Comments on: First Firestorm Fan Letter (1977) and “Robby” Raymond

By: Anj

Anj — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 01:10:19 +0000

As I have mentioned before, Firestorm has a strong place in my comics collecting foundation. So I was glad to share!

Also, I remember Firestorm trying to get romantic with Power Girl in the old JLA/JSA team-ups so I have always wondered if a romance would ever be explored between Supergirl and him.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:28:47 +0000

Mike Nasser (artist on the Adventure Comics Manhunter from Mars back-up strip and designer of the pictured logo) was at the same con as Milgrom (who drew the cover of The Comics Reader issue announcing the planned Manhunter from Mars series hyped here had been devoured by the DC Implosion.) Trippy.

By: Martin Stein Returns

Martin Stein Returns — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:53:37 +0000

Right. The floating head didn’t come about until the second or third issue, as I recall. That makes sense.

Oddly enough, in a sense they sort of went back to the “gestalt” with the blank slate Firestorm, and his two alter egos both getting floating heads.

By: Shag

Shag — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:34:12 +0000

@Martin Stein Returns (Love the new handle, Robert!) – Go back and re-read the first issue. Ronnie and the Professor’s personas were somewhat merged. They could separate personas temporarily to communicate with each other, but it was more like one gestalt being. It changed by the time issue #2 came around.

By: Martin Stein Returns

Martin Stein Returns — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:08 +0000

I’ve had the issue that this appeared in for years and I never quite understood what Mitch meant by “I’d like the doc to be in rapport with Robby-as-Firestorm.” Can someone translate what he meant by this? That he wanted Martin to be aware of being Firestorm? That a floating-head persona of Ronnie should appear with the floating-head persona of Martin above Firestorm?