EuropaBambaataa
07-18-2008, 05:14 PM
I've always wondered how some robotic/android characters seem to be able to function as fully developed individuals from the moment of creation. I especially wonder about knowledge such as acquired skills.
For the original Human Torch, I believe I have found the solution. Like Ultron, the Vision and Alkhema, Jim Hammond uses the brain patterns of a human being. I don't recall any explicit mention that Henry Pym invent the brain pattern scanner/recorder seen in Avengers #58 (the scene where Hank records Wonder-Man's brain was not shown in #9 - Simon dies at the end of the issue and that's it), so I can propose that it already existed and was, in fact, invented by Phineas Horton.
The Human Torch's patterns came from Horton's lab assistant, Fred Raymond (Toro's father). It explains why Hammond and Toro got along so well from the beginning and why Toro would see an android who was cronologically younger than him as a father figure. The use of a base brain pattern would also explain why he understood things such as the english language when he first escaped from his confinement.
For the original Human Torch, I believe I have found the solution. Like Ultron, the Vision and Alkhema, Jim Hammond uses the brain patterns of a human being. I don't recall any explicit mention that Henry Pym invent the brain pattern scanner/recorder seen in Avengers #58 (the scene where Hank records Wonder-Man's brain was not shown in #9 - Simon dies at the end of the issue and that's it), so I can propose that it already existed and was, in fact, invented by Phineas Horton.
The Human Torch's patterns came from Horton's lab assistant, Fred Raymond (Toro's father). It explains why Hammond and Toro got along so well from the beginning and why Toro would see an android who was cronologically younger than him as a father figure. The use of a base brain pattern would also explain why he understood things such as the english language when he first escaped from his confinement.