Today we’re featuring three great Firestorm drawings by Avery Barnes. I first found Avery’s artwork on Facebook, but you can see more on his deviantART page by clicking here. Below is a nice one of the “Blank Slate” and Elemental incarnations of Firestorm. Avery drew this next one on his iPhone using the Brushes application. […]
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Power Girl and Firestorm Sitting in a Tree…
Believe it or not, Firestorm and Power Girl once had a romantic thing for each other! Our favorite Nuclear Man and one of the universally-accepted hotties of the DC Universe — good on Firestorm! Their flirtations continued from 1980 through 1983. Whenever the JLA (from Earth-1) and the JSA (from Earth-2) got together for their […]
Brightest Day, Blank Slate Era, Firehawk’s lineage, and Charred Action Figures
Welcome to another installment of FIRESTORM FAN’s Nuclear News! Here are some news and web findings on our favorite hothead. I gotta say, it’s nice to see some love for the “blank slate” incarnation of Firestorm this time around! Brightest Day #4 came out yesterday. This is the issue with the Black Lantern Firestorm cover. […]
DC Comics Super Hero Collection #46 – Firestorm Lead Figure
Just this past week DC Comics Superhero Collection Figurine Magazine #46 featuring Firestorm shipped to comic shops across the United States. It’s been out for a while in the UK, but Diamond Comics Distributors just got their copies out a few days ago. This publication includes a figurine of the featured character cast in lead, […]
The “Blank Slate” Firestorm – 1987-89
Back in 1987, Firestorm writer John Ostrander made a dramatic and risky change to the lead character of the series. For nine years, Firestorm had existed as the combination of the youthful Ronnie Raymond and the brilliant Professor Martin Stein. While merged, Raymond was in command of the Firestorm form with Stein a voice of […]
Firestorm Writer John Ostrander Needs Your Help
John Ostrander, long-time writer of Firestorm volume II, needs your help. John has been battling glaucoma for years now. If he loses this battle, he loses his eyesight. John recently had some very expensive surgery. Without the surgery, he would not have been able to retain his sight. Unfortunately, the resulting medical bills are more […]
Firestorm vol. II #84 (April 1989) – Original Art
Here are some scans of the original art from Firestorm vol. II #84. Jon from the Fizzit Firestorm blog happens to own several of the original pages. He was kind enough to allow me to publish them here. Thanks, Jon! Firestorm volume II #84 – “Souls of Fire” Writer: John Ostrander Penciller: Tom Grindberg Inker: […]
Who’s Who Update ’88
Welcome back for the second installment of WHO’S WHO WEEK here at FIRESTORM FAN! Today we’ll be looking at Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Update ’88 #1 (August 1988). This was the third Who’s Who mini-series and featured the “Blank Slate” Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond/Mikhail Arkadin/Professor Martin Stein). Again, it’s not […]
Why a Firestorm Blog?
INTRODUCTION Welcome to the FIRESTORM FAN blog! You may be asking yourself, “A blog about Firestorm? Seriously?” Well, I say YES! I’m a huge fan of the character and think he’s deserving of the attention. I’ve been running my other blog, ONCE UPON A GEEK, for almost a year. While I love writing a blog […]
