Mathematician and physicist Reed Richards would do anything to fund his lifelong dream of an experimental space mission--including cutting a last-ditch, no-win deal with his old college rival. But one tiny miscalculation turned into tragedy when a brutal cosmic storm battered the space ship and its crew. The cosmic rays left Reed with the ability to bend, stretch, and expand his body in any imaginable way. Now as the super-flexible Mr. Fantastic, Reed leads the Fantastic 4 in pursuit--one that ensures a better quality of life for every human on Earth.