Susan Storm-Richards: The Invisible Woman Appreciation 2021

[Crimz]

Welcome to 2021's Invisible Woman appreciation thread!!!

This time it's special as 2021 also marks the 60th anniversary of Marvel's First Lady!



Let's celebrate her 60th and hope for great things for Sue this year!

Previous appreciation threads:

2018:https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2018
2019: https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2019
2020: https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020



Origin

Along with the other members of the Fantastic Four Susan Storm's story begins in the pages of Fantastic Four #1 (1961).

After the fateful bombardment of cosmic rays Sue found she had the ability to turn invisible at will and took on the moniker of the Invisible Girl.



Through the years


As time progress Sue discovered more to her powers, gaining the ability to turn other things invisible as well as generate powerful force-fields that she can she shape in any for she chooses.

Susan also married her fellow teammate, Mr Fantastic, and has had two children with him. Becoming one of the most well-known superhero mothers in media.

She has led the Fantastic Four when Mr Fantastic was thought dead, has been the Queen of old Atlantis, worked as a spy for SHIELD, and has done many more things.

Eventually, Sue drops the 'Girl' part of her codename and becomes The Invisible Woman.

Invisible Woman today





Sue has grown exponentially since her introduction and is now considered the most powerful member of the Fantastic Four and one of the more powerful heroes in Marvel.

She is now a confident, powerful, and respected member of the Fantastic Four. As well as a leader in her own right.

I look forward to what's in store for Sue in the upcoming years and hope she continues to grow and impress.

Now let's appreciate Marvel's First Lady and celebrate her 60th anniversary!!

[Crimz]

Powers and Abilities

Invisibility



Sue can make herself and others invisible by bending light and things on the uv spectrum around her. She also has the power make invisible things visible again. She is precise enough to even blind someone by bending light away from their eyes.
Sue can also see/sense things that are invisible.

Force Fields




Sue has the ability to generate invisible force fields. She has complete control over them, enabling her to change their shape, size, texture, and density to whatever she wants. Her only limit is her imagination.
Her force-fields are powerful enough to defend against attacks from 100 tonner and cosmic beings. However, the more powerful an attack is the more mental strain it puts on Sue and enough force will make her drop her force-fields.
It is theorized by Mr Fantastic and his father Nathaniel Richards that her force-fields derive from Hyperspace, the same dimension as the Celestials.


Martial arts training




Susan has been trained in judo by Mr Fantastic, self defense from The Thing and She Hulk, and training from Iron Fist.
This makes Sue a competent Martial artist in her own right, but her powers mean that she rarely needs to use it.




Recommended/Essential Reading


These are for particular runs/arcs that had Sue as the focus or has great moments for her. Which is why runs prior to Byrne's, such as Stan Lee's/Jack Kirby's run, were left out.

For a more general Fantastic Four recommended/essential reading, please check out the teams appreciation thread: https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2021


John Byrne

Fantastic Four Vol.1 #232–295

Mark Waid

Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #60-#70
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #500-#524
Invisible Woman: Partners in Crime (5 issue mini series)

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Marvel Knights 4 Vol.1 #1-#30

Jonathan Hickman

Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #1-#5
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #570-#588
FF Vol 1 #1-#11
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #600-#611 alternating with FF Vol 1 #12-23

James Robinson

Fantastic Four Vol 5 #1-#14
Fantastic Four Vol 1 #642-#645
Fantastic Four Annual Vol 5 #1


Notable One Shot's/Mini's

Before the Fantastic Four: The Storms Vol 1. #1-3 (2000)
Captain Universe: Invisible Woman #1 (2006)
SHIELD Vol. 3 #4 (2015)
Invisible Woman: Partners in Crime (2019)

[Crimz]

What does everyone want and expect from Sue this year? Especially considering it's the teams 60th.

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to Sue and all her fans .

[Agent Z]

Sue Storm and Reed Richards
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Teban1983

https://www.deviantart.com/teban1983...ards-818093487

[Agent Z]

Sue Storm
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Teban1983

https://www.deviantart.com/teban1983...torm-840181475

[Alphaxman]

I know it's superficial but I was always fascinating that Sue was the only woman throughout the 60s-90s who constantly changed her hairstyle. Most of the marvel women pretty much had the same hair, I guess to keep them at their most recognizable. Sue, on the other had had short curls, bobs, mid-length to long and flowy, even the infamous mullet. Always giving real woman tea.