{"id":2366,"date":"2026-10-16T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:39:08","slug":"super-hero-009-update-toro-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theskeletoncurse.com\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"SUPER-HERO 009 UPDATE: TORO 1941"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toro<\/a> may be the forgotten child of the Golden Age today, but let’s see what exciting developments occurred in his life c. 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marvel Mystery Comics<\/i> v1 019: Toro is severely wounded in a deathtrap set by the Hag<\/a> and requires a “flame transfusion” to recover. This process leaves him canonically just a little<\/em> less cool and powerful than the Human Torch, which seems like a very deliberate move on the part of Carl Burgos to draw a distinction between the two and introduce situations where the Torch has to rescue or help his junior partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This weakness is referenced in Marvel Mystery Comics<\/em> v1 020, in which it basically renders Toro useless in a fire emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perhaps because of this, the weakness is “fixed” at some point between the previous issue and Human Torch<\/em> v1 004 and never really referenced again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, and I haven’t read far enough into the 1942 adventures of the Torch and Toro to say if this continues, but for a lot of 1941 the Human Torch is an incredible <\/em>asshole to Toro. My least favourite part of this, at least aesthetically, is that he makes fun of Toro’s youth by referring to him as a “diaper,” as seen here in a panel from Marvel Mystery Comics<\/em> v1 023. And “flaming diaper” is, if anything, even worse! Fingers crossed for a little more wholesome mentor\/mentee language in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toro may be the forgotten child of the Golden Age today, but let’s see what exciting developments occurred in his life c. 1941. Marvel Mystery Comics v1 019: Toro is severely wounded in a deathtrap set by the Hag and requires a “flame transfusion” to recover. This process leaves him canonically just a little less cool and powerful than the Human Torch, which seems like a very deliberate move on the part of Carl Burgos to draw a distinction between…<\/p>\n

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