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The Torch #2 (Dec. 2009)
by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Mike Carey, Patrick Berkenkotter

The Torch #2

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 2009

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, Mike Carey
Art by: Patrick Berkenkotter


16 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
The Mad Thinker The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini)
(lead character)		 villain scientist
   Triumvirate of Terror (leader) Marvel 108
Toro Toro (Thomas Raymond)
(lead character)		 hero
   Kid Commandos; The All-Winners Squad...  Marvel Timely 311
A.I.M. A.I.M. villain group
CBR Scale: S Scientism
 [terrorist] Marvel 390
Human Torch Human Torch (Jim Hammond) hero
CBR Scale: I N.A.
 Heroes for Hire; Penance Council...  Marvel Timely 497
Eugene Toussaint villain scientist
CBR Scale: R Scientism
 A.I.M.
[assigned to assist Mad Thinker in AIM project]		 Marvel 1
unnamed board members villain group
CBR Scale: R Scientism
 A.I.M.
[seen only as holograms to assign Mad Thinker's A.I.M. work]		 Marvel 3
Nora Raymond
(3-panel cameo)		 supporting character scientist
   [Toro's mother] Marvel Timely 3
Kenneth Laumer
(3-panel cameo)		 villain
CBR Scale: M Bundist
 [secretly had Toro's mother spy on Human Torch's creator] Marvel 1
God God
(mentioned)		 deity real/historical person
CBR Scale: D God
 [1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)] various 313
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler
(mentioned)		 villain real/historical person
CBR Scale: D Nazi
 [1st app: Uma Kaeru (1935)] Shochiku Kinema 1,593
The Cosmic Cube The Cosmic Cube
(mentioned)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: S pseudo-cosmic entity
 A.I.M. Marvel 10
Phineas T. Horton Phineas T. Horton
(mentioned)		 supporting character
   [created android superhero Human Torch; Nova's father] Marvel Timely 13
Oedipus Oedipus
(mentioned)		 non-feature lead character
CBR Scale: M Greco-Roman classical religion
 [king] Marvel 1
J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer
(mentioned)		 scientist real/historical person
CBR Scale: I Jewish
 [physicist] Marvel DC 58
Fred Raymond
(mentioned)		 supporting character scientist
   [Toro's father] Marvel Timely 2
The Sphinx The Sphinx
(mentioned)		 supporting character
CBR Scale: M Egyptian classical religion; Greco-Roman classical religion
 [presented Oedipus with riddle] British Film Institute Marvel 1

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