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The Human Torch#1
Cover: John Romita & Joe Sinnott
The Human Torch #1
“Johnny Storm, the Human Torch”
writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Dick Ayers · letterer Artie Simek · cover John Romita, Joe Sinnott
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Cast · 10 characters
Full credits
writer Stan Lee
writer Larry Lieber
artist Jack Kirby
inker Dick Ayers
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils John Romita
cover inks Joe Sinnott
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Ben shows up, but Johnny refuses help, saying it's his fight. After another encounter with The Destroyer, Johnny gets a hunch when he realizes the targets so far have been the roller coaster and the parachute jump. Atop the coaster, he looks out to sea and spots a Commie sub! The Destroyer turns out to be Charles Stanton, publisher of the town's newspaper, who'd been smuggling info to the Reds until the building of the amusement park increased the risk that the submarine might be seen.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).