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Warning: contains spoilers for The Ultimates #10!
Marvel is making something very clear: its new version of the Human Torch is terrifying, and here is why. Marvel’s new Ultimate Universe has treated fans to distinct new visions of some of the publisher’s biggest icons, and some of these takes have been quite dark, including Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch. The Ultimates #10 reveals why the Human Torch is Marvel’s newest hardcore hero.
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The Ultimates #10 was written by Deniz Camp and drawn by Juan Frigeri. Jim Hammond, the Golden Age Human Torch, tells his new teammates he killed Hitler at the end of World War II by burning him alive.
The Wasp asks what it was like to kill the dictator. The Human Torch replies that periodically he purges memories from his brain as a way of freeing up space. Hammond has been forced to delete some special memories, ones that made him happy and content. Yet the one memory he refuses to purge is the one of killing Hitler.
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The original Human Torch was created by Carl Burgos.
The original Human Torch, Jim Hammond, helped kick off the Marvel Universe at the dawn of the Golden Age of Comics. Debuting in Marvel Comics #1, the first official Marvel Comic, the original Human Torch would become one of the new publisher’s most popular characters. An android built by the self-serving Doctor Horton, the Human Torch fought the Axis Powers all through the Second World War, often alongside Captain America and the Sub-Mariner. The character slipped into obscurity as the Golden Age came to an end. When he was revived in the 1960s, a new character was used.
Unlike some of Marvel’s other biggest Golden Age characters, the original Human Torch was denied a comeback as the Marvel Age of Comics began.
Unlike some of Marvel’s other biggest Golden Age characters, the original Human Torch was denied a comeback as the Marvel Age of Comics began. While Captain America and the Sub-Mariner were all revived within a few years of the beginning of the Marvel Age, the Human Torch would have to wait another 20-some years, until the late 1980s. John Byrne, who had recently taken over writing and art on Avengers West Coast, reintroduced Jim Hammon to the modern Marvel Universe. The character has made sporadic appearances since, and was even an Avenger for a short time.
The New Ultimate Version of the Human Torch is the Most Hardcore Version of the Hero Yet
The Human Torch Remembers a World Before the Maker
Everything fans thought they knew about the Golden Age Human Torch goes out the window on Marvel’s new Ultimate Earth. There, the villainous Maker has conquered the Earth, installing a council of ruling families to enforce his will. The original Human Torch went into hibernation before the Maker rose on Earth. Alongside Captain America, Jim Hammond is the only member of the Ultimates to remember a world without the Maker’s evil influence cast over it. The Human Torch can remember a time when people were truly free, and has vowed to bring those days back.
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And it is this genuine desire for freedom that helps make the original Human Torch an awesome new character. In World War II, the Human Torch was faced by fascists on a daily basis, and in the world the Maker has fashioned, they are back and bolder than ever. The Maker and his Ruling Council believe they have sapped free will from the people of Earth, much like Hitler thought of his Third Reich. Yet Hitler did not bank on the Human Torch, and even the Maker may be caught off-guard.
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The Human Torch’s Killing of Hitler Makes Him Marvel’s Most Hardcore Hero
The heroic age on Marvel’s new Ultimate Earth was stalled by the Maker’s actions, leading to dark and distorted variants of Spider-Man, Iron Man and even the original Human Torch. Jim Hammond, or at least his Earth-616 version, never deliberately killed anyone, but his Ultimate variant had no qualms about cooking Hitler alive and savoring the evil man’s pain. The Human Torch dwells on this memory, saving it when he deletes all others. It reminds me of what he was fighting for then, and what is at stake now.
The Ultimates #10 is on sale now from Marvel Comics!
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