Mister Fantastic (Alex Hyde-White) and Doctor Doom (Joseph Culp) are college friends who use the opportunity of a passing comet to try an experiment; however, the experiment goes wrong, leaving Victor horribly scarred. Invisible Woman (Mercedes McNab) and Human Torch (Phillip Van Dyke) are two children living with their mother (Annie Gagen), who has a boarding house where Reed lives. Thing (comics) (Michael Bailey Smith) is a family friend and a college buddy of Reed's.