Human Torch

The Human Torch (real name: Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm) is the younger brother of the Invisible Woman and a member of the Fantastic Four.

History

Growing up in Glenville, New York, a Long Island suburban town, Johnny Storm lost his mother due to a car accident from which his father, surgeon Franklin Storm, escaped unharmed. Franklin Storm spiraled into alcoholism and financial ruin, and was imprisoned after killing a loan shark in self-defense. Johnny Storm was then raised by his older sister, Sue Storm.

At sixteen, Storm joined his sister and her fiancé, Reed Richards, in a space flight in which cosmic radiation transformed those three and spacecraft pilot, Ben Grimm into superpowered beings who would become the celebrated superhero team the Fantastic Four. Storm, with the ability to become a flaming human with the power of flight and the ability to project fire, dubbed himself the Human Torch.

Appearances

• "Send Up a Flare!" (No Lines)

See Also

• Human Torch at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia