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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	September 1974
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Roy Thomas
Notes	Symbolic cover; scene does not appear in the comic, but suggestive of Torch-Torch battle from Fantastic Four Annual #4 (November 1966). Cover pencil credits from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). Pencil originally credited to Sal Buscema.

Cover Details - "Flaming First Issue!"

Characters	Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
Genre	Superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	John Romita
Inks	John Romita
Notes	Symbolic cover; scene does not appear in the comic, but suggestive of Torch-Torch battle from Fantastic Four Annual #4 (November 1966). Cover pencil credits from Nick Caputo (April 5, 2004). Pencil originally credited to Sal Buscema.

6 page Human Torch [Johnny Storm] story "Johnny Storm, the Human Torch"

Characters	Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Destroyer [Charles Stanton] (Intro)
Synopsis	In Glenville, Johnny lives with his sister Sue. While she's known as a member of the Fantastic Four, he tries to keep a low profile. We get to see the house, much of which is chemically fire-resistent, and equipped with various crime-fighting equipment. But even in the suburbs danger lurks, as someone called The Destroyer is hell-bent on wrecking a local amusement park nearing completion.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)
Pencils	Jack Kirby; John Romita (edit)
Inks	Dick Ayers; John Romita (edit)
Letters	Artie Simek
Editing	Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes	Part 1 of 2. Contains diagram & Sue & Johnny's house & very brief recap of the Fantastic Four's origin. Page 3 cut, last panel of page 2 replaced with new panel by John Romita. On splash page, "Starring...America's Favorite Superhero:" replaced with "Johnny Storm." Originally no credits; credits added, splash slightly reformatted, with new intro, and page numbers removed for this reprint.
Reprinted	from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #101 (October 1962) [minus 1 page, original title: The Human Torch]

6 page Human Torch [Johnny Storm] story Part 2: "The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!"

Characters	Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Destroyer [Charles Stanton]
Synopsis	Ben shows up, but Johnny refuses help, saying it's his fight. After another encounter with The Destoyer, Johnny gets a hunch when he realizes the targets so far have been the roller coaster and the parachute jump. Atop the coaster, he looks out to sea and spots a Commie sub! The Destroyer turns out to be Charles Stanton, publisher of the town's newspaper, who'd been smuggling info to the Reds until the building of the amusement park increased the risk that the submarine might be seen.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Dick Ayers
Letters	Artie Simek
Editing	Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes	Part 2 of 2. Destroyer no relation to the Stan Lee character from Mystic Comics #6 (October 1941), the Lee-Kirby character from Journey Into Mystery #118 (July 1965) or the Jim Starlin character from Iron Man #55 (February 1973).
Reprinted	from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #101 (October 1962)

8 page Original Human Torch [Jim Hammond] story "Horror Hotel!"

Characters	Original Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Mercer
Synopsis	A hotel is terrorized by a "man-killing beast," sending tenants fleeing. But when The Torch investigates, it seems almost no one has actually seen the monster. The "monster" turns out to be the work of a revenge-crazed madman who'd been fired by the hotel for thievery.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Steve Douglas?
Inks	Al Gabriele?
Editing	Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes	The Human Torch created by Carl Burgos (1939). New intro & outro by Roy Thomas. Job Number from the Atlas Tales website.
Reprinted	from Human Torch, The (Marvel, 1940 series) #33 (November 1948)