Human Torch (android)
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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 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
Fantastic Four
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The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in The Fantastic Four #1, helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the first superhero team created by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and editor/co-scripter Stan Lee, and through this title that the "Marvel method" style of production came into prominence.
