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Everyone knowsSpider - Manis one of the most open superheroes , and despite the incessant goop opera house drama in his life , Peter Parker always finagle to somehow stop mugging , mob wars , and supervillain attacks every day . But in one risible tale , Peter decided to tack jobs with a different superhero – and discovered ( to his electric shock ) that his friend and rival Johnny Storm – The Fantastic Four’sHuman Torch – can actually do his job better than he can .
Fortunately for Peter , Johnny determine not to carry on as “ Spider - Torch ” – and by and by discovered there were more than a few downside to dealing with the changeless regretful press Spidey seems to attract .
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The story took position in theSpider - Isle of Man / Human Torch : I ’m With Stupidminiseries written by Dan Slott and draw by Ty Templeton . During the five - issue plot line , Slott and Templeton search different periods inPeter Parker and Johnny Storm’slives to prove theevolving relationship between the two heroes . In the second takings , a college - historic period Peter and Johnny get into a feud over who can be a better superhero . wanderer - Man paint a picture they trade jobs for the day – allowing Spidey to travel with the Fantastic Four to another property , while the Torch investigates a new drug band hightail it by an unsung super villain .
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Clearly the zep ' exchange does n’t sit well with the rest of the Fantastic Four , who were reckon on Johnny to use his world power to see to it the excess heat generated during their journey . Spidey tries show off by using his webbing to insulate the FF ’s ship – but this only piece of ass up the ship ’s scanning equipment , ruining the military mission . Meanwhile , Johnny essay surprisingly competent as a street - tier poor boy … after realise how much baggage he is unfeignedly carrying . His endeavor to go “ undercover ” is ruined when he gets tap out by some drug dealers who spot him as a superhero celebrity . The Torch cursorily reorganise , however , and subdues the dealer . He even gets them to acknowledge their drugs are furnish byKraven the Hunter . unluckily , before Johnny can get them to bring out Kraven ’s positioning , the strong-armer clam up . A problem Spidey hatful with every day . But one Johnny solves in an unorthodox way .
After delivering the criminals to the police , he has them call in one of Kraven ’s gang fellow member for question . He then makes sure that the gangster get in just in meter to see Johnny fall himself on flame and call in mock nuisance . terrorise that the police are apparently torturing malefactor to get information , the gang member disclose Kraven is hiding in an one-time zoo .
The Human Torch then go after Kraven himself and fight off his army of savage animals with ease thanks to his flame powers . Johnny ’s bumptiousness apparently aim the well of him , however , when Kraven gets the drop on the Torch and poisons him with a lethal acid of his street drug ( which turns out to be extracted from the spite of vicious snakes ) . As Johnny lies dying , he beg Kraven to reveal who he was working for . Kraven smugly tells him everything , only to have Johnny suddenly sit down up and reveal he was wearing a telegram – and that poison does n’t exploit on someone who can seethe their own blood .
Having pull through the day , Johnny even gets the key to the city for taking down the drug tintinnabulation . Furious that the Human Torch reallyisbetter at halt street point crime than he is , Peter storms off . Spidey does receive a helping hand from Flash Thompson , however , who slips a laxative in Johnny ’s coffee as a leave put-on .
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luckily , Peter got over his ego - bruising and continue teaming up with Johnny over the class . The two took down multiple petty crooks and strong-armer together , and Johnny also give Spider - Man additional chance toprove himself to the Fantastic Four , even going so far as to offer Peter his station on the team in the event of his destruction . However , Johnny ’s responsibilities to the Fantastic Four kept him from block up drug rings and underworld operations with Spidey on a regular basis .
But there ’s another reason why the Human Torch run to stay out from street stage crime . During Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo ’s run onThe Fantastic Four , the FF ended up overthrowing Doctor Doom and take over Latveria – an act that put them into conflict with the U.S. government . Thisearns the FF a mess of bad pressthat they ’re spot typically used to . Especially when the public , who used to greyish brown over Johnny Storm , get to hate him . Distressed , the Torch enquire Spider - Man to meet him on top of the Statue of Liberty where he asks a burning question – howdoesSpidey manage to get through each day as “ a complete loser ? ”
clearly ticked off , Spidey still agrees to give ear out with Johnny at a water parking area and permit off steam ( pun intended ) . By a shocking coincidence , Spidey ’s scoundrel Hydro Man is work out at the parking lot and starts a fight with the two . peradventure due to his currently poor public figure , however , Johnny now has a severe case of bad “ Parker Luck . ” He gets his wearing apparel foul up off of him by Hydro Man , screams , “ I have no pants ! ” – and then recognize he fell into the kiddie pool and is being videotaped by a news crew . Spidey spins him a World Wide Web diaper ( yes , really ) , but Johnny burns it off before accidentally head for the hills into the women ’s changing room .
Just as Johnny ’s public icon is about to hit rock bottom , Spidey , taking pity on his booster , grass a mock delivery . Seeing that the water ballpark ’s darling mascot is about to pass from a collapsing tower , Spider - Man pretends his web shooters are empty and allows the Human Torch to salve the park worker in front of the cameras and get back in the public ’s good grace . ( Spidey , sadly , goes back to being a hated failure ) .
So , while theHuman Torchmight have the power to be a better street level hero than Peter Parker , he clearly does n’t have the tough skin necessarily to hold the insults Spidey on a regular basis receives . BeingSpider - Manmeans more than bulwark crawling and connection slinging , after all , and an egomaniac like Johnny Storm just ca n’t handle the constant bruising to his renown position .
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