Johnny Storm

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Human Torch

Johnny, Flamebrain, Flamin' Numbskull, Hot Guy, Hothead, Hotshot, Matchhead, Matchstick, Pipsqueak, Sundance, Torch, Torchie (Nicknames)

### Relatives

Franklin Storm (Father)
Mary Storm (Mother, Estranged)
Sue Storm (Sister)

## Biographical Information

### Occupation

Adventurer, Celebrity (Teen Media Sensation)

## Background Narrative

### Johnny Storm: 1980 - 1994

Jonathan "Johnny" Storm is the second child of two accomplished scholar professors Franklin and Mary Storm. Johnny is also the younger brother of the Storm's daughter Susan. Shortly after Johnny's third birthday, Mary decided to abandon her family to pursue her career further. This decision had severe, long-lasting effects on Franklin and Sue, but the two believed Johnny was too young to remember much about his mother and felt he had little need for any counseling to recover.

In truth, Johnny was affected by his mother's abandonment. Even at an early age, he deliberately chose to neglect his education as he blamed school, learning, and the entirety of academia for his mother leaving. Likewise, Johnny acted out of school. Eventually, Franklin found Johnny had an interest in cars and used that to help Johnny build coping skills. After the father and son had attended a few car shows together, Franklin bought an inoperable 1968 Ford Shelby Cobra GT350 and promised it would be Johnny's when he turned sixteen if he agreed to help rebuild it. Johnny eagerly agreed, and after two years, the two had completed the father-son project two years ahead of schedule which prompted the tow start over with another car.

### Johnny Storm: 1994

However, shortly after work on their beat-up Corvette began, Franklin fell ill and could not work in the garage with his son. While his sister would take their father to endless doctor's visits which provided no answers or solutions, Johnny began lash out again — coming to a head when the police arrested Johnny for a joyride with a pretty classmate in their principal's car.

Due to Franklin's failing health, Johnny's principal agreed not to press charges but insisted that Johnny would not return to school for the remainder of the school year and would need to be home-schooled until his behavior improved. With Franklin's health declining rapidly, the burden of looking after expelled Johnny fell to his sister Sue, distracting her from caring for her father while juggling her pre-med studies.

The stress of all this affected Sue. Feeling overlooked and underappreciated, Sue went of on her hotheaded brother. Having never seen Sue so angry before, Johnny felt ashamed of what he had done. Trying to help his family, Johnny reached out to many of the world's best doctors but was disappointed. Desperate to find some solution to help his father, Johnny reached out to one of his dad's former students, the young genius that the newspapers had dubbed "Mr. Fantastic" — Reed Richards. Though Johnny could not speak to Reed directly at first, he did get a word to Richards' bodyguard, who said he would relay the message.

While Johnny waited for a reply from Richards, he explored the sort of options that Sue would never have considered. One of Franklin's crackpot colleagues, Professor Brandeis, had left a message on the Storms' answering machine speaking of an amulet that may be able to save Franklin's life. When Johnny went to speak to Professor Brandeis, he was laughed at and told to come back with his father. Rather than doing that, Johnny flirted with the professor's daughter Cammy and got into the house while her father was at work.

When Cammy slipped away to get drinks and snacks for the two of them, Johnny sneaked into the professor's study and found the amulet. The moment he touched the amulet, he heard a voice calling itself Zarathos and offering to restore Franklin's health in exchange for Johnny agreeing to become a Spirit of Vengeance. Before Johnny could decide, he hid the amulet in his jacket pocket to avoid suspicion from Cammy, recently returned from the kitchen.

Later that night, as the Storm attended a car show, the amulet again called out to Johnny. Zarathos again offered Johnny a chance to save his father. As Johnny considered the deal and its cost, he caught sight of Reed Richards in the crowd.

Racing toward Reed Richards, amidst a bustling crowd, Johnny collided with a stunt driver, causing Johnny to drop the amulet amidst the crowd. Out of fear of missing his chance to confront Richards if he stopped to search the amulet, Johnny abandoned it and dashed forward — only to discover that Reed was at the car show looking for Johnny and his family.

Back at the Storm residence, with Johnny having nearly forgotten about the amulet once again, Reed Richards laid out his plan to help Franklin. Though Franklin put his trust in Richards, Sue was initially skeptical of the plan but chose to endorse it after Johnny, fresh off his experience with the amulet, told her it was not the craziest thing he had heard that night.

## Shield Analysis

### Special Value: 7

* **Pyrogenesis:** Storm possesses the psychic ability to control ambient heat energy and transform his body (wholly or partially) into fiery plasma. Upon activation of this ability (usually after shouting "Flame On!"), Storm is enveloped by several layers of ectoplasm, heated to approximately 780° Fahrenheit, in addition to an aura that he can superheat at will. With concentration, Storm can generate much higher levels and flames about himself or lower his temperature. On average, Johnny can retain this form for one to two hours per day before requiring a hearty meal and a brief rest.
	+ ***Augmented Durability:*** Storm is exceptionally durable, even when not sheathed in his ectoplasmic shell. He has been known to stay conscious after getting a light sucker punch from Ben. Storm is unaffected by heat and flames. His flesh cannot be scalded or burned by any heat source — at least those under 100,000° F. Storm also seems to have a degree of resistance to cold, likely due to his internal body temperature being much higher than an average person.
	+ ***Flight:*** Storm has sufficient positive buoyancy to float in midair when his body is sheathed in his ectoplasmic shell. Using pyrokinetic propulsion, Storm can provide enough lift to carry himself and around an additional 200 pounds. He can achieve an average flight speed of 140 miles per hour and accelerate up to near-supersonic speeds by forming a jet from his feet directed behind him.
	+ ***Nova Burst:*** Storm can release all of his body's stored energy in one intense, omnidirectional "nova burst," which can reach about 100,000° Fahrenheit for about a hundred feet. This violent discharge uses his entire energy reserve at once, entirely exhausting his flame power. As a result, he generally requires at least twenty-four hours of rest to recover entirely from such a feat.
	+ ***Pyrokinesis:*** Storm can generate shapes composed of fire from any point on his body. He can form fire into long streams, spheres, or even more complex shapes like letters in skywriting. These fiery constructs will only retain their shapes as long as he concentrates upon them. The heat of these projections is generally around 2,800° F.
	+ ***Thermokinesis:*** Storm can mentally control the ambient heat energy within his immediate environment, even when he is not aflame. He can reduce objects temperatures to about 44° F, raise them to several hundred degrees, or extinguish open flames. While in control of any flame, including those emitted by his own plasma shell, Storm can elect what is and what isn't burned by the fire, allowing him to carry persons while in-flight without injuring them. His radius of influence is about 80 feet. The heat energy he takes from the environment is absorbed into his own body. If he takes in a critical amount while not aflame, he will become aflame.

### Heuristics Value: -

* **Troublemaker:** Johnny tends to cause more problems than he solves.

### Intellectual Value: 1

* **Slacker:** Though tests indicates Johnny has a naturally high intelligence, you wouldn't know it.

### Expertise Value: 2

* **Extreme Sports:** Johnny is an avid skateboarder and has an intense interest in other extreme sports.

### Logistics Value: 3

* **Expert Mechanic:** Storm knows his way around an engine block. He's generally good with his hands.
* **Vehicle Operation:** Though he doesn't have a driver's license, Johnny is a skilled driver, having been involved in a number of joyrides (including two in the Fantasticar).

### Director's Value: 1

* **Human Torch:** "This kid is Trouble, with a capital T. He's a hotheaded cocksure teenager. What else do I need to say? He's got powers, sure, but if he wasn't a member of the Fantastic Four, he'd probably be in a Sentinel detention center by now."

### Threat Assessment

* **Special Value:** 7
* **Heuristics Value:** 0
* **Intellectual Value:** 1
* **Expertise Value:** 2
* **Logistics Value:** 3
* **Director's Value:** 1
	+ **TOTAL:** 14

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He has the ability to chose what his flames burn and what they don't - as long as he doesn't get too distracted.

### Notes

* Johnny Storm resides in Subsidiary-Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Human Torch is a character originating from *Marvel Comics*.
* Cammy Brandeis and her father are characters from the *Before The Fantastic Four: The Storms* miniseries.

## Gallery

Johnny Storm.jpgJohnny StormJohnny Storm (Flame On).jpgJohnny Storm (Flame On)Human Torch.jpgHuman TorchHuman Torch (Flame Off).jpgHuman Torch (Flame Off)
## Fury Files

Fury Files Johnny Storm.jpgFury Files: Johnny Storm
## Appears In

Fantastic Four.jpgFantastic FourEarth-27's Fantastic Four.jpgEarth-27's Fantastic Four

## Links and References

* Appearances of Johnny Storm

1. ↑ Fury Files: Johnny Storm
2. ↑ Description on E27M Johnny Storm (Flame On)