r/respectthreads • u/ecnal89 • Jul 16 '15
comics Respect the Human Torch (Marvel 616)
The youngest member of the Fantastic Four, and younger brother to the Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm received his powers while accompanying his sister, Reed Richards and Ben Grimm on an experimental rocket flight. After the rocket was blasted by cosmic radiation Johnny found that he had the ability to envelop his body in, and control flames. In tribute to the World War II android, Johnny chose to call himself the Human Torch and became a founding member of the Fantastic Four.
Allies: The Fantastic Four, the Inhumans, Spider-Man
Enemies: Dr. Doom, Annihilus, the Frightful Four, the Mad Thinker
Flame Manipulation
Power
Aside from his nova explosions he can also make fireballs and fireblasts nova hot.
Melts through two-feet of Molybdenum. Molybdenum has the sixth-highest melting point of any element.
He’s knocked back the Hulk. Does it again
Destroys a fire elemental by consuming all the oxygen in a mile with a flare
He nearly breaks free from one of Sue’s forcefields He probably would have succeeded if he hadn’t run out of oxygen.
While using the Four’s combat training room he vaporizes all of the room’s defenses. It should be noted that the defenses in the room were specifically meant to challenge the Human Torch.
The heat from his Nova flams is described as being similar to that of a nuclear blast
Knocks Silver Surfer off his board. This doesn’t hurt him at all but it’s still impressive.
Control
Some character statements on the great control Johnny has over his powers
Fences with a flaming sword construct that won’t hurt his opponent if it hits
He tricks Reed (who’s a pretty smart guy) into thinking he incinerated Doom
Creates intense heat but controls it enough that no one else near him can feel it
He’s able to destroy a man’s armor without the man under it getting hurt at all
He’s able to suck out the moisture from a person’s body. At one point he uses this ability to defeat She-Hulk
He can create mirages. They’re even good enough to fool Dr. Doom!
He is also somehow able to make flame and fireballs without heat.
Johnny’s accurate enough to ignite Ben’s cigar, destroy a man’s rocket boots and destroy the Vulture’s wings without hurting them.
He creates a working probing device out of fire (don’t ask how this is possible)
When fighting someone he doesn’t want to hurt he knocks them out by creating heat waves
Can sense heat signatures, and uses this to locate the invisible beings. 2.
Uses a man’s cigarette to create a smokescreen. He can also create large amounts of smoke from his own body
Absorption
He can also absorb fire, even if it’s created by another fire manipulator
He’s able to absorb Blastaar’s explosive blasts and shoot them back as flame
Other
His flames allows him to fly by making his molecules lighter than air. Just kidding! It’s actually because of a cloud of hydrogen atoms
At one point he knocks out the Impossible Man by creating a hypnotic pattern in the sky
Speed and Maneuverability
Creates a thousand foot tall tornado by flying in circles. Another example
Quickly veers off course to avoid the Impossible Man’s buzzsaw
While injured he dodges a water blast shot at him by the Hulk
Destroys the Trapster’s paste and then blitzes him through a wall
His flame duplicates are described as moving “faster than human eyes can follow”
Quickly shoots down a barrage of rocks batted at him by She Hulk
While flamed off, he reacts quickly enough to melt bullets after they’ve been shot at him
Durability
Physical Resistance
Energy Resistance
Tanks a blast from Oculus. His blasts are strong enough to destroy mountains
Tanks a blast from Kree Iron Man (his weapons are described as being stronger than the real thing’s)
Other
Is resistant to heat and flame. He can be hurt by hellfire though
He can create a heat shield that according to him will stop anything short of an atomic blast
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u/Even-Set-6995 Jun 19 '25
exactly what i needed to shut someone up on youtube disrespecting torch's strength and durability. got someone telling me pyro can no diff torch based on 1 scene from deadpool vs wolverine LOL