Of course, to be fair, the old Martin Stein might’ve called women “Sweet Cheeks” and acted like the Grey Hulk… when he was drunk.

Your question: “Who is controlling Fury?”

Has a really easy answer:

The writers.

But maybe that’s a bit too literal of an approach.

But at the same time, did they decrease the number of pages in each issue or something? There doesn’t seem to be much real estate between the covers to tell a story. I can remember in the old days (and I think Conway hinted at this in your interview with him) that you’d get a full story in each issue (at most they would span two issues back then) with a beginning, climax and resolution. Sure, there would be little sub-plots that would carry over from issue to issue but ever since Geoff Johns got control of DC he seems interested in these long-winded story arcs that will traverse a dozen issues before we get any answers.

That’s a big investment, and some may not follow the dangling carrot forever, although for now, I can say I’m interested. I really like what I see happening with the Justice League, as well as Firestorm. It has been a more ‘current’ take on Flamehead which is great in a lot of ways, but I guess I’m just frustrated because it feels like we’re getting about a dozen pages of content and then boom, end panel with a cliffhanger and a month to wait for more.

I think I’m going to have to go count pages because I could swear that 25 years ago there were more pages of content in each issue. Gail, Ethan and Yildiray are doing a great job, but it’s too bad they’ve got so little space to tell this tale.

Note: There may be spoilers for those that read this.

I was wondering the same thing — not at the level that you are at, but the “who is in charge of Fury” because it seems fairly obvious that Ronnie/Jason are not. I initially thought it might be Martin Stein related, but I’m not sure how to reconcile that with the fury of…well…Fury! Unless, in the subconscious state, Stein just sees what these murderers have done to colleagues, families, students, etc and acts accordingly? The Trev component is interesting as he could have substantial rage at being killed — yet still “lives” within Firestorm somehow. Maybe the clue is in the strange language Ronnie used in the first one — was it sweet-cheeks or sweet-cakes…maybe whoever caused Ronnie to say that is the one in “charge” within Fury?

I am also curious as to how they form Fury. At first I thought it was their anger that led to it, but it was also their anger at one another that got them to emerge into separate entities again.

How was Jason hurt? Is this inexperience, or is this group just trained to fight walking nuclear reactors and had weapons at their disposal (when not reduced to roses)

Finally, complaint on Issue # 1. In the Ronnie’s football practice panels, with the shot of the whole team, has that artist ever watched a football game? I am a huge football fan, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen (limited my experience with it is though) a well-drawn football game. There is what appears to be a linebacker several yards from the line of scrimmage in a three-point stance, and the offense looks similarly confused. That is the extent of my complaints…and it’s not like we will have a chance to revisit him as HS QB anytime soon.

Thanks for your site and podcast! It really helped spurn me to start off fresh with Firestorm in the relaunch.