We’ve got a really interesting blogging event going on this week! The stellar Green Lantern-themed blog The Indigo Tribe has recruited several superhero bloggers to assist in covering Green Lantern: Circle of Fire. This fifth-week event from the year 2000 featured two bookend issues, titled Green Lantern: Circle of Fire, and five issues in-between co-starring […]
Posts under ‘Firestorm #04: Elemental II (Martin)’
John Ostrander’s farewell letter from FIRESTORM #100
The second volume of Firestorm was cancelled at issue #100 during the summer of 1990. I was so bummed when this series ended! I still think the Elemental Firestorm run was an excellently written and drawn batch of comics. Writer John Ostrander published a letter to the fans in the back of issue #100 discussing […]
Rogue’s Gallery: Brimstone
Rogue’s Gallery Week continues here at FIRESTORM FAN! Today we’re looking at Firestorm’s reoccurring foe, Brimstone! This engine of destruction was created by Darkseid and faced off against our favorite flame-brain a few times. Their nearly-earth-shattering final battle took place on the surface of the Sun in Firestorm #100. Before we look at Firestorm #100, […]
1992 Impel DC Comics Firestorm Trading Card
DC Comics first universe-spanning trading card series was produced by Impel Marketing in 1991. Some date confusion was created because the cards themselves were identified as the 1992 series. Firestorm received his own card, highlighting his then-current status as an Elemental lost in space. The pencils and inks on the card were done by the […]
عاصفة في اللغة العربية
How about a little Firestorm elemental action … in Arabic! Our good buddy Jon at the Fizzit Firestorm-themed blog made an fascinating discovery recently. He bought some Superman comics translated into Arabic for a friend who’s learning the language. As he was flipping through a comic he purchased and stumbled across Firestorm! Arabic Superman #703 […]
Nuclear on the Net: More Firestorm Sightings
Today we’re going to look at a few Firestorm sightings on the web. Be sure to check out these links! Some belated Valentine’s Day action for you! DC’s Killer Frost and Marvel’s Iceman find blazing passion together in this fan art by Tommy Tejeda! Click here to view the gorgeous drawing! My thanks to Frank […]
How Ronnie Beat Cancer and Got His Powers Back – 1995
Ronnie Raymond lived the life of a normal guy after leaving the Firestorm Elemental matrix in 1990 (Firestorm vol II #100). Then in 1995 Ronnie was diagnosed with an advanced case of Leukemia. The future was looking pretty bleak for Ronnie, but within a few short months his cancer was cured and he got his […]
John Ostrander: Exclusive Interview with FIRESTORM FAN
We’ve got a special treat today here at FIRESTORM FAN – a fantastic interview with celebrated Firestorm writer, John Ostrander! John Ostrander wrote 45 issues of FIRESTORM vol II from 1987 through 1990. Besides Firestorm co-creator Gerry Conway, Ostrander has written the character more than any other author. The dramatic changes Ostrander introduced to Firestorm […]
Mayfairstivus Day 7 – The New Thinker and Brimstone
Welcome back for the seventh day of Mayfairstivus, the nine day celebration of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes Role-Playing Game! Today we’ll be looking at the RPG statistics for a couple of Firestorm’s foes/antagonists: the new Thinker (a.k.a. Cliff Carmichael) and Brimstone. Below you’ll find the DC Comics Who’s Who entry from 1991 that includes Cliff […]
