Johnny Storm might be getting a run for his money, if this interview is correct.
Comics on Comics, a podcast on our much-loved medium, got some interesting news from an interview they did with Alex Ross. If you fast-forward to around the 45:35 mark, you’ll hear that Ross has a new Marvel project in the works…
Starring Jim Hammond, the original android Human Torch.
Who’s that, you ask? (Glad you asked.) The original Human Torch was not the teen member of the Fantastic Four, but an android created just prior to World War II whose body had an adverse — and flammable — reaction to oxygen. Sharing the honor of being Marvel’s first superhero with Namor the Submariner, the Human Torch became the company’s original trinity by fighting alongside Captain America in World War II.
According to Ross, this series will put Hammond and his fiery sidekick, Toro, on center stage, exploring their importance to the Marvel U.
February 24th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Is there a link?
February 24th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
ONly if Ross paints the entie thing, or does a Justice-style art sharing with Doug Braithwaite.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I’ve always liked Jim Hammond over Johnny Storm. The Original Human Torch is such a much cooler superhero.
I’m hoping that, if this is true, that it will end with a return of the OHT to modern continuity.
I don’t even see teh codename being a problem since the FF are known more by their real names anyway.
February 25th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
John, the link is embedded in the words “Comics on Comics.” It will take you directly to the podcast.