<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2011) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (January 2011) </Td> </Tr> <P> Created by writer Stan Lee and artist / co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961). He was one of the four main characters in the title . Lee has stated the stretch powers were inspired by DC's Plastic Man, which had no equivalent in Marvel . </P> <P> Reed Richards has continued to appear regularly in the Fantastic Four comic for the majority of its publication run . </P>

Who came first plastic man or mr. fantastic