Nathaniel Richards
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Nathaniel Richards is a scientific genius and time traveler in the Marvel Comics universe.
The character, created by John Byrne, first appeared in Fantastic Four #272 (November 1984) as the long absent father of Reed Richards. Later stories have implied the character is the father of Huntara and Kristoff Vernard, and ancestor of Kang the Conqueror.
Within the context of the stories, Nathaniel Richards is scientific genius, inventor of the "time platform", and, during the 1950s, a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.. At some point after the birth of his son Reed, he begins to travel in time and alternate realities, leaving his son and wife Evelyn behind in his native time and reality. In one of the alternate realities he meets, marries, and has a son with a woman named Cassandra.
He has returned to his native time on a number occasions to interact with his first son, Reed, though always to further his own goals. The acts he has committed involving these returns include: impersonating Doctor Doom; kidnapping and raising his grandson Franklin and replacing him with an aged Psi-Lord version; working with Cable and X-Force to secure Doom's version of the time platform; and joining the Future Foundation.
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