Susan "Sue" Richards (nee Storm) was the director of genetic research at Von Doom Industries before being affected by the Cosmic Ray and becoming a member of the Fantastic Four known as Invisible Woman, who harnesses the ability to turn invisible and create fields and barriers of only pure force.
Biography[]
Fantastic Four[]
Sue, a brilliant scientist, led Victor von Doom's Department of Genetic Research. She was dating Victor. Immediately prior to the arrival of the cosmic storm which granted her the ability to manipulate light (allowing her to disappear and generate semi-visible force fields), Victor proposed to her; she turned him down.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer[]
Sue's wedding to Reed is interrupted by the arrival of the Silver Surfer. Sue reminds the Silver Surfer of the woman he loved back on his home-world. This association, and the friendship with Sue which follows, leads the Surfer to turn against his master, Galactus.
While attempting to shield the Silver Surfer with a force field, Sue is impaled in the chest with a spear created by a cosmic-powered Doctor Doom, and she dies unmarried in Reed's arms. However, Silver Surfer uses his cosmic powers to heal Sue, tarnishing himself in the process. Before leaving to confront Galactus, Silver Surfer tells Reed to treasure every moment with Sue.
Reed and a kimono-clad Sue are married in ceremony in Japan, moments before jetting off with Johnny and Ben to save Venice from sinking.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Superhuman Physiology: Due to exposure to the cosmic storm, Sue gained the power of invisibility, flyrogenesis and flyrokinesis.
- Invisibility: Sue is able to become completely invisible. This allows her to blend into her surroundings and can easily sneak past or escape from her enemies.
- Flyrogenesis: Sue is able to create force fields to do a variety of things; such as, stop explosions or fire from expanding, level a large building structure so Ben could lift it back into place, contain people, or propel her force fields with varying force to push back or send people flying.
- Flyrokinesis: Sue can manipulate force fields. This allows her to generate powerful force-fields in order to protect herself or other people from danger threats.
- Telekinesis: Due to Sue's flyrogenesis and flyrokinesis powers; she can move objects or other individuals without physically touching them.
Abilities[]
- Advanced Hand-To-Hand Combatant: Sue has proven herself a very competent combatant; able to use her powers to their fullest in combat situations.
Relationships[]
- Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic - Husband and teammate.
- Johnny Storm/Human Torch - Brother and teammate; deceased.
- Ben Grimm/Thing - Friend and teammate.
- Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom - Former boss turned enemy; presumably deceased.
- Silver Surfer - Enemy turned ally and close friend.
Appearances/Actresses[]
- Earth-121698 (2 films)
- Fantastic Four (First appearance) - Jessica Alba
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Jessica Alba
Behind the scenes[]
- Jessica Alba dyed her hair blonde in the first film after finishing the film Sin City and wore a blonde wig in the second film.
- Alba won the Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female Movie Star for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, winning over Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End and Kirsten Dunst in Spider-Man 3.
- Ali Larter, Julia Stiles, Kate Bosworth, Rachel McAdams, Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Banks, KaDee Strickland, Trish Stratus, Renée Zellweger, Cameron Diaz and Christina Aguilera were all considered for the role of Susan Storm.
- Jessica Alba voiced an alternate version of Sue Storm/Invisible Woman in the video game Fantastic Four. Erin Matthews then took over the voice in the sequel game. These games are not considered canon to Earth-121698.
- Jessica Alba liked the character of Sue because of her motherly personality.
- Alba had a kidney infection during filming of the VDI space station scene.
- Jessica Alba had creative differences with Tim Story in the second film because she wanted Sue to be dirty rather than beautiful.
- The filmmakers and cast enjoyed working with Jessica Alba and hoped she would have kids.
- By the end of filming the sequel, Jessica Alba said that Sue could be pregnant.
- Her invisibility and force field visual effects are created with a 3D body scan of Jessica Alba.
Trivia[]
- The movie version of the Invisible Woman is not able to turn normal clothes invisible, which leads to a number of comical scenes involving Sue finding herself naked in public. These jokes were a play on the fact that Jessica Alba often tops "Sexiest Female" lists and is seen as a highly attractive sex symbol. However, the reason why she can turn her clothes invisible in the comics is because they have woven in them unstable molecules, created by Reed, which are particles able to adapt to the Fantastic Four's powers, but only devised after the team discovered the nature of their powers (this is also the reason why Johnny burns off his clothes when "flaming on" for the first time, in the first film).
Gallery[]
Fantastic Four[]
Promotion, Filming and Concept Art[]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer[]
Promotion, Filming and Concept Art[]
