Susan Storm Richards
Few characters can claim to have been present at the very birth of the Marvel Age of Comics, but Susan Storm Richards was there from the very first page of Fantastic Four #1 in 1961, helping Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and company ignite the Silver Age revolution that changed superhero storytelling forever. A founding member of the Fantastic Four, she has shared sixty-five years of adventures alongside Ben Grimm, Johnny Storm, Mister Fantastic, and the ever-looming presence of The Thing — a roster that reads like a who's who of Marvel's most iconic figures. With 1,741 catalog appearances and an extraordinary 93 recognized key issues to her name, she is one of the most consequential and enduring figures in Marvel history, her story woven through flagship titles like Fantastic Four, Ultimate Fantastic Four, and The Amazing Spider-Man. If you're serious about Marvel comics — their history, their heart, their highest highs — Susan Storm Richards is absolutely essential reading.
Trivia
- Susan Storm holds the distinction of being the first female superhero Marvel published in the Silver Age, making her a uniquely revealing test case for how the House of Ideas approached women in its fledgling modern superhero line.marvel.com
- For the majority of her early career she carried the official codename Invisible Girl, and the upgrade to Invisible Woman didn't arrive until the 1980s — a deliberate editorial rebranding, not merely an offhand nickname swap.marvel.com
- Stan Lee has written more of Susan Storm Richards's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 194 issues.