Dates
- Cover date
- Winter 1940-1941
- On sale
- December 10, 1940
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Toro's Parents--Alive?, Part 1 · 20 pages
The head of a spy ring decides on a plan to eliminate the Torch by using imposters to convince Toro his parents are still alive.
- Toro's Parents--Alive?, Part 2 · 20 pages
Toro leaves with the spy ring aboard a ship (which is smuggling gold) still thinking they are helping his parents. While in a foreign country, he is further duped into helping at a munitions plant. The Torch, following after them, does what he can to help undo the damage (along the way getting rid of the gold and sending a message to Namor on one of the bars). When Toro starts to suspect something is wrong, he he put into a rocket and fired at America as the start of an invasion. The Torch follows and slows it down allowing Toro to escape. Together, they defeat the rest of the rocket attack.
- Hot and Wet · 2 pages
The Human Torch and Sub-Mariner once again meet...but this time it is to argue which of their artists is the best: Burgos or Everett?
- Namor to the Rescue · 20 pages
Namor finds the message the Torch wrote in the previous story and goes looking for him. He meets up with Betty who informs him the Torch is off fighting a spy ring. Trying to board a suspicious German boat, Namor is captured, tied to a bomb and dropped from an plane. The Torch rescues Namor and informs him of the invasion. Namor gathers his planes and destroys the enemy navy. He is called back by the War Dept. who want to thank him only to discover there is another attacking fleet. Once again, Namor rallies his few remaining planes and stops the second fleet.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (2005), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus (2019), Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Human Torch (2013), Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Pre-War Years Omnibus (2019)