After getting bombarded by cosmic rays in a rocket trip, Johnny Storm suddenly begins to blaze and discovers that he can fly. He calls himself the Human Torch and with the others who also gained special powers, he creates the Fantastic Four. Together, they face and defeat their first enemy, the Mole Man.
Still upset over the loss of Crystal to Quicksilver, Johnny and the FF confront Thundra.
The Fantastic Four meet the Skrulls for the first time when they plan to invade Earth. The aliens take their appearances to frame them for crimes. The Human Torch helps his team capture the imposters and the other Skrulls fly away.
After the Fantastic Four have established their headquarters in Baxter Building in New York City, the Fantastic Four face the Miracle Man who plans to take over the world using his apparent magical powers, and defeat him, thanks to the Human Torch's blinding flare that exposes that the villain's powers were only hypnotic illusions.
Johnny meets the amnesic Sub-Mariner and helps him regain his memory by dropping him into the sea. As Namor attacks, the Human Torch reunites with the Fantastic Four to fight him off. After Namor offers to cease hostilities if Sue agrees to marry him, the young man creates a vortex that hurls Namor far away into the ocean.
Doctor Doom has taken the Invisible Girl hostage to force the Fantastic Four to travel back in time on his Time Platform to retrieve Black Beard's chest which contains the Stones of Merlin. After bringing back an empty chest, they escape and Doctor Doom flies away from his blazing castle.
The Human Torch faces Doctor Doom and the Sub-Mariner who have joined forces to destroy the Fantastic Four. When Doom pulls the Baxter Building into space, sending not only the heroes but also the Sub-Mariner to their death, the team decides to work with the Atlantean and together they defeat Doctor Doom.
The Human Torch meets the Wizard for the first time when the villain goes on a crime spree wearing a flaming costume to incriminate him. With the help of the Invisible Girl, he outsmarts the Wizard and delivers him to the police, thus clearing his name.
The Fantastic Four deal with the Puppet Master for the first time when the villain takes control of the Thing and sends him to fight the rest of the team while Sue is held captive. After rescuing her, they find the Puppet Master at his home struggling with his step-daughter Alicia who accidentally causes the villain to fall through the window.
Johnny meets Paste-Pot Pete for the first time during a bank hold-up where the villain immobilizes his victim by shooting them with some paste gun.
Johnny learns that his so-called secret identity is not a secret to anyone in Glenville when the skilled acrobat Carl Zante visits him home to offer to form a duo called the Torrid Twosome to make a living of their abilities. Realizing that the Acrobat is using him to rob a bank, he captures the villain with the help of the Fantastic Four and rejoins the quartet.
The Fantastic Four accompany General Ross back at his desert base to help find and stop the Hulk whom he accuses of wrecking his installations. After flying there on the new Fantasti-Car that Johnny has upgraded, the team confronts the Hulk for the first time and the battle takes them to a ghost town where they finally discover who is truly behind the sabotages. The Fantastic Four get their first ceremony in their honor.
Dealing with Spider-Man for the first time, the Fantastic Four take defensive measures when he breaks into their building but it turns into a battle. When he is finally given the chance, Spider-Man explains that he wants to join them but they inform him that they don't get paid so he leaves.
The Fantastic Four fly to the Blue Area of the Moon where they find remains of an ancient civilization. Then they are attacked by the Super-Apes and the Red Ghost. Both teams start to fight but they are interrupted the Watcher who teleports them to an isolated area of the moon where the Fantastic Four defeat the Red Ghost.
After a short separation to explore disappointing personal career opportunities, the Fantastic Four reunite. Realizing that the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android have taken their headquarters, the Fantastic Four manage to neutralize the machine and outsmart the Mad Thinker by adding an unexpected human element to his equation.
The Fantastic Four and Ant-Man enter a Micro-World where Doctor Doom has imposed his tyranny. They manage to defeat their arch-enemy and free the inhabitants of that world, whose king and princess express their gratitude by knighting the Human Torch. Back in their world, the Fantastic Four track down Doctor Doom who is terrorizing the city with his evil inventions. They find their foe in his floating fortress but he chooses to escape by jumping off his hideout.
The team faces the Super-Skrull, a Skrull warrior that has been artificially enhanced to duplicate and outmatch all the powers of the Fantastic Four. The invader clearly has the upper hand against the four heroes until Reed devises a jammer that blocks the rays from the Skrulls' planet powering up the villain and the Human Torch is able to entrap the Super-Skrull inside a remote crater and seal it with an air-tight dome.
The Human Torch teams up with Spider-Man who has been framed for the theft of a Da Vinci painting.
The Sub-Mariner captures the Fantastic Four to inform mankind that they will no longer be allowed to trespass the seven seas and the skies above. After he declares war on the surface people and invades New York with his army, the Fantastic Four use a device to evaporate the water in their enemies' helmets, forcing them to retreat back to sea.
Johnny helps clear the name of his new girlfriend Doris Evans's father, who was falsely accused of robbing a jewelry store.
Seeking a cure for Alicia's blindness, the Fantastic Four find themselves in Ancient Egypt, powerless and enslaved by Rama-Tut, a time traveler from the year 3000. When the team recover their senses and powers, Rama-Tut is forced to escape in his time machine and the heroes travel back to the present.
The Human Torch starts fighting crime all by himself as he defeats and unmasks a communist saboteur calling himself the Destroyer.
During a day cruise around New York City, the ship is attacked by Captain Barracuda and his pirates so the Human Torch teams up with Iceman to apprehend the villains.
Heavily weakened by a virus, Reed asks his teammates to stop the Hulk who is going on a rampage in New York City. During the short struggle, both the Human Torch and the Invisible Girl fall unconscious, so it is up to the Thing to confront the green monster. Later, Reed finds a cure for his illness and the Fantastic Four regroup to fight back. Since the Hulk is battling his former teammates, the Fantastic Four decide to join forces with the Avengers, but having never fought side-by-side, they only get in each other's way. With more collaboration, they finally get rid of the Hulk who disappears into the Hudson River.
With the help of Doctor Strange, the Fantastic Four track down and recover the Invisible Girl who has been abducted by the Sub-Mariner.
The Fantastic Four are surprised by an attack from the X-Men. But when they learn that the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master are behind this attack, the two teams join their efforts and the villains are forced to escape.
Johnny's double date at a drive-in with Doris, Alicia and his friend Ben is interrupted by the attack of an armored villain calling himself the Beetle. With the help of the Thing, the Human Torch captures the thief and they hand him over to the police.
The Fantastic Four confront the Mole Man who has pulled entire city blocks underground, capturing the Invisible Girl in the process. When they go to her rescue and defeat the villain, Sue gets critically injured by an explosion. At the hospital, Johnny is shocked at the visit of his father whom he thought dead. Being the only physician able to save Sue, he is taken to the operating room and the surgery is successful.
Sue reminds her brother how they had been a happy family before their mother Mary died in a car accident. Then their father's life had gone downhill and he was sent to jail. During a visit, their father turns invisible, and calling himself the Invincible Man, he smashes his way out. While the Fantastic Four try to capture him without harming him, they discover that he's the Super-Skrull and that Dr. Storm has been sent off the planet. Reed forces the aliens to trade the Super-Skrull with Dr. Storm. They send him back with a bomb and he dies as a hero, shielding the Fantastic Four from the blast.
Lady Dorma enlists the help of the Fantastic Four to defeat Attuma who threatens to overthrow Namor and might eventually attack the surface world. The team destroys the invader's arsenal, and while the Prince battles Attuma in a hand-to-hand combat, they covertly disable the villain's traps to even the odds.
The Human Torch is taken with the Fantastic Four to Planet X where they save Kurrgo's people who are doomed by the imminent collision of an asteroid with their world.
The Human Torch frees the people of the Fifth Dimension from Zemu's tyranny.
Going bankrupt, the Fantastic Four accept to star in a movie to restore their financial health, unaware that it is a scheme from the Sub-Mariner to destroy them. After the boys survive the traps that he has sent them into, Namor is forced to respect his part of the deal and pay them for their participation.
Doctor Doom tries to defeat the Fantastic Four by switching bodies with Mr. Fantastic and submitting them to a reducing machine but he gets caught under the ray and shrinks to nothingness.
The Human Torch is publicly challenged by the Wizard who has escaped from prison, but the young hero manages to send him back in.
The Fantastic Four have to deal with the Impossible Man whose ability to turn his body into anything he wants jeopardizes the safety of the planet.
After being delivered a huge load of mail, the Fantastic Four take the opportunity to answer to their fan's most interesting questions.
The Human Torch tries to prove his worth to the team by tackling the Sub-Mariner all by himself and leaves the fight after his believes he has defeated the Sea Prince.
The Human Torch confronts counterfeiter Wilhelm van Vile whom he sent to jail in the past and who now calls himself the Painter after discovering a magic paint that brings to life whatever he draws.
Back on Earth, the Fantastic Four are acclaimed by the public for being the first people to return from the Moon. When the Invisible Girl is kidnapped, the team rescue her from the Sub-Mariner who was acting under the Puppet Master's control.
Johnny Storm visits Midtown High School to deliver an inspiring speech. He is puzzled later on when Spider-Man comes to him to thank him.
The Human Torch outsmarts the Sorcerer, a hermit who uses Pandora's Box from the Greek legends and forces the evils it contains to do his bidding.
The Human Torch deals with the Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete who have teamed up to publicly discredit him.
The Human Torch defeats the Asbestos Man.
The Fantastic Four learn that Doctor Doom has captured Spider-Man to force them to surrender. When they arrive to rescue the young hero, Doom has fled and the Human Torch confirms that the hero they rescued was not the real Spider-Man.
The Human Torch is publicly denigrated, but after he defeats the Eel and saves a veteran hospital for a lethal bomb blast, he is recognized as a hero.
Retelling of Spider-Man's first visit at the Fantastic Four headquarters.
Human Torch puts an end to the Acrobat's plan to rob a bank under the identity of Captain America.
Warned by the Watcher, the Fantastic Four capture the Molecule Man, a man who can control molecules and poses a threat to the whole universe.
Mr. Fantastic asks the Human Torch to get Spider-Man to help stop Sandman who has just escaped. Confident that he is as able as his rival to stop him, the Torch chooses to tackle him on alone.
The Hate-Monger uses a Hate Ray to encourage violence among the citizens and turns the Fantastic Four against one another. Despite their internal feud, they manage to put an end to his plans with the help of Nick Fury.
The Puppet Master takes control Human Torch to place him in a compromising situation with Alicia that provokes the Thing's anger. Alicia helps Johnny destroy the puppet that controls him, forcing the villain to surrender.
The Human Torch has to intervene when Doris is having a party at her house and Spider-Man decides to crash it. The rest of the Fantastic Four join the skirmish until Invisible Girl puts an end to it.
The Fantastic Four are tricked into buying a small island to conduct larger scale experiments. They realize the whole thing is a set up when they are captured by the Mole Man. During their escape, the island and all its equipment are destroyed.
The Human Torch captures the Eel, who has resumed his criminal activities at the end of his first jail sentence.
Doctor Doom bails three criminals out of jail and Yogi Dakor is made completely fireproof, which enables him to capture the Human Torch. The rest of the team is also captured, but Doom ends up falling through spatial breach.
The Wizard has broken out of jail and entraps the Human Torch and the Invisible Girl so he can live under Johnny's identity. Once they are rescued by Mr. Fantastic and the Thing, the Torch goes after the Wizard who escapes using his anti-gravity device.
The Human Torch's flaming activities are outlawed by the City Council, but when the Rabble Rouser captures a visiting foreign prince, the mayor himself begs the young hero to intervene.
The Fantastic Four are helpless against an alien who uses New York as his new playground until Reed realizes that he is but a child so he finds his parents that come to Earth to recover their Infant Terrible.
Once again the Human Torch must confront the Plantman and finally gets him arrested.
Handsome Harry, Yogi Dakor and Bull Brogin decide to prove their worth to Doctor Doom by attacking each of the Fantastic Four, starting with the Human Torch. But the young hero defeats them and delivers hands them over to the police.
The Fantastic Four hire Matt Murdock to review the legal aspects of their lease renewal while they leave for the capital to be awarded another medal, but when he fails to deliver his report the next day, they decide to hire someone faster.
The Fantastic Four are forced to surrender by the Red Ghost who leaves them stranded on the surface of the moon. After they defeat him in the Watcher's Citadel, the Watcher sends them back home.
The Fantastic Four get a few phone calls from J. Jonah Jameson who is desperately trying to locate Spider-Man. The Human Torch finally relays the message to him and offers to lend a hand, but Spidey prefers to handle his problems alone.
Paste-Pot Pete's attempt to attempt to get revenge on the Human Torch falls short when he has to tackle the Thing first and then face the two heroes who send him back in jail.
Fantastic Four discover the castle of Diablo, an alchemist held in captivity by Transylvanian villagers who considered him too dangerous. After the Thing sets him free, the Fantastic Four discover that his science is a fraud. The Thing forces him to flee back in to his crypt and the Human Torch fuses the stones of his collapsed castle.
Jealous of Sue and Reed' popularity, the Human Torch and the Thing act on their own to intercept the Sub-Mariner on his way to New York Harbor. Furious of being betrayed, Namor leaves while Reed arrives with Sue, explaining that the negotiation meeting he had arranged with the Sea Prince is ruined.
After the Thing has attacked the Human Torch while they were flying the Fantasti-Car, they both learn from Reed that he was under the Puppet Master's control. Reed deduces that the Mad Thinker was also involved. He submits the Thing to a device that causes the radioactive puppet to backfire on the Puppet Master and knock him out.
Johnny is attending the first meeting of Spider-Man's new fan club. An attack from the Green Goblin, which at first appears as an act, reveals to be real so the Human Torch joins the fight. When the webcrawler suddenly flees from the fight, the Goblin escapes from the Torch, leaving the witnesses with the impression that Spidey is a coward. The Human Torch tries to get in touch with him to understand what happened, but Spider-Man does not respond.
Disgruntled again over the leadership of the Fantastic Four, Johnny and Ben decide to strike it off on their own and compete in race, but Reed teaches them a lesson by capturing them both.
The Human Torch is taken prisoner by Sandman and the Enforcers but he is rescued by Spider-Man who finally proves that he is no coward.
During a reception at the Latverian Embassy, Doctor Doom drugs the Fantastic Four so they fight each other. Given the illusion that he vanquished Reed Richards in a mental duel, Doom has no more interest in the Fantastic Four and leaves.
The Human Torch and the Thing get a visit from Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch at the Baxter Building. Unaware that the mutants only came to seek advice, they treat them as criminals and the encounter turns into a fight. Realizing that going there was a mistake, the siblings leave.
Johnny and Sue are cleverly set against one another by multibillionaire Gregory Gideon whose megalomania drove him to accept a challenge to destroy the Fantastic Four. But when his own son ends up back in time because of a trap he set for the heroes, Gideon runs to the Baxter Building and confesses to the Fantastic Four. After they bring back his son, Gideon comes to his senses and decides to renounce his fortune.
Doris challenges Johnny to spend 24 hours without flaming on or she'll break up. When he gets a call from Doris saying she is in danger, he thinks that she is testing him and ignores her. Paying her a visit, he realizes that she was kidnapped for real. He sees Spider-Man in the neighborhood and, convinced that he is the culprit, he engages in a fight with him. Going after him, he finds Doris with the Beetle and with the help of Spider-Man, they capture the villain.
Having exhausted his powers to locate Yogi, Harry and Bull, who have just escaped from prison, the Human Torch becomes an easy target for them as he stupidly gets his foot stuck on a railway track. The Thing saves the day by rescuing his partner and capturing the Terrible Trio.
News that the Avengers plan to overthrow the American government reach the Fantastic Four who offer their help to defeat them, but the Pentagon wants no super-heroes on the streets.
The Fantastic Four make a friendly visit at State University to attend a lecture from Reed. After the speech, the inanimate dragon-like creature they saw earlier appears and attacks the Fantastic Four, soon joined by its master Diablo. As Diablo attempts to destroy the team, Dragon-Man tries to protect Susan and both the creature and its new master end up at the bottom of a lake.
Invited at the opening ceremony of a dam, the Human Torch and the Thing save the day when an indestructible bouncing ball of metal gets out of the Mad Thinker's control and smashes the dam.
Spending time in a neighborhood garage after Reed and Sue's engagement party, Johnny spots a Fantasti-Flare and rushes to the scene where he finds the Frightful Four. He captures the Wizard and forces him to rescue his partners and Alicia who were floating adrift. The Fantastic Four are about to defeat their evil counterpart when the Wizard's ship explodes, allowing the Frightful Four to escape.
The Fantastic Four travel to the Skrulls' home world to get some closure on Sue and Johnny's father's death. They get caught in an internal conflict between Franklin Storm's murderer and the Skrull King. After they saved the life of his daughter, the king informs them that they no longer need to fear an invasion from his race.
Sick of being constantly stood up, Doris breaks up with Johnny but they make up right after his mission for the NASA.
While visiting a store with their girlfriends, he and Ben come face to face with the Puppet Master who has designed a machine able to hold the Thing and an Ice Queen that can freeze off the Torch's flame. But the heroes manage to set themselves free and surprise the Puppet Master who falls under his new device and turns into a statue.
The Frightful Four capture Sue Storm then lure the rest of the Fantastic Four on a remote Pacific atoll where they leave them stranded until an atomic Q-Bomb explodes. A moment later, the Fantastic Four are unconscious floating at sea, unconscious yet protected by the Invisible Girl's force field.
The Watcher sends Johnny and Ben back in time to stop Kang who has traveled to King Arthur's court to take over the Knights of the Round Table and alter the future.
The Human Torch is mentally contacted by Professor X who needs his help to defeat the Juggernaut. Thanks to the Torch distracting and blinding the villain, the Angel is able to remove the Juggernaut's Psionic Helmet, allowing a mental assault from Professor X who makes him unconscious. Before he leaves, Professor X erases all memories of what has occurred from Johnny's mind.
After losing their powers due to the explosion of the Frightful Four's Q-Bomb, the Fantastic Four become vulnerable to their enemies. As the heroes are suddenly attacked by Doctor Doom who has taken over their headquarters, Daredevil intervenes and protects them from the villain until Reed restores their powers, allowing them to defeat their enemy.
In the aftermath of their battle with Doctor Doom, the Fantastic Four must deal with the departure of the Thing. Attacked by the Frightful Four, they are shocked to see that their former teammate has switched sides, and with his help, the villains easily subdue the remaining members of the Fantastic Four. After Reed and Sue manage to abduct the Thing and escape, the Wizard decides to submit the Human Torch to the same treatment as the Thing but Madam Medusa realizes that he hero is only faking submission. The villains neutralize Johnny and use him as leverage to have the Fantastic Four surrender. But having the Thing back on their sides flips the tide for our heroes and although Madame Medusa is able to flee, partly due to the Human Torch's hesitation, her teammates are delivered to the police.
On Reed Richards and Sue Storm's wedding day at Baxter Building, Johnny tries to lend a hand to repel an attack by the Red Ghost and his Super Apes on the couple and Alicia Masters. Doctor Strange intervenes and banishes the villains to a distant nether world. Ben informs his team that too many of their old foes have joined forces to assault the building. Thanks to the Watcher, Reed uses a machine that transports all their enemies back to the recent past with no memory of what occurred. Finally, Reed and Sue are wed in front of all their family and friends.
Hearing that Doctor Doom has captured the Avengers, the Fantastic Four get underway to lend a hand but Washington won't allow them to interfere in case this would precipitate a diplomatic conflict.
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