I was right, it is JOHNNY aka the Human Torch! AP reports:
It's a Fantastic Four farewell with the revelation Tuesday of who among them has been selected to be written out of the super hero team.
While Marvel Entertainment has made no secret that a member of the quartet, which was introduced in August 1961, would die, exactly who among the group would fall has been a closely held secret, until the release of issue No. 587.
It's the Human Torch, leaving teammates Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman and the Thing to pick up the pieces and move forward.
Fifty years after cosmic rays transformed him into a man ablaze, the Human Torch will burn no more as the pop culture purveyor of super heroes and villains embarks on an ambitious story line that ends the Fantastic Four.
In the newest issue of one of the company's longest-running comic books, Johnny Storm's life is taken amid a massive battle that writer Jonathan Hickman has been scripting for a year-and-half. Illustrator Steve Epting did the art.
I knew it! I knew it!
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Had a feeling it was him. However, this is the Marvel Universe, no one seems to stay dead for long. They're probably already planning his return.
ReplyDeleteFirestar should be his replacement!
ReplyDeleteYep, on the money! But much ado about nothing. He'll be back before you know it.
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