Be sure to watch The Flash tonight, then check out Legends of Tomorrow on Thursday!

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It’s nice ringing in the New Year knowing that 2016 will feature Firestorm as a regular on a TV series, and new comic stories by Gerry Conway! It might just be THE year of Firestorm!

First up is Franz Drameh as Firestorm (and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson)!

Next up is Victor Garber as Professor Martin Stein (part of Firestorm)!

My thanks to all the Match-heads who sent me links to this information (and there were a bunch of you)! Y’all are the best!

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Franz Drameh appears to be doing a great job with the role! Looking forward to more of his Firestorm!

Can’t wait until January 21st for Legends of Tomorrow? Then get your fix by listening to the Legends of Tomorrow Podcast! They discuss all things related to and leading to the show. They were even kind enough to invite me to discuss Firestorm on episode 8 of their show!

Watch the trailer again below! I can’t count how many times I’ve watched it!!

Just a little speculation, but the TV version of the Firestorm suit seems to be heavily influenced by Jamal Igle’s comic book re-design of the Firestorm suit (Firestorm the Nuclear Man #23 from May 2005). See below. Notice the chest emblem ends with the three smaller circles (representing electrons). Jamal was the first artist to interpret the insignia this way. On the TV costume, notice the yellow piping on the shoulders and gloves. This design element was also introduced by Jamal Igle; notice on the comic version the gloves and boots. Similar piping has been used in subsequent suits, including the New 52 Firestorm costumes. Way to go, Jamal!

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Below are a few screen captures of the Firestorm-related content from the trailer!

In case you missed it previously, here is the description of next week’s episode:

INTRODUCING FIRESTORM — Barry (Grant Gustin) and the team look for another Firestorm match for Dr. Stein (Victor Garber). When the team meets Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (guest star Franz Drameh), Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) has her reservations about whether Jax is the right match for Dr. Stein. Iris (Candice Patton) surprises Joe (Jesse L. Martin) while Barry and Patty (guest star Shantel VanSanten) grow closer. Stefan Pleszczynski directed the episode written by Kai Yu Wu & Joe Peracchio (#204). Original airdate 10/27/2015.

Can’t wait to see next week’s episode and how this unfolds!

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The 142nd episode of THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST is now available for your listening pleasure! THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST is the official podcast of FIRESTORM FAN and THE AQUAMAN SHRINE.

Shag and Rob discuss the Season 2 premiere of The Flash! Plus a selection from Shag’s Nuclear Sub World Tour 2015, featuring a guest appearance by Doug Zawisza talking about Starman by Roger Stern & Tom Lyle!

You can find the 142nd episode of THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST on iTunes. While you’re there, please drop us a review on the iTunes page. Every comment helps! Alternatively, you may play the podcast using the player below or by right-clicking “download”, choosing “Save Target/Link As”, and selecting a location on your computer to save the file (68 MB).

As always, thanks to my co-host Rob Kelly, Sea King of THE AQUAMAN SHRINE, for doing all the post-production on these episodes! Opening theme, “That Time is Now,” by Michael Kohler. Special thanks to Daniel Adams and Ashton Burge with their band The Bad Mamma Jammas for our fantastic original closing theme!

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“The Fury of Firestorm” airing October 27, 2015 (description taken from The Flash Podcast website):

INTRODUCING FIRESTORM — Barry (Grant Gustin) and the team look for another Firestorm match for Dr. Stein (Victor Garber). When the team meets Jefferson “Jax” Jackson (guest star Franz Drameh), Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker) has her reservations about whether Jax is the right match for Dr. Stein. Iris (Candice Patton) surprises Joe (Jesse L. Martin) while Barry and Patty (guest star Shantel VanSanten) grow closer. Stefan Pleszczynski directed the episode written by Kai Yu Wu & Joe Peracchio (#204). Original airdate 10/27/2015.

Wow! We’re going to meet the new Firestorm in just a few weeks! Can’t wait to learn more about Jax! Things may have changed since the early planning of this show, but below is how Jax’s character was originally described:

Former high school football star who lost out on a chance to go pro after an injury. Now an auto mechanic, Jay finds a surprising affiliation to the S.T.A.R. Labs crew. A regular, street smart guy who unexpectedly gains powers, and then, as part of the team, regularly quips about the insanity of the situations.

It sounds like Jax will have that “regular guy” quality that Ronnie brought to the character in the comics. Also, Franz Drameh’s character’s full name is Jefferson Jackson?!?! Long time Firestorm fans will recognize that name as Ronnie’s best friend and high school basketball teammate! Looks like the TV show has maintained the sports connection, given that Jax’s description involves playing football.

October 27 can’t get here quick enough!

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Why No Robbie Amell on Legends of Tomorrow?

According to Victor Garber, who plays Martin Stein (and one half of Firestorm) for The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, you’ll find out what’s going on with Ronnie Raymond in the season premiere of The Flash on October 6.  [Entertainment Weekly online]

Will Jay Jackson join Professor Stein to become Firestorm?

At San Diego Comic-Con, Legends of Tomorrow executive producer Phil Klemmer seemingly confirmed Jay Jackson’s part in Firestorm by saying Jackson is “probably the last person Professor Stein (Victor Garber) wants to share Firestorm with.”  [ComicBook.com]

What we do know is Franz Drameh is playing Jay Jackson, a former high school athlete, whose pro-career was derailed by injury. Now making ends meets as an auto mechanic, Jay will come to have a surprising affiliation to the S.T.A.R. Labs crew.

Speculation is that Jay Jackson is a stand-in for the comic character Jason Rusch. Legends of Tomorrow writers may be avoiding the name “Jason Rusch” since a character named that was introduced in the previous season of The Flash. Folks are also speculating that Ronnie Raymond will die in The Flash season premiere, causing Caitlin Snow emotional turmoil resulting in her becoming Killer Frost.

Sorry for the delay in getting this news to you folks. I was on the road for a week (hence the lack of posts here). My thanks to the numerous folks who shared these news stories with me. Y’all are the best!

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Robbie Amell did an interview with Comic Book Resources in which he talked about a scene that was cut from the season finale. Check it out!

CBR News: In “Fallout,” Ronnie and Prof. Stein left Central City to learn about their abilities. In what ways do you feel they had a better handle on their powers when you returned to deal with Reverse-Flash?

Robbie Amell: In the finale, you were going to see a scene where Caitlin and I are talking. I tell her, we do have a better handle on our powers, [and] I show her a new trick. They introduced matter manipulation in the finale — but the finale was also thirty minutes too long, because it’s such a huge, incredible episode, [the scene] was one of the things that could go. You won’t see it, but originally I turn a thermometer into a flower for her. It was a very sweet scene that showed some matter manipulation. Maybe they will release it on the DVD/Blu-ray set.

While we were away, we’ve just become more comfortable with our abilities. At the end of the other episode, when we flew away, as long as we accepted the transformation and we were both on board, it went a lot smoother. In the finale, there was going to be a scene when we turn into Firestorm. We literally step towards each other and turn into him. There isn’t any difficulty. And, now, we get to do matter manipulation — but nobody gets to see it yet.

Wow! While it didn’t appear in this episode, at least we know Firestorm will be displaying his trademark Matter Manipulation powers on future episodes of DC TV! And my streak of being COMPLETELY WRONG remains unbroken in my speculation of what the future holds for Firestorm on TV! I was convinced they wouldn’t give him matter manipulation powers on TV (then again, months ago I was convinced Firestorm would never appear in live action either).

Also, during the interview CRB asked about Robbie about DC’s Legends of Tomorrow…

CBR News: The “Legends of Tomorrow” promo features Firestorm and Prof. Stein, but Ronnie is notably absent. How much of that is explained in “The Flash” finale as opposed to the series?

Robbie Amell: You think more would be explained in the finale, but it’s not. I can’t tell you anything about “Legends of Tomorrow” other than it’s going to be incredible. I can tell you that I will be in Season Two of “The Flash.”

Cryptic, but more Robbie Amell/Victor Garber Firestorm is in our future!

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Quite a bit more information about DC’s Legends of Tomorrow has been released. Here are a few points I thought you Match-heads might want to know:

• The series will premiere in January 2016, and will run for 13 episodes. It’s being described as a, “big 13 hour long mega movie“. Given it’s status as a mid-season event, you gotta wonder if The Flash or Arrow will take a 13 week break while this series airs.
• The new scenes in the Legends of Tomorrow trailer were filmed specifically for the trailer.  They have not filmed a pilot yet, so it’s possible those scenes might not even make it into the final show.
• During an interview with Screen Rant, Legends of Tomorrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim said this when asked about Firestorm, “I will say Victor Garber, who plays Martin Stein, is a part of the spinoff… and we wouldn’t have Martin Stein on the show if there wasn’t going to be some Firestorm.”

Finally, all along I’ve been calling DC’s Legends of Tomorrow by it’s proper name, “Firestorm and his Atomic Friends.” Now Xum Yukinori, friend to the Fire & Water Podcast, has stepped up and produced an appropriate theme song for the new series. My fellow Match-heads, please sing along with the opening theme to, “Firestorm and his Atomic Friends!”

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The 126th episode of THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST is now available for your listening pleasure! THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST is the official podcast of FIRESTORM FAN and THE AQUAMAN SHRINE.

Shag and Rob discuss Avengers: Age of Ultron, the new Supergirl show, Firestorm on The Flash, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow!

You can find the 126th episode of THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST on iTunes. While you’re there, please drop us a review on the iTunes page. Every comment helps! Alternatively, you may play the podcast using the player below or by right-clicking “download”, choosing “Save Target/Link As”, and selecting a location on your computer to save the file (62 MB).

As always, thanks to my co-host Rob Kelly, Sea King of THE AQUAMAN SHRINE, for doing all the post-production on these episodes! Opening theme, “That Time is Now,” by Michael Kohler. Special thanks to Daniel Adams and Ashton Burge with their band The Bad Mamma Jammas for our fantastic original closing theme! This episode brought to you in part by InStockTrades.com!

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