Fantastic Four #8: Flame On 12

Fantastic Four #8, page 5, panel 1 Writer: Stan Lee

Artist: Jack Kirby

Uncredited Inker: Dick Ayers

Uncredited Letterer: Art Simek

So, what do you do if your stretching power gives up mere feet away from a civilian about to jump to his death? Why, you send an impetuous teenage to go and reason with him!

No, seriously. Johnny doesn't just grab the guy and fly him to the ground. Instead, he tries to reason with him first. I guess he was lucky that the guy was being controlled by Phil the Puppet Master, as someone looking to end their life would probably have jumped the second the flying guy with the flames showed up.

Check out our coverage of Fantastic Four #8 - with special guest Joshua Lapin-Bertone - on our sixth episode: Like A Puppet On A String

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