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1996 Happy Meal "Human Torch" X-Men Toy, from McDonald's. This splendid Happy Meal offering (from the "Marvel Super Heroes" series) features Johnny Storm, the Human Torch. A member of the Fantastic Four, making his first appearance in Fantastic Four #1 November 1961, the Human Torch was the brainchild of writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby who re-introduced the Torch as a Silver Age version of the Golden Age character of the same name created by Carl Burgos. Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, the Human Torch gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by cosmic rays. He can engulf his entire body in flames, is able to fly, can absorb fire harmlessly into his own body, and can control any nearby fire by sheer force of will. "Flame on!", which the Torch customarily shouts when activating his full-body flame effect, has become his catchphrase. The youngest of the group, he is brash and impetuous when compared to his beautiful and compassionate sister, Susan Storm, his sensible brother-in-law, Mister Fantastic, and the grumbling Thing. In the early 1960s, he starred in a series of solo adventures, published in Strange Tales. He is also a friend and frequent ally of Spider-Man, who is approximately the same age as the Torch. This RARE Happy Meal toy from two decades ago is UNOPENED in its FACTORY-SEALED BAG, GEM MINT. The carving on this toy is exceptional...realistic face and muscle striations...he looks as if he just stepped out of the pages of Gray's Anatomy! Not to be confused with the goofy looking, big-headed Human Torch toy that KFC later released...this McDonald's Happy Meal guy is CLASSIC! Only one in stock.
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