You're such a nice boy! Now if only you could conquer your mad desire to keep flaming on all the time! 
Appearing in "The Coming of the Plantman!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Doris Evans ⏵ (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Plantman (Sam Smithers) ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Mr. Evans (First appearance)
- Elvis Presley (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- GPD
- Two unnamed police officers
- Numerous unnamed New York City citizens and officials
- NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
- Mayor Robert Wagner ⏵ (Unnamed) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Cows (Invoked)
- Cats (Mentioned)
- Birds
- Snakes (Mentioned in narration)
- Bats (Mentioned in narration)
- Demons (Mentioned in narration)
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- Long Island
- Glenville
- Evans' Estate
- Samuel Smithers' Home
- Unidentified Jewelry Store
- Sue and Johnny Storm's House
- Glenville
- New York City
- Long Island
- New York
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
Items:
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Plantman's Plant-Ray (Unnamed) (Destroyed)
Vehicles:
- Johnny Storm's Corvette
Synopsis for "The Coming of the Plantman!"
Late again for one of his dates with Doris Evans, Johnny arrives to be witness to Dorry's father firing his gardener for wasting his time on a device that stimulates plant growth. Vengeful, and after his device is struck by lightning giving it the ability to make him control plants totally, the gardener becomes the criminal known as Plantman.
As Plantman, Smithers tries to frame Dorry's father with robbing the store in which he works and planting evidence pointing blame to Mr. Evans. Johnny vows to clear Mr. Evans' name and ends up battling with the Plantman.
The two are at a match until the Torch begins to gain the lead. The Plantman then escapes by hiding in a tree, planning to strike again with a more devious plan. Afterward, Doris thanks Johnny for clearing her father's name.
Appearing in "New Glasses"
Spellbound #30
Featured Characters:
- Herbert
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. Blooper
Races and Species:
Synopsis for "New Glasses"
Spellbound #30
Appearing in "The Search of Shanng!"
Featured Characters:
- Shanng (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- United States Air Force
- Numerous unnamed aliens (Vision or hallucination)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Numerous unnamed members
- Numerous unnamed searchers
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Milky Way
- Unidentified Galaxy (Vision or hallucination)
- Unidentified Planet (Vision or hallucination)
Vehicles:
- Shanng's Spaceship
- Supersonic Jet
Synopsis for "The Search of Shanng!"
An alien crash lands on Earth, and offers knowledge to in exchange for help. Greedy humans cannot find his ship, since he sensed their selfish thoughts and hid himself until humanity is ready.
Appearing in "The Shoemaker's Strange Assistants!"
Featured Characters:
- Uncle Hugo
Supporting Characters:
- Uncle Hugo's Little Assistants
- Numerous unnamed members
Antagonists:
- "Honest" Harry Hook (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Numerous unnamed children
- Unnamed Doctor
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Unidentified little people
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- United States of America
- Uncle Hugo's Shoe Repair Shop
- United States of America
- Earth
Synopsis for "The Shoemaker's Strange Assistants!"
A shoemaker who enjoys telling the neighborhood children stories of the little people who come out at night to help him make shoes becomes ill and goes to a loan shark to acquire money for medical treatment. The loan shark harasses him constantly to make interest payments on his loan so he must work night and day. The last time the greedy money lender visits the shoemaker he gets the shock of his life as it turns out it wasn't a tall tale about those little people and they shrink the man and put him to work building shoes for the shoemaker.
Notes
Continuity Notes[]
The Coming of the Plant Man!
- This is the first appearance of Johnny's first girlfriend Doris Evans. The pair date from Strange Tales #113–133. Doris later broke up with Johnny in Fantastic Four #45 after she got tired of his superhero lifestyle.
- The Plantman's origins are expanded upon in Namor, the Sub-Mariner #24, which explains that Smither's plant growing device was empowered by the extra-dimensional plant creatures known as the H'ylthri.
- The depiction of Robert F. Wagner, Jr. as the mayor of New York City should be considered a topical reference per the Sliding Timescale of Earth-616.