And now, something from the WTF department… Firestork of the Just’a Lotta Animals! I didn’t realize there was a Firestorm analog in the Just’a Lotta Animals from Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! Just’a Lotta Animals was an anthropomorphic funny animal parody of the Justice League of America that existed in the Pre-Crisis universe […]
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The Firestorm Series That Almost Was, Written by Geoff Johns
A while back I published a lengthy post on the aborted Firestorm series from 2003 by Mike Carey and Lewis LaRosa. I’d heard rumors of another series proposed several years ago by Geoff Johns that never came to be. Well… my thanks to Firestorm fan Florian Schwalenberg for sending me some background information on that […]
Firestorm #1 on sale December 6…
That’s right folks, Firestorm the Nuclear Man #1 on sale December 6 … in the year 1977. What? Did I accidentally mislead some people? Whoops, my bad. Sorry about that. 😉 Isn’t this a great house ad? I love it! I especially dig the Professor and Ronnie’s silhouettes in the background. This also proves that […]
Brightest Day #11 Post-Game Report
Brightest Day #11 was awesome! Things really ramped up this time around! Last issue was full of exposition, while this issue was full of action. Warning, the following contains SPOILERS for Brightest Day #11. *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** […]
Brightest Day #11: Any Port in a Deathstorm
Brightest Day #11 shipped yesterday to comic shops across the United States. While I haven’t had a chance to pick up my copy, I read the five-page sneak peek DC Comics published on their blog earlier this week. Three of the five pages were specific to Firestorm. Here they are: So its official, the Firestorm […]
Read This Too – The Essential Man-Thing
And now for something completely different… Hey there, match-heads! When you visit FIRESTORM FAN, I’m sure you expect to read about everybody’s favorite Nuclear Man. Well today is going to be a little different. We spend all our time here talking about Firestorm when there are zillions of other great comics out there to read! […]
Brightest Day #10 Revelations **SPOILERS**
Warning, the following contains SPOILERS for Brightest Day #10. *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** Wow. I didn’t see that coming. Nine pages that change Firestorm forever. The current issue of Brightest Day […]
Brightest Day #11 Variant Cover Featuring Firestorm
DC Universe: The Source blog recently posted a variant cover for Brightest Day #11. This Firestorm-centric cover is by David Finch and Scott Williams. What a gorgeous piece of work! Does this mean Firestorm will face off against the Black Lantern Firestorm in Brightest Day #11? Maybe, maybe not. The covers for Brightest Day haven’t […]
Rumor of New Firestorm Ongoing Series After Brightest Day!
Brandon Leonard, a long-time fellow Firestorm Fan, contacted me last week with some big news! While at a fan expo in Toronto, a certain creator from DC mentioned that he’d been offered a chance to write a new ongoing Firestorm comic! The creator indicated that he turned down the offer because he already had too […]
DC Reprints Jason and Ronnie’s first meeting
Hot dog! In an effort to tie-in with Brightest Day, DC will be reprinting some of Firestorm volume III. I’m really pleased with this because I believe more of Jason’s run should be collected. DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day #2 ships in November and will be a mini-trade paperback containing three issues of Firestorm along […]
