This past Saturday on Free Comic Book Day, DC Comics released their Green Lantern Flashpoint Special Edition. In the Flashpoint preview (which I believe came from the first few pages of Flashpoint #1), we got a momentary glimpse of Firestorm! Check it out below! Click the image to enlarge. You can just make out Firestorm’s […]
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Blackest Night to Brightest Day: What a Long Strange Trip
Tomorrow will see the release of Brightest Day #24, the final issue in the year-long saga. However, if you really think about it this story began with Blackest Night. Firestorm fans have their fingers crossed that our hero will exit Brightest Day ready to start a new life of adventure with Ronnie and Jason working […]
OFFICIAL: Deathstorm Represents 1990s Villains
We’ve been speculating for a while, but now it’s official. In an article for USA Today last week, Geoff Johns confirmed our suspicion that Deathstorm represents the dark and hardcore comic book characters from the 1990s. Here is the relevant quote from the USA Today article: And Deathstorm has popped up, obsessed with destroying Firestorm […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, Toys, Appearances, Cartoons, and more!
Welcome to another installment of FIRESTORM FAN’s Nuclear News! Here are some news and web findings on our favorite hothead. It’s been a while since I did a rundown like this, so there is quite a bit. Be sure to pick up Brightest Day #6 from your local comic shop. We finally see the new […]
Geoff Johns on Firestorm in Brightest Day
Last week Geoff Johns gave a fantastic interview to IGN about Brightest Day. Click here to read the entire interview. I’ve posted below the Firestorm-related discussion points. It appears Scott Clark and Dave Beaty are the artists drawing the majority of the Firestorm scenes… IGN Comics: Can you talk a little about how the art […]
Brightest Day #0 – Ronnie & Jason BFF
Brightest Day #0 came out yesterday and there were four pages of Firestorm story. Those four pages are presented below. I’m publishing these pages here as this is such an important point for our favorite Nuclear Man. Going forward, I don’t believe I’ll be posting every Firestorm appearance page-by-page. In addition to the burden of […]
Blackest Night #8 – Finally!!!
Okay folks, Blackest Night #8 shipped yesterday and we’re going to talk about the ramifications for Firestorm. If you haven’t read it, come back once you’re done. You’ve been warned, there be SPOILERS ahead. … SPOILER space … … SPOILER space … … SPOILER space … … SPOILER space … … SPOILER space … … […]
