Mary Elizabeth Alvarez

There is some mystery about who Mary really is. She is known as being the daughter of Nathaniel Richards and his second wife. Her name was Tara at that time and she had a brother Nathaniel Junior. From his first wife, Elaine Zharkov, Nathaniel Richards already had a son name Reed. Reed was the man who married Susan Storm and he was one of the founders of the Fantastic Four.
Tara later should find out she had another brother, the reporter Paul Alvarez and he told her that she actually was Mary Elizabeth Alvarez. How Paul is related to her other brother, Nathaniel Junior is not sorted out yet.
When the Fantastic four already existed, Mary, then still known as Tara, was taken to Elsewhen together with Franklin Richards, the son of Susan Storm and Reed Richards. They studied martial arts there and Tara, then named Huntara spent most of her childhood practicing al kinds of combat. At the end she became a true gladiator and warrior, hence her title Warrior Princess of Elsewhen. When they finished their studies the two had different thoughts about the universe, about time streams in particular and they became adversaries who battled each other more than once. In the end however the Four convinced her she was following the wrong road and from then on they were allies. Franklin, the Psi-Lord later formed the Fantastic Force and Huntara joined that group till the end of it.

Mary Elizabeth Alvarez is related to Susan Storm Richards, member of the Fantastic Four. She lives in the same universe as Allison Blaire.

Series Fantastic Four, © Marvel Comics
For the Dutch edition © Junior Press
Artwork taken from Fantastic Four nr. 52 (1995), Voorbij het bedrog en de leugen

Text: Tom DeFalco and Paul Ryan. Artwork: Paul Ryan. Inker: Dan Bulanadi. Color: John Kalisz

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