ourchair
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A number of students have been offhandedly mentioned in the pages of post-Bendis Ultimate Fantastic Four. My question is, does anybody know if they may just be cleverly veiled nods to 616 characters and if so, who exactly?
Incidentally, it won't be necessary to mention:
*Mad Billy - apparently from Deliverance. He designed a press that was intended to test the strength of super-dense elements. Reed says that he, developed super-heavy super-hard metals under his bed, and we can assume the press was used to stress-test those metals. The press was used to test Ben's strength in UFF # 8. Mad Billy was also noted by Reed as having "built a particle accelerator in his bedroom" and "used to sit in the middle of it playing a banjo."
*Saxon - Invented his own language. One other student pointed out that his language was no good if no one else could understand it or speak it. He made a one-panel appearance in UFF # 2 as a chubby goateed lad.
*Strange Josie - Hailed from Seattle. According to Reed she invented a stealth corset and use it to sneak into boys' rooms at night and fire glue and chili paste into their pants.
*Saxon - Invented his own language. One other student pointed out that his language was no good if no one else could understand it or speak it. He made a one-panel appearance in UFF # 2 as a chubby goateed lad.
*Strange Josie - Hailed from Seattle. According to Reed she invented a stealth corset and use it to sneak into boys' rooms at night and fire glue and chili paste into their pants.
Incidentally, it won't be necessary to mention:
*Phineas Mason - First mentioned in UFF # 2 by Molekevic and mentioned again in UFF # 19. He was developing a gel-like substance designed for crowd control, which Rhona Burchill (AKA Mad Thinker) perfected later. He was booted out of the Baxter for dismantling the security systems. Phineas shares the same name as the Tinkerer, but the gel substance and security tampering are clear nods to Paste-Pot Pete and Mad Thinker.
