NURSE RICHARDS

Real Name: (first name unrevealed) Richards

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Nurse

Group Membership: The staff at Newhope Memorial Hospital

Affiliations: The Avengers (Black Knight, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Doctor Druid, She-Hulk), Hercules

Enemies: Hermes (he was Hercules's real kidnapper), Thor (she thought he was the kidnapper)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Milady"

Base of Operations: Newhope Memorial Hospital in Manhattan, New York

First Appearance: Avengers I#279 (May, 1987)

Powers/Abilities: Nurse Richards had no superhuman powers, but was presumably a skilled nurse -- she was certainly not skilled at identifying kidnappers.

History:  (Avengers I#279) - While Hercules was comatose following a battle with the Masters of Evil, Nurse Richards was the nurse on duty when he was kidnapped from his room. She was shocked when she witnessed the kidnapping.

 (Avengers I#281) - When the Avengers arrived to investigate Hercules's disappearance, Nurse Richards told them everything she saw. While trying to explain that the kidnapper wore a cape, Richards pointed and mistakenly identified Thor as the kidnapper. Thor tried to explain that he was an old friend of Hercules, but was distracted by a mysterious figure outside and rushed outside to investigate.

Comments: Created by Roger Stern, John Buscema, and Tom Palmer.

Profile by Proto-Man.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Nurse Richards has no known connections to

• Richards of Other-Earth, son of Cassandra & Nathaniel, possible ancestor of Kang, @ Fantastic Four I#272
• Richards, Cassandra of Other-Earth, also called Warlord, @ Fantastic Four I#272
• Richards, David of Earth-2600, vastly powerful mutant who led to destruction of Sentinels, slain by Sabretooth when he became corrupt, @ Exiles#12
• Richards, Det. "Dick", cop, murdered 2 prostitutes, killed by Typhoid, @ Typhoid#2
• Richards, Frank, fiancee of Thelma, @ Uncanny Tales#3
• Richards, Franklin Benjamin, reality-altering mutant son of Mr. Fantastic & Invisible Woman, @ Fantastic Four Annual#6
• Richards, John, grandfather of Reed, active in WWII, @ Marvel Knights 4#4
• Richards, Keith of "Earth-9290", mutated by cosmic rays, led FF, @ What If? II#41
• "Richards, Lisa" of Earth-Fantastic Five-Namor, daughter of Reed & Lissette, @ What If? II#27
• Richards, Lissette Orlova of Earth-Fantastic Five-Namor, wife of Reed, @ What If? II#27
• Richards, Mary of Earth-91112, daughter of Reed & Sue, used powers as a healer, @ What If? II#30
• Richards, Nathaniel, father of Mr. Fantastic & Huntara, @ Fantastic Four I#272
• Richards, N'yami Susan of Earth "1961", daughter of Franklin & Zawadi, @ Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four '98 Annual
• Richards, Phillip, member of the Shadowmasters, @ Punisher War Journal#
• Richards, Reed, better known as Mr. Fantastic, @ Fantastic Four I#1
• Richards, Reed of Counter-Earth-High Evolutionary, also called the Brute, @ Marvel Premiere#2
• Richards, Sue, better known as Invisible Woman, @ Fantastic Four I#1
• Richards, Suzy of Earth-91111, monstrous daughter of Reed & Sue, slew many before being cast into Negative Zone, @ What If? II#30
• Richards, Ursula, gathered & used by Morgan MacNeil Hardy in attempt to restructure reality, @ Captain America I#264
• Richards, Valeria, daughter of Reed & Sue, briefly known as Marvel Girl before reduced to true age, @ Fantastic Four III#15
• Richards, Zawadi of Earth "1961", wife of Franklin, @ Fantastic Four/Fantastic Four '98 Annual
• any other "Nurse" or "Richards" characters

images:
Avengers I#279, p22, pan4 (Nurse Richards, fullbody)
Avengers I#281, p1, pan3 (Nurse Richards, headshot)

Appearances:
Avengers I#279 (May, 1987) - Roger Stern (writer), John Buscema (breakdowns), Tom Palmer (finished art)
Avengers I#281 (July, 1987) - Roger Stern (writer), John Buscema (breakdowns), Tom Palmer (finished art)

Last updated: 03/06/07

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