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Carl Burgos (/ ˈ b ɜːr ɡ oʊ s / BUR-gohss; born Max Finkelstein [2] / ˈ f ɪ ŋ k əl s t iː n / FING-kəl-steen; April 18, 1916 – March 1984 [1]) was an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch in Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), during the period historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books.
Following his debut in the hit Marvel Comics #1, [2] the Human Torch proved popular enough that he soon became one of the first superheroes to headline a solo title. Through the 1940s, the Torch starred or was featured in Marvel Mystery Comics (the book's title beginning with issue #2), The Human Torch (premiering with issue #2, Fall 1940, having taken over the numbering of the defunct Red ...
Lee said that when he conceptualized the character, "I thought it was a shame that we didn't have The Human Torch anymore, and this was a good chance to bring him back". [ 4 ] : 85 Unlike the teen sidekicks that preceded him, the Human Torch in the early stories was "a typical adolescent — brash, rebellious, and affectionately obnoxious."
Marvel Studios has its “Fantastic Four.” The superhero quartet — the first characters created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — will be played by Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards ...
Spider-Man & The Human Torch: Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5 August 2009 978-0785140047: The Thing & The Human Torch by Dan Slott: Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5, The Thing #1-8 August 2018 978-1302913359: Human Torch by Karl Kesel & Skottie Young: The Complete Collection: Human Torch (vol. 3) #1-12 July 2014 978-0785190981: Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1 ...
An Americanized version of Pyro named John Allerdyce appeared in the X-Men film franchise produced by 20th Century Fox. He was portrayed by Alexander Burton in X-Men (2000), and was subsequently replaced by Aaron Stanford for its sequels X2 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Deadpool ...
Michael B. Jordan was initially bothered by angry internet "trolls" upset by Fox's decision to cast a black actor to play Marvel superhero Human Torch in the upcoming "Fantastic Four" reboot, but ...
In each appearance of this sketch, the moderator of the show would interrogate toy maker Irwin Mainway, played by Dan Aykroyd, while he defended his company's extremely dangerous products aimed at children, such as "Bag O' Glass" (with Mainway also acknowledging other products in its line, such as "Bag O' Vipers" and "Bag O' Sulfuric Acid"), "Teddy Chainsaw Bear" (a teddy bear with a working ...