You can't pull your punches. Not with fire. So unless you're about to cook me alive in my own home, Torch. I'll be walking out of your flaming cage now.
- —Mr. Merrill
Appearing in "A Shoptastic Day"
Featured Characters:
- Human Torch ("Jonathan Fairweather" / Johnny Storm) (Main story and recap)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Mr. Merrill (Main story and recap) (Name revealed)
Other Characters:
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Mentioned)
- Maggia (Only in recap)
- NYPD (Mentioned)
- F.B.I. (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Referenced)
- Alicia Masters-Grimm (Mentioned)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America
- Wisconsin
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Manhattan
- Baxter Building (Referenced) (Destroyed)
- ShopLand (First appearance)
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- United States of America
Synopsis for "A Shoptastic Day"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
"WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE FANTASTIC FOUR?"
• The Human Torch is alone in New York, trying to survive in a city that hates and fears — well, mostly him specifically.
• There's just one thing for Johnny to do: Adopt an all-new secret identity and take an all-new job nobody else wants!
• But when things at work heat up, Johnny discovers that while you can forget the past, that doesn't mean it'll stay buried...and has to decide if there're certain things that the Human Torch can't let himself do!
• Also! In this issue, Johnny Storm fights a tornado!Trivia
- Johnny's ringtone for Sue is Flame On from episode 11 of the 1994 Fantastic Four cartoon