CBR: Mike Carey on Reigniting The Torch

[CBR News]

One of Marvel's original heroes returns in "The Torch," a miniseries that forces the Golden Ager to confront foes both old & new, as well as lingering questions about his past. CBR spoke with co-writer Mike Carey about the book.


Full article here.

[Hypestyle]

hopefully there will be more jim hammond adventures to come.. I am curious, though.. it seems like the last invaders series was short-circuited due to higher-ups editorial/publishing mandates about "brand confusion", which is why Jim was killed (again) to make sure that Johnny Storm was the one and only Torch by the time the Fantastic Four films came out..

[Somebody]

And what about his "daughter", Tara, from New Invaders? Given that he blew himself up in trying to save her, you'd think that she would be a major concern of his since it would be the last thing he'd remember - short of him coming back with severe amnesia, of course - after all.

[Sighphi]

And what about his "daughter", Tara, from New Invaders? Given that he blew himself up in trying to save her, you'd think that she would be a major concern of his since it would be the last thing he'd remember - short of him coming back with severe amnesia, of course - after all.

Yeah the New Invaders came and went and everyone seems to have forgotten about it.

Too bad cause i really liked it.

[md62]

I am very excited for this series. I have always liked the original Torch. I loved John Bryne's "revival" of the character back in West Coast Avengers. This time we have the return of Toro along with Jim Hammond.

I also liked the writing on the New Invaders series but the "cartoony" style of art & the coloring turned me off.

[mdg1]

My biggest concern is the hint of a "secret in his past" plot. Those always seem to be more trouble than they are worth... remember how messed up his connection to the Vision became?

[Somebody]

I also liked the writing on the New Invaders series but the "cartoony" style of art & the coloring turned me off.

The art was fine. The colouring... was not. It may have been the first book ever to be sunk by the colouring.

My biggest concern is the hint of a "secret in his past" plot. Those always seem to be more trouble than they are worth... remember how messed up his connection to the Vision became?

Oh yes.... thank you John Byrne and Kurt Busiek. Thank you SO VERY MUCH....

[Sighphi]

My biggest concern is the hint of a "secret in his past" plot. Those always seem to be more trouble than they are worth... remember how messed up his connection to the Vision became?

Another retcon in that weird history is just going to make it funnier.

[Xero]

So Marvel's Trinity is Captain America, the Golden Age Human Torch and Namor?

[pariah-1972]

Was anyone really clamoring for this?

[steve2275]

i dont really care

[pariah-1972]

i dont really care

Amen man this is just another golden age vanity project from Alex Ross and Dynamite.

[DeadXMan]

So Marvel's Trinity is Captain America, the Golden Age Human Torch and Namor?

Originally, yeah.

Followed by the Destroyer and The Angel.

[arp2008]

So Marvel's Trinity is Captain America, the Golden Age Human Torch and Namor?

Lame. The general public doesn't know who two of the 3 are in faintest.

[Simon Garth]

Amen man this is just another golden age vanity project from Alex Ross and Dynamite.

QFT - I could not be less interested in this.