With all the rain we’ve been having lately in my part of the world, I was reminded of two favorite Firestorm covers. In both cases the rain makes a really nice contrast for this character.
First up is Firestorm #98 (June 1990) with cover art by Tom Mandrake. This was during the Firestorm Elemental era; a personal favorite of mine. The vertical lines break up the art very effectively! Click to enlarge.
Next we’ve got The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man #9 (February 1983) with cover art by Pat Broderick and Dick Giordano. You’ll be seeing this cover again soon as we’ll cover this issue next month on THE FIRE & WATER PODCAST. We reviewed the previous issue earlier this week on Episode #80 of the podcast. What a great cover! The body language tells an entire story all by itself! Love this!! Click to enlarge.
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Ahhh, the issue that featured the promise of Shadowstorm as an ongoing villain (post-Ifé storyline), only to have the comic cancelled two issues later.
Shadowstorm DID show up for the last few issues of Captain Atom’s then-contemporary comic, which tied into BOTH Armageddon 2001 and War of the Gods, the latter of which featured Shadowstorm in a hit-and-run cameo, which was the last we ever saw of him.
So much wasted potential….