The Religious Affiliation of
Human Torch
Jim Hammond

Religion: N.A.

Name: Human Torch

Alter Ego: Jim Hammond

Other Names: Torch; Human Torch I

Classification:  hero  

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939): "The Human Torch"

Creators: Carl Burgos

Super? (Has Super Powers/Special Abilities/Technology): Yes

Number of Appearances: 497

Teams/Affiliations: Heroes for Hire; Penance Council; The All-Winners Squad; The Invaders; V-Battalion; West Coast Avengers

Employer: Oracle, Inc.

Occupation: police, security chief

Race: white

Gender: male

This character is in the following 150 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The 3-Minute Sketchbook #1 (Oct. 2007)
All Select Comics

All Select Comics #1 (Fall 1943): "Corner the Clutching Claw" (lead character)
All Select Comics #3 (Spring 1944): "Vanishing Oil Tank Cars!" (lead character)
All Select Comics #5 (Winter 1944): "The Shadow of the Stalking Death" (lead character)
All Select Comics #6 (Mar. 1945): "The Merchant of Death" (lead character)
All Select Comics #7 (Spring 1945): "The Swanky Swindlers" (lead character)
All Select Comics #10 (Summer 1946): "A Message from the Dead" (lead character)

All Winners Comics

All Winners Comics #1 (Summer 1941): "Carnival of Fiends" (lead character)
All Winners Comics #8 (Spring 1943): "Invasion by Ice" (lead character)
All Winners Comics #9 (Summer 1943): "The Gorilla Men" (lead character)
All Winners Comics #10 (Fall 1943): "Bloody Talons of the Feathered Fiends!" (lead character)
All Winners Comics #11 (Winter 1943): "Sky Demons Over America!" (lead character)
All Winners Comics #19 (Fall 1946): "The Crime of the Ages"

Assault on New Olympus Prologue #1 (Jan. 2010) (1-panel cameo)
The Avengers (vol. 1) #71 (Dec. 1969): "Endgame!"
Avengers Finale #1 (Jan. 2005) (1-panel cameo)
Avengers/Invaders #1 (July 2008): "Book One: Old Soldiers, New Wars"
Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #76 (May 1954): "The Vulture's Crime Robots" (lead character)
Captain America (vol. 1) #77 (July 1954): "The Misunderstood Monster" (lead character)
Captain America (vol. 1) #78 (Sep. 1954): "Playing with Fire!" (lead character)
Captain America (vol. 1) #215 (Nov. 1977): "The Way It Really Was!" (cover & 1-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #253 (Jan. 1981): "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #254 (Feb. 1981): "Blood On the Moors" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #255 (Mar. 1981): "The Living Legend" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #262 (Oct. 1981): "Death of a Legend?" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #285 (Sep. 1983): "Letting Go" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #307 (July 1985): "Stop Making Sense" (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #622 (Nov. 2011)
Captain America (vol. 5) #48 (May 2009): "Old Friends and Enemies: Part 3"
Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009): "Days Gone By" (6-panel cameo)
Captain America (vol. 5) #50 (July 2009): "Sentinel of Liberty" (1-panel cameo)

Captain America Comics

Captain America Comics #21 (Dec. 1942): "The Cobra Strikes" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #22 (Jan. 1943): "The Sabotage of the Supply Trains" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #23 (Feb. 1943): "Terror at the Shipyards!" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #24 (Mar. 1943): "The Monument Murder" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #32 (Nov. 1943): "Mind Smasher!" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #37 (Apr. 1944): "Flaming Steel" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #42 (Oct. 1944): "The Spy-Master of the Third Reich" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #43 (Dec. 1944): "Mystery of the Wingless Bat" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #45 (Mar. 1945): "The Walking Corpse" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #54 (Mar. 1946): "The Wish of Death" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #59 (Nov. 1946): "The Case of the Borrowed Eyes" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #63 (July 1947): "Threat of the Asbestos Lady" (lead character)
Captain America Comics #66 (Apr. 1948): "Tusks of Terror" (lead character)

Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (June 2009): "What Makes the Man"
Captain America: Man Out of Time #5 (May 2011): "Part 5"
Captain America: Reborn #1 (Sep. 2009) (mentioned)
Captain America: The Legend #1 (Sep. 1996)
Conspiracy #2 (Mar. 1998): "Print the Legend"
Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3 (Oct. 2009): "Hidden Depths" (1-panel cameo)
Deadpool (vol. 3) #900 (Dec. 2009): "One Down" (toy)
Heroes for Hire

Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #1 (July 1997): "Heroes and Villains"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #2 (Aug. 1997): "Blowup!"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #3 (Sep. 1997): "Give & Take" (4-panel cameo)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #4 (Oct. 1997): "Controlled!" (6-panel cameo)
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #8 (Feb. 1998): "Revelations (Book One)"
Heroes for Hire (vol. 1) #13 (July 1998): "Fallout!"

The Human Torch

The Human Torch (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1940): "Introducing Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #2 (Fall 1940): "Carl Burgos's Hot Idea" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #3 (Winter 1940): "Toro's Parents -- Alive?" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #3 (Winter 1940): "Hot and Wet" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #3 (Winter 1940): "Namor to the Rescue"
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #3 (Spring 1941): "The Mystery of the Disappearing Criminals" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #7 (Spring 1942): "The Agent of Death" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #7 (Spring 1942): "The Case of the Attempted Dreadnaught Disasters" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #12 (Summer 1943): "Riding a Rocket to Doom" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #12 (Summer 1943): "Unmask a Gestapo Rabbit!" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #14 (Winter 1943): "Horror of the Mad Dogs" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #14 (Winter 1943): "Wings of Death" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #14 (Winter 1943): "Smashing the Bloody Plasma Pool" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #30 (May 1948): "Gay Nineties Gamble" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #30 (May 1948): "The Hyena Strikes!" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #33 (Nov. 1948): "The Ray of Madness" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #33 (Nov. 1948): "Horror Hotel!" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #38 (Aug. 1954): "The World's End" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #38 (Aug. 1954): "In Korea!" (lead character)
The Human Torch (vol. 1) #38 (Aug. 1954): "Flame On!" (lead character)

Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special

Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (July 2009): "Darkness... Where the monsters live..." (lead character)
Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (July 2009): "Introducing Toro, the Flaming Torch Kid" (lead character)

The Invaders

The Invaders (vol. 1) #24 (Jan. 1978): "Fighting Side-by-Side!" (lead character)
Invaders Annual #1 (Aug. 1977): "Okay, Axis -- Here We Come!"

Marvel Comics #1 (Oct. 1939): "The Human Torch" (lead character)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9 (Feb. 2005): "Last Stand: Part 1" (1-panel cameo)
Marvel Mystery Comics

Marvel Mystery Comics #2 (Dec. 1939): "Murder at the Racetrack" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #3 (Jan. 1940): "The Menace from Mars" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #4 (Feb. 1940): "New York Hit by Green Flame" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (June 1940): "The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet"
Marvel Mystery Comics #8 (June 1940): "The Search For Sub-Mariner" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #10 (Aug. 1940): "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comic Magazines" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #10 (Aug. 1940): "The Gasoline Profiteering Racket" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #13 (Nov. 1940): "Terror In the Subway" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #14 (Dec. 1940): "The Cult of Fire-Men" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #17 (Mar. 1941): "Fighting Side-by-Side!" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #17 (Mar. 1941): "Human Torch pin-up" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #22 (Aug. 1941): "The Invasion of Alslavia" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #22 (Aug. 1941): "Dunkirk Incident" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #23 (Sep. 1941): "Highway of Mystery" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #24 (Oct. 1941): "Meet the Parrot" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #25 (Nov. 1941): "The King Crime Syndicate" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #25 (Nov. 1941): "Marvel Get-Together"
Marvel Mystery Comics #26 (Dec. 1941): "The Parrot Strikes Back" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #27 (Jan. 1942): "The Flaming Arrow Murders" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #28 (Feb. 1942): "The Poison Pill Suicides" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #35 (Sep. 1942): "Air Raid Terror" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #36 (Oct. 1942): "The Blackout Blitz of J-97" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #44 (June 1943): "The Phantom Strikes"
Marvel Mystery Comics #49 (Nov. 1943): "Flight of the Deadly Boomerang" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #52 (Feb. 1944): "Tyrants Must Die" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #53 (Mar. 1944): "Master Plan for Destruction" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #54 (Apr. 1944): "Human Torch" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #58 (Sep. 1944): "The Nazi Super Spy" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #60 (Dec. 1944): "Death Spins the Wheel" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #61 (Jan. 1945): "The Secret of the Masked Horror" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #62 (Mar. 1945): "Dolls of Death" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #63 (Apr. 1945): "Killers, Incorporated" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #65 (July 1945): "Worthless Beads" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #66 (Sep. 1945): "Devil's Mutineers" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #67 (Nov. 1945): "Death Bird of Thunder Mountain" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #68 (Jan. 1946): "The Wolf of Gotham" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #69 (Feb. 1946): "The Laughing Sneak Thief" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #70 (Mar. 1946): "The Case of the Frightened Felon" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #71 (Apr. 1946): "Formula for Murder" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #72 (May 1946): "Conquest of Death" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #73 (June 1946): "Killer Boss of Westport" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #74 (July 1946): "Escape from Doom" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (May 1947): "The Laughing Killer" (lead character)
Marvel Mystery Comics #89 (Dec. 1948): "The Case of the Granite Bandit!" (lead character)

Marvel Mystery Handbook: 70th Anniversary Special (Nov. 2009)
Marvel Premiere #30 (June 1976): "Hey, Ma! They're Blitzin' the Bronx!"
Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 1) #16 (Sep. 1968): "The Un-Human!" (lead character)
Marvel Two-in-One Annual #1 (1976): "Their Name is Legion!"
Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe #1 (June 1998): "The Spoils of War!"
Marvel Universe #2 (July 1998): "Tomorrow Belongs to Me!"
Marvel Universe #3 (Aug. 1998): "The Eve of Destruction!"

Marvel: The Lost Generation #7 (Aug. 2000): "Highly Placed Sources" (someone disguised or dressed as)
The Marvels Project

The Marvels Project #1 (Oct. 2009)
The Marvels Project #2 (Nov. 2009)
The Marvels Project #3 (Dec. 2009)

Spider-Man: Fear Itself (Feb. 1992) (cameo)
Sub-Mariner (vol. 0) #35 (Aug. 1954): "Human Torch - Fugitive at Large!" (lead character)
Sub-Mariner Comics #23 (Summer 1947): "Reptile's Revenge!" (lead character)
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #73 (Dec. 2002): "Becoming Heroes 5: No Lose"
The Torch

The Torch #1 (Nov. 2009) (9-panel cameo)
The Torch #2 (Dec. 2009)
The Torch #3 (Jan. 2010) (lead character)

Venom (vol. 2) #23 (Oct. 2012): "Monsters of Evil: Part 1"
What If? (vol. 1) #4 (Aug. 1977): "What if the Invaders Had Stayed Together After World War Two?"
Young Men

Young Men (vol. 1) #24 (Dec. 1953): "The Return of...the Human Torch" (lead character)
Young Men (vol. 1) #25 (Feb. 1954): "The Return of... the Human Torch" (lead character)
Young Men (vol. 1) #26 (Mar. 1954): "The Vulture" (lead character)

Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://www.comicvine.com/jim-hammond/29-12605/
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/All-Winners_Squad_(Earth-616)
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/hum.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/ham.htm
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/h2.html
  - http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/MC2Handbook/hmc2.html