalgam of the powers of Professor X, Magneto and The Phoenix Force. Hyperstorm displayed the ability to teleport through hyperspace from one point in the universe to another with no known limitations. He was able to counter the Invisible Woman's forcefield with one of his own in a display of his mastery over hyperspatial energies. He is also an extraordinary genius, possessing an intellect on par with Reed Richards', evidenced by his ability to create devices such as a time machine, a brain disarrator which he employed on Doctor Doom to disrupt any chance of him forming coherent thoughts, and his nigh unstoppable mechanical constructs known as the Destructoids. He was able to outwit Reed Richards, Nathaniel Richards, and Doctor Doom for an extended period.
Other versions
Exiles
The reality-hopping team encountered a younger alternate timeline analogue of Hyperstorm called 'David Richards' instead of Jonathan, though it seems that they are otherwise genetically identical and have the same powers. In yet another variation of DoFP, Franklin and Rachel instead had a daughter, Dream Summers.
MC2
The Fantastic Four battled Hyperstorm (or possibly another similar counterpart to the one who showed up in the 616 continuity) a confrontation which ended with Psi-lord (Franklin Richards) stalemating Hyperstorm in power and, after a very even fight, putting his would-be son into a coma while only barely surviving himself. This battle seems highly dubious since Hyperstorm, for all his apparent scientific genius, had obviously not understood that such a fight could create a possible grandfather paradox which might threaten his own existence, considering that Hyperstorm hadn't even been born at the juncture of the fight. However, this Hyperstorm might have originated on a different Earth than the one on which MC2 takes place, in which case the possibility of creating a paradox would not come into play. An alternate explanation is that in the Marvel Universe, altering the events of the past leads to the creation of a separate timeline in which those events were not altered.[2]
Known relatives
- Parents
- Franklin Richards (father)
- Rachel Summers (mother)
- Grandparents
- Susan Richards/Invisible Woman (paternal grandmother)
- Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (paternal grandfather)
- Jean Grey/Phoenix (maternal grandmother)
- Scott Summers/Cyclops (maternal grandfather)
- Great-Grandparents
- Nathaniel & Evelyn Richards (paternal great-grandparents)
- Dr. Franklin & Mary Storm (paternal great-grandparents)
- Christopher Summers/Corsair (maternal great-grandfather)
- Dr. John Grey & Elaine Richards (maternal great-grandparents)
- Aunts and Uncles
- Johnny Storm/Human Torch (paternal granduncle)
- Tara Richards/Huntara (paternal alternate-reality half-grandaunt)
- Valeria Richards (paternal alternate-reality aunt)
- Valeria Doom (paternal alternate-reality aunt)
- Alex Summers/Havok (maternal granduncle)
- Gabriel Summers/Vulcan (maternal granduncle)
- Nathan Christopher Summers/Cable (maternal uncle)
- Stryfe (maternal uncle's clone from alternate future timeline)
- Tyler Dayspring/Genesis (son of maternal uncle, adopted son of uncle's clone from deleted future timeline)
- Nate Grey/X-Man (alternate reality maternal uncle)
- Ruby Summers (maternal alternate-reality version of half-aunt)
References
External links
Categories:- Marvel Comics supervillains
- Marvel Comics telepaths
- Marvel Comics mutants
- Parents
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