The Torch #1 [Variant Edition - Alex Ross Sketch Cover]
(November 2009)

Marvel, 2009 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2009-09-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Rated T+
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Dynamite Entertainment; Marvel
Barcode
759606067732 00121
Editing
Tom Brevoort (editor); Lauren Sankovitch (associate editor); Joseph Rybandt (editor Dynamite)

Issue Notes

1:25 retailer incentive cover.
This issue is a variant of The Torch (Marvel, 2009 series) #1. There exist further variants:

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Human Torch / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Ross (painting)
Inks
Alex Ross (painting)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Jim Hammond]
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Human Torch / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Alex Ross (plot); Mike Carey (plot, script)
Pencils
Patrick Berkenkotter
Inks
Patrick Berkenkotter
Colors
Carlos Lopez
Letters
Todd Klein
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On my thirteenth birthday, May 5th, 1937, the German airship...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Toro [Tom Raymond]; Vision [Arkus]; AIM; Mad Thinker; Eugene Toussaint; Human Torch; Professor Phineas Horton (flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback)
Synopsis
Aided by the alien Vision, Toro is trying to come to terms with his return from death. Things get complicated when he stumbles across the Mad Thinker, the man who murdered him years ago.
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Human Torch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Human Torch
  2. 1. ["On my thirteenth birthday, May 5th, 1937, the German airship..."]
    Human Torch
  3. 2. Next Issue:
    Human Torch
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Mark Boyer
  • Eric Rom
  • Ramon Schenk
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