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Appearing in "The Threat of the Torrid Twosome"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Torrid Twosome (Only appearance)[1]
- Acrobat (Carl Zante)
(First appearance)
- Acrobat (Carl Zante)
Other Characters:
- Miracle Man (Joshua Ayers) (Recap)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor) (Recap)
- Dr. Doom (Victor von Doom) (Recap)
- Ben (Human Torch fan) (First appearance)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Recap)
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Threat of the Torrid Twosome"
After a training session, Johnny is visited by Carl Zante, the "world's greatest acrobat" to convince the Torch to join him. Convincing him that he is the most valuable member of the Fantastic Four and that he is could make a living working with the Acrobat, the two form a partnership as the Torrid Twosome.
Zante tricks the Torch into breaking into a bank vault telling him that somebody was trapped inside. However, the Torch realizes the truth and when he doesn't want to go along with Zante to rob the bank, the Acrobat uses a hose to douse the Torch's flame. However, as the Acrobat is escaping the bank he is confronted by the other members of the Fantastic Four.
The Torch recovers his flame powers and helps his fellow Fantastic Four members in capturing Zante and turning him over to the police. Realizing that he made a mistake in teaming up with Zante, Johnny rejoins the Fantastic Four and is welcomed back with open arms.
Appearing in "The Recipe"
Marvel Tales #150.
Synopsis for "The Recipe"
Marvel Tales #150.
Appearing in "Man on a Scaffold"
Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- Sam
- Charlie
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "Man on a Scaffold"
A teller of tall tales becomes the butt of some ribbing when he tries to tell his fellow painters that he has acquired some magic paints. When the cable of the scaffold they are working on breaks, the advertising poster the men were painting in comes to life and lowers them to the ground. The amazed painters feel they owe their lives to the magic paint, but our teller of tall tales is smug in the knowledge that the scaffold never really fell but his paint allowed him to hypnotize his coworkers into believing it did and that they were saved by the poster.
Appearing in "The Mystery of the Purple Planet"
Featured Characters:
- Bentley
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "The Mystery of the Purple Planet"
A space expedition is sent to a distant planet when it is suddenly covered with an artificial mist. The team finds gold and takes it, but are transformed into aliens like the inhabitants.
Notes
Continuity Notes
The Threat of the Torrid Twosome
- This story states that Johnny's public identity is secret. This was a pretense that the Torch put up for himself as revealed in Human Torch (Vol. 2) #1 Johnny did this to cover his bruised ego when nobody in Glenville initially believed he was the Human Torch. The Fantastic Four publicly revealed themselves just prior to Fantastic Four #3 as explained in Fantastic Four #543. This issue reveals that "everyone" in Glenville knows Johnny's "secret" identity.
- Zante mentions a few of the Fantastic Four's past battles:
- Their fight with the Miracle Man in Fantastic Four #3
- Their first encounter with the Sub-Mariner in Fantastic Four #4
- And a battle with Doctor Doom, which could be a reference to Fantastic Four #5, 6 or 10.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
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- Comics
- 1963
- 1963, March
- Silver-Age
- Strange Tales Vol 1
- Stan Lee/Editor-in-Chief
- Jack Kirby/Cover Artist
- Dick Ayers/Cover Artist
- Stan Goldberg/Cover Artist
- Artie Simek/Cover Artist
- Stan Lee/Writer
- Larry Lieber/Writer
- Dick Ayers/Penciler
- Dick Ayers/Inker
- Stan Goldberg/Colourist
- John Duffy/Letterer
- Stan Lee/Editor
- Reprints
- Marvel Tales Vol 1 150/Reprints
- Steve Ditko/Penciler
- Steve Ditko/Inker
- Artie Simek/Letterer
- Paul Reinman/Penciler
- Paul Reinman/Inker
- Ray Holloway/Letterer
- Carl Zante (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Susan Storm (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Fantastic Four (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Susan Storm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Torrid Twosome (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Carl Zante (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Joshua Ayers (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Namor McKenzie (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Victor von Doom (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Homo sapiens/Appearances
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids/Minor Appearances
- United States of America/Appearances
- New York (State)/Appearances
- Long Island/Appearances
- Glenville/Appearances
- Willie Wopper (Earth-616)/Appearances