Human Torch #12 (1943)

The Human Torch and Toro are called into military intelligence in Washington D.C. where they are told that the Atlantic patrol has spotted massive Nazi rockets heading toward the Atlantic coast. The two heroes flame on and rush out to the ocean to see what they can do. Arriving at the scene of the approaching rocket, they find that American fighters cannot shoot the massive rocket out of the sky. With no time left, the Torch uses his flames to melt off the rockets engine sending it exploding harmlessly in an abandoned section of the water front. Returning to military intelligence, they are told that Free France agents have reported in to inform them that Nazi agents are launching the rockets from Nazi occupied France from the city of Brest. With the looming threat of more rockets being launched at the United States from across the ocean, the Human Torch and Toro agree to fly to Brest and eliminate the threat. Flying across the ocean, they soon land in the town of Brest where they find that the French citizens that live there are being forced out of their homes while the Nazis convert the land to suit their rocket launching needs. When Nazi soldiers arrive to rough up the exiles that are taking to long to leave, the Torch and Toro come to their defense easily beating the soldiers before continuing on their mission. When they approach the Nazi base, Toro is blasted out of the sky by a Nazi cannon forcing the Torch to go back for his sidekick and save him from a fatal fall. Deciding to sneak onto the base, they witness as the Nazis, led by their leader Baron Execute, are loading up an even larger rocket on the launcher. Rushing down to try and stop it, the two flaming heroes are spotted and when they attempt to get close to the rocket are gassed. While Toro passes out, the Torch manages to flame on and fly away. With Toro as their prisoner, Baron Execute orders his men to tie the boy to the front of the rocket so that he will be sent to his death. When the rocket is launched, the Torch realizes that the bigger threat is the Nazi base which is preparing to launch more rockets. Gambling that he might have time enough to save Toro later, the Torch then uses his flame powers to jam up the rocket engines of the next massive rocket to be launched. Sure enough, when the Nazis attempt to fire it off it explodes destroying the base and everyone on it. The Torch then races after the rocket carrying Toro on it and manages to free the lad. Then, they melt off the rocket engine, sending the massive explosives crashing into a fleet of Nazi U-Boats, destroying them in the process.