THE HUMAN TORCH

The Human Torch (Jim Hammond) was one of the first characters created in the modern day "Marvel Universe" having first appeared in Marvel Comics #1, published by Timely. In 1940, he got his own ongoing series kicking off with "The Human Torch Comics #2", the elusive first issue actually being Red Raven Comics #1. The first issue of the series was titled "Red Raven Comics", but issue #2, 3 & 5 (June '42) actually have NO numbers on the covers, but ONLY have the season of the year they were released. #2 of the series says "FALL NUMBER" #3 of the series says "WINTER NUMBER" #4 of the series says "No. 3" & "SPRING NUMBER" #5 (June 1942) of the series says "SUMMER NUMBER" #6 (Sept 1942) of the series says "No. 5" & "FALL ISSUE" Issue #4 of the series is actually 3rd issue of "The Human Torch Comics" title, and says "No. 3" on the cover and was the first attempt to renumber the series to the "The Human Torch Comics" title. Issue #5 (June 1942) of the series, 4th issue of "The Human Torch Comics", has no number on the cover. The 6th issue of the series (Sept 1942), on the cover it says "No.5" & "FALL ISSUE" and is second, and permanent, effort to renumber the series to the "The Human Torch Comics" title. The numbering continues from here until the end of the series at issue "No. 38", thus giving the "The Human Torch Comics" title 38 issues, but 39 issues to the series. The renumbering effectively ignores the first issue if the series titled "Red Raven Comics". The comic ended in 1954, but due to the fact that the first 29 issues were published at a quarterly rate, only 39 issues of the series (38 issues of "The Human Torch Comics") were printed from between 1941 to 1954. — Description from Comic Vine community (comicvine.gamespot.com · https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-human-torch/4050-832/).

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10 “Death Dance of the Atlantic”

October 1942

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11 “Blackout for Doom; Mystery of the Blue Diamond; Hitler's Hoax”

January 1943

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12 “Riding a Rocket to Doom; Unmask a Gestapo Rabbit; Lair of the Pig Boats”

April 1943

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13 “The End; Purple Ghost and His Reign of Terror; Deep Sea Lair of the Murdering Octopus; New York's Black Menace”

July 1943

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14 “Horror of the Mad Dogs; Wings of Death; Smashing the Bloody Plasma Pool; Message to Moscow”

October 1943

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15 “Big Brain / Nazi Poison Fiend / The Dog Tag Horror / Yellow Fang's Unholy Mission”

January 1944

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16 “Yellow Monkeys of Death / Sons of Evil / the Robber Baron / Journey to Death”

July 1944

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17 “The Ghostly Horror / the Skulking Killer / Devil's Double / the Zombie Terror”

October 1944

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18 “Death Plays the Violin / Death Takes a Journey / Dungeon of Terror”

January 1945

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19 “Blackmailer of Death / the Chambers of Horror / Holiday with Murder”

April 1945

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2 “Introducing Toro; Sub-Mariner Crashes New York Again”

September 1940

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20 “Cult of Evil / Witness to Murder / the Carnival Murders”

July 1945

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21 “Death Writes a Diary / the House That Changed Color / Murder in Blackout”

October 1945

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22 “The Sentence of Death / the Baffling Mystery of the Pawnshop Murder / the Fatal Fifth Bullet / the Doomed Fishermen”

January 1946

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23 “The Amazing Swindle / Firebug Terror / Jekyll-Hyde Murders / Politicians in Crime”

April 1946

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24 “The Werewolf Horror / The Invisible Terror / The House Killer / The Statue of Death”

July 1946

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25 “Trapping the Masked Monster / Death by Prophecy / The Lost Son Fraud / Ghost Hangman”

October 1946

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26 “Her Diary of Terror / One of Us Is a Killer / The Ghost of Shadow Manor / The Fatal Curse of the Sea Witch”

January 1947

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27 “Meet the Asbestos Lady / Mystery of the Old Curiosity Shop / Murder Deadline”

April 1947

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28 “The Twins Who Weren't”

July 1947

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29 “Daredevil of Crime”

October 1947

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3 “Toro's Parents-----Alive?”

December 1940

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30 “Gay Nineties Gamble / The Beast of the Bowery Barge / The Hyena Strikes”

May 1948

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31 “He Gambled on Death / Troubador of Terror / The Man Who Could Foresee Doom”

July 1948

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32 “Double Cross In Death”

September 1948

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33 “The Ray of Madness / Horror Hotel / A Jinx for Georgie Jenks”

November 1948

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34 “The Flat of the Land / They All Died Laughing / the Brain Monster”

January 1949

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35 “Flame of Fury / Flaming Victory / the Killer Ray / the Outer World of Doom”

March 1949

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36 “The Atomic Blaster; The Beast From the Egg; The Devil Octopus; The Ape”

April 1954

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June 1954

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38 “The World's End; in Korea; The Octopus-Men; Flame On!”

August 1954

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4 [3] “The Mystery of the Disappearing Criminals”

January 1941

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5 [A] “The March of Death; Blitzkrieg of the Living Dead”

April 1941

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5 [B] “The Human Torch Battles the Sub-Mariner As the World Faces Destruction”

July 1941

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6 “Secret Arsenal; Murder Afloat”

October 1941

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7 “The Agent of Death; Dreadnaught Disaster”

January 1942

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8 “Human Torch vs. Sub-Mariner; Python's Power; The Fiery Monster; The Python Strikes; Underground Terror; The Amazing Awakening”

April 1942

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9 “The Hooded Gang; Ghost; Queer Case of Johnny Clostro”

July 1942

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