I think I understand your frustration with The Human Torch's logo Mecha.  If you want to have a logo (or character for that matter) stand out, then setting that logo (or character) on fire should get the job done and I think it does.  Early logos for the Human Torch played up the fire nature of the character by really emphasizing the flames

Now, for a splash page inside a comic entitled 'Marvel Comics', I think this works nicely.  Here 'The Human Torch' serves not as the title of the comic you've just bought, but as a name meant to intrigue the reader.  This logo doesn't have to jump out at you since it's not appearing on the cover of the comic so I think it works for what it is.  However, if you want a logo for a comic called 'The Human Torch' then something like this might work better



Here, the flames are downplayed in favour of a cover that's more bold than intriguing.  If you're a kid trying to determine which logo jumps out at you, then this would probably work better than the logo used in the story above it.  It's bigger and stronger than the other one, but with some modification, you could remove the flame motif just by getting rid of the scalloped edges.  Now with the first logo however, there's no getting away from the fire motif - the edges, the interior of each letter, even the area around it is engulfed in flames, but the letters aren't as bold as the second logo.  

I would have liked to have seen some combination of the two in the final product - individually, each one is still a great logo, but each one also has a strength that the other lacks.  Still, I like them both - I mean, how can you go wrong with a logo that's on fire?

I've a soft spot for Original Team Logos and this is one of them!

I find it an iconic and classic design that's bold, easily identified, and most importantly ... I find it a clean and refreshing logo that's will endures for a long time and I wished that in a 50-100 years later that this logo will be remembered and I truly feel that. This logo should never fade away and to my heart ... I loved this logo and that got me hooked on this group lead by Professor X and his team of mutants that's trying their best to protect mankind and protect themselves at the same time.

This is all that I can say about it. 




One more thing, the words "The Strangest Super-Heroes of all! ... is very nice touch and that alone speaks itself about this team. And, for the record ... I'm not quite sure that those words are a part of the logo or not ... but, in my feelings is not.





Couple books later in issue #3 ... a picture of a flying Angel appears that's part of the logo too and I liked that touch to it. It's added class and style to the Cover and the Logo at the same time.

This one is slightly (above) is slightly better than one on the bottom. Simple wins hands down here.






I was reshuffling my order today and changed my mind in the last minute; to put the one from Timely Comics slightly ahead from the one from Marvel Comics. For your record, I consider these logos are a part of Marvel Comics and I felt that the one on top is slightly better because of the colors that they used to showcase his aquatic abilities. The colors of light mint green and light blue here is right on and spot on and I felt that this logo is the best of the two ... the bottom one with Prince Namor - The Sub Mariner is slightly worse than the one on top from Timely Comics. The reasons for both them are listed here as equals - the bottom is more variety because of the colors and I just like that one too.

These logos were ranked in the teens at first and more and more that I've looked at them ... they went down to this position due to the fact that these logos are too plain and ordinary looking and looks very ancient because of the Golden Age Heritage. 

I've promised 56 today ... and you've got rewarded for a two for one ... and I've don't mind that one bit.

48 Logos down ... 54 to go ... The JLA Logo got promoted from placement 32 to placement 29 due to my reshuffling today and that's not a bad thing at all.

Sorry to correct you. The top logo is what Marvel was using in the 2000's for Namor. That issue is the 70th anniversary issue. the second logo is from Namor's 60's series. The logo from Namor's 1940's Timely book looked like this:

@mechagodzilla I think the 70th anniversary logo is not invalid. Marvel used it through out the 2000's. I looked thru the logos Marvel used on Sub-Mariner through the decades & I think it is the best for all the reasons you listed!

Thanks again!