I don't know if the "nasal armor" has any in-universe reasoning behind it (I know the IRL story), but what's the deal with Johnny's red threads that he doesn't have time to talk about?
In 1973 (FF 132) Johnny gets hit by a ray made by the Inhumans to repair the FF's costumes...but his changes his costume to resemble the original Human Torch's costume (due to his love of comic books, which Reed immediately disses, because META). He maintains that look for about two years, when Medusa retires from the team and Sue returns, when he returns to his original look to commemorate his sister rejoining the team.
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