Invisible Woman

comic-book character

Also known as: Invisible Girl, Sue Storm

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Sue Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman, is a fictional character from Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four. She gained her powers after being exposed to cosmic rays during an unsanctioned space flight with her fiancé Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), her brother Johnny Storm (Human Torch), and their friend Ben Grimm (The Thing).1

Initially, Sue could turn invisible and later developed the ability to project force fields. She is a founding member of the Fantastic Four, a team known for bringing a unique element of realism to the superhero genre. The character's evolution has seen her grow from a reserved fiancée to a more forceful and liberated individual.1

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Fantastic Four
Origins
Reed Richards, a pompous scientist; Sue Storm, his lovely and somewhat reserved fiancée; Sue’s hotheaded teenaged brother Johnny Storm; and Richards’s beefy longtime friend pilot Ben Grimm. The foursome commandeered an untested spaceship of Richards’s design from the U.S. military in a frantic but unsanctioned effort to beat the Soviets…
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Reed Richards, a pompous scientist; Sue Storm, his lovely and somewhat reserved fiancée; Sue’s hotheaded teenaged brother Johnny Storm; and Richards’s beefy longtime friend pilot Ben Grimm. The foursome commandeered an untested spaceship of Richards’s design from the U.S. military in a frantic but unsanctioned effort to beat the Soviets…
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