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Fictional character appearing in American comic books published past Marvel Comics

Human Torch
Variant embrace of Fantastic 4 #645 (Apr 2015) Fine art by Michael Komarck
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Showtime advent	The Fantastic Four #one (Nov. 1961)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist) (based upon the original character by Carl Burgos)
In-story information
Alter ego	Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm
Species	Human mutate
Place of origin	Glenville, New York
Team affiliations	Fantastic Four Avengers Hereafter Foundation Fantastic Strength Herald of Galactus Fantastic Four Incorporated Avengers Unity Division
Notable aliases	Invisible Man
Abilities	Pyrokinesis Fiery form that enables flying, serves as damage shield Heat energy absorption Resistance to extreme estrus

The Human Torch (Jonathan "Johnny" Tempest) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The graphic symbol is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. He is writer Stan Lee'southward and artist Jack Kirby's reinvention of a similar, previous character, the android Human Torch of the same name and powers who was created in 1939 by writer-artist Carl Burgos for Marvel Comics' predecessor company, Timely Comics.

Like the balance of the Fantastic Four, Johnny gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded past cosmic rays. He can engulf his entire body in flames, fly, absorb fire harmlessly into his ain body, and control whatsoever nearby burn down past sheer forcefulness of volition. "Flame on!", which the Torch customarily shouts when activating his total-body flame event, has become his catchphrase. The youngest of the group, he is advised and impetuous in comparison to his reticent, overprotective and compassionate older sister, Susan Storm, his sensible brother-in-law, Reed Richards, and the grumbling Ben Grimm. In the early on 1960s, he starred in a serial of solo adventures, published in Strange Tales. The Human Torch is besides a friend and frequent marry of the superhero Spider-Homo, who is approximately the same age.

In films, the Human Torch has been portrayed by Jay Underwood in the unreleased 1994 film The Fantastic Four; Chris Evans in the 2005 film Fantastic Four, and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silvery Surfer; and Michael B. Jordan in the 2015 picture Fantastic Iv.

Publication history [edit]

Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, Johnny Storm is a renovation of Carl Burgos'southward original character, the android Human Torch, created for Timely Comics in 1939. Storm kickoff appeared in The Fantastic Four #1 (cover-dated Nov. 1961), establishing him as a member of the titular superhero squad. In his plot summary for this starting time issue, Lee passed on to Kirby that the recently formed Comics Lawmaking Authority had told him that the Human Torch was only permitted to burn objects, never people.^[1] Over the form of the serial, Johnny beingness the niggling brother of teammate Susan Storm a.m.a. the Invisible Girl was 1 of several sources of tension within the group.^[2]

Additionally, he starred in a solo feature in Strange Tales #101-134 (Oct. 1962 – July 1965).^[3] An eight-issue series, The Human Torch (Sept. 1974 – November. 1975), reprinted stories from that solo feature, along with stories featuring the original android Human Torch.^[4] Afterward years also saw a 12-result series, Man Torch (June 2003 - June 2004) by writer Karl Kesel and penciler Skottie Young,^[v] and the five-issue team-up miniseries Spider-Man / Human Torch (March–July 2005) by author Dan Slott and penciler Ty Templeton.^{[half dozen]}

The Man Torch was originally the permanent co-star of Marvel Team-Upwardly, only was dropped afterward iii issues because the creators found this format too restrictive.^[7] He co-starred in two 1-shot comics, Spider-Human & the Homo Torch in... Bahia De Los Muertos! #1 (May 2009), by writer Tom Beland and creative person Juan Doe,^[8] and Incredible Hulk & the Human Torch: From the Marvel Vault #i, a previously unpublished story from 1984, originally intended for Marvel Team-Up by plotter Jack C. Harris, scriptwriter and artist Kesel, and breakup artist Steve Ditko.^[nine]

Fictional grapheme biography [edit]

Early life [edit]

Growing up in Glenville, New York, a fictional Long Isle suburban town, Johnny Storm lost his mother due to a car accident from which his male parent, surgeon Franklin Storm, escaped unharmed.^[10] Franklin Storm spiraled into alcoholism and financial ruin, and was imprisoned after killing a loan shark in self-defence force. Johnny Storm was then raised past his older sister, Sue Tempest.

A panel from The Fantastic Four #i (November. 1961) (left) shows the Human Torch equally fatigued in his starting time take a chance. The depiction was altered when the story was reprinted in Fantastic Iv Annual #1 (1963) (right), to conform to how the Human Torch was depicted from The Fantastic Four #3 onward. Original pencil fine art past Jack Kirby and unconfirmed inker. Alterations past Sol Brodsky.^[11]

At 16, Tempest joined his sister and her fiancé, Reed Richards, in a space flying in which cosmic radiation transformed those three and spacecraft airplane pilot Ben Grimm into superpowered beings who would become the celebrated superhero team the Fantastic 4. Tempest, with the power to become a flaming human with the power of flight and the ability to project fire, dubs himself the Human Torch, in tribute to the Globe War II-era hero of that name.^[12] In The Fantastic Four #4, it is Tempest who discovers an amnesiac hobo whom he helps regain his memory as the antihero Namor the Sub-Mariner, one of the 3 most pop heroes of Curiosity Comics' 1940s forerunner, Timely Comics, returning him to modernistic continuity.

Though a member of a world-famous team, Storm still lived primarily in Glenville and attended Glenville High Schoolhouse. Here he thought he maintained a surreptitious identity, although his young man townsfolk were well aware of his being a member of the Fantastic Iv and simply humored him. This series introduced what would become the recurring Fantastic Four foes the Magician^[13] and Paste-Pot Pete, after known equally the Trapster.^[14] In Storm'southward abode life, Mike Snow, a member of the high-school wrestling squad, bullied Storm until an adventitious flare-upwardly of the Torch's powers scarred Snow's face. Storm dated fellow educatee Dorrie Evans, although she eventually grew tired of his abiding disappearances and bankrupt off their relationship.^[fifteen]

College [edit]

After graduating high school, Storm enrolled at New York City's Metro College.^[16] There he befriended his roommate Wyatt Wingfoot.^[17] He besides met the original Human Torch of the 1930s and 1940s.^[xviii] Around this time, Tempest met and fell in love with Crystal, a member of the superpowered race the Inhumans.^[xix] After their relationship ended, Crystal returned to her native city of Attilan and somewhen married the superhero Quicksilver,^[twenty] Tempest, crushed, attempted to move on, finding that his high-school girlfriend, Dorrie Evans, had married and had two children.^{[ book & issue needed ]} Storm dropped out of college but remained friends with Wingfoot, who often participated in the Fantastic 4's adventures.

Storm eventually began a romance with who he thought was Alicia Masters but was somewhen revealed to be an alien from the shapeshifting Skrull race, Lyja, posing as Masters.^[21] In the interim, they married.^[22] Storm later discovers "Alicia's" true identity, and that Lyja is pregnant with his child. He and so witnessed Lyja's apparent death and rescued the real Alicia from the Skrulls.^[23]

Storm briefly joined his nephew Franklin Richards' Fantastic Force team, where he battled his otherdimensional analogue, Vangaard (formerly Gaard). Lyja posed as student Laura Green and dated Storm to stay close to him; Storm recognized her when they kissed, though he did not reveal this to her until later.^{[ volume & outcome needed ]}

Outside career and anti-registration movement [edit]

Seeking an acting career, Storm was cast as the Old W hero the Rawhide Kid, but producers reconsidered and gave the part to Lon Zelig (really the alien Super-Skrull). After working mostly in some tv shows, Storm also spent some fourth dimension equally a firefighter at the behest of his onetime classmate, Mike Snow,^{[ volume & issue needed ]} but when Snow moved away after his married woman turned out to exist a psychopathic arsonist and seemingly died, Storm left the chore. He later returned to the profession during a period when the Fantastic 4 was short on cash.^{[24] [ volume & outcome needed ]} Frustrated with her blood brother's directionless life and near-disastrous pranksterism, his sis compelled him to become chief financial officer for the Fantastic Four, Inc. Infighting and expose resulted in a near-ending, catastrophe Tempest'due south position.^[25]

Later on a major battle with the supervillain and dictator Dr. Doom, Fantastic Four leader Reed Richards attempted to claim Doom's Latveria for the Fantastic Four, an human activity that alienated the Us authorities and his ain team. This led to team-fellow member Ben Grimm's apparent decease and the Fantastic 4'south subsequent dispersal. Storm took to fixing cars for a living. Grimm later on was revealed to be alive.^[26] Over the Internet, Tempest meets a young adult female, Cole, whom he learns is the daughter of one of the Fantastic Four's oldest enemies, the Wizard; afterward a confrontation with that supervillain, who escaped with Cole, Storm remained hopeful of meeting her once again.^[27] For a time, Storm became the Herald of the powerful cosmic being Galactus, becoming the Invisible Boy afterward switching powers with his sister and teammate, Susan Richards, the Invisible Adult female.^[28]

During the 2006–2007 "Civil War" visitor-wide crossover, in which the superpowered community is divide over the Superhuman Registration Act, which required them to register with, and become agents of, the US government, Storm and his sister allied with the cloak-and-dagger rebels, the Hole-and-corner Avengers.^[29] Shortly after, during the "Secret Invasion" company-wide crossover, the shape-shifting extraterrestrial Skrulls intensified their clandestine infiltration of Earth. Storm was briefly reunited with his former Skrull girlfriend, Lyja. Though part of the invading strength, she finds she still has some feelings for him, and does not behave out her mission of sabotage. She returns to her people, unsure of herself and of whatsoever future human relationship.^[xxx]

Death and render [edit]

In the conclusion of the 2011 "Three" storyline, in Fantastic Four #587 (March 2011), the Human Torch appears to die fighting a horde of aliens from the otherdimensional Negative Zone. The series concluded with the following issue, #588, and relaunched in March 2011 as simply FF.^{[31] [32] [33]} Spider-Man, one of Storm'south friends, took his identify on the team,^{[34] [35]} as requested in the Torch's will.^[36]

It is afterwards revealed that the Human Torch was revived by a species of insect-like creatures that were implanted in his torso past Annihilus in an try to forcefulness Storm to help open up the Negative Zone portal. Storm eventually escapes, and Richards determines Tempest was on the other side of the portal for two years from his perspective.^[37]

The Human Torch becomes an ambassador within Inhuman gild and joins Steve Rogers's Avengers Unity Squad and helps Rogue in incinerating the telepathic portions of Professor Xavier'due south brains, thus unknowingly preventing Hydra from using information technology for their secret empire.^{[38] [39]} He becomes a multi-billionaire when he inherits Reed Richards' and Sue Storms' wealth and uses the money for rebuilding the Avengers Mansion and philanthropy.^[40] He is seemingly annihilated when he grabs a cosmic object called Pyramoids during the fight between the Lethal Legion and the Blackness Order in Peru, simply is restored afterwards Living Lightning wins a high stakes poker game versus the Grandmaster.^[41]

To help the Affair cope with Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman's disappearance, the Man Torch takes him on a journeying through the Multiverse using the Multisect in gild to find them.^[42] They have not been able to discover Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman equally they render to Earth-616 empty-handed.^[43] The Human Torch and the Thing were reunited with Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman to help alongside other superheroes who were part of the Fantastic Four (including surprisingly 10-Men'south Iceman) fight the Griever at the End of All Things after Mister Fantastic persuaded the Griever to let him summon the Thing and the Human Torch. As the Matter and his teammates finally render to 616, while Futurity Foundation stays behind to go along learning multiverse, the Matter reveals to them that he proposed to Alicia and they are about to get married soon. Although the Baxter Building is at present owned past a new superhero squad Fantastix, the Thing allows his teammates to employ his hometown Yancy Street as their electric current operation base.^[44]

Romance [edit]

The Human being Torch has been involved in several romantic relationships throughout the years, including, just not limited to, the Inhuman Crystal, member-in-preparation and future Galactus herald Frankie Raye, the Skrull agent Lyja disguised every bit Alicia Masters, the Atlantean Namorita, Inhuman Medusa, and X-Men member Rogue.

Crystal dissolved her human relationship with him due to the adverse furnishings of pollution within population centers of Homo sapiens.^[45] Frankie Raye concluded her relationship with him when she accepted Galactus' offering to become his newest herald.^[46]

Lyja, while in the disguise of the Matter's former girlfriend Alicia Masters, carried on a long-term human relationship including wedlock with the Torch,^[47] until it was revealed that her true nature was as a Skrull double amanuensis.^[48] Although the ii attempted reconciliation afterward it was learned that their "child" was actually an implanted weapon to exist used against the Fantastic Four,^{[ volume & issue needed ]} they ultimately parted on less than favorable terms.^{[ volume & consequence needed ]}

Torch's brief human relationship with Namorita lasted until he pursued a career in Hollywood.^{[ book & issue needed ]} It is suggested that he had a curt relationship with his Uncanny Avengers/Unity Squad leader Rogue, following which he had a rebound relationship with Medusa (Crystal's sis).^{[49] [l] [51]} At get-go it seemed equally if he and Rogue resumed their relationship,^[52] which was considered as an open up secret,^[53] notwithstanding this human relationship came to an end afterward his credible death and when Rogue rekindled her relationship with Gambit.^[54] He has also had relationships with civilian women.

Powers and abilities [edit]

Johnny Storm gained a number of superhuman powers as a result of the mutagenic effects of the cosmic radiation he was exposed to, all of which are related to burn. His master ability to envelop his body in fiery plasma without harm to himself, in which grade he is able to fly by providing thrust behind himself with his ain flame, and to generate powerful streams and/or balls of flame. He can also manipulate his flame in such a way as to shape it into rings and other forms, such as a fiery duplicate of himself that he tin remotely control. Even when not engulfed in flame himself, Storm has the ability to control any fire within his firsthand range of vision, causing information technology to increase or decrease in intensity or to move in a pattern directed past his thoughts. Additionally, he is able to absorb fire/plasma into his body with no detrimental effects.

The plasma field immediately surrounding his body is hot enough to vaporize projectiles that approach him, including bullets. He does not generally extend this flame-aureola beyond a few inches from his skin, so as not to ignite nearby objects. Storm refers to his maximum flame output every bit his "nova flame", which he can release omnidirectionally. Flame of any temperature lower than this cannot fire or harm the Torch. This "nova" effect tin can occur spontaneously when he absorbs an excessive amount of heat, although he can momentarily suppress the release when necessary, with considerable effort.^[55]

Storm has demonstrated enough control with fire that he tin can safely shave another's hair,^[56] or hold a person while in his flame class without his passenger feeling discomforting heat. His knowledge extends to general information virtually fire as well, supported by regular visits to burn-safety lectures at diverse firehouses in New York. In one instance when poisoned, Storm superheated his blood to fire the toxin out.^[57]

Storm's ability to ignite himself is express by the quantity of oxygen in his environment, and his personal flame has been extinguished by sufficient quantities of h2o, flame retardant foam, and vacuum environments. He can reignite instantly once oxygen is returned, with no sick effects. In early stories he could only remain aflame for upwardly to five minutes at a time, after which he would need 5 minutes to recharge before igniting himself once again.^[58]

Storm was depicted every bit transmuting his body itself into living flame in the starting time two bug of The Fantastic Iv. In all subsequent appearances, his power consists in the generation of a flaming aura.

Other versions [edit]

1602 [edit]

In the Marvel 1602 universe, Jon Storm is a immature hothead who has to leave London following a duel. Forth with his sister, who is escaping a human she does not love, he joins Sir Richard Reed on his explorations, and is caught in the radiations of the Anomaly, turning him into a Human Torch. The Iv go along their explorations until they are captured by Otto von Doom prior to the original 1602 miniseries.^{[ book & result needed ]}

At the start of the miniseries 1602: Fantastick 4, Jon has rejoined loftier social club, and once again finds himself embroiled in a duel, this time with Lord Wingfoot, who is betrothed to the 1602 version of Doris Evans. When he is chosen upon to battle Otto von Doom, he kidnaps Doris and takes her with them, assertive this is for her own adept.^{[ book & issue needed ]}

Historic period of Apocalypse [edit]

In the Historic period of Apocalypse, Johnny never becomes the Human Torch. Instead, he is amid Reed Richards' crew, along with Ben Grimm as airplane pilot and Johnny's sister Susan. Reed Richards attempts to evacuate a full contingent of refugees in his own experimental tran-ship, merely a mutant saboteur interferes with the launch. Johnny and Reed sacrifice themselves to save the others from the forces of Apocalypse.^{[ volume & consequence needed ]}

World-98 [edit]

In Earth-98 universe, Johnny married Crystal and has a girl named Luna and a son named Ray. He is also the leader of the Fantastic Four.^{[ book & event needed ]} He beginning appeared in Fantastic Four/Fantastic 4 Annual (1998).

Earth-65 [edit]

In Ghost-Spider'south universe, Susan and Johnny Storm went missing on a trip to Latveria. When they return to New York, they are shown twisted to evil and murderers of their own mother.^[59]

Earth-A [edit]

The World-A version of Johnny does not bring together Reed and Ben in their trip to infinite. He serves in the Vietnam War, where he is believed to take been killed. Withal, Johnny is plant and saved by Arkon, who gives him superpowers and the new identity of Gaard.^[lx]

Heroes Reborn [edit]

In the Heroes Reborn history of the Marvel Universe, created afterwards a battle with Onslaught, Johnny is an owner of a popular casino and function fiscal backer of Reed Richards' plan to get into infinite. His handprint is one of 2 — the other being his sis's — needed for launch. His rivalry with Ben Grimm at present extends into much more dangerous areas, such as a potentially deadly game of 'chicken' without idea to the life of the woman in his passenger seat.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

After being attacked past agents of Doctor Doom, Johnny ends up going up into infinite on Reed's spacecraft prototype equally he really had nowhere else to go. The entire launch base had been overtaken by enemy forces and it was miles to civilization. It is during the flight a cosmic anomaly imbues him and the others with their powers. Later the crash of the prototype, Johnny would testify more reliable, recovering Reed Richards and rescuing his own sister.^{[ volume & consequence needed ]}

House Of M [edit]

In the Firm of M: Iron Man express series, Johnny Storm is a contestant on a reality game show called Sapien Death Match. He has no inherent superpowers, only wears a adapt of powered armor that has a 'flame on' ability.^[61]

Curiosity Mangaverse [edit]

In the Marvel Mangaverse comics, the Human Torch is portrayed by two dissever characters spanning two very different continuities. The first character is a member of the Megascale Metatalent Response Team Fantastic Four on Earth-2301a and the mirror contrary of Earth-616's Johnny Storm in terms of personality. The squad uses power-packs to boost their talents to manifest at mecha-sized levels in order to combat Godzilla-sized monsters that seem to constantly attack Earth. In book two of Mangaverse, which takes place on Earth-2301b, the character of Johnny Storm has been replaced with a immature woman named Jonatha Storm, who is the half-sister of Sioux Tempest. Jonatha is quite hotheaded; sometimes riding into battle singing "I am the Goddess of Hellfire." She denies beingness impulsive, saying she tin only exist described that way in comparison to her "neurotic" teammates. In New Mangaverse Jonatha is slightly redesigned to look a few years younger than she did in book one of Mangaverse, and no longer wears her hair in multiple braids, instead sporting two pigtails on each side of her head. After witnessing the murder of the other Fantastic four members by supernatural assassins, she joins Spider-Man, Spider-Woman (Mary Jane Watson), Black Cat, Wolverine, and Iron Human, in hopes of getting revenge.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Marvel Zombies [edit]

In this alternative universe crazed Reed Richards recently infects Johnny Storm, Sue Tempest, and Ben Grimm with the zombie virus. The three then turn Reed into a zombie and the iv of them proceed a rampage with the other zombies. Eventually Reed contacts the Ultimate Reed and gets him to come to the infected universe. Johnny travels with the three others to the Ultimate Universe. They attack the Fantastic Iv at that place just are thwarted, and are locked up in a containment cell. Johnny eats live animals and loathes the Ultimate version of himself, remarking that he especially hates his hair. When they escape the iv assail the Baxter Building, Ultimate Reed switches bodies with Ultimate Doom and takes on all four zombies. Johnny is last seen being torn apart and extinguished past Reed in Dr. Doom'due south trunk.^{[ book & event needed ]}

MC2 [edit]

In the MC2 culling future Johnny leads the Fantastic V. He is married to Lyja and they accept a son Torus Storm (who calls himself "Super-Storm" when role-playing as a hero). Torus has inherited both his father's flame powers and his mother's stretching / shapeshifting powers.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Spider-Gwen [edit]

In this universe starring Gwen Stacy every bit Spider-Adult female, Johnny and Susan's family are stars of a telly series and they are notwithstanding children. Silk picks up a magazine that says they are entering their 4th flavor.^[62]

Spider-Verse [edit]

In the Amazing Spider-man comic'south result Spider-Poesy, Scarlet Spider (Kaine) and Spider-Human (Ben Reily) met and fought Johnny Storm (World-802) who is the Caput of Security of Baxter Edifice and serving ane of the Inheritors, Jennix.^{[ volume & effect needed ]}

Ultimate Marvel [edit]

In the Ultimate Marvel Universe, Johnny Storm is the youngest child of Franklin Storm, simply is non as intelligent every bit his sister and begetter. He spent time at the Baxter Building, but his rebellious nature meant that he learned footling from his time spent there. Although he is portrayed as being very vain, narcissistic, and displays some misogynistic tendencies, he is besides shown to have a deep devotion to his friends and family. He is practiced friends with Spider-Homo, and has a friendship/friendly rivalry with Bobby Drake due to each other's corresponding powers.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

He is present at Reed Richards' test of the N-Zone Teleportation Device in the Nevada Desert. After a malfunction in the device, he wakes up in France in a hospital bed. He uncontrollably bursts into flames until he learns to control his powers past saying "Flame On" and "Flame Off.". When Mole Human's creatures attacks, Johnny finds out he can fly while on burn. It is explained by Reed that Johnny's combustion makes him lighter than air. Johnny'southward body is covered with a microscopically thin film of transparent plates that brand him impervious to flame. When he activates his powers, fat cells beneath his skin create clean nuclear fusion and jet out between the plates as plasma which and so ignites on contact with air. Periodically, Johnny enters a hibernation where his one-time layer of skin peels off as ash while a new layer forms underneath. Unlike the mainstream Human Torch, Ultimate Johnny'south power sometimes have detrimental effects on his health, specifically causing unhealthy levels of weight loss and exhaustion.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

In issues #68 and 69 of Ultimate Spider-Man, Johnny meets Spider-Man when his sister says he has to terminate high school. Johnny picks a school in Queens which happens to be Midtown High. He quickly meets and becomes friends with Peter Parker, Mary Jane and Liz Allan. At a bonfire, he catches burn down and scares off Liz Allan. He arranges to meet Liz, but she does not show up.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Encouraged past Mary Jane, Spider-Human being shows upwardly instead and gives Johnny a heart-to-heart talk about keen power and great responsibility. Together, they save people from a burning building when Johnny absorbs the flames. Spider-Man shows Johnny that they volition not always be appreciated by the public.^{[ volume & consequence needed ]}

In issue #98 of Ultimate Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four learn Spider-Human's identity, and Johnny recognizes Peter. In issue #101, Nick Fury and a regiment of Spider Slayers try to abort Peter but are stopped by Johnny and the balance of the Fantastic 4.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

In the "Spider-Human being and his Amazing Friends" story arc (starting time with issue #118 and concluding in upshot #120) Johnny returns to Midtown High wanting to spend fourth dimension with real friends after becoming frustrated on a appointment with a popular popular-star who only came for publicity. Later on some prodding, Johnny arranges for a grouping consisting of himself, Peter, Mary Jane, Kitty Pryde, Kong, Bobby Drake and Liz Allan (Johnny'south apparent romantic interest) to have a somewhat normal day at the beach. During the evening blaze, mirror his final visit, Liz Allan bursts into flame, exposing herself as a mutant. At the terminate of the arc, Liz returns to the Xaiver Institute with Iceman.^{[ volume & outcome needed ]}

In Effect #129 of Ultimate Spider-Homo, Johnny attends another unsuccessful date with the same pop-star as before and after once again becoming frustrated calls Peter Parker to give him an alibi to leave. Johnny laments that he does not know whatsoever nice girls and has no real fashion of meeting any, and wants Peter to set up him up. After flying off, he encounters The Vulture mid-robbery. Johnny attempts to finish him, simply is thwarted several times before existence assisted by Spider-Woman (a female person clone of Peter Parker who is still mentally Peter up to the point of her "birth" in the Clone Saga story arc, a fact not disclosed to Johnny). Johnny proceeds to follow her effectually request her for details about who she is, going equally far to flirt with her. The very embarrassed Spider-Adult female swings off.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Throughout the first story arc of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Homo (the continuation of Ultimate Spider-Human being), Johnny Storm appears at Peter Parker'due south door and passes out in his arms. When he wakes up he informs Aunt May that he does non wish to return to the Baxter Building. Aunt May decides to permit him live with her, Peter and Gwen (later also adding Bobby Drake to the household as well). As to not raise suspicion and to non reveal Peters' undercover identity, Aunt May comes upwardly with the idea of coloring Johnny'southward hair black and changing his proper noun to Johnny Parker, Peter's cousin. She then enrolls him and Bobby at Midtown High along with Peter and Gwen. The school is then attacked by a Spider-Slayer, created by Mysterio, to hunt down Spider-Man. Johnny runs away from the school before "Flaming On", as to not reveal his new secret identity, and then returns to help Peter in the fight, only to discover that the Shroud has already taken care of it. Johnny decides to melt the remains of the Spider-Slayer anyway.^{[ volume & outcome needed ]}

Later when Norman Osborn escapes alongside The Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Electro, Doctor Octopus, and The Sandman, Johnny and Bobby detect them at Peters home and Johnny manages to knock Osborn unconscious before sandman does the same to him. Spider-Man then wakes him upward to fight Osborn again but Johnny merely succeeds in adding to Osborn's power before being knocked out yet again. Subsequently Spider-Man is killed subsequently defeating Osborn and the other supervillains and Johnny is the one who checks to run into if he truly is dead.^{[ volume & upshot needed ]} Ultimate Johnny appears briefly in effect 1 of Ultimate Fallout. In this effect, distressed by Peter's death he screams and releases virtually of his energy to a higher place the city.^{[ book & event needed ]}

Johnny eventually joins Kitty Pryde'due south team of mutants in the pages of Ultimate Comics: X-Men. He elects to stay behind and defend a group of younger mutants in the Morlock tunnels while Kitty, Iceman, Jimmy Hudson, and Rogue determine to head to the Southwest to fight off the Sentinels.^{[ volume & issue needed ]} He is later rescued wandering the streets of New York, having been severely tortured. The just clue to the fate of the children is a garbled telephone call to Kitty by i of the children lamenting Johnny's disappearance.^[63]

Johnny too makes an appearance in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, in which he challenges Spider-Man to a serial of races.^{[ volume & effect needed ]}

Counter-Globe [edit]

On Counter World, counterparts of the Fantastic Four hijack an experimental spaceship in order to exist the first humans in space. Man-Beast negates the effects of the cosmic radiation for all of them except Reed Richards who succumbs to the effects a decade afterward.^[64] Johnny Storm's counterpart is revealed to have been killed by the catholic radiation.^{[ volume & outcome needed ]}

What If? Vol. 2 #11 [edit]

In What If? vol. 2 #11 (March 1990), the origins of the Fantastic 4 are retold, showing how the heroes lives would have changed if all 4 had gained the same powers as the individual members of the original Fantastic 4. In "Pyros", all accept the ability of the Human Torch; after the team sets fire to what they believe to be an uninhabited surface area in gild to battle a monster, they inadvertently kill the daughter of a woman squatting one of those buildings; the guilt causes them to disband, subsequently which Reed Richards returns to his research, Storm becomes a race car driver and Grimm adopts the Human Torch moniker and joins the Avengers. Susan Storm, who could never forgive herself for the child'due south death, took monastic vows and spent the rest of her life as a nun in penance. In "Team Elastics", all accept the power of Mister Fantastic, but Grimm, Sue Storm and Reed Richards all believe their powers to exist silly; which also causes Sue Storm to get out Reed. Reed Richards returns to his research, but using his powers to aid him in his work, such as handling unsafe chemicals at far range, and Sue marries Ben Grimm, where they live a quiet domestic life free of superpowers. Johnny is the only fellow member to go public, where he becomes a performer chosen "Mr. Fabulous", using his powers to proceeds fame, fortune and women. In "Monstrous", all become monsters, and relocate to Monster Isle. In "The Phantoms", each proceeds one aspect of the invisibility power, with Johnny able to become intangible. The story focuses on the four becoming a special cloak-and-dagger unit of S.H.I.East.L.D. which defends against an assault past, and ultimately captures and places in custody, Doom.^[65]

In other media [edit]

Goggle box [edit]

• The Human Torch was a regular character in the 1967 Fantastic Four animated series, voiced past Jack Flounders.^[66]
• The Human Torch did non appear in the 1978 Fantastic Four animated series and was replaced with a robot called H.E.R.B.I.E. The television rights to the Homo Torch had been separately licensed, although never actually used, for a television pilot movie by Universal Studios and this prevented the use of the Torch in the series. For the same reason, the Man Torch was supposed to exist ane of the primary characters on Spider-Man and His Astonishing Friends, but Firestar was created in his place.^[67]
• The Man Torch appears in the 1994–95 Fantastic Four animated Tv series, voiced past Brian Austin Green in the first season and by Quinton Flynn in the second season.^[66]
• The Human Torch and the residual of the Fantastic Four appeared in the "Secret Wars" episodes of the mid-1990s Spider-Man animated series voiced once more by Quinton Flynn.^[66]
• The Homo Torch appears in the 2006 Fantastic Four animated Boob tube series, voiced past Christopher Jacot.^[66]
• The Human Torch appears in the blithe serial The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Travis Willingham.^{[66] [68]}
• The Human being Torch appears in the animated TV series The Avengers: Earth'south Mightiest Heroes, voiced by David Kaufman.^[66]
• The Human Torch appears in the Blob and the Agents of Southward.M.A.South.H. episode "Monsters No More", voiced past James Arnold Taylor.^{[66] [69]} He teamed upwards with the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. to cease the Tribbitites invasion.

Film [edit]

• Jay Underwood played Johnny Tempest in the unreleased Fantastic 4 film produced by Roger Corman.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Chris Evans played The Human Torch/Johnny Storm in the big upkeep 2005 moving picture Fantastic Four.^{[ citation needed ]} In the motion-picture show, he is an intelligent, yet big-headed, young human being in his early twenties who loves farthermost sports. He is the younger blood brother of Susan Storm, who works within Von Doom Industries equally Victor von Doom'due south principal of the Science Department. He reprised his role as Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four: Ascension of the Silver Surfer.^{[ commendation needed ]} When his older sis'southward hymeneals is interrupted past the Silver Surfer, Johnny pursues the Surfer and loses the subsequent confrontation. Due to his contact with the Surfer, Johnny is thereafter able to switch powers with any of his teammates through physical contact. This modify thwarts their attempt to trap the Silver Surfer when he accidentally switches powers with Reed. However, when Doom steals the Surfer's board and powers, Johnny uses his change to absorb the powers of the entire team, using Sue's invisibility and his own flame powers to sneak upward on Doom before overpowering him with the Affair's strength and Reed's elasticity. He loses the ability to switch powers when he makes contact with the Surfer for a second fourth dimension.
• Simon Rex portrayed the Man Torch in the spoof film Superhero Movie (2008).^[lxx]
• Michael B. Jordan portrayed Johnny Tempest in the 2015 motion-picture show Fantastic 4.^{[71] [72] [73]} While Johnny Storm is still the biological son of Franklin Storm, Susan Tempest is his adoptive sister. He gains his powers following a visit to Planet Zero. Since the incident, the scientists working with Franklin Storm designed a special adapt that helped Johnny to main his powers. After Victor von Doom returned from Planet Zero and was making his manner back to the Quantum Gate to further his goals, Johnny was devastated when Victor killed Franklin Tempest. Johnny later helped Reed, Susan and Ben fight Victor.

Video games [edit]

• The Human Torch makes a guest appearance in The Astonishing Spider-Human 2 for the Game Boy and PlayStation 2.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Man Torch is i of the Fantastic Four members who make an appearance in Spider-Man for the SNES.^{[ commendation needed ]}
• The Human Torch featured prominently in the 2000 Spider-Man video game, voiced by Daran Norris.^[66] He get-go appears in a cutscene, encouraging Spider-Man to find his wife Mary Jane, who was kidnapped by Venom. At the end of the game, he is seen dancing with the Black Cat, while Spider-Man and the other heroes featured in the game play cards.
• The Human Torch appears in his own game for the Game Male child Advance titled Fantastic 4: Flame On.^{[ commendation needed ]}
• The Human Torch is a playable character in the Fantastic Iv video game based on the 2005 motion-picture show, voiced by Chris Evans with his classic version reprised by Quinton Flynn in bonus levels.^[66]
• The Ultimate Marvel version of the Human Torch appeared in the 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man game, voiced by David Kaufman.^[66] The thespian, equally Spider-Homo, had to race the Torch through New York.
• The Homo Torch appears in the 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer video game, voiced by Michael Broderick.^[66]
• The Human Torch also appeared as a playable character in the Electronic Arts-produced title Marvel Nemesis: Rising of the Imperfects, voiced by Kirby Morrow.^[66]
• The Human Torch appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced past Josh Keaton.^[66] His classic, Ultimate, original, and modern costumes are available. A simulation disk has Human Torch fighting Paibok. He has special dialogue with Black Widow, Hank Pym, Thing, Crystal, Uatu, Karnak, Wyatt Wingfoot, Black Bolt, and Shocker.^[74]
• The Human Torch appears every bit a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance ii, voiced once again past David Kaufman.^[66]
• The Human Torch is a playable graphic symbol in Marvel Super Hero Team Online, voiced by Antony Del Rio.^{[66] [75]}
• The Human Torch is available as downloadable content for the game LittleBigPlanet, equally part of "Marvel Costume Kit 2".^[76]
• The Human Torch appeared in the virtual pinball game Fantastic Four for Pinball FX two, voiced past Travis Willingham.^{[66] [77]}
• The Human Torch is a playable character in the mobile game Curiosity: Time to come Fight.^[78]
• The Human Torch is a playable graphic symbol in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.^{[ commendation needed ]}
• The Man Torch appears as a playable character in the 2012 fighting game Marvel Avengers: Boxing for Earth, voiced past Roger Craig Smith.^[66]
• The Human being Torch is a playable character in the MMORPG Marvel Heroes, voiced by Matthew Yang Rex.^{[66] [79]} However, due to legal reasons, he was removed from the game on July 1, 2017.^[80]
• The Human being Torch appears equally a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, voiced once again by Roger Craig Smith.^{[66] [81]}
• The Human Torch is a playable character in the mobile game Marvel Puzzle Quest.^[78]
• The Homo Torch appears in the "Shadow of Doom" DLC of Marvel Ultimate Alliance iii: The Blackness Guild, voiced once again by Matthew Yang King.^[66]

Radio [edit]

• In 1975, Nib Murray played Johnny Storm in a daily radio adaptation of the early on issues of Fantastic Four. The show lasted for 13 weeks.^[82]

Toys [edit]

• Human Torch appeared every bit an 8-inch action effigy in Mego's World's Greatest Super Heroes toy line in the 1970s.
• Human Torch has appeared in the Marvel Legends toy line, in series 2, in the three version of the Fantastic Four box gear up (the ordinary, variant and the Wal-Mart special).
• Though it is a different character, the Inhuman Torch (Kristoff Vernard) appeared in the "House of Grand" box set.
• The Human Torch is the eighteenth figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.

Reception [edit]

The Human Torch was ranked equally the 90th greatest comic book character by Wizard magazine.^[83] IGN ranked the Human Torch as the 46th greatest comic book hero, stating that even though the youngest member of the Fantastic Four routinely basked in the celebrity of his celebrity status, he also proved himself in his many adventures with both the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man.^[84]

Collected editions [edit]

Championship	Material collected	Published date	ISBN
Human Torch Masterworks Vol. one	Strange Tales #101-117 and Annual #2	August 2009	978-0785120704
Human being Torch Masterworks Vol. two	Strange Tales #118-134	Baronial 2009	978-0785135050
Essential Human Torch Book 1	Strange Tales #101-134 and Almanac #ii	August 2003	978-0785113096
Human Torch: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection	Strange Tales #101-134 and Almanac #ii	August 2018	978-1302913342
Spider-Man & The Homo Torch	Spider-Man/Human Torch #i-5	August 2009	978-0785140047
The Thing & The Human Torch by Dan Slott	Spider-Man/Homo Torch #1-5, The Thing #1-8	August 2018	978-1302913359
Human being Torch past Karl Kesel & Skottie Young: The Complete Collection	Human Torch (vol. 3) #1-12	July 2014	978-0785190981
Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1: Fate Of The Four	Marvel Two-In-One (vol. 2) #1-vi	July 2018	978-1302910921
Marvel Two-In-One Vol. ii: Next Of Kin	Marvel Two-In-One (vol. 2) #seven-12 and Annual #1	Feb 2019	978-1302914912

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External links [edit]

• The Human Torch on the Marvel Universe Character Bio
• MDP: Homo Torch (Curiosity Database Project) (wiki)
• The Organized religion of the Human Torch

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