Biography of the Human Torch, 1961-1963

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The following is a biography of the Human Torch from 1961 to 1963, in which Johnny Storm gained his powers, helped form the Fantastic Four, and began fighting crime as an individual hero. Johnny Storm also developed a tense but ultimately respectful rivalry with another teenage hero, Spider-Man, and began dating Doris Evans.

Biography

Origin and first adventures

In late 1961, Reed Richards, a brilliant and ambitious scientist, prepared a flight into space in an attempt to defeat the U.S.S.R. in the ongoing Space Race on behalf of the United States. He enlisted Benjamin Grimm to pilot the spaceship, but Grimm was reluctant, citing the risks of cosmic rays in outer space. Richards' partner, Susan Storm, implored Grimm to step up, calling him a "coward." The prideful Grimm agreed, and Storm decided to come along on account of being Reed's partner, against Reed's wishes. This in turn prompted Sue's brother, Johnny Storm, to join them. As Grimm feared, the space flight was a disaster, as cosmic rays bombarded the insufficiently-shielded ship and caused it to crash back to Earth. The astronauts emerged from the ship not only unharmed, but with new, bizarre abilities. Sue found herself turning invisible; Ben's skin was replaced with thick, orange rock; Reed could stretch his body to inhuman lengths; and Johnny could instantly cover his body with flame. The four mutually decided to use their newfound powers to help mankind, calling themselves the Fantastic Four: Invisible Girl, The Thing, Mr. Fantastic, and Human Torch.

The Fantastic Four went on to battle a number of malicious foes, including Mole Man,[1] the invading Skrulls,[2] Doctor Doom,[3] and Miracle Man. He was integral to defeating Miracle Man, but then left the group due to a perceived lack of appreciation.[4] Following his departure, Torch found a disheveled and amnesiac Namor the Sub-Mariner, a great hero during World War II, in a Bowery flophouse. He returned Namor to the sea in an attempt to return him to his heroic ways, but unintentionally exposed him to the destroyed Atlantis, turning him against the human race. Torch enlisted his former partners to defeat him, and rejoined the Four in the process.[5]

Torch vs. the Destroyer

Storm found himself working on his own when a man known as the Destroyer began terrorizing his hometown of Glenville. Destroyer had supposedly been sending ransom-style warnings to the local newspaper, presaging attacks on a newly constructed amusement park. Torch successfully thwarted two of these attacks, and discovered that Destroyer was a communist agent. Torch, along with some U.S. military, found Destroyer's hideout near the amusement park and unmasked him, revealing him to be Charles Stanton, publisher of the town's newspaper. That area had previously been a safe zone for Stanton to smuggle information to the communists, but the construction of the amusement park compromised his operation. Stanton was then taken into custody.[6]

The mysterious Wizard

The Torch's exploits on his own and with the Fantastic Four quickly became widely renowned, attracting the attention of the villainous Wizard. In a televised stunt, Wizard operated a large, manned machine to drill into the earth and deliberately caused a cave-in, aiming to lure Torch into "saving" him. The ploy worked, and Wizard invited Torch to his home as thanks. Wizard trapped Torch in an asbestos room, preventing escape. He then donned a specially-constructed suit that would allow him to fly and cover his body in flame to imitate the Torch and began committing crimes to destroy Torch's reputation. The real Human Torch was able to escape however, briefly increasing his flame output to extreme levels to burn through the asbestos, and found and confronted the Wizard, who challenged him to meet him at his home. Wizard's plan was to use photographs of himself disguising as Torch—proof of Torch's innocence in the recent crimes&mdash'to extort him into revealing his identity. However, Torch brought along Invisible Girl, who invisibly took the photos from Wizard and allowed Torch to easily apprehend him.[7]

A portal to the 5th Dimension

Some time later, Torch learned of a strange case of housing developer George Bentley's new swamp homes repeatedly sinking into the ground; the locals attributed this to "swamp demons." Torch staked out one such house at night and observed a pair of humanoid creatures using a laser device on the soil to make it softer and cause the home to sink, then use it again to once more harden the soil and leave no evidence of the cause of this event. Torch confronted one of the creatures, but the alien used a special weapon to douse Torch's flame and take him hostage. Torch was led to an invisible portal that transported the two of them to another universe, Earth-6212, which the being called the "5th Dimension." Torch soon came before Zemu, who explained his plans to conquer Torch's Earth, and that his people had been sabotaging the development there to prevent any humans stumbling upon their world. Torch was imprisoned in a tank of water, but a female being named Valeria, her father Phineas, and Theos helped free him. The three were part of a resistance movement against the tyrannical Zemu that had no interest in invading Earth. They and Torch took the fight to Zemu and his army, rousing the populace into full-blown rebellion and successfully deposing Zemu.[8] Alongside his newfound solo crimefighting career, Torch continued to be an integral part of the Fantastic Four's efforts, including against Kurrgo,[9] the Puppet Master,[10] and the continued antagonizing of Doctor Doom and Namor the Sub-Mariner.[11][12][13]

The bizarre Paste-Pot Pete

While making a deposit at the bank, Johnny was witness to a robbery by Paste-Pot Pete, who used his paste cannon to disable the guards. Unable to flame on without revealing his identity, Storm was forced to retreat to an abandoned alley before he could become the Torch and give chase. He followed Pete to a nearby military base, where the latter stole a missile and drove away in a large truck, again pasting the defending soldiers to the ground. Torch continued his pursuit, but his flame ran out, and Pete pasted him to the missile. The paste seeped into the rocket and triggered it, taking Torch with it, but he was able to escape by using a carefully-controlled flame to burn the paste away and escape. The missile then harmlessly exploded in the ocean. Torch returned to Pete's truck and melted it, confronting him in combat. Pete was able to use a rope of paste to attach to a passing plane and escape.[14]

Return of the Wizard

Torch soon found himself battling the Wizard once more, the latter having recently escaped from prison. Wizard used a call to a news station to bring Torch to his home for a confrontation. Torch, unknowingly followed by Invisible Girl, accepted the invitation, and the two endured a series of devious traps before Torch again captured Wizard and returned him to police custody.[15] Torch also witnessed the coming of the Impossible Man, though like his teammates was able to do little to actively combat him.[16]

The manipulative Acrobat

By this point, Torch's secret identity had become common knowledge to much of his hometown of Glenville, despite his best efforts to conceal it. Arriving home from a training session, Johnny was greeted by a man named Carl Zante. Zante played to Torch's ego, claiming that Torch was the clear star of the Fantastic Four and that the others were holding him back. Calling himself the Acrobat, Zante proposed that the two form a duo called the Torrid Twosome, promising glory and money that he'd never seen in the Fantastic Four. Properly worked up, Torch confronted Mr. Fantastic about those very things, demanding a salary and a greater share of the team's fame. Fantastic calmly rebutted him, noting that the glory was equal and that their reward money went directly to scientific research. Unsatisfied with this explanation, the young and impulsive Torch stormed off and accepted Acrobat's offer. Now that they were officially allied, Acrobat notified Torch of a supposed teller trapped inside of a bank vault. Torch impulsively flew to the vault and burned straight through it, finding nothing but money inside. Acrobat followed behind him, at last revealing that his plan all along was to get inside the vault. Acrobat shot Torch with a pistol, only hitting him in the arm, but Torch played dead nonetheless. When Acrobat attempted to make his getaway, he was stopped by the other members of the Fantastic Four. Torch recovered and gave chase to Acrobat, stopping him by melting the asphalt beneath his feet. Acrobat was taken into custody, and Torch officially returned to the Fantastic Four once again.[17]

Johnny faces Namor alone

Nonetheless, Johnny remained somewhat bitter about his place in the group, largely due to his youth, and sought to prove himself by accomplishing something big on his own. To that end, Torch decided to find the Sub-Mariner and defeat him once and for all. He flew to the sea and confronted Namor, and the two engaged in a lengthy bout. Torch used an extreme heat to dive into the water and create a pocket of air around himself, partly negating Namor's elemental advantage. Torch chased Namor into a cave deep underwater, and escaped before it caved in around the Sub-Mariner. Torch believed his victory to be satisfactory and left; Namor was able to escape the cave-in, but with a newfound respect for the teenage hero.[18]

The vile Painter

While working part-time at a bookstore, Johnny Storm encountered a counterfeiter named Wilhelm van Vile. He allowed himself to be kidnapped by van Vile, who did not know of Storm's second identity, finding and burning his stash of counterfeit bills and bringing him to justice. Wilhelm later escaped from prison, having discovered a magical set of paint and brushes beneath it that would bring to reality whatever their holder painted. Torch quickly learned of Wilhelm, now known as the Painter, planning his revenge, and secretly used his paints against him by creating a decoy version of himself. Painter crafted a series of bizarre occurrences across the city, but Torch used his tactical advantage to easily one-up the Painter and destroy his equipment, again bringing him to justice.[19] Around this time, Torch was involved in the Fantastic Four's conflicts with the Hulk,[20] the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes,[21] and the returning Puppet Master.[22]

The Sorcerer and Pandora's Box

While patrolling the city, Torch happened upon an eccentric old man known as the Sorcerer antagonizing children passing by his home. Sorcerer was using large dogs to threaten the children, elevating simple cantankerousness to criminal threatening. Torch put a stop to him, simply warning him to leave people alone or else. Sorcerer proved to be much more dangerous than Torch anticipated, having recently come into the possession of the legendary Pandora's Box. He began wreaking havoc across the city, releasing "imps" from the Box, each of them capable of inflicting particular negative emotions and other disasters upon their victims. Torch was able to track down Sorcerer once more—now possessing a large pile of stolen valuables—and outsmarted him into giving up the Box. Sorcerer was afflicted by the imp of fear moments before Torch welded the Box shut for good, removing any potential threat he may have posed.[23]

Pete and the Wizard unite

Reports soon began to surface of Human Torch committing criminal, un-American acts. This came a mere two days after a resurfaced Paste-Pot Pete had broken the Wizard out of prison. Torch put two and two together, putting out a fake report in the newspaper to bait the two criminals into a confrontation. Torch's plan was successful, but the Wizard and Pete lured him back to their hideout, where they trapped him in an underground steel labyrinth. Torch was narrowly able to escape, sneaking up on his two foes and encircling them in a ring of fire long enough to inform the authorities. The two were arrested, Pete for the first time and Wizard his third.[24]

The might of Asbestos Man

Torch was next challenged by an entirely new villain, the Asbestos Man, who sent a letter to the Torch's home and challenged him to combat. Proud and impulsive, Torch met Asbestos Man in his castle outside of town, and was quickly caught off-guard by his arsenal of equipment specifically designed to counteract the Torch's fiery assault, especially his body suit made of asbestos. Torch was sent through a trap door and into the moat below, and was forced to retreat in shame. Asbestos Man had notified the press prior to their battle, and so Torch's defeat was widely publicized. Comforted and encouraged at home by Invisible Girl, Torch regrouped and later returned to the castle, where Asbestos Man had formed an alliance with Blackie Barker and his gang. Torch used a more tactical attack this time, melting the ground under Asbestos Man's feet and sending him into the moat. Torch threatened to burn up the oxygen in the confined space, forcing Asbestos Man to give himself up to police custody.[25]

The Eel's bomb threat

In his hometown of Glenville, Human Torch show off his skills in public displays for his fans, but had recently witnessed diminishing returns in the public's reactions. He traced the source to TV reporter Ted Braddock, who had spent his broadcasts of late accusing Torch of being a glory-hungry showoff whose flamboyant displays eroded the public's respect for the police force. Torch confronted Braddock at the news studio, but ended up getting angry and flaming on involuntarily, making the situation worse. That evening, Torch heard over the radio of a villain called the Eel whom had stolen a device from the laboratory of inventor Charles Lawson. Unbeknownst to the Eel, the device was a small atomic reactor that he had activated by opening it, triggering a one-hour timer to explosion. Determined to save the day, Torch began his search for the Eel and the bomb at Lawson's laboratory. The inventor gave him a "transmito device" that would track down Eel's molecular signature, having left a trace of himself at the lab. Torch tracked him down to some distant woods, where the Eel said he had already ditched the bomb. Eel was initially difficult, but after some coercion told Torch where the bomb was located. Eel had, apparently without knowing, left the bomb such that its blast radius would hit a nearby veteran's hospital. Torch took the bomb and flew it high into the sky, absorbing its explosion. He began plummeting to the ground, but was caught in midair by Mr. Fantastic's extended arm. Along with Thing and Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic brought the unconscious Johnny back to the Baxter Building and used advanced scientific methods to save him. In any other hands, Storm may have perished, but he was indeed rescued by Richards' ingenuity. Ted Braddock, whose son was in the hospital that Torch had saved, quickly changed his tune, humbly apologizing for misjudging the Torch, and proudly declaring him a true hero.[26] Around this time, the Fantastic Four defeated the Mad Thinker[27] chased Doctor Doom through the Micro-World,[28][29] and defeated a powerful invader known as the Super-Skrull.[30]

Rivalry with Spider-Man

Despite his repeated successes, Johnny felt that he was being overshadowed in the press by another young hero, Spider-Man. As if on cue, he soon read a newspaper report on Spider-Man allegedly stealing a priceless painting from a nearby museum. In reality, the crime had been committed by the crime boss known as the Fox and his men, who had left a bit of webbing at the crime scene to frame Spider-Man. Before long, Spider-Man himself arrived at Storm's home, and Torch engaged the alleged criminal. Spider-Man had in fact come for assistance, but had no time to convey this message before Torch attacked. The two fought for some time, but Torch underestimated his foe, and Spider-Man was able to escape. Spider-Man returned some time later, incapacitating Torch with a special icy web. Spider-Man used this time to explain to Torch that he had been framed, and that the real criminal was still out there. Spider-Man left to deal with it on his own, as Torch escaped his melting bonds and went to the police department. The inspector there in charge of the case informed him that another painting had been stolen in the last half hour, and Torch confirmed that Spider-Man therefore couldn't be the culprit. The inspector looked through his files and deduced that the thefts fit the M.O. of the Fox. Torch tracked down Spider-Man again, and the two begrudgingly worked together to track the Fox down. Using Spider-Man's spider sense, the two tracked the criminal through various hideouts in the city, eventually catching up to him, securing him and the painting, and taking him to justice.[31]

The eccentric Plantman

In late 1963, Johnny began dating Doris Evans, a girl who was consistently unimpressed with his flashy, pyrotechnic style, preferring his natural form. Visiting her home, Johnny witnessed Doris' father fire his eccentric gardener, Samuel Smithers, who was attempting to use a device to increase the plants' intelligence. Within a few days, Mr. Evans would be accused of stealing from a jewelry store at which he worked, noting the presence of his watch on the scene. In fact, Smithers was responsible for the robbery: he had succeeded in making plants not only intelligent, but obedient to his command, and used them to commit the crime and frame Mr. Evans. Smithers began committing various other crimes under the guise of Plantman, and eventually threatened the mayor with the destruction of City Hall unless he was granted total control. Torch confronted him, conjuring a large fireball that evaporated all of Plantman's plants' moisture. The plants turned against their master, destroying the device that gave him his power. Plantman was forced to hide, evading capture for the time being.[32]

Acrobat and the bogus Captain America

Johnny soon got word of a true shock: an appearance by the legendary hero Captain America at a local auto show. The event was quickly disrupted by an attempted robbery, which Torch jumped into action to stop. Captain America arrived moments later, handling the criminals himself. The returning hero acted oddly aggressive towards Torch, adamant that he would be the one to bring them to justice. Johnny returned home, frustrated at being shown up, but soon learned that the would-be car thieves had escaped from jail. He chased them down, interrogated them, and learned that Captain America had arranged their crime and escape in order to distract the Glenville police while he robbed the Glenville bank. Torch caught up with the fallen hero escaping from the bank in a bizarre aircraft, eventually defeating him in combat and unmasking him, revealing him to be Carl Zante: the Acrobat. Acrobat was taken into custody, as Torch pondered the true whereabouts of Captain America.[33]

The amorphous Sandman

One day, Torch was summoned to the Baxter Building by Mr. Fantastic, who informed him that the villain known as the Sandman had escaped from jail, having recently been put there by Spider-Man. Due to a nuclear mishap, Sandman was capable of transforming the molecules of his body into sand and back at will. Reed told Johnny to find Spider-Man for assistance in dealing with Sandman, much to Johnny's chagrin. Torch went out to halfheartedly search for Spider-Man, but happened to run into Sandman on the way nonetheless. Sandman had ceased traffic in the middle of a major bridge, and upon seeing Torch, called him a kid and laughed him off, declaring that Spider-Man was the one he really wanted. With that, he dove into the river below without a trace. Torch came up with the perfect solution: crafting a fake Spider-Man costume. He stood atop a tall skyscraper and publicly challenged Sandman to fight him. He waited on the roof until his foe arrived, and the two fought through the interior of the building. Torch led him through some ceiling sprinklers, dousing his own flame but changing Sandman's sand to mud and hindering his transformative powers. The two were left to fight one on one, and Torch's superior combat experience won out in the end. Sandman was returned to custody, apparently to more restrictive confines this time.[34] Around this time, the Fantastic Four repeled Namor's large-scale invasion of the surface world,[35] fought Rama-Tut in ancient Egypt,[36] and defeated the Molecule Man[37] and the Hate-Monger.[38]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Fantastic Four #1: "The Fantastic Four!" (November 1961) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Klein, George (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  2. ↑ The Fantastic Four #2: "The Fantastic Four Meet the Skrulls from Outer Space!" (January 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Klein, George and Brodsky, Sol (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Duffy, John (let).
  3. ↑ The Fantastic Four #5: "Prisoners of Doctor Doom!" (July 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Sinnott, Joe (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  4. ↑ The Fantastic Four #3: "The Menace of the Miracle Man!" (March 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Brodsky, Sol (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  5. ↑ The Fantastic Four #4: "The Coming of the Sub-Mariner!" (May 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Brodsky, Sol (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  6. ↑ Strange Tales #101a: "The Human Torch." (October 1962) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  7. ↑ Strange Tales #102a: "Prisoner of the Wizard." (November 1962) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Simek, Artie (let).
  8. ↑ Strange Tales #103a: "Prisoner of the 5th Dimension!" (December 1962) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  9. ↑ The Fantastic Four #7: "Prisoners of Kurrgo, Master of Planet X." (October 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  10. ↑ The Fantastic Four #8: "Prisoners of the Puppet Master!" (November 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  11. ↑ The Fantastic Four #6: "Captives of the Deadly Duo!" (September 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  12. ↑ The Fantastic Four #9: "The End of the Fantastic Four!" (December 1962) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  13. ↑ The Fantastic Four #10: "The Return of Doctor Doom!" (January 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  14. ↑ Strange Tales #104a: "The Human Torch Meets Paste-Pot Pete!" (January 1963) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  15. ↑ Strange Tales #105a: "The Return of the Wizard!" (February 1963) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  16. ↑ The Fantastic Four #11b: "The Impossible Man." (February 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  17. ↑ Strange Tales #106a: "The Threat of the Torrid Twosome." (March 1963) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Ayers, Dick (p), Duffy, John (let).
  18. ↑ Strange Tales #107a: "The Master of Flame vs. The Monarch of the Sea!!" (April 1963) Lee, Stan and Larry Lieber (w), Ayers, Dick (p), Simek, Artie (let).
  19. ↑ Strange Tales #108a: "The Painter of a Thousand Perils!" (May 1963) Lee, Stan and Robert Bernstein (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Szenics, Terry (let).
  20. ↑ The Fantastic Four #12: "The Incredible Hulk." (March 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  21. ↑ The Fantastic Four #13: "The Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!" (April 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ditko, Steve (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  22. ↑ The Fantastic Four #14: "The Merciless Puppet Master." (May 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  23. ↑ Strange Tales #109a: "The Sorcerer and Pandora's Box." (June 1963) Lee, Stan and Robert Bernstein (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Epp, Martin (let).
  24. ↑ Strange Tales #110a: "The Human Torch vs. The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!" (July 1963) Lee, Stan and H.E. Huntley (w), Ayers, Dick (art), Duffy, John (let).
  25. ↑ Strange Tales #111a: "Fighting to the Death with the Asbestos Man!" (August 1963) Lee, Stan and and H. Huntley (w), Ayers, Dick (art), Harold, S. (let).
  26. ↑ Strange Tales #112a: "The Living Bomb!" (September 1963) Lee, Stan and Jerry Siegel (w), Ayers, Dick (art), Rosen, Sam (let).
  27. ↑ The Fantastic Four #15: "The Mad Thinker and His Awesome Android!" (June 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  28. ↑ Fantastic Four #16: "The Micro-World of Doctor Doom!" (July 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  29. ↑ Fantastic Four #17: "Defeated by Doctor Doom!" (August 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  30. ↑ Fantastic Four #18: "A Skrull Walks Among Us!" (September 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  31. ↑ Strange Tales Annual #2a: "On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!" (October 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ditko, Steve (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  32. ↑ Strange Tales #113a: "The Coming of Plantman!" (October 1963) Lee, Stan and Jerry Siegel (w), Ayers, Dick (art), Rosen, Sam (let).
  33. ↑ Strange Tales #114a: "The Human Torch Meets...'Captain America.'" (November 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Rosen, Sam (let).
  34. ↑ Strange Tales #115a: "The Sandman Strikes!" (December 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Ayers, Dick (art), Simek, Artie (let).
  35. ↑ Fantastic Four Annual #1a: "Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!" (June 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  36. ↑ Fantastic Four #19: "Prisoners of the Pharoah!" [sic] (October 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Simek, Artie (let).
  37. ↑ Fantastic Four #20: "The Mysterious Molecule Man!" (November 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Ayers, Dick (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Artie (let).
  38. ↑ Fantastic Four #21: "The Hate-Monger!" (December 1963) Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Bell, George (i), Simek, Artie (let).
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