S3E56 - Issue 56 - Ultimate Reed Richards (Maker)

Anthony & Doc examine the Maker (aka Ultimate Reed Richards). What differentiates him from his 616 counterpart? What can heartbreak do to a super genius? All this, plus Doc's most inventive treatment idea yet - listen now! SHOW NOTES: IntroShoutout to Cheers to Comics – Brian Wayne talks all things comicsListener SurveyBackground (04:00)Ultimate Reed Richards created by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, and Adam Kubert in Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 (February 2004)Based on an updated version of the Earth-616 Mister FantasticReed Richards was a child genius recruited to the Baxter Building program with other brilliant young minds, including Ben Grimm, Sue Storm, and her brother JohnnyWhile attempting to teleport matter through the N-Zone, the experiment goes wrong and Reed gains the ability to stretch himself to incredible lengthsHe and the rest of the Fantastic Four are heroes until the Ultimatum event, where Magneto's attempt to destroy the world results in the deaths of dozens of heroes and villains, the Four disband, and Reed & Sue, who were romantically involved, break upReed believes the world is "broken", and only he can fix it – he attempts to eliminate all the top scientific minds in the world, but is defeated by a team of heroes – his face gets burned by a blast from Johnny and he is trapped in the N-ZoneHe escapes, and creates a group of genetically enhanced people called the Children of Tomorrow – now known as the Maker, they take over Europe until he is defeated by SueSecret Wars – Maker teams with 616 Reed to defeat God Emperor Doom, but Maker turns on Reed and is turned into pepperoni pizzas by the Molecule ManRecovers and turns up in new Prime Earth – was in a cell until recently, when he was broken out by the Future Foundation, who was looking for 616 ReedIssues (14:40)Villainy stems from broken heart – incel cultureBullied as a child, both by fellow students and his father (26:42)So focused on intelligence and intellectualism that he's lost any semblance of humanity (36:20)Break (47:13)Plugs for Talk Me Into and Occultae VeritatisTreatment (48:42)In-universeOut of universeSkit (57:57)Ending (62:17) Next episodes - survivor guilt, Hawkeye (Fraction run), Roy HarperListener SurveyDiscordAppearance at New York Comic ConLive appearance at Rogue Comics in Cranford, NJ in October References: Matt Damon/Jimmy Kimmel - Anthony (0:55)Molecule Man episode - Anthony (11:35)Batman: The Killing Joke - Anthony (14:20)Incels - Anthony (15:30)Hamilton - "The Reynolds Pamphlet" - Doc (16:56)Tony Stark episode - Anthony (20:26) Michelle Carter - Anthony (30:35)Eeyore - Doc (34:28)Crossfire board game - Anthony (49:45)Pareto principle - Doc (57:45) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: hereTwitterFacebookE-mailPatreonTeePublicDiscord Listener Survey