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The Human Torch 1974 #7 - back issue - $10.00

$10.00 USD
by Marvel
Type: Back Issues

Johnny is frustrated that his partners don't take him seriously. Reminded that Sue still has a crush on Sub-Mariner Johnny decides to impress the team by challenging Namor to a fight. Johnny writes a message in flames challenging Namor and a major free-for-all soon erupts. Impressed that The Torch is more powerful than he realized, though still a teenager, Namor wonders if he might one day convince The Torch to join him and defeat the Fantastic Four. Back home Johnny collapses and Sue makes a snide comment about how tiring working on hot rods must be.

  • Fire and Water! - Pays tribute to the various Torch/Sub-Mariner battles of the early 1940's!
  • The Master of Flame Vs. the Monarch of the Sea!! - Fifth modern-day appearance of The Sub-Mariner. Previous appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #14 (May 1963); next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 (November 1963). Although this story came out a month before FF #14, it feels much more like a sequel. First non-Jack Kirby Sub-Mariner story of the 1960s. Sub-Mariner exhibits the powers of a puffer fish and an electric eel, never seen again after this story. Splash page slightly reformatted and page numbers removed for this reprint.
  • Human Torch - Fugitive at Large! - "The Original" added to reprint splash to distinguish story from lead feature, this story is also reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #13 (March 1968) and in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #121 (November 1980). Inks credit per Dr. Michael Vassallo (May 2009). Previous indexer credited Ayers for pencils and inks.