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Cover: Gil Kane & Al Milgrom

The Human Torch #5

May 1975 · Marvel · 0.25 USD
📊 ~22,073 copies sold its debut month
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In The Human Torch #5 (1975), the Wizard returns with a calculated plan, playing the model prisoner to gain access to a hospital’s chemicals—only to spring a jailbreak and set up a deadly trap in his fortified home. With the police locked out and the Human Torch drawn into a personal duel to prove who’s the better man, Johnny faces off against the genius villain, only to be outmaneuvered when Sue Storm arrives—again—to "help," leading to a near-fatal bomb blast. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Dick Ayers, this issue’s cover by Gil Kane and Al Milgrom captures the high-stakes showdown.

Contains 2 stories
"The Return of the Wizard!"
12 pp · Superhero

In a prison where even the walls seem to whisper secrets, The Wizard plays the part of the model inmate—calm, cooperative, and just one step ahead. With a plan as precise as it is dangerous, he engineers his way to the hospital, where he’ll reclaim his old arsenal of science and sabotage. When the law corners him at his fortified home, he dares the Human Torch to a showdown: one man against the other, no rules, no mercy. Johnny takes the challenge, but when Sue Storm steps in—her help, as always, a twist of fate—he’s caught off guard. Can he outthink the mastermind before the house becomes their tomb?

"In Korea!"
6 pp · Superhero
Colonel Kung (Red spy) (introductio )

In Korea!, a pulse-pounding 1975 adventure from The Human Torch #5, sees the Torch and Toro racing through the frozen north to rescue a captured U.S. General and his daughter, with the fate of a dangerous "atomic cannon" hanging in the balance. Facing off against Colonel Kung, the Red spy whose true allegiance remains shrouded in shadow, the heroes must outwit both enemy forces and the treacherous terrain before the weapon’s secrets are lost to the enemy.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Fine) $6
CGC 9.8 · 5 in census $93*
CGC 9.6 · 11 in census $30*
CGC 9.4 · 9 in census $30*
CGC 9.2 · 7 in census $30*
CGC 9.0 · 4 in census $30*
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $30*
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CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $30*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $30*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $30*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Cast · 8 characters

Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils Gil Kane
cover inks Al Milgrom

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Human Torch #38 (1954), Strange Tales #105 (1963)

Reprinted in The Human Torch #2 (1978), The Human Torch & The Thing: Strange Tales - The Complete Collection #[nn] (2018)

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