Created as an experiment by Prof. Phineas T. Horton, Jim was created as an attempt to create an artificial human being. While this advanced project took many years to develop, the artificial human was finished in 1939. When he was first activated, Prof. Horton was exuberant, that was until the creation caught fire. While the Professor was naturally alarmed, the construct seemed to be fine, despite being on fire. So Prof. Horton decided to start teaching the creation. Within a few weeks he became as knowledgeable as an average adult, and soon after the Professor would figure out a way to turn the fiery form on and off on the construct.
Now being able to blend in with humans, Prof. Horton began introducing the creation to the wider world. Given the name Jim Hammond, the creation was passed off as a family friend of the Professor. Jim would have an easy time making friends, eventually deciding that he wanted to become a police officer. But before that could happen, Jim’s home of New York City was attacked by Namor the Sub-Mariner. The Prince of Atlantis was mad at the surface world, so he decided to attack one of its largest cities. During the attack, Jim would jump into the fray, using his fire powers. While fighting Namor. Jim would discover that he could use his fire powers to fly. Eventually Jim fought Namor to a standstill, causing the Atlantean to retreat to the ocean.
Following this battle, Jim would be dubbed the Human Torch by the media. He became the focus of several newspapers as he was one of the first superheroes to emerge. Over the next year, Jim would build up the story of the Human Torch, fighting crime in New York City and battling the mob. But that would all change when the United States entered the second world war. Jim would be approached by the US government, who knew he was the Human Torch. They gave him the job of being a special agent in the European theater of war.
Jim would run many secret missions for America, fighting some of the strongest Nazi agents. But during this time, the secret society of Hydra would be formed. Hydra would take over all of the Nazi’s magical, scientific, and occult studies and projects. To counter this new organization, the Allies formed the Invaders, a special strike force of powered individuals. Jim would be one of the founding members of the Invaders, alongside the number one hero Captain America, and Namor, now seemingly working with the Invaders.
But the Invaders roster would soon expand as heroes like Bucky, Union Jack, and the Whizzer joined the team. But the one new member who would get close to Jim was Toro, a teenage mutant with similar fire powers to Jim. The Invaders would work together for several years, facing many Hydra operatives. This would include a case where Union Jack’s sister was bitten by a Nazi vampire. In an effort to save her life, Jim gave her an infusion of his artificial blood. This would cause a change in her, allowing her to become the hero Spitfire. She would then join the Invaders, beginning a relationship with Jim.
However, the Invaders would disband at the end of the war. Starting with the disappearance of Captain America and Bucky during a secret mission, Namor would also leave to return to Atlantis. The other members would all drop off for their own reasons, until it was just Jim and Toro. Their final mission together would be assisting the Russians in the invasion of Berlin. The two fire heroes had been tasked with capturing Hitler, and had approached his bunker. But the Fuhrer had a special guard of powered soldiers, who greatly damaged Jim. Toro would drag Jim’s body back to the American army, where he learned that he had gone into a stasis state.
Jim’s body would be stored in a secret American government warehouse. He would remain there until the later 1960’s when he was temporarily revived by Prof. Horton. The now elderly Professor had dedicated the rest of his life to reviving Jim, who now had about four months of energy. Jim wished to be a hero again, so he was recruited into SHIELD, serving under a now adult Toro. Together they protected the world for a few months, during which time Jim thought that Hydra might still be around.
But then Jim’s energy reserves ran out again, and he was placed in a SHIELD facility. But this time he would spend many decades in stasis, as the world greatly changed. Eventually in the late 2010’s, Jim would finally be revived again. A young SHIELD scientist had decided to try mixing alien Chitauri with Jim’s artificial body. This seemed to work as Jim now had an unlimited amount of energy. He would immediately seek out Toro, who was now in his nineties and living in a nursing home. The elderly man would be overjoyed to learn that his friend was back. Jim would then learn that Toro had been the former director of SHIELD. Using his contacts, Toro would get Jim reinstated in SHIELD.
Jim would also learn that his friend Captain America was also alive and leading a new team, the Avengers. Jim would also learn that there was a new hero using the name Human Torch. Not wishing to cause any confusion, Jim shortened his hero alias to just the Torch. Jim would then serve as an agent of SHIELD for several years. While interacting with British agency MI-13, he would find that one of their agents was Spitfire, now apparently immortal. But before he could rekindle the relationship, the truth of Hydra controlling SHIELD came to light.
Jim would just barely escape a massacre of clean agents. He would then find Captain America and help him take down Hydra. While the heroes were successful in defeating Hydra, it also meant that SHIELD was no longer a thing. But when Captain America decided to expand the Avengers into a global peacekeeping organization, Jim was one of his first recruits. Now Jim has been given a room at the Avengers Mansion, where he is ready to serve alongside a team of other Avengers.
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