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The Human Torch

Human Torch
Human Torch (Johnny Storm).png
Variant cover art of Fantastic Four #645 (April 2015) by Michael Komarck.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Fantastic Four #1 (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
Team affiliations Fantastic Four
Future Foundation
Fantastic Force
Herald of Galactus
Fantastic Four Incorporated
Avengers Unity Division
Notable aliases Invisible Man
Abilities Fiery form that enables flight, serves as damage shield
Pyrokinesis
Heat energy absorption
Resistance to extreme heat

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

Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, Jonathan "Johnny" Storm gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by cosmic rays. He can engulf his entire body in flames, fly, absorb fire harmlessly into his own body, and control any nearby fire by sheer force of will. "Flame on!" which the Torch customarily shouts when activating his full-body flame effect, has become his catchphrase.

The youngest of the group, he is brash and impetuous in comparison to his reticent and compassionate older sister, Susan Storm, his sensible brother-in-law, Reed Richards, and the grumbling Ben Grimm.

In the early 1960s, he starred in a series of solo adventures, published in Strange Tales. Human Torch is also a friend and frequent ally of the superhero Spider-Man, who is approximately the same age.

Jay Underwood played him in the unreleased 1994 film The Fantastic Four; Chris Evans portrayed him in the 2005 film Fantastic Four, and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer; and Michael B. Jordan portrayed him in the 2015 film Fantastic Four.


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