Comments on: How Ronnie Beat Cancer and Got His Powers Back – 1995

By: Shag

Shag — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:24:52 +0000

Hi John – Thanks for sharing your thoughts. If you are interested in the Mike Carey series, this post might interest you.
http://firestormfan.com/2010/04/28/the-firestorm-series-that-almost-was-2003/

By: John Nelson

John Nelson — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:35:21 +0000

I’m still holding onto my theory (only cause I have yet to see anything to disprove it), that the matrix has nothing to do with the Firestorm power. It was established that Ronnie has a metagene that was activated giving him the Firestorm power. The matrix wasn’t even thought of until after the Fire elemental stories happened. My theory is that the Firestorm powers belong to Ronnie alone, the matrix copied those powers (and with Martin being involved in the mix it is entirely plausible for this to happen). So now the matrix has to potential to grant anyone that becomes a part of it Firestorm powers, but only those powers copied from Ronnie at that particular time. Another item that had been forgotten (for a while at least), Ronnie has a near genius level intellect after it was shown that he was absorbing knowledge from Martin, yet most of the time after these events occurred, most writers still portrayed him as an incompetent who could barely use his powers (I know they have overall say in how they portray a character, but if this was followed, it could’ve made for some really good stories). It’s kind of odd, but Firestorm seems to suffer from a problem shared by Captain Atom and certain other characters, writers are given a character to use that is extremely powerful (and I’m talking Supes power and above) and then all of a sudden they don’t know what to do with them. Firestorm should literally be one of the most dangerous heroes to fight against, but only in the hands of a writer who has a clear idea of what he wants to do with the character (I was really looking forward to Mike Carey writing Firestorm, but was not to be).

Enjoy all and apologies for the $.02 worth of ranting.

By: More Than Zero: Zero Month 20 Years Later | Firestorm Fan

More Than Zero: Zero Month 20 Years Later | Firestorm Fan — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:00:30 +0000

[…] How Ronnie Beat Cancer and Got His Powers Back […]

By: Nate Winchester

Nate Winchester — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:56:55 +0000

Man, forget leukemia, Ronnie’s biggest illness was clearly his hair! (and it spread to Cap Atom too!)

Ah the 90s… i’m nostalgic for you to never return in some ways.

By: How Ronnie Joined the JLA - 1980 | Firestorm Fan

How Ronnie Joined the JLA - 1980 | Firestorm Fan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:31:20 +0000

[…] How Ronnie Joined Extreme Justice – 1995 a.k.a. “How Ronnie Beat Cancer and Got His Powers Back – 1995″ […]

By: Mark Baker-Wright

Mark Baker-Wright — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:44:10 +0000

(what’s with all the long hair and Booster’s horrible costume??)

To be fair, all the characters in the comic itself thought that costume was horrible, too. Booster was restored to his classic look by the end of the series.

By: Unhappy Valentine's Day to Firehawk and Booster Gold | Firestorm Fan

Unhappy Valentine's Day to Firehawk and Booster Gold | Firestorm Fan — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:04:33 +0000

[…] kind of surprising that Ron picked on Booster so much, especially after Booster’s sidekick Skeets helped Ron through his cancer treatments. However, was anything Firestorm did REALLY that out-of-line? Think of all the pranks Booster […]

By: dan

dan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:22:34 +0000

This brings back memories. I used to make bookmarks outta scans of great vertical panels in comics, for the books I was reading back then. The one of Firestorm pleading with the Professor about turning the city into a heap was killer.

By: Outburst

Outburst — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:55:19 +0000

I never read this, so thanks for sharing it. Even though it had a lot of bad 90s things to it (what’s with all the long hair and Booster’s horrible costume??), it looks like a decent read. If anything, the writers were fairly knowledgeable and faithful to the Firestorm mythos. I always found the FS/Capatain Atom clashes slightly interesting, even if they didn’t play out very long. Two atomically powered guys with high energy levels seemed like a fairly epic bout to me.

By: David H.

David H. — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:46:18 +0000

that was a great read! it’s a shame they never had Firestorm in the Justice League Unlimited series. in fact they had at one time or another pretty everybody in these panels but Amazing Man, Firestorm and Blue Beetle.