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Carl Burgos was an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch in Marvel Comics #1, during the period historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books.

I.W. Publications' Dr. Fu Manchu #1 (1958), reprinting material from Avon Comics. Cover art by Burgos.

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The Human Torch, also known as Jim Hammond, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer and artist Carl Burgos, he first appeared in Marvel Comics #1, published by Marvel's predecessor, Timely Comics.

Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939): The issue that first introduced the fictional character. Cover art by Frank R. Paul.

Marvel Mystery Comics #9 (July 1940): Fire vs. water in comics' first major crossover. Cover art by Bill Everett.

The Human Torch escapes from his captivity in Timely Comics' Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939) by Carl Burgos.

Alex Ross' cover of Marvel Comics' Marvels #1 (Jan. 1994), which pays homage to Burgos's 1939 interior sequence depicting the Torch's debut