The New Fantastic Four Replaces Human Torch With A WAY Better Fighter
Warning: Spoilers for The New Fantastic Four #2!
While TheFantastic Four's Human Torch possesses incredible power, he's far from the best fighter in Marvel's roster of hotheads. Instead, it's Ghost Rider who takes a run at that title, replacing Johnny Storm as the firebrand du jour in The New Fantastic Four series. For all of the Human Torch's untapped potential, Ghost Rider shows a quick-wittedness and unpredictable nature in combat the Torch simply can't match.
The New Fantastic Four series is set just after the events of 1991's Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #347-349 by Walt Simonson, Arthur Adams, Art Thibert, Gracine Tanaka, and Al Milgrom. In these issues, the Fantastic Four have been captured by the rogue Skrull agent De'Lila. Looking to take advantage of more heroes, De'Lila psychically summons Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, and Mr. Fixit (an alter-ego of the Hulk). Tricking them into thinking the Fantastic Four have been killed, De'Lila sends the four of them out as a new iteration of the «Fantastic Four,» though her machinations are quickly discovered and stymied. New Fantastic Four picks up shortly afterward when a priest calls Spider-Man, Wolverine, Mr. Fixit, and Ghost Rider to Las Vegas to confront a demonic incursion.
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In New Fantastic Four #2 by Peter David, Alan Robinson, and Mike Spicer, Ghost Rider finds himself cut off from the rest of the team and left alone to battle the devil Asmodeus and his horde of demonically possessed humans. While Ghost Rider fends off the demons, Wolverine, Mr. Fixit, and Spider-Man team up with the Human Torch to make their way back to Las Vegas. By the time they arrive, however, Ghost Rider is
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