Editing Human Torch (section)

==Fictional character biography==
===Early life===
Growing up in Glenville, New York, a fictional [[Long Island]] suburban town, Johnny Storm lost his mother due to a car accident from which his father, surgeon [[Franklin Storm]], escaped unharmed.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Fantastic Four'' #32 - "Death of a Hero". Marvel Comics.</ref> 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, [[Invisible Woman|Sue Storm]].

[[Image:Human Torch appearance.jpg|thumb|300px|A panel from ''The Fantastic Four''<!--First 15 or so issues titled "The" Fantastic Four--> #1 (Nov. 1961) (left) shows the Human Torch as drawn in his first adventure. The depiction was altered when the story was reprinted in ''Fantastic Four'' Annual #1 (1963) (right), to conform to how the Human Torch was depicted from ''The Fantastic Four'' #3 onward. Original pencil art by [[Jack Kirby]] and unconfirmed inker. Alterations by [[Sol Brodsky]].<ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/17360/ ''Fantastic Four Annual'' #1] at the [[Grand Comics Database]].</ref>]]
At 16, Storm joined his sister and her fiancé, [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]], in a space flight in which [[cosmic radiation]] transformed those three and spacecraft pilot [[Thing (comics)|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, dubs himself the Human Torch, in tribute to the [[World War II]]-era hero known as the [[Human Torch (android)|Human Torch]].<ref>''The Fantastic Four'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> In ''The Fantastic Four'' #4, it is Storm who discovers an [[amnesia]]c [[hobo]] whom he helps regain his memory as the [[antihero]] [[Namor|Namor the Sub-Mariner]], one of the three most popular heroes of Marvel Comics' 1940s forerunner, [[Timely Comics]], returning him to modern continuity.

Though a member of a world-famous team, Storm still lived primarily in Glenville and attended Glenville High School. Here he thought he maintained a [[secret identity]], although his fellow townsfolk were well aware of his being a member of the Fantastic Four and simply humored him. This series introduced what would become the recurring Fantastic Four foes the [[Wizard (Marvel Comics)|Wizard]]<ref name=":2">''Fantastic Four'' Vol. 2 #1 (Sep. 4, 1996). Marvel Comics</ref> and [[Trapster|Paste-Pot Pete]], later known as the Trapster.<ref>''Strange Tales'' #104. Marvel Comics.</ref> In Storm's home life, Mike Snow, a member of the high-school wrestling squad, bullied Storm until an accidental flare-up of the Torch's powers scarred Snow's face. Storm dated fellow student Dorrie Evans, although she eventually grew tired of his constant disappearances and broke off their relationship.<ref>Various issues, ''Strange Tales'' #113 to ''Fantastic Four'' #45 (Dec. 1965). Marvel Comics.</ref>

===College===
After graduating high school, Storm enrolled at New York City's Metro College.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #35 (Feb. 1965). Marvel Comics.</ref> There he befriended his roommate [[Wyatt Wingfoot]].<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #50. Marvel Comics.</ref> He also met the [[Human Torch (android)|original Human Torch]] of the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' Annual #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> Around this time, Storm met and fell in love with [[Crystal (comics)|Crystal]], a member of the superpowered race the [[Inhumans]].<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #45 (Dec. 1965). Marvel Comics.</ref> After their relationship ended, Crystal returned to her native city of Attilan and eventually married the superhero [[Quicksilver (comics)|Quicksilver]].<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #150 (Sept. 1974). Marvel Comics.</ref> Storm, crushed, attempted to move on, finding that his high-school girlfriend, Dorrie Evans, had married and had two children.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' Vol. 1 #134 (Feb. 27, 1973). Marvel Comics.</ref> Storm dropped out of college but remained friends with Wingfoot, who often participated in the Fantastic Four's adventures.

Storm eventually began a romance with who he thought was [[Alicia Masters]] but was eventually revealed to be an alien from the shapeshifting Skrull race, [[Lyja]], posing as Masters.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #269-270</ref> In the interim, they married.<ref>"Dearly Beloved", by [[Roger Stern]], [[John Buscema]], and [[Sal Buscema]]. ''Fantastic Four'' #300 (March 1987). Marvel Comics.</ref> Storm later discovers "Alicia's" true identity, and that Lyja is pregnant with his child. He then witnessed Lyja's apparent death and rescued the real Alicia from the Skrulls.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #357-358. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Storm briefly joined his nephew [[Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four)|Franklin Richards]]' [[Fantastic Force]] team, where he battled his otherdimensional counterpart, Vangaard (formerly Gaard). [[Lyja]] posed as student Laura Green and dated Storm to stay close to him; Storm recognized her when they kissed, though he did not reveal this to her until later.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=June 2010}}

===Outside career and anti-registration movement===
Seeking an acting career, Storm was cast as the [[Old West]] hero the [[Rawhide Kid]], but producers reconsidered and gave the role to Lon Zelig (actually the alien [[Super-Skrull]]).<ref>''Fantastic Four'' Vol. 3 #51 (Jan. 9, 2002). Marvel Comics.</ref> After working mostly in some television shows, Storm also spent some time as a firefighter at the behest of his former classmate, Mike Snow,{{Volume needed|c=y|date=May 2016}} but when Snow moved away after his wife turned out to be a [[psychopath]]ic [[arson]]ist and seemingly died, Storm left the job. He later returned to the profession during a period when the Fantastic Four was short on cash.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Civil War|publisher=Marvel Comics|year=2011|location=New York, New York.}}</ref>{{Volume needed|c=y|date=November 2020}} Frustrated with her brother's directionless life and near-disastrous pranksterism, his sister compelled him to become [[chief financial officer]] for the Fantastic Four, Inc. Infighting and betrayal resulted in a near-catastrophe, ending Storm's position.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' vol. 3 #65-66. Marvel Comics.</ref>

After a major battle with the supervillain and dictator [[Doctor Doom]], Fantastic Four leader [[Mister Fantastic|Reed Richards]] attempted to claim Doom's [[Latveria]] for the Fantastic Four, an act that alienated the [[United States government]] and his own team. This led to team-member [[Thing (comics)|Ben Grimm]]'s apparent death and the Fantastic Four's subsequent dispersal. Storm took to fixing cars for a living. Grimm later was revealed to be alive.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #509-511. Marvel Comics.</ref> Over the Internet, Storm meets a young woman, Cole, whom he learns is the daughter of one of the Fantastic Four's oldest enemies, the [[Wizard (Marvel Comics)|Wizard]]; after a confrontation with that supervillain, who escaped with Cole, Storm remained hopeful of meeting her again.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #514-516. Marvel Comics.</ref> For a time, Storm became the Herald of the powerful cosmic being [[Galactus]], becoming the Invisible Boy after switching powers with his sister and teammate, Susan Richards, the [[Invisible Woman]].<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #517-524. Marvel Comics.</ref>

During the 2006–2007 "[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]" company-wide crossover, in which the superpowered community is split over the [[Superhuman Registration Act]], which required them to register with, and become agents of, the US government, Storm and his sister allied with the underground rebels, the [[Secret Avengers]].<ref>[[Mark Millar|Millar, Mark]]. ''[[Civil War (comics)|Civil War]]'' #4 (Oct. 2006). Marvel Comics.</ref> Shortly afterward, during the "[[Secret Invasion]]" company-wide crossover, the shape-shifting extraterrestrial [[Skrulls]] intensified their clandestine infiltration of Earth. Storm was briefly reunited with his former Skrull girlfriend, [[Lyja]]. Though part of the invading force, she finds she still has some feelings for him, and does not carry out her mission of sabotage. She returns to her people, unsure of herself and of any future relationship.<ref>''Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four'' #1-3. Marvel Comics.</ref>

===Death and return===
In the conclusion of the 2011 "Three" storyline, in ''Fantastic Four'' #587 (March 2011), the Human Torch appears to die fighting a horde of aliens from the [[Negative Zone]]. The series ended with the following issue, #588, and relaunched in March 2011 as simply ''FF''.<ref name=JohnnyDeath1>{{cite web |last=Ching |first=Alber |url=http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/01/25/associated-press-spoils-fantastic-four-587-hours-before-comic-goes-on-sale/ |title=Associated Press Spoils 'Fantastic Four' #587 Hours Before Comic Goes on Sale |publisher=Newsarama.com |date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616160700/http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/01/25/associated-press-spoils-fantastic-four-587-hours-before-comic-goes-on-sale/ |archive-date=June 16, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=JohnnyDeath2>Ching, Albert. [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/hickman-fantastic-four-587-110125.html "Hickman Details FANTASTIC FOUR #587's Big Character Death"], Newsarama, 25 January 2011</ref><ref>Moore, Matt. [https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12753404 "After Half Century, It's 1 Fantastic's Farewell"], [[Associated Press]] via [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], January 25, 2011. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727091314/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12753404 WebCitation archive].</ref> [[Spider-Man]], one of Storm's friends, took his place on the team,<ref name=ElectricPrimate>{{cite web |last=Khouri |first=Andy |url=http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/09/fantastic-four-FF-new-costumes-spider-man/ |title=Fantastic Four Get a New Name, New Costume and an Old Spider-Man |publisher=ComicsAlliance.com |date=9 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824112129/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/09/fantastic-four-FF-new-costumes-spider-man/ |archive-date=24 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Hanks| first=Henry |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/02/10/spiderman.ff.go/index.html?hpt=C2 |title=Spider-Man replacing Human Torch on new 'FF' team|publisher= CNN|date= February 11, 2011}}</ref> as requested in the Torch's will.<ref>''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #657. Marvel Comics.</ref>

It is later revealed that the Human Torch was revived by a species of insect-like creatures that were implanted in his body by [[Annihilus]] in an attempt to force Storm to help open the Negative Zone portal. Storm eventually escapes and Richards determines Storm was on the other side of the portal for two years from his perspective.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' #601. Marvel Comics.</ref>

The Human Torch becomes an ambassador within Inhuman society and joins [[Captain America|Steve Rogers]]'s [[Avengers Unity Squad]] and helps [[Rogue (comics)|Rogue]] in incinerating the telepathic portions of Professor Xavier's brains, thus unknowingly preventing [[Hydra (comics)|Hydra]] from using it for their [[Secret Empire (organization)|secret empire]].<ref>''Avengers'' #0 (October 2015). Marvel Comics.</ref><ref>''Uncanny Avengers'' vol. 3 #22. Marvel Comics.</ref> He becomes a multi-billionaire when he inherits Reed Richards' and Sue Storms' wealth and uses the money for rebuilding the [[Avengers Mansion]] and philanthropy.<ref>''Uncanny Avengers'', vol. 3, #28. Marvel Comics.</ref> He is seemingly annihilated when he grabs a cosmic object called Pyramoids during the fight between the [[Lethal Legion]] and the [[Black Order (comics)|Black Order]] in Peru, but is restored after [[Living Lightning]] wins a high stakes poker game versus [[Grandmaster (Marvel Comics)|Grandmaster]].<ref>''Avengers'' #689. Marvel Comics.</ref>

To help the Thing cope with Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman's disappearance, the Human Torch takes him on a journey through the Multiverse using the Multisect in order to find them.<ref>''Marvel Two-In-One'' vol. 2 #1-8. Marvel Comics.</ref> They have not been able to find Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman as they return to Earth-616 empty-handed.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> The Human Torch and the Thing were reunited with Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman to help alongside other superheroes who were part of the Fantastic Four (including surprisingly [[X-Men]]'s [[Iceman (Marvel Comics)|Iceman]]) fight the Griever at the End of All Things after Mister Fantastic persuaded the Griever to let him summon the Thing and the Human Torch. As the Thing and his teammates finally return to 616, while Future Foundation stays behind to keep learning multiverse, the Thing reveals to them that he proposed to Alicia and they are about to get married soon. Although the Baxter Building is now owned by a new superhero team Fantastix, the Thing allows his teammates to use his hometown Yancy Street as their current operation base.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #2-#4. Marvel Comics.</ref> He later becomes engaged to an Unparalleled superhero named Sky from the planet Spyre, who then travels back to Earth with him and joins the Fantastic Four. Their relationship is brief however, when Johnny cheats on her with Victorious, a hero from Latveria and fiancé of Doctor Doom.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #15-20. Marvel Comics.</ref>

During a conflict at Doctor Doom's wedding, where his infidelity with Victorious is revealed, Johnny Storm becomes permanently stuck in his Human Torch form and his powers are boosted to the point where it is unsafe for him to be around others.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #36. Marvel Comics.</ref>

During the ''[[Reckoning War]]'' storyline, Johnny unites various cosmic factions and leads their armies to defend the [[Watcher (comics)|Watchers]]. Once the multiverse is saved, Johnny opts to return to Spyre with Sky so that her people can cure him and return him to normal.<ref>''Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #45. Marvel Comics.</ref>