Human Torch (1974 1st Series) UK Edition comic books 1975

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UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Frank Giacoia and John Tartaglione. The Painter of a Thousand Perils!, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns], pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Johnny captures a gang of truck hijackers, and a gang robbing a costume party; Meanwhile, gang leader "Scar" Tobin is visited by counterfeiter Wilhelm Van Vile, a painter notorious for his carelessness, which causes Tobin to fear he's been followed by the cops, and tells him to hit the road!; But Van Vile demonstrates his new "talent": the ability to quickly make paintings which come magically to life, and follow his telepathic commands; These include a 3-headed gorilla, a gun that wears tons, and a flying carpet. The Un-Human! starring The Original Human Torch [Jim Hammond], art by Dick Ayers; A spaceship flies over the city, dropping a message from "Comrade X" of the "Red Planet" saying the world will be destroyed as they need it for their growing population; A gigantic, monstrous creature with 8 heads parachutes from the craft and begins destroying the city. 36 pgs.