Young Men #24

In "The Return of... the Human Torch," Jim Hammond reemerges after four years of being buried by Crime Boss, determined to bring his captors to justice. With the help of his recovered partner Toro, now freed from brainwashing in Korea, Hammond races to rescue Chief Wilson’s daughter Mary, who’s been taken by The Butcher. As the Human Torch faces off against old enemies and new dangers, the stakes rise in a high-stakes rescue that tests loyalty, courage, and the price of redemption.

In a 1953 classroom at Lee School in New York, Professor Steve Rogers recounts Captain America’s wartime legacy—only to be challenged by his student Bucky Barnes, who insists the hero’s story isn’t over. When a radio report reveals the Red Skull has taken hostages at the United Nations, Steve and Bucky swap their civilian clothes for their iconic costumes and make a dramatic entrance through a window, catching the villain off guard.

In a mysterious South Seas mystery, the Sub-Mariner teams up with his former flame, Betty Dean, at the request of Admiral Saybrook to investigate a string of ship sinkings. What they uncover is a fleet of Venusian robots sabotaging vessels—part of a covert plan to prepare for an invasion of Earth. With the robots defeated and their leader captured, Namor returns to the U.S. only to face disbelief from the very officials he’s tried to protect.