Very nice Kirby/Sinnott page from F.F. Annual #4 (not #2--correction required here, Tom). I've always had mixed feelings about this story, because although it was very well done in every respect, I've always felt the original Human Torch deserved better treatment than what he got from Jack, Stan and Marvel in this story, and I have to wonder if this wasn't actually inspired in some way by Carl Burgos's lawsuit against Marvel. Anyone out there know what year Burgos sued Goodman? Was it before or after this issue came out? The original Torch was a truly great, groundbreaking character in the Golden Age and was one of Goodman's most successful and profitable characters as well, so it's little wonder Burgos held such resentment against Marvel for misappropriating the Torch in the sixties, with the Johnny Storm character in Fantasic Four. As far as I'm aware, Burgos never received a word of credit or a dime of financial compensation for any of it, and I think ANYONE who was in that position would have a right to be angry. And considering the way the original Torch has been dumped on as a character in the modern "Marvel Universe", it's pretty much a case of adding insult to injuring for this great character and the talented and pioneering writer/artist who created him and produced so many of his four-color adventures.
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Very nice Kirby/Sinnott page from F.F. Annual #4 (not #2--correction required here, Tom). I've always had mixed feelings about this story, because although it was very well done in every respect, I've always felt the original Human Torch deserved better treatment than what he got from Jack, Stan and Marvel in this story, and I have to wonder if this wasn't actually inspired in some way by Carl Burgos's lawsuit against Marvel. Anyone out there know what year Burgos sued Goodman? Was it before or after this issue came out? The original Torch was a truly great, groundbreaking character in the Golden Age and was one of Goodman's most successful and profitable characters as well, so it's little wonder Burgos held such resentment against Marvel for misappropriating the Torch in the sixties, with the Johnny Storm character in Fantasic Four. As far as I'm aware, Burgos never received a word of credit or a dime of financial compensation for any of it, and I think ANYONE who was in that position would have a right to be angry. And considering the way the original Torch has been dumped on as a character in the modern "Marvel Universe", it's pretty much a case of adding insult to injuring for this great character and the talented and pioneering writer/artist who created him and produced so many of his four-color adventures.
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