Invisible Woman

Origins

Sue

At this point Sue was forced to become both mother and sister to Johnny, caring for her brother throughout most their childhood, causing Sue to mature far earlier than most children her age. Eventually, the Storm siblings moved in with their aunt who owned a boarding house, and it was there where she would meet the man who would shape her life.

Sue met and fell for Reed Richards ( Mr. Fantastic , a tenant of her aunt's boarding house. Richards was a genius and a brilliant scientist. He was attending Columbia University at the time of his first meeting with the 12 year old girl who would later become his teammate and wife.

Many years passed before Sue and Reed crossed paths again. In an attempt to become an actress the young Susan went to California to pursue acting and met up with Reed once again. Reed was taken by the woman Susan had become and shortly afterward they began dating.

Around the time that they were dating, Reed was trying to accomplish his lifelong dream of building a spaceship which he funded with his own money along with government grants. Tired of waiting for the appropriate moment, the government threatened to cut off funding for the project.

In an attempt to try out the ship which had taken him years to design and build, Reed, his best friend and test pilot Ben Grimm ( Thing , Sue and Johnny took an unauthorized trip and headed to outer space. They had all helped in it's design, so they would be the ones to take it up into space. Unfortunately, the ship did not have adequate shielding and they were all bombarded by cosmic rays. The ship was forced back into earths atmosphere and crashed-landed. The four discovered that the cosmic rays had mutated them and that they had all gained superhuman abilities. They decided to use their powers to fight evil and became the Fantastic Four. 

History

During the start of the FF, Sue was the mother of the team. Reed was busy in his lab, Ben Grimm was depressed over his physical appearance and Johnny acted like a usual teenager---usually irresponsible and reckless. Her powers (mainly turning only herself invisible were useless on the battlefield, but her common sense usually saved the day. Soon after, her powers developed even further and she discovered that she could turn other objects invisible as well. She found that she could also protect other people with her force fields.

Courtship and Marriage

Sue eventually married Reed after a brief courtship. Around the time of the courtship, the derelict Prince of Atlantis, Namor, regained his memories after a chance encounter with the Human Torch. Johnny recognized the homeless man as Namor and dropped him into a body of water where Namor regained his memories and remembered who he was. Namor immediately returned to Atlantis and found it destroyed. Believing the surface-dwellers were the cause of Atlantis' destruction he went on a rampage. He stopped only when he saw Susan and marveled at how lovely she was. This created an attraction between the two, which ended up causing Susan to have to make a difficult decision. She had to decide whether to marry Reed or attempt to have a life with Namor. This made her very distraught, but in the end she chose to marry Reed, wanting to be a wife more than a Queen. Even though she had rejected him, Namor has harbored a love and strong attraction for the lovely surface-dweller ever since. Since then Susan has always viewed Namor as a close friend, although she too holds an attraction for him.

First Pregnancy

Shortly, after marrying Reed, Sue became pregnant with Franklin and took a maternity leave from the team, where Crystal, the then Inhuman girlfriend of the Human Torch, took Sue's place. Sue's pregnancy was riddled with difficulty from the beginning. Due to her exposure to cosmic rays, Sue's body was unable to handle the pregnancy properly which put the lives of both mother and child in danger.

To save both her and her unborn child, the Fantastic Four entered the Negative Zone to obtain the Cosmic Control Rod of Annihilus. After a long and strenuous battle against the ruler of the Negative Zone, the Fantastic Four made it back to earth where they used the Cosmic Control Rod to facilitate Sue giving birth. Sue's and Reed's son was born and was named after Sue's father, who had saved both her life and the teams life on two separate occasions in their superhero career. In Reed's memory, their first child was named Franklin Benjamin Richards.

Franklin also manifested strong powers at an early age. Eventually, Annihilus captured Franklin Richards, at which point Franklin's powers increased greatly. Reed had to restrain Franklin's superhuman powers, fearing that his son's awesome powers might cause mass destruction. Reed shut down Franklin's mind which infuriated Sue. Feeling that Reed didn't view her as his equal, she took Franklin and left him. Sue was on a second hiatus because of this, and Medusa took her place on the team. Sue soon returned after Namor helped the team with a plan to reconcile Reed and Sue. The Atlantean Ruler only wanting Sue's happiness because of his love for her. The plan worked and Sue came back to the team, and back to Reed.

Second Pregnancy

Sue and Reed went to The Negative Zone for a holiday and while there conceived another child. Sue then convinced Reed to move to Connecticut and they both used a second last name, the Benjamin's. Sue's second pregnancy was even more difficult than the first. It was soon discovered that her blood cells were giving off a radiation that was greatly weakening both mother and child. Admitting that he did not know enough about the field so as to save his wife and daughter, Reed sought the help of some of the best minds and doctors in the world, including Morbius and Bruce Banner. When none could help Sue, Reed swallowed his pride and asked for help from Doctor Octopus due to his exceptional research in the field. Alas, it was not meant to be, Sue eventually lost the child causing a great emotional strain on her.

Malice: Mistress of Hate

As Malice

   Because of Sue's loss, and her easily susceptible emotions, Psycho-Man decided to take advantage of this. He amplified her negative emotions which resulted in her transformation into Malice, The Mistress of Hate. She turned on the FF and almost single handely defeated the team under this new guise. Reed theorized that if he could get Susan to feel true hatred for a few seconds, that it would alert her to what was going on. Putting the plan into motion, Reed managed to use Sue's true emotions to snap her back to reality, where Susan immediately realized someone had tampered with her emotions. Sue was freed for a time, but that would not be her last encounter with the Psycho-Man.

Sue poured her heart out to Reed and the rest of the team about the violation of her emotions and how none of them understood how she felt. The team then decided to postpone their search for the Beyonder (Who had recently come back to Earth to help Sue deal with the mental strain and violation she suffered at the hands of her enemy.

After traveling to the micro-world that Psycho-Man hailed from, the team was ambushed by the Psycho-Man. Eventually they broke free and Sue did the unthinkable, she used Psycho-Man's own machine against him.

Now you see her...

After that last confrontation with Psycho-Man, and feeling that she had been forced to mature and let go of the pains of her past, she changed her codename from the Invisible Girl to the Invisible Woman. At the same time she was learning the full extent of her powers. She realized she could create actual objects from the force-fields she manipulated to create her protective shield. From that point on, Sue would only become more powerful with her abilities.

During the Infinity War, Sue let Malice's influence take over again. She was losing control over herself when her son (quite possibly Psi-Lord absorbed Malice's life and Psi-Lord returned to the future. Reed was apparently killed and Ant-Man had to take his place. Sue finally found Reed, but he was unhappy with Sue's new confidence.

Onslaught

The team seemed as if they would die out during their battle with Onslaught and kidnapped Franklin. Franklin had created another universe called the Counter-Earth in which they started their lives over again, along with the Avengers.

Abraxas and Valeria

The FF returned to their original universe and met Valeria von Doom who was Doctor Doom's daughter from the future, Sue being her mother. Valeria was the key to defeating Abraxas, whom Reed then banished, but this caused a big problem: Valeria returned to present Sue's womb. Everyone then learned that Franklin sent his sister (the second child whom everyone thought Sue had lost at childbirth to "someplace else" in order to save her from the fate that awaited her at birth. Sue once again suffered from an extremely difficult pregnancy, her cells giving off radiation which greatly weakened her.

To make matters worse, Sue went into labor when Anti-alien/Inhuman hysteria was rampant against the Inhumans who had returned to Earth and came to the Baxter Building. The building was infiltrated and she was forced to help protect her friends while also dealing with the immense stress and pain of going into labor. In an effort to his save his sister's life, Johnny Storm sought out the help of the only other super-genius they knew (Reed was being helped captive by the Hidden Ones at this time. , Victor Von Doom, a.k.a. Doctor Doom. After some convincing, Doom agreed to help in exchange for the right to name the child. Sue was reluctant but eventually accepted knowing her and her daughter's life was in danger. Using magic and science Doom helped Sue give birth to a baby girl. Doom named her Valeria, after his first love. In time the team would learn that Doom used Valeria as his magical familiar, and he carried out a devastating attack against the team.

During the encounter, Franklin was kidnapped by demons and Valeria kidnapped by Doom, which was obviously hard on Sue. To add to the injury, Doom captured the team and, using his magic, forced them to live painful versions of their teammates powers. Sue gained Johnny's powers. In time, Reed with the help of Dr. Strange, saved the team and they then saved Valeria and Franklin from Doom's grasp, vanquishing the supervillain in the process.

Reed claimed Latveria in hopes of helping the Latverians become more independent, while also uncovering the truth about their former ruler. The people of Latveria eventually warm up to the group, although Sue along with the rest of the team, are a bit unnerved with Reed's actions. Doom returned shortly after however, but was in trouble again. He possessed Sue and and Ben Grimm. Reed then killed Grimm hoping to get rid of Doom, while also being complacent to Ben's request. Ben had managed to break through Doom's control long enough to ask Reed to kill him. Afterwards Sue was distraught and left Reed. Reed avoided criminal charges by giving most of his money and inventions away. Reed wanted to make things right and convinced Johnny and Sue to go to the Heaven where Grimm was and resurrected him. As a gift for all the work they had done for humanity, they were blessed with meeting the "One Above All" during that trip into Heaven.

Now the FF had a bad reputation and so went on living normal lives. Reed revealed that he wanted to become a working class citizen to see what if felt like to live a real normal life. Eventually though, they went back to being the Fantastic Four. Johnny took the job of being business manager for FF Inc. so Sue could show him responsibility.

Zius, and Sue as the Human Torch

Sue with Johnny powers

Aliens came to Earth, led by a man named Zius. They had developed a cloaking device which hid planets from Galactus, thus saving them from being eaten by the World Devourer. At the same time they sought out anything or anyone who could disrupt the machines functions which eventually led them to Earth. There they found that Sue could reveal all that was hidden. Knowing that she would prove to be a liability, and that Galactus had caught onto their plan, they wanted to kill Sue, or they would destroy Manhattan. In desperation Reed created a machine which switched Sue's powers with Johnny's maling it seem as if she had lost her powers, when in reality Johnny now had Sue's powers and she had Johnny's. Zius was pleased and believed the ruse, he then left Earth, thinking that they were safe. Galactus came to Earth seeking Susan to become his herald but he realized she didn't have those powers anymore and sensed them in Johnny, thus Johnny became his herald.

Sue was forced to cope with her brother's powers and realized that controlling them was none too easy. She gained a new respect for him during her time with his powers. At the same time the team was working desperately to get Johnny back. They eventually ended up contacting Quasar and asking him to take them to where Galactus was. After a good plan concocted by Johnny and Reed, they managed to get Johnny back but not without consequences. Galactus was turned back into Galan, his original form, and he was brought back to Earth to be taught the ways of humans. Shortly afterwards, when Reed was ready to switch Sue and Johnny's powers back to the appropriate person, the machine went haywire and the entire team was forced to play musical chairs with there powers, chasing after their powers all over the city. Eventually they once again got their original powers back.

Civil War

In the Civil War, Reed supported the Superhuman Registration Act, while Sue joined him with reluctance. Sue's views differed from Reeds, but she was willing to stand by her husband while worrying over Johnny, who had been injured in a vicious attack prior to the start of the war. During one of the longer and most meaningful battles in the Civil War, against Captain America's Secret Avengers, Sue as well as the other heroes see a clone of Thor join the battle. This "clone Thor", called Clor by fans, killed Bill Foster and was ready to make quick work of the other heroes.

Susan realizing how deadly and corrupted the Pro-Registration side has become, while also wanting to save her friends, gets in between Clor and the Secret Avengers while Clor performs one of his devastating lightning attacks. Sue quickly creates one of her nearly impenetrable Force-Fields at the last minute and saves the life of Captain America and the other heroes. She tells them all to leave. Reed tries desperately to explain to her that he had nothing to do with Clor, but Sue tells him not to speak and leaves. Shortly afterward, Johnny is released from the hospital and both he and Sue leave to join the Secret Avengers. Before leaving, she left Reed a note to explain her actions and begs him to spend time with his children whom he's neglected since the start of the struggle.

Towards the end of the Civil War, in the ending battle, Sue decides to protect the innocent civilians while the other heroes fight. It was around this time that the Taskmaster noticed Sue (The Pro-registrants had hired the help of criminals to bring in the resistance and was ready to shoot her when Reed intervened and took a bullet for his wife. In anger and disgust, Sue manipulates her field into an offensive weapon and flattens the Taskmaster for harming her husband. Later on, Sue accepts amnesty and helps in the reconstruction of the New York Street where the battle took place. Later on, after receiving a letter from Reed, she returns home.

At this time both Sue and Reed decide to pick up the pieces of their marriage. They take a break from the Fantastic Four. Storm fills in for Sue with her husband King T'Challa (Black Panther .

The Second Honeymoon

Reed takes Sue to Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, as a means for them to have a honeymoon, since they never took one when they originally married. While there, Reed discovers a strange object and begins to examine it. Unfortunately he is unsure of it and he teleports back to Earth so other scientists can see and help him determine what it was. In order to do so, however, he left Sue alone on the ship they traveled to Titan too, where she was ambushed by the Frightful Four. Sue fought them off for as long as she could, however she was overcome and the Wizard placed a power dampener on her. Sue was held prisoner on her own ship, all in the hopes that Sue, as well as everyone else, recognize the Wizard as Reed's superior. Sue refuses to acknowledge him as her husbands superior, and he attacks her, now that she's subdued. Reed, along with Johnny, Ben, Storm, and Black Panther head for the ship to stop the Frightful Four and rescue Sue.

Sue is subjected to attacks by the Wizard but eventually Reed and the rest of the team manage to return to the ship. Once there, Storm found Sue and released her from the special machine that neutralized Sue's powers. As a means of revenge, Sue threatened the Wizard with creating a force field around his heart. The Wizard, intimidated by the more powerful Sue, subsequently faints and the Frightful Four are then rocketed out into space on a smaller vessel. 

Secret Invasion

Nu World and the Death of the Invisible Woman

Powers

Force Fields

Sue can now generate and control a form of energy from hyperspace. She bends light waves away from her which make her invisible. She also wears a special suit which has unstable molecules. This special suit allows her clothes to become invisible with her as well. Soon after, she was able to render other objects invisible. By rendering objects invisible, she uses her imagination rather than visuals. For example, she can make pipes in a building invisible without actually seeing them. With this, she could also disrupt the energy waves making someone else invisible. She could also make invisible objects and use them a projectiles, something small being much like a bullet and something large like a battering ram. With this, she could make a temporary ladder or something which she could use to reach higher places. She also has the ability to form force fields around her and other people. She can control the texture of these force fields, making them as tough as she wants or as soft. She can also fly or levitate by pushing her energy through air molecules. Her telekinesis developed to the point that she destroyed a piece of a Celestial's armor.

Sue's powers have grown and she's learned to use them in new and creative ways.

With her invisibility she can...

• ... render herself invisible
• ... render others and other objects invisible
• ... make walls, the floor, or the celling, invisible so she can see through them
• ... sense other things that are invisible and make them visible

With her force fields she can...

• ... create strong shields
• ... create ladders, bridges, platforms, elevators and other things to get places
• ... create a board or saucer to levitate herself or others
• ... use her shields to move things (like telekinesis)
• ... create Weapons (i.e. a sword)
• ... create a projectile weapon
• ... create a battering ram (to bust open doors, etc)
• ... create something soft to catch someone (like a giant glove or mattress)
• ... make things explode by creating a shield inside of it then expanding it
• ... suffocate someone by putting them in a shield and not letting air in
• ... create an air bubble, she can go places without air and not let air out
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Characteristics

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 120 lbs

Eye Color: Blue

Hair color: Blonde

Alternate Realities

Earth-1610

Ultimate Susan and Namor

It's during her time in this program that she meets the Ultimate Version of Reed and develops feelings for him. Throughout their years there her feelings grow. She was one of the first people to help Reed with his experiments in opening up a new reality called the N-zone. When the machine used to access this reality is tampered with, Johnny, Susan, Reed, and Ben (he'd come to visit his best friend were all hit with an unknown energy and transported to different parts of the world where they developed their powers. Ben became rock hard and became the Thing. Johnny gained flame-based powers, Reed could stretch his anatomy and mind, and Susan could turn invisible and create invisible constructs. When teleported, Sue was recovered by the Mole-Man and was rescued by her teammates. Later on when coming back from an alternate reality (Marvel Zombies it was revealed that Sue's mother, who was thought to be dead, was indeed alive. Although her mother's intentions for her return seemed pure she just wanted their help to acquire Namor's tomb which was later revealed to be a prison. In order to get rid of this Water King he asked for a kiss from Sue. She agreed and kissed him and according to Namor she meant it. Later on she helped get rid of the zombies, Diablo, Thano's sons, Psycho Man and Red Ghost. In the Red Ghost arc she was kidnapped by the Red Ghost with the intent of stealing her powers. Sue left for what she thought was a conference which both her and Reed were invited to attend. Reed was too busy to go because he was working on the Cosmic Cube. Upset, she left and as a consequence was kidnapped. After battling her way out and the Fantastic Four arriving to save her they, along with the help of the Crimson Dynamo destroyed the lab and left to go home. On the ride back to the Baxter Building Sue told Reed that it was over between them.

Earth-2149

Zombie Susan Storm

Earth-311

In the 1602 reality, Susan Storm is a member of the Four of the Fantastick. This is the same universe where the Marvel event "1602" took place. In this reality, when Sue gained her powers, she was unable to become solid again. In this ghost-like phase she, as well as the others could see the development of Sue and Reed's child. Her child wasn't plagued with the same curse of his mother and was visible.

Earth-1720

In this reality Sue Storm is the leader of Hydra.

Earth-721

Here Sue Storm never got any powers, and so never became Invisible Woman. She married Ben Grimm who in this reality was Mr. Fantastic.

Earth-982

In the MC2 reality Sue was incapacitated, holding together holes in reality from the Negative Zone. She joined the Fantastic Five when she manages to return.

Earth-772

In this reality Invisible Woman is a member of Fantastic Five alongside Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, Thing and Spider-Man.

Earth-917

In this reality Invisible Woman is a member of Fantastic Five alongside Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, Thing and Namor. Here she is married to Namor.

Earth-912

In this reality Invisible Woman is a member of Fantastic Five alongside Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, Thing and Silver Surfer.

Earth-4400

Invisible Woman was also a member of Fantastic Five in this reality, alongside Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, Thing and Spider-Man. They were all killed by Hyperion and Weapon X.

Earth-2301

Sioux Storm

Earth-7712 Susan Storm

Appearances In Other Media

MoonScoop's version of Susan Storm.

Movies

Jessica Alba as Invisible Woman