Number 1863: Origin of Human Torch retold, 1948

Marvel’s Fantasy Masterpieces #9 (1967) reprinted the origin of the Human Torch from Marvel Comics #1 (1939):

Over the years there have been several more reprints of Marvel Comics #1, which is one of the keystones of any major comic book collection. I give Marvel credit for making an attempt to show fans in the sixties what the previous generation saw in those early days of comic book history.

Looking in the Grand Comics Database I don’t see any reprints listed for the version of the Human Torch origin I am showing today. It appeared in 1948 in Marvel Mystery Comics #92. Despite what it says at the bottom of the last panel, the promised stories of the early days of the Torch didn’t happen because the book was canceled. The Torch, Sub-Mariner and Captain America had a later revival in the fifties, which was short-lived.

Neither Atlas Tales or GCD list credits for this story.

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