Comments on: Firehawk’s Fashion Show

By: Martin Stein RIP

Martin Stein RIP — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:35:56 +0000

You could update this and ad pics of super-cute Therese.

By: Robert Gross

Robert Gross — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:13:34 +0000

I brought up the pointy ears to Jamal Igle on the DC Comics Message Board a few years ago when it came out. He defended it on the basis that it just looks cool. I pointed out that Lorraine is a human and pointy ears should be reserved for devil characters or aliens. Jamal Igle said, yeah, but it looks so cool. I pointed out that there’s no reason for them because comic-book nuclear energy gives you nuclear blasts or nuclear heat or transmutation powers or whatever, but they don’t make your ears pointy. And he said, dude. They look cool. And that was that.

By: SDF-7

SDF-7 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:21:03 +0000

Actually, Lorraine made her first costume by molecular restructuring of the containment suit they had her wearing when they exposed her to the reactor.

Quoting Fury of Firestorm #17, page 10: Left column, 4th panel: “Look: She’s still alive! But the protective suit she was wearing… She’s altered it, somehow! She’s….”

So I think it should be accepted that Firehawk likely has the same power set in principle as Firestorm, just stronger in some areas (heat/flame generation) and much weaker in others (or less aware of potential in them — like transmutation and likely molecular vision). Both are likely able to augment/repair their own structures depending on focus (I believe we’ve seen Lorraine take some things no normal human body would bounce back from). My personal thinking is that Firehawk can only affect molecules of herself or those she is touching, hence why this usually only manifests in her appearance changes/costumes.

By: rick

rick — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:55:17 +0000

I have never been a fan of Firehawk but between the costumes you showed here I like the 2nd one the most.

By: Shag

Shag — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:46:06 +0000

Doug – I couldn’t agree more that Firehawk deserves more time in the spotlight. I was really pleased to see her featured somewhat prominently in the first issue of “Identity Crisis”. She was hanging out with Elongated Man through much of the book. I liked that Firestorm wasn’t around for those scenes, so she wasn’t forced to be in his shadow.

I read some Firestorm fan fiction a few years ago that featured Firehawk as part of the JLA (but Firestorm wasn’t part of the JLA). Even though it was fan fiction, it was cool to see her operate independently from Firestorm.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:09:56 +0000

I personally LOVE the visual of the CoIE costume, but having tried to draw it, easily understand why Igle made the switch.

Firehawk is one of my favorite charcters, regardles sof her ties to Firestorm and I find it uncceptable that she hasn’t at least had a chance to shine in at least a one-shot of her own.