(Marvel Mystery Comics v1 018, 1941)
The Brain is your classic nerd gang boss, of the common subvariety that are almost clever enough to succeed but get in their own way. His core plan this ish is solid as far as supercrime goes: rob an Army payroll and frame the Human Torch for it via the use of what is essentially one of those suits that stuntmen wear in order to set themselves on fire (which as an aside kind of makes me reconsider just how upsetting the Human Torch would be to see). He even has a decent plan to get rid of the Torch is he manages to figure out whodunnit.
The Brain's real failing lies in underestimating Toro, the Torch's teen sidekick and avid shirt avoider. While the Human Torch is afforded an entire elaborate deathtrap of his own, the Brain's entire plan to deal with Toro is to assume that he can take him in a fight.
And he can't! It's not even close! Toro is basically exactly as powerful as the Human Torch, plus he's a teen boy, a notoriously wily bunch! This is frankly embarrassing for the Brain.
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