Forsaking His Roots, the Ten Rings and Shang-Chi

Although he had not been struck by Ghost Rider's enchanted chain, Human Torch immediately realized that Ghost Rider was no simple opponent. Not only that, he even began to wonder whether Ghost Rider was really a mutant. Although mutants' X-Gene Superpowers did not make much scientific sense either, Human Torch's instincts told him that the flames coiled around the chain were no ordinary fire. Ordinary flames did not have the ability to expand a chain that was originally only five or six meters long to twenty or thirty meters.