History Awesome / FantasticFour

--->'''Dr. Doom''': It's time to end this!
--->''[Thing punches through the wall behind him]''
--->'''[[BigDamnHeroes The Thing]]''': Actually, Vic - [[MythologyGag it's clobberin' time!]] (punch) ''Damn'', I've been waiting to do that!

-->'''Johnny''': As my friend likes to say... It's clobberin' time.\

** During the "Jersey Devil" two-parter in ''Marvel Knights'', he infiltrates an alien spaceship to rescue a couple of amateur film-makers, only for all of them to be sealed inside. While the guys he was trying to rescue panic, Reed remains completely calm, and proceeds to explain exactly how Ben and Sue (Johnny wasn't around) are going to rescue them, (predicting that Ben would ignore the fact Reed told him to stay back earlier). Ben stops the initial takeoff, and Sue creates a forcefield above the ship, forcing the aliens to stop and negotiate before their engines overheat.
--> "Of course, I ''could'' be completely off-base about all of this...."

** The first few issues are DoctorDoom's. After acquiring magic armour [[spoiler:[[PoweredByAForsakenChild made from his childhood sweetheart]]]], he proceeds to whale of the FF while belittling Reed Richards.
** Reed Richards acquires a magic weapon powered by his ability to admit that his own shortcomings. He proceeds to physically whale on Doomsy while verbally whale on himself.

** During the "Jersey Devil" two-parter in ''Marvel Knights'', he infiltrates an alien spaceship to rescue a couple of amateur film-makers, only for all of them to be sealed inside. While the guys he was trying to rescue panic, Reed remains completely calm, and proceeds to explain exactly how Ben and Sue (Johnny wasn't around) are going to rescue them, (predicting that Ben would ignore the fact Reed telling him to stay back earlier). Ben stops the initial takeoff, and Sue creates a forcefield above the ship, forcing the aliens to stop and negotiate before their engines overheat.

** Walt Simonson's "Into the Time Stream" arc featured Reed shouting angrily at the [[CosmicHorror Black Celestial]], goading it to follow his team(including Iron Man and Thor) through time and space, finally tricking the Celestial into diving into a black hole created by Galactus. All this while he believed that his wife had just died.

** Walt Simonson's "Into the Time Stream" arc featured Reed shouting angrily at the [[CosmicHorror Black Celestial]], goading it to follow his team(including Iron Man and Thor) through time and space, finally tricking the Celestial into diving into a black hole created by Galactus. All this while he believed that his wife had just died. [[IGotBetter She got better]]..

--->'''[[BigDamnHeroes The Thing]]''': Actually, Vic - [[MythologyGag it's clobberin' time!]]

** Another moment of Reed Richards not being useless comes from the 2nd issue, where the Skrulls first made their appearance. How did he convince the leader of the Skrull invasion fleet ''not'' to invade Earth? By showing him photos that were clipped out of ''Strange Tales'' and ''Journey into Mystery'', two Marvel comics still in circulation at the time, and passing them off as photos of "Earth's most powerful warriors (a group of monsters), hidden space mines, and an army of giant, monstrous insects (really, just super-sized ants)." The leader of the Skrulls, convinced, asked Richards to go with them, but Richards stayed behind voluntarily, an action that earned him a medal commemorating his bravery. After capturing the three Skrulls that still were on the loose, he managed to convince them that they would be happy living their lives off as '''''cows.''''' And they did so, without any argument.

'''Johnny Storm''': [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Me too]].
** So awesome in fact, that it somehow got the general to forget that he'd just finished specifically asking Reed ''not'' to help him anymore because he'd been screwing up.

** Another, and one that is surprisingly early, takes place during the storyline in which Dr. Doom gains the power of the Silver Surfer. One point near the end of the climactic battle Sue rushes out to meet the dive bombing Dr. Doom in the middle of an opening. She then ducks and Dr. Doom smashes into something. It's not one of her walls but a friggin' mountain she had been keeping invisible. She even goated Doom into anger so he would forget about it. It's one thing to have him crash into one of her fields, it's another to flat out trick Dr. Von Doom into hitting a mountain. It almost makes up for all of Sue's fake action girl routine from previous issues. Almost. That shows how bad ass it is.

** Which is pretty much taken word for word from the Ultimate Galactus mini-series where he said this to Nick Fury.

** During the "Jersey Devil" two-parter in ''Marvel Knights'', he infiltrates an alien spaceship to rescue a couple of amateur film-makers, only for all them to be sealed inside. While the guys he was trying to rescue panic, Reed remains completely calm, and proceeds to explain exactly how Ben and Sue (Johnny wasn't around) are going to rescue them, (anticipating that Ben would ignore the fact Reed telling him to stay back earlier). Ben stops the initial takeoff, and Sue creates a forcefield above the ship, forcing the aliens to stop and negotiate before their engines overheat.

** Refusing to yield in battle against the Champion, a superhuman alien with nigh-unlimited strength. The Champion was so moved by Ben's spirit that he declared him the victor, despite the fact that even Ben's strongest punches barely fazed him.

* The movie itself is not the greatest, but ''Film/FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' provides Reed Richards with one of the greatest moments he's had in any medium (although it should be noted that it was [[UltimateGalactus stolen]][[WarrenEllis from a comic book]]):

** Which is pretty much taken word for word from the UltimateGalactus mini-series where he said this to Nick Fury.

* The movie itself is not the greatest, but ''Film/FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' provides Reed Richards with one of the greatest moments he's had in any medium (although it should be noted that it was [[AdaptationDistillation stolen from a comic book]]):

** Which is pretty much taken word for word from the Ultimate Galactus mini-series where he said this to Nick Fury.

*** Around the same time, in around the same title - while the Fantastic Four lose their money, the narration shows everyone trying to adapt: Mister Fantastic becomes "stay-at-home father", Invisible Woman becomes "substitute teacher", Human Torch becomes "struggling actor". The Thing applies for a job in construction, and is about to be turned down... when there's an accident, and he rushes to help the workers. ''He'' gets referred to as follows:
---->Benjamin J Grimm. Test pilot. Godfather. [[VerbalTic "Idol o' millions"]]. 100% hero.

-->'''Silver Surfer:''' I know you have boasted yourself to be the most powerful herald of our former master, Tyros…let us now put that boast to the test!

'''Johnny Storm''': [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Me too]].

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