Human Torch (1974 1st Series) UK Edition comic books

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover pencils by Ron Wilson, inks by Frank Giacoia and John Tartaglione. The Painter of a Thousand Perils!, script by Stan Lee (plot) and Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns], pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Johnny captures a gang of truck hijackers, and a gang robbing a costume party; Meanwhile, gang leader "Scar" Tobin is visited by counterfeiter Wilhelm Van Vile, a painter notorious for his carelessness, which causes Tobin to fear he's been followed by the cops, and tells him to hit the road!; But Van Vile demonstrates his new "talent": the ability to quickly make paintings which come magically to life, and follow his telepathic commands; These include a 3-headed gorilla, a gun that wears tons, and a flying carpet. The Un-Human! starring The Original Human Torch [Jim Hammond], art by Dick Ayers; A spaceship flies over the city, dropping a message from "Comrade X" of the "Red Planet" saying the world will be destroyed as they need it for their growing population; A gigantic, monstrous creature with 8 heads parachutes from the craft and begins destroying the city. 36 pgs.