We’ve got a special Valentine’s Day treat for you today… a crossover! Everybody loves a crossover! Today we’ve teamed up with our good buddy Walter from BOOSTERRIFIC to discuss the self-destructive romance between Firehawk and Booster Gold. Let’s face it, everyone makes a relationship mistake at some point. You look back years later and […]
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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 […]
Happy Thanksgiving from FIRESTORM FAN
Happy Thanksgiving to all the match-heads out there! Thanks to A.j. Chwaster for sending this image my way! Click the image to enlarge. Support Firestorm! Fan the flame!
Shadow Thief’s Trial for the Murder of Firestorm
Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond solo version) was murdered by the Shadow Thief during the Identity Crisis mini-series in 2004. Shadow Thief was apprehended by the JLA & Manhunter and then put on trial for the murder of Firestorm. That trial is featured in the trade paperback Manhunter: Trial by Fire. I heard from numerous sources […]
Hi, My Name is Ronnie Raymond and I’m an Alcoholic
Many Firestorm fans have expressed concerns about Ronnie’s drinking in the current Brightest Day series considering his battle with alcoholism in the mid-1990s. If you examine Brightest Day by itself, I think it’s quite understandable that a college-aged young man who just returned from the dead would enjoy a good drink. However things become a […]
Brightest Day Speculation – What’s Going on with the Nuclear Man?
Warning… the following contains SPOILERS for Blackest Night and Brightest Day #0 – #2. *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** Okay, we’re three issues into Brightest Day and we’re starting to get a […]
The Firestorm Series That Almost Was, Including Never-Before Published Artwork – 2003
Firestorm volume III premiered in mid-2004 introducing Jason Rusch. Many people don’t realize that Firestorm volume III was scheduled to premiere nearly a year earlier starring Ronnie Raymond (rather than Jason Rusch). That’s right, before Jason Rusch was even a glimmer in Dan Jolley’s eye, there was a monthly Ronnie Raymond Firestorm series in the […]
Brightest Day Starts Today, Sketches, Voice Actors, Customs, and more
Welcome to another installment of FIRESTORM FAN’s Nuclear News! Here are some news and web findings on our favorite hothead. The biggest Firestorm news is that Brightest Day #0 ships today! Be sure to stop by your local comic book store and pick up yours. Hopefully Firestorm will play a role in the issue. If […]
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, […]
Blackest Night #3 — OMG! (No Spoilers)
If you’re a Firestorm fan and haven’t read Blackest Night #3 yet, head out to your local comic book store RIGHT NOW! This is the one we’ve all been waiting for! Jason Rusch/Gehenna Firestorm versus Ronnie Raymond Black Lantern Firestorm. I don’t really want to share spoilers here just yet. I will say that it’s […]
