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The Human Torch is a fictional character a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. A similar unrelated character of the same name and powers had been created in 1939 by writer-artist Carl Burgos for Marvel Comics’ predecessor company Timely Comics.Like the rest of the Fantastic Four the Human Torch gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by cosmic rays.