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{{short description|Marvel Comics character}}
{{About|the modern Marvel Comics character|the original version|Human Torch (android)|other uses}}
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|character_name=Human Torch
|image=Human Torch (Johnny Storm).png
|converted=y
|caption=Variant cover of ''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #645 (April 2015).<br>Art by [[Michael Komarck]].
|real_name=Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm
|species=Human mutate
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|debut=''[[Fantastic Four (comic book)|The Fantastic Four]]'' #1 (Nov. 1961)
|creators=[[Stan Lee]] (writer)<br>[[Jack Kirby]] (artist)<br>(based upon the [[Human Torch (android)|original character]] by [[Carl Burgos]])
|alliances=[[Fantastic Four]]<br>[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]<br>[[Future Foundation]]<br>[[Fantastic Force]]<br>[[Herald of Galactus]]<br>[[Fantastic Four Incorporated]]<br>[[Uncanny Avengers|Avengers Unity Division]]
|aliases=Invisible Man
|powers=
* [[Pyrokinesis]]
* Fiery form that enables [[flight]]
* Heat energy absorption
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| subcat         = Marvel Comics
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| sortkey        = Human Torch
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The '''Human Torch''' ('''Jonathan Lowell Spencer''' "'''Johnny'''" '''Storm''') is a fictional [[superhero]] character appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The character is a founding member of the [[Fantastic Four]]. He is writer [[Stan Lee]]'s and artist [[Jack Kirby]]'s reinvention of a similar, previous character, the [[Human Torch (android)|android Human Torch]] of the same name and powers who was created in 1939 by writer-artist [[Carl Burgos]] for Marvel Comics' predecessor company, [[Timely Comics]].

Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, Johnny gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by [[cosmic ray]]s. He can engulf his entire body in flames, fly, absorb fire harmlessly into his own body, and control any nearby fire by sheer force of will. "Flame on!", which the Torch customarily shouts when activating his full-body flame effect, has become his [[catchphrase]]. The youngest of the group, he is brash and impetuous in comparison to his reticent, overprotective and compassionate older sister, [[Invisible Woman|Susan Storm]], his sensible brother-in-law, [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]], and the grumbling [[Thing (comics)|Ben Grimm]]. In the early 1960s, he starred in a series of solo adventures, published in ''[[Strange Tales]]''. The Human Torch is also a friend and frequent ally of the superhero [[Spider-Man]], who is approximately the same age.

In film, the Human Torch has been portrayed by [[Jay Underwood]] in the unreleased 1994 film ''[[The Fantastic Four (unreleased film)|The Fantastic Four]]''; [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] in the 2005 film ''[[Fantastic Four (2005 film)|Fantastic Four]]'', its 2007 sequel ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'', and the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) film ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'' (2024); [[Michael B. Jordan]] in the 2015 film ''[[Fantastic Four (2015 film)|Fantastic Four]]''; and [[Joseph Quinn]] in the MCU films  ''[[The Fantastic Four: First Steps]]'' (2025), ''[[Avengers: Doomsday]]'' (2026), and ''[[Avengers: Secret Wars]]'' (2027).