Comments on: Ethan Van Sciver is Leaving Firestorm

By: Shag

Shag — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:50:03 +0000

Hey guys – Thanks for all the comments! Losing Ethan is definitely a bitter pill to swallow, but after reading issues #7 & #8, I’m staying focused on what a great job Joe Harris did. The writing is in great hands with Harris, and the art is in excellent hands with Yildiray Cinar. Like y’all, I’m worried about what Ethan’s departure might do to sales, but I’m not worried about the quality of the book. It’s going to be stellar!

By: lee

lee — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:07:28 +0000

I for one will continue to buy it until I can’t anymore, I like EVS work work but a comic can’t sell well just because of the artist or writer, it either sells or it doesn’t. I’m new to firestorm but I’ve collected the earlier comics also and they are good solid stories. This character is unique and could be popular is promoted correctly. Fan the flame

By: outburst

outburst — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:18:09 +0000

I prefer Yildiray’s work on Firestorm anyway so I’m not heartbroken about this, though I’m sure many of us are looking for bad omens signalling the demise of this title.
I hope DC continues to support Firestorm – the new mythology has some very far-reaching promise but supporting Firestorm should also mean grabbing new readers, hopefully through some innovative and courageous new means.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:48:14 +0000

I’ve been trying to think of a polite way to express what I think of this news, but the best I can come up with is “this sucks”. Possibly not for the reasons one might think, but there’s too much negativity on the internet in general without me adding to it, so that will have to do 😉

By: Leenovak16

Leenovak16 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:36:58 +0000

I agree with Rob, Ethan is a big name, and for them to yank him off a title that was pretty desperate for sales just tells me that DC has made up their minds that this Firestorm book is done for. I sincerely hope I am wrong, but unfortunately I don’t think I am. Hopefully Joe Harris will have a chance to turn it around though, I’ll keep buying it until they tell me I can’t anymore.

By: rob!

rob! — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:03:03 +0000

While creatively I am happy about this, I don’t think it bodes all that well for FoF’s sales. EVS is a big name, and I think he brought a lot of, er, heat to the book.

By: Martin Stein RIP

Martin Stein RIP — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:47:02 +0000

WTF????