All this is to say, I take one look at Super Cute Super Powers Firestorm, and I get it. Firestorm is Batman: The Brave and the Bold, not Batman: Every Other Animated Series Since 1992. Firestorm cannot conform to the Dan Didio Universe, because he is Ambush Bug, Blue Devil, JLI, Captain Carrot, and every other DC concept that can only meet the DC Universe if it conforms to the standards of his own series’ tonality. Firestorm is for kids, not sour geeks that want to twist him into a shape that suits adulterated modern comics, or apparently even those of his late Bronze Age contemporaries. I still can’t take Firestorm seriously, but I finally had the epiphany that if I’m taking him seriously, I’m doing it wrong. He turns tanks into packing kernels and fights were-weasels. What was I thinking when I thought he was supposed to be a typical super-hero? From now on, I’ll try to stop taking for granted my inherent superiority to all Firestorm fans, like I was Paula Deen hiding dollar bills throughout the dining room for the kitchen staff to scrounge for.