TED RICHARDS

Real Name: Ted Richards

Identity/Class: Terrestrial human (Post-World War II era  to pre-modern era)

Occupation: Writer

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Reed Richards; presumably Nathaniel Richards

Enemies: The House Un-American Activities Committee, Joe McCarthy

Known Relatives: Maj. John Richards (father, deceased), Laura Richards (mother, deceased), Nathaniel Richards (brother), Evelyn Richards (sister-in-law), Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic, nephew), Hamish Richards (nephew), Tara Richards (Huntara, niece), Morag Richards (niece-in-law), Angus Richards (nephew once removed), unidentified Richards nephew, Franklin Benjamin Richards (grand nephew), Valeria Richards (grand niece), Kang, his divergent counterparts and offspring (common ancestry)

Aliases: "Uncle Ted"

Base of Operations: Mobile in the USA

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man II#535 (November, 2006)

Powers/Abilities: Ted Richards did not possess any superhuman powers but was a skilled writer and a quite charismatic and funny person. He also had a stubborn streak and a dislike for rules.

Height: 5'7" (by approximation)
Weight: 125 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Brown

History: 

(Amazing Spider-Man II#535 (fb)) - During the days of Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committe, Ted Richards, a funny, eccentric and accepting writer, would take his nephew Reed up the street twice a week for ice cream, where they would talk about the world. Not a scientist like most of his family, Ted developed a quirky outlook on life, often taking to strangers, wearing the wrong colored socks, and eating at small restaurants. Eventually, the House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenaed Ted during their search for Communist agents amongst the arts. A stubborn and strong-willed man, Ted told the Committee to "go to Hell" when they had him testify about whether or not he was a Communist and ordered him to give names of people who might be Communists.

(Amazing Spider-Man II#535 (fb) - BTS) - Holding Ted for contempt of Congress for six months, the Committee blacklisted Ted, ruining Ted's writing career and even alienating Ted from his own family. Ultimately, Ted lost his life savings, his home and eventually, his life.

Comments: Created by J. Michael Straczynski, Ron Garney and Bill Reinhold.

I chose not list Reed Richards' in-laws as Ted's relatives, as Ted had died long before Reed had married Sue Storm. I also chose not to list Cassandra (Warlord) of Other-Earth for a similar reason. Ted had died long before Nathaniel went to Other-Earth and met Cassandra, so the focus is on blood relations.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Ted Richards has no known connections to

• Richards, Capt., military policeman @ Captain America Comics#31
• Richards, Nurse, Newhope Memorial Hospital nurse @ Avengers I#279
  
• Richards, Brian "Stoop," thief & gambler, led gang utilizing underwater machine guns in attack on Atlantis @ Marvel Mystery Comics#82
• Richards, David of Earth-2600, vastly powerful mutant from Dystopian reality, slain by Earth-295's Sabretooth when he became corrupt @ Exiles I#12
• Richards, Det. Dick, cop who murdered prostitutes, killed by Typhoid Mary @ Typhoid#2
• Richards, Frank, Thelma's fiancee, asked for Malvern's blessing & money @ Uncanny Tales#3
  
• Richards, Keith, real-world/Earth-1218 Rolling Stones guitarist
• Richards, Keith of Earth-9290, guitarist mutated by cosmic rays, gained ability to survive w/o oxygen due to years of smoking, led Fantastic Four @ What If? II#41
• "Richards, Lisa" of Earth-Fantastic Five: Namor, daughter of Reed & Lissette @ What If? II#27
• Richards, Lissette Orlova of Earth-Fantastic Five: Namor, wife of Reed @ What If? II#27
• Richards, Lynn, one of Nick Fury's "caterpillar" agents @ Secret Warriors#1
• Richards, Mary of Earth-91112, daughter of Reed & Sue, used powers as healer & activist, led USA to age of peace @ What If? II#30
• Richards, Nyami Susan of Earth-98, daughter of Franklin & Zawadi @ Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four '98 Annual
• Richards, Phillip, member of the Shadowmasters @ Punisher War Journal I#?
• Richards, Reed of Counter-Earth: High Evolutionary, became the Brute @ Marvel Premiere#2
• Richards, Rudion of Earth-717, superpowered leader of the U.F.F.F. @ What If?: Fantastic Four#1
  
• Richards, Sue, better known as the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four, Reed's wife & Ted's would-be niece-in-law @ Fantastic Four I#1
• Richards, Suzy of Earth-91111, monstrous daughter of Reed & Sue, killed many before being banished to Negative Zone by Franklin @ What If? II#30
• Richards, Ursula, used by Morgan MacNeil Hardy in an effort to restructure reality, body destroyed in explosion but mind lived on in Chorus @ Captain America I#264
• Richards, Valeria of Earth-1720, Exiles @ New Exiles#18
• Richards, Zawadi of Earth-98, wife of Franklin @ Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four '98 Annual
  
• or any other "Ted" or "Richards" characters
  

images: (without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man II#535, p14, pan3 (Ted Richards, main image)
Amazing Spider-Man II#535, p14, pan6 (Ted Richards testifying before Congress)

Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man II#535 (November, 2006) - J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Ron Garney (pencils), Bill Reinhold (inks), Axel Alonso (editor)

First Posted: 05/13/2014
Last updated: 05/12/2014

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