TheFantastic Four ’s Human Torch once write " A Song of Ice and Fire . " In 1996 , now - legendary author George R.R. Martin published the novel " A Song of Ice and Fire . " It became the beginning of an epic phantasy serial publication , and the basis for theGame of ThronesTV series .

Game of Throneseven survive in the Marvel Comics creation , and it ’s been referenced by everyone from Spider - Man to the decade - military man . Curiously enough , though , it seems one superhero has never come across the serial - or , at least , has never realized it was inhale by novels . Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four , aka theHuman Torch , is apparently oblivious to George R.R. Martin ’s fantasy humans .

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He made that clear in theUncanny X - Men : Winter ’s Endone - shot , in whichIcemancelebrated his birthday . Bobby Drake had invited ally and kinsfolk along for a natal day party ; naturally , it did n’t go well , with everything from family unit drama to a confrontation between Iceman and a interpretation from an alternative next timeline . Still , mickle of friends did turn up , and the Human Torch bring along the most amusive gift of all . He ’d written a Sung dynasty in purity of their bromance , which he called " A Song of Ice and Fire . " It fall to pathetic Iceman to uncover the name was already contain .

The caper works on so many levels . The Human Torch has probably heard ofGame of Thrones , but he ’s not exactly the literary type , so he ’s improbable to have ever substantiate it was inspired by a series of novel . Meanwhile , of course Johnny Storm is self - absorbed enough to write a song about himself and Bobby as a natal day present tense . As the expression goes , with any endowment , it ’s the thought that count ; and for the Human Torch , the view was decidedly egocentric .

It ’s fascinating to envisage what the Fantastic Four would make of sci - fi and phantasy TV shows likeGame of Thrones . candidly , their own lives are so fantastic they may well find even the most imaginative worlds underwhelming . No doubt Johnny would watch the warfare   for the Iron Throne with an amused glint in his eye , remember the far more dangerous engagement he push to become ruler of the Negative Zone for a abbreviated time . Meanwhile , it ’s easy to imagineMr . Fantasticpausing an sequence to begin a protracted discussion on narrative inconsistencies , or else fleetly deduce the end of an arc . The matter is the only one who seems likely to savour escapist fable , but even he ’s unbelievable to have read the books ; his mutated fingers are n’t precisely made for ferment pages .

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