The Birth: Way back when Marvel Comics just came out, there was no Spider-Man, no Hulk or nobody else. The Fantastic Four was the begining of Marvel Comics and was created by Stan "The Man" Lee and Jack "King" Kirby. Stan was the writer and Jack was the artist.
And with this new comic; Fantastic Four #1 (vol 1.) Dr.Reed Richards made his debut. Reed like the other members was just a mere human. He was also one of the top scientists in the US. It all started when an angry Ben Grimm was goaded by Susan Storm into helping Dr. Reed Richards pilot his spaceship. That night, four civilians; Reed Richards, Benjamin Grimm, Johnny Storm and Susan Storm took off in the spaceship Reed Richards had spent years constructing.
Benjamin Grimm may have been an excellent pilot and was steering the ship real smoothly, but fate had other plans for them. Their ship entered the cosmic storm area. Unfortunately for the forsome, their ship needed heavier shielding. The cosmic rays bombarded the ship running right through the ship's passengers, putting all of them into a tizzy. Ben felt too heavy to move and lost his control over the ship. Luckily the ship's autopilot kicked in and steered it to a rough but non-fatal landing.
It was only after the four exited the ship that they realized that the cosmic rays had affected them in a really drastic manner. It was Sue who first displayed signs of the after effect of the cosmic bombardment. She started fading away and then all of a sudden returned to normal. The next to experience the change was Ben. His skin started hardening and turned to an orange color. And then Reed started showing an elastic capability. The last to change was Johnny who started burning up and changed into a human torch
As realization of what had happened started to dawn on them, the forsome decided to use their powers for good. Johnny Storm decided to go by the name of the Human Torch

The Alter Ego: Like the other members Johnny never hid the fact that he was the Human Torch. Johnny is the kid brother of Susan Storm Richards and the brother-in-law of Reed Richards. The youngest player of the team, Johnny is a good team player, but sometimes, he can literally be a hothead with a big attitude. Inspite of his rebellous attitude, he can quite often get his nephew, Frnaklin obey and do things that even Reed or Sue can't make him do. Johnny was also a wisecracker; a habit that got sobered down when he spent time as a super hero.
Johnny's love life has been quite complicated. He was in love with Crystal of the Inhumans before her estranged husband; Quicksilver returned to her. And then there was Frankie Raye who left him to become the herald of Galactus. But he finally went and married his best friend's girl; Alicia Masters. Just when he thought that he was settling down in life, he realized that his wife was actually Lyja; a Skrull who was sent to spy on the Fantastic Four.
His favorite pastime is fiddling around with automobiles. He keeps the fantasticar (The Fantastic Four's mode of transport) in shape.

The Legend: Johnny Storm had to work hard to control his flame. He can focus his flame into a single white-hot beam and can fireballs with great force. He can also go nova. Johnny can retract his flame at any part of his body when it comes in contact with another person or object.
Johnny can also fly; but only as the Human Torch. When he "flames on", his body gets lighter than air and he glides on air currents.
Water and a lack of air can easily put out his flame. So he cannot fly in space. And he can only "flame on" for a certain length of time.
Johnny's costume is made out of a fireproof fabric designed by Reed Richards.

Johnny Storm has fought alonside his team mates against villains like Galactus, Dr.Doom, The Skrulls and many others. He has left the team twice; once to settle down in lfe and the second time to join the Fantastic Force. Both the times he returned to the Fantastic Four.

The Fantastic Four #1