10 Worst Things Reed Richards Has Ever Done
5. Founded The Illuminati
An act so devastating that the next three writers to work on the FF afterwards (Straczynski, McDuffie, and Hickman specifically) spent all their time trying to find out just what the ever-loving heck he was thinking.
The Illuminati was the product of a bunch of super smart, super paranoid heroes coming together to try and solve potential problems for the Marvel universe before they actually have time to BECOME problems. Everything that they specifically do varies depending on the universe you consult, but it says a lot that in a couple of the universes Reed finds, that version of himself decided that the Illuminati members needed to be murdered before they even formed the infamous alliance.
All of the Illuminati members are plenty paranoid on their own, but putting them all in one room together with zero reins to yank them back down to Earth is a recipe for trouble. It was the Illuminati who decided that the best course of action for dealing with The Hulk was to shoot him into space. Only reason that act isn't on the list is because one of the Illuminati members is Doctor Strange, who could have just TELEPORTED Bruce to the planet they wanted to send him to, but for some reason didn't, so Reed can't bear all the blame there.
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