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This Man is Doom!

This Man is Doom! #20

SeriesMarvel Super-Heroes
NumberVol. 1 #20
PublisherMarvel, Marvel Comics, Magazine Management Co., Inc.
Date1969-05
TypeComic Book, Softcover
LanguageEnglish
Cover InkerVince Colletta
Cover PencilerLarry Lieber
EditorStan Lee
Editor In ChiefStan Lee
InkerVince Colletta
LettererSam Rosen
PencilerLarry Lieber, Frank Giacoia, Bill Everett, Dick Ayers, John Romita Sr., Dan Adkins
WriterLarry Lieber, Roy Thomas, Bill Everett
Original PublisherAtlas Magazines, Inc
GenreSuperhero
Published inNew York, New York
Pages64
CharactersDr. Doom (Victor Von Doom), Prince Namor (Sub Mariner), Namora (Aquaria Neptunia), Byrrah, Human Torch (Jim Hammond) (Android), Toro (Thomas Raymond), Captain America (William Burnside), Bucky (Jack Monroe), Betty Dean, Starhawk (Mark Wilde) (First appearance)
Story LocationEurope: Latveria; Castle Doom, New York: New York City; Manhattan, Queens Earth-69520; Earth, Future Wasteland, Antarctica, Brooklyn, Nevada: Yucca Flat, Germany: Berlin, Pacific Ocean, Korea, Atlantic Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands; Guam, Washington, D.C., California: San Diego, Naval Base San Diego, Earth 6950
Collects"The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy ... FIRE!", "The Return of the Human Torch", "Back From the Dead", "The Sub-Mariner Returns"
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Notes1st Story: Dr. Doom in This Man is Doom! Reprinted Issues: 2nd Story: Sub-Mariner Comics Vol 1 #4, June, 1955; "The Sub-Mariner Meets a New Enemy ... FIRE!" 3d Story: Young Men Vol 1 #24, December, 1953; "The Return of the Human Torch" The Torch returns after years of inactivity (Gangsters had buried him in the desert). A resulting nuclear blast allowed the Torch to escape his air-tight prison and ,due to his exposure to radioactivity, he returns more powerful that ever. He seeks out his old partner Toro and eventually finds him in Korea. Toro has been captured by the Communists who have brainwashed the young American hero. The Torch eventually breaks through Toro's brainwashing, defeats a group of Communist troops, and the team of the Human Torch and Toro and reunited again to fight crime and injustice! 4th Story: Young Men Vol 1 #24, December, 1953; "Back From the Dead" Captain America and Bucky appear to return from years of inactivity. The Captain America story is next reprinted partially in Captain America #155 where it is revealed that this story's Captain America and Bucky were actually William Burnside and Jack Monroe. The Red Skull is also later determined to be an imposter: Albert Malik. 5th Story: Young Men Vol 1 #24, December, 1953; "The Sub-Mariner Returns" 6th Story: "Who Is...Starhawk?" Promo from the editor