#26

Synopsis

Chief Wilson introduces the Human Torch and Toro to atomic physicist Dr. Scarlotti, who tells them plans for a new atomic bomb have been stolen and must be returned. The Torch learns that a would-be world ruler, the Vulture, is planning on holding cities hostage with A-Bomb-laden planes overhead unless the world capitulates to him. Torch and Toro fly to the Vulture's headquarters where they learn the Vulture is actually Dr. Scarlotti. They set off Vulture's atomic pile, destroying the whole compound, but the Vulture has managed to escape.

Reprinted in

• Marvel Super-Heroes #15
• Marvel Super-Heroes #19
• Golden Age of Marvel #[nn]
• Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes #1
• Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. #[nn]
• Decades: Marvel in the '50s - Captain America Strikes! #[nn]
• Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett - The Post-War Years Omnibus #[nn]
• Timely's Greatest: The Golden Age Human Torch by Carl Burgos Omnibus #[nn]
• Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr. #[nn]

Credits

Script

Joe Gill, Don Rico, Bill Everett

Pencils

Carl Burgos, John Romita, Bill Everett

Inks

Carl Burgos, John Romita, Bill Everett

Colours

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Bill Everett

Editor

Stan Lee

Characters

• Toro
• Jim Hammond
• Human Torch
• Thomas Raymond
• Chief Wilson
• Isidoro Scarlotti
• The Vulture
• Mary Wilson
• Charles Atlas