Marvel Tales #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Where Flies the Beetle...!", Johnny—still trying to impress Doris Evans without relying on his Torch identity—finds himself caught in a bizarre twist when a gardener’s experimental plant-enhancing device goes haywire after a lightning strike. Suddenly, plants gain intelligence and obey their creator’s will, turning the gardener into the Plantman, who launches a criminal spree with a shocking motive. With Doris’ father framed and the city at risk, Johnny must fight not just the Plantman, but the very ground beneath his feet. Written by Stan Lee and Joe Carter, with dynamic art by Dick Ayers and colors by Stan Goldberg, this 1968 tale of botanical menace features a standout cover by Steve Ditko.
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Johnny has a date with Doris Evans, who drives him crazy as she's the only girl he's gone out with who's not impressed with his being The Torch, and prefers him as "Johnny". He sees her father fire his gardener, Sam Smithers, for "fooling around" with an invention designed to increase the intelligence of plant life. Shortly, in a "million-to-one freak accident", lightnight strikes and alters Sam's device so "it works!" Not only does it increase plants' intelligence, they also follow his mental commands. Donning a costume, he robs the store where Doris' father works and plants evidence to frame him for the crime. Johnny swears to clear Evans' name. Soon Johnny & The Plantman are engaged in battle, and The Plantman demands the city be turned over to him! (Talk about rising megalomania.) Johnny manages to break the plant-device, but The Plantman gets away, promising himself, "Next time my plan will be foolproof!!"
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