10 Weirdest Comic Fan Theories You Won’t Believe Exist

While it's pretty cold that the theory that Reed Richards is a Skrull appears to have first formed due to the fact that he's just plain bad with people, this unfair origin has blessed us with one of the craziest theories to ever have graced the internet.

As crazy as it might seem, though, it would serve to perfectly explain why Reed's appearance and age appears to change drastically in the early days of the comic, fluctuating between being old and young, and having several distinct facial structures. Even the question of how Mister Fantastic got his powers works in this light, as the Skrulls are naturally capable of twisting their forms in ways similar to the elastic powers Reed supposedly has.

Although several storylines do counteract this idea - namely, the fact that, when Skrulls experiment on Richards in the Secret Invasion storyline, they do not uncover that he is one of them - it's undeniable that some features of the hero would make far more sense if he was secretly an alien shapeshifter.