http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12745
Torch #1 Variant
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12745
Torch #1 Variant
Avengers/Invaders #12 :
Torch fights and is killed by an enraged, and slightly confused thor, who is fighting for adolph hitler:
he's resurrected in the same issue here by the cosmic cube(he is still currently dead):
torch is a beast, but not unexpectedly, thor going all out proved too much to handle(hammond simply lacks the durability to take attacks of that caliber)........still, i'd like to point back to a time where hammond blocked that same god lightning which ended him with a fireball:
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa197/namorsubby/original%20human%20torch/Thor_Corps_2_02.jpg
anyway, toro, torch's flaming sidekick, also resurrects into modern marvel continuity here, which sets the stage for torch's return in Torch #1, which involves toro and the mad thinker:
Hammond puts namor to shame in the golden age
I just decided to show these torch/namor encounters from the golden age...........being a huge fan of namor i had previously declared these too disgraceful on his behalf to be shown, back when i was showing golden age feats......but this is the hammond respect thread, not namor's, so here goes nothin:
Torch boils namor.....namor runs
Torch whoops namor in a hand to hand fight after namor begs him to "give him a chance" and not use flame
Torch burns namor.......namor runs
Namor begs hammond for his life on both knees........according to namor, "Ceasar had his Brutus, Napolean had his Waterloo, and I have, The Torch"
there, it's done.......forgive me namor.lol
Originally posted by Kazenjiyeah. been dead since 2005, New Invaders #9, but he ressurects in Torch #1 by Alex Ross/Mike Carey in september.
What happen to Jim Hammand have'nt seen him in the comics for a while cept for that Avengers/Invaders mini is he dead ?
he's appeared in a few other titles recently though, and will be appearing in a few more before his mini:
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12539
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12488
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=12432
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=11832
http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=11757
he's also recently appeared in Captain America #43,45,46,48,and 50
Torch #2 Preview:
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=3521&disp=table
THE TORCH #2! HAMMOND RESSURECTS!:
The answer to a 70 year old mystery! Why the torch flames up
"The Torch's body cells accumulate heat energy and use it to mimic the processes of life. They were meant to be the engine that powered him--and made him move. Insert footnote. Combustion almost certainly no more than a side effect"
The torch is molecularly reconstructed and injected with a mind control device. He is ressurrected frankenstein style, with no memory of who he is
Torch is tested by his controllers, flying to, and destroying a ship
The Torch #3:
Destroys an entire country's air fleet rather quickly
Then destroys a small town in the same country
As the town burns, torch's control are damaged, and he plunges into the sea, dropping to below -20 celsius, causing the mind controlling "compound D" to fail......Jim Flames up while still under the sea, and flys out
Hammond takes some of his anger out on some AIM agents......one fireball seems to cause sufficient damage......he also rejuvenated Toro with his flame
Namor becomes infected with compound D from a spill.....looks like Namor and torch might do battle......again, but for the first time since the WW2 era
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa197/namorsubby/original%20human%20torch/The_Torch_003_022.jpg
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa197/namorsubby/original%20human%20torch/The_Torch_003_023.jpg
The Torch #4:
The Torch is freed from the thinker's direct control, but apparently has lost most or all of his ability to express or feel human emotion......very much like a plight the 2nd vision endured once(ironic, seeing as jim is the vision, technically)
there Hammond goes again, throwing around strict commands with a stone-cold face as if he already knows his opposition can't win......much like in Avengers/Invaders........what I'm wondering is will he be just as uber.
Pretty good physical durability/flame endurance feat......mind controlled Namor suckers Hammond good and he flies into the water.....he swiftly returns to do battle, apparently unharmed and without even having to reflame(in this whole series he's been showing high resistance to water). Can't wait to see how this plays out
Originally posted by CATMANEXEyou sir are a gentleman and a scholar
Stopping in to say hi, off the road for the holidays.
Great work in this and the Namor thread.
Loving the hell out of the Torch series, brilliant stuff.
Hey anyone else, and coal in the stockings off those still trolling
and making messes off threads. Keep it neat like namorsubby
people.
