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TheFantastic Four’sfamousHuman Torchhas ultimately been cure of his ever - present fire affliction - and , in the process , has lost what made the character appeal for the past year . Johnny Storm is the new of the four ; as such , he ’s impulsive , brash , slow to learn and unusually quick to anger . This had result him into trouble in the past , and his in vogue penalisation at the helping hand ofDoctor Doomduring his turbulent nuptials issueseemingly changed the Human Torch for the better- butFantastic Four # 46has sadly erase his " permanent " flaming .
In current comics continuity , Marvel ’s First Family has changed drastically from the very first time the squad was seen inFantastic Four # 1 in 1961 . Reed Richards and Susan Storm married and have two children , Ben Grimm has wed Alicia and take on two children of their own - but the Human Torch persist free-swimming and ( practically ) unaltered from his initial show . When Johnny Storm had an affair with the Saint Brigid - to - beof the noted villain Doctor Doom , Doom punished him by spark his mogul - and rifle the hero of his power to turn it off .
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For calendar month , the Human Torch exist up to his nameto a horrific extremum : he could n’t eat or pledge without special equipment - and his flame burn so hot that even the Thing had difficultly standing near him ( and everyone else had to stay far away ) . But inFantastic Four # 46 , written by Dan Slott with art by Cafu , the Overseer summon the team to planet Spyre , where a cure for Kaila ’s status will be test on Johnny Storm . Storm is distinctly despairing ; he has n’t walk in human conformation since Doctor Doom ’s wedding . The procedure is ultimately a achiever , and Johnny is overjoyed . “Check it out!“he says . “I’ve been waiting month to say this - FLAME OFF ! "
Johnny may be tickle , but the reader is perhaps fuddle - how did the Overseer find a therapeutic in a short amount of clip whileReed Richards , the smart man on Earth , could n’t after months of research ? Regardless of the method of the cure , the fact it exists at all is prejudicial to Johnny Storm ’s character development ; Storm learned to be humble and reverential towards other while in this variant , and keeping him permanently alight - at least for another yr or so - would have changed the Human Torch for the better .
Alas , status quo returns to the Fantastic Four ( evenReed Richards ' freshly - discover half - sisterleaves the chemical group after a single adventure ) , and Johnny can control his big businessman once again . The mind of a character other than Ben losing ascendence of their powers has virtue , but yield the affliction to Johnny was a masterstroke of composition , allow the fictitious character to eat much - deserve lowly pie . Unfortunately , theFantastic Four’shot - tempered member is back to his usual self - hopefully with a moment more maturity than before .
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