Invaders Vol 1 22

Invaders #22
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Next Issue	Invaders #23
Art by: Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia and Irv Watanabe
Alternate Covers
1 - UK Variant
Art by: Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia and Irv Watanabe
Release Date	August 3, 1977
Cover Date	November, 1977
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Archie Goodwin
Original Price	35c US UK Variant 12p UK

1. "The Fire That Died!"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	Jim Mooney
Inker(s)	Frank Springer
Colorist(s)	Phil Rachelson
Letterer(s)	John Costanza
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas Archie Goodwin

 Now, here's Toro's real origin -- a story almost nobody has ever heard before. 

—Human Torch

Appearing in "The Fire That Died!"

Featured Characters:

• Invaders
  • Captain America
  • Sub-Mariner
  • Human Torch
  • Bucky
  • Toro Raymond (Origin revealed) (Surname first revealed)
  • Spitfire
  • Union Jack (Joins)

Supporting Characters:

• Montgomery Falsworth
• Dyna-Mite
• Phineas Horton (Only in flashback)
• Fred Raymond (Only in flashback) (Real name first revealed)
• Nora Raymond (Only in flashback) (Real name first revealed)

Antagonists:

• Asbestos Lady (Only in flashback)
• Larry (Only in flashback)
• Other Henchmen (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Pops (Only in flashback)
• Tom Alexander (Only in flashback)
• Ellie Alexander (Only in flashback)
• Tommy Dorsey (Referenced) (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Homo sapiens
• Atlantean-Human Hybrids
• Synthezoids
• Human-Inhuman Hybrids
• Mutants

Locations:

• English Channel
  • Channel Islands
• United Kingdom
  • England
• United States of America (Only in flashback)
  • New York State (Only in flashback)
    • New York City (Only in flashback)
      • Grand Central Station (Only in flashback)
      • Brooklyn Bridge (Mentioned)

Items:

• Captain America's Shield
• Captain America's Uniform

Vehicles:

• H.M.S. Forester

Synopsis for "The Fire That Died!"

As a gravely wounded Toro is transported to an Allied hospital, Jim Hammond recounts the true origin of his young partner Toro as well as one of their early adventures against Asbestos Lady and her henchmen.

Notes

• Goodwin is consulting editor.
• This issue contains a letters page, "O.K. Axis, Here We Come!". A letter is published from Dwight R. Decker.
• This is the first silver age story to mention Jim Hammond's alter ego role as a New York police officer. He served in this role in the Golden Age of Comics/Timely era.

Trivia

• The Invaders are dropped off by the Royal Navy cruiser at "one of the small Channel Islands" where they catch a plane back to England. Historically, however, the Channel Islands had been under German occupation since July 1940.
• The cruiser's name, HMS Forester, may be a reference to British author of naval fiction C. S. Forester, or the real-life HMS Forester that served in WWII.
• The young Toro wears a cowboy outfit in exactly the same colours as Lucky Luke.

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Invaders Vol 1 22
• 2 reprint(s) of Invaders Vol 1 22