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WHO’S WHO: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Volume XXIV

Nov 24th, 2014
by Shag.
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Who's Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC UniverseThe Fire and Water Podcast Presents… WHO’S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE PODCAST OF THE DC UNIVERSE, Volume XXIV!

The twenty-fourth episode of our WHO’S WHO podcast is now available — the show that dares to tackle one of DC Comics’ greatest publications! Each episode Rob and I cover a single issue of the legendary 1980s series, Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe. This time around we chat about WHO’S WHO: Volume XXIV, discussing characters such as Tomhawk, Tommy Tomorrow, The Trickster, Two-Face, Ultra Boy, Ultra The Multi Alien, and more! We wrap up the show with your Who’s Who Listener Feedback! This episode sponsored in part by InStockTrades.com!

Be sure to check out our Tumblr site for several pages from this Who’s Who issue: FireandWaterPodcast.Tumblr.com!

Have a question or comment? Send us an e-mail at: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net

You can find the twenty-fourth episode of WHO’S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE PODCAST OF THE DC UNIVERSE on iTunes. Each episode is released as part of THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST feed. While you’re on iTunes, please drop us a review. Alternatively, you may download the podcast by right-clicking here, choosing “Save Target/Link As”, and selecting a location on your computer to save the file (137 MB).

Thanks to my co-host Rob Kelly, Sea King of THE AQUAMAN SHRINE, for doing all the post-production on this episode! Special thanks to Daniel Adams and Ashton Burge with their band The Bad Mamma Jammas for our fantastic Who’s Who theme song!

One of the coolest aspects of each Who’s Who issue was the amazing wrap-around cover! Check out this beautiful Eduardo Barreto cover for Volume XXIV! Click the image to enlarge.

Who's Who the Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #24 cover by Eduardo Barreto

Here are your Firestorm-related Who’s Who entries from this issue…

First up is Typhoon drawn by Joe Brozowski and Steve Mitchell. While Typhoon’s first appearance was in The Flash #295 (March 1981), he was slated to appear in the unpublished Firestorm The Nuclear Man #6 (Dec 1978/Jan 1979)! Click to enlarge.

Typhoon drawn by Joe Brozowski and Steve Mitchell

Next is Tokamak, villain of one of the greatest Firestorm epics of all time (Fury of Firestorm #14-18, Annual #1 – July-Nov 1983)! Click to enlarge!

Tokamak drawn by Denys Cowan and Greg Brooks

Finally the shadowy organization known as the 2000 Committee drawn by Joe Brozowski and Art Nichols. This group hired many of the Nuclear Man’s foes, including Multiplex, Enforcer, Slipknot, Breathtaker, and Mindboggler. This shadowy group counted Clarissa Clemens, former wife of Professor Martin Stein, among it’s members. Click to enlarge.

2000 Committee drawn by Joe Brozowski and Art Nichols

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Big News! Futures End #29 Coverage – SPOILERS!

Nov 20th, 2014
by Tim Wallace.
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Big Firestorm news in yesterday’s Futures End, Match-heads! We turn this column over to our regular The New 52: Futures End correspondent, Tim Wallace. If you haven’t read Tim’s previous coverage, click here! Warning, today’s post contains huge SPOILERS for The New 52: Futures End #29 and Firestorm’s future. Consider yourself warned! And now, let’s turn it over to Tim…

Okay, Match-heads… this will be a little wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey as far as continuity… see I’ve been bringing you the recaps of Futures End on a monthly, four issue, basis which means the next batch you’ll get (12/03! Be there or be square!) will cover issues #24-27… but issue #29 hit stores today and DAMN! This is worth delivering out of order!

PS…Spoilers ahead…big ones!

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Five Years from now, in New York, Cal/Tim and Ronnie are battling their way through a swarm of Cadmus security guards in an attempt to get to into Columbia University. Ronnie seems impressed by Cal’s “crazy kung-fu”, which leads to Tim revealing himself by complimenting Ronnie’s ability to hold his own even “without your nuclear powers.” Someone has kidnapped Madison Payne and this dynamic duo is out to save her!

The New 52: Futures End #29

At the same time Jason is inside, but being hassled by “the man”… well more Cadmus guards actually. He tries to explain that he’s a student, but they say Dr. Yamazake warned them he might try to interfere. Yamazake is moving ahead with his teleportation tests, which by the way Cadmus is funding. Jason knows this is bad news. He’s come to realize that Dr. Y is a little unstable and needs to be stopped, so he dodges past the guards and into the lab… just in time to see that Madison is about to become a Brundle-Fly! “Firestorm. I feared you were going to show up.” Yes, with no regard for secret identities Dr. Yamazake exposes Jason.

The New 52: Futures End #29

For his part Jason tries once again to point out some errors in the scientists equations, but gets a wrench to the back of the head for his trouble. Madison whines a little, that no one in her life has been honest with her… which, when you’re stuck in a tube about to be teleported by a mad scientist should really be the least of your worries, but maybe that’s just me. Outside Tim/Cal single-handedly holds back the Cadmus guards while Ronnie makes a run into the building, arriving in the lab just as Yamazake throws the switch! Ronnie shoves the scientist out of the way and runs to the teleporter, tearing the door open to release Madison. Caught in the teleportation matrix, Ronnie begins to dissolve. He calls to Jason… to fix this, they must become Firestorm!

The New 52: Futures End #29

As lab equipment begins to explode around them they try to make physical contact, but Ronnie is intangible. “It’s my fault bro. It never should have come to this” he says, “Sorry for the mess I…”

The New 52: Futures End #29

Reaching through Ronnie, Jason grabs Madison as the entire lab explodes around them…then, from the rubble bursts Firestorm! A female Firestorm!

The New 52: Futures End #29

It’s Madison! And in her head, she hears Jason calling for Ronnie…but he doesn’t answer. Tim stumbles through the remains of the lab, and finds Ronnie. Fatally wounded Ronnie says he tried to save Madison, but he was too late. Tim shoulders the blame… if he hadn’t stayed away, hadn’t lost his edge… maybe he could have saved them…

The New 52: Futures End #29

HOLY MACKEREL! That was an action-packed emotional rollercoaster of an issue… and obviously you can see why we couldn’t wait to share it! We got a reunion between Ronnie and Jason, Tim returning to action and (at least for now) ditching the “Cal” identity, and we have a new Firestorm! WOW!

The New 52: Futures End #29

Shag here again! Wow is right, Tim!! Thanks for that coverage! What does this mean for the Nuclear Man… or Nuclear Woman… in present day?!?! We’ll have to wait and see! Tim will be back early next month with his regular coverage of, The New 52: Futures End! Let us know what you think of these developments!

Be sure to follow Tim’s regular work over on his exceptional site, Kord Industries: A Blue Beetle Blog! Get all your Ted Kord, Jaime Reyes, and Dan Garrett goodness there! Get even more Tim-time over at the Legion of Super-Bloggers! You can also stalk Tim on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus. 

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Posted in: Comic books, Dan Jurgens, Firestorm #10: New 52 v2 (Ronnie/Jason), Futures End, Jason Rusch, Madison Payne, Ronnie Raymond.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Firestorm Joins JLA!

Nov 19th, 2014
by Shag.
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Firestorm joins JLA mentioned in the Daily Planet! … Well, it was mentioned back in 1980.

During the Bronze Age, each issue of DC Comics contained an in-house promotional page called “Daily Planet”. The modern equivalent would be the Channel 52 strips or the DC Comics All Access pages. Typical Daily Planet editions included information on upcoming releases or feature articles. The February 25, 1980 edition appearing in Brave and the Bold #162 announces Firestorm is joining the JLA at the suggestion of Superman. It goes on to explain that Ronnie Raymond, a.k.a. Firestorm the Nuclear Man is the youngest hero ever to join the group. Plus, our hero finds himself in the midst of a crisis involving the Satin Satan! All this and more in Justice League of America #179 on sale March 10, 1980. Also in the Daily Planet you catch a glimpse of the cover to that issue by Jim Starlin. Click the image below to enlarge.

DC Comics Daily Planet Firestorm Joins JLA February 1980

My thanks to Rob Kelly, my co-host on the Fire & Water Podcast, for sending this my way!

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1987 Great Heroes Backing Board Trading Cards

Nov 18th, 2014
by Shag.
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Today’s item is a really neat nostalgic piece. I’d never even heard of these until a few months ago when our buddy Aaron Bias presented these cards to me.

Back in 1987 (and again in 1989), DC Comics printed a very unique set of trading cards. These cards were printed on comic backing boards sold with three-packs of DC comics at large retailers. The 1987 series had six different sheets of 8 cards, making for a set of 48 different cards. The cards were printed directly on the backing boards with dotted lines for kids to cut out. Cards featured “Great Heroes”, “Great Villains”, and “Great Moments in Comics.” Firestorm was included on card #6, appearing on a board along with Cyborg, Flash, Tyr, Man of Steel #1, Detective Comics #38, Captain Atom #1, and The Key. Below is the front and back of Firestorm’s card. The art is typical stock art from that era. We’ve never definitely identified the artists, but our long-held belief is this was most likely pencilled by Denys Cowan and inked by Dick Giordano.

Firestorm 1987 Great Heroes trading card

Firestorm 1987 Great Heroes trading card

Below is an example of an uncut sheet of cards.

Great Heroes trading cards from 1987

There was a second series of backing board trading cards produced in 1989.  This set consisted of 72 different cards, including one of my favorites, Blue Devil! Just for fun, I’m including the Blue Devil card with art by Paris Cullins!

Blue Devil 1989 Great Heroes trading cards

Blue Devil 1989 Great Heroes trading cards

For more information and a complete list of these cards, check out these sites:

Given all the Firestorm memorabilia I’ve seen over the years, it’s very exciting to find something entirely new to me! Thanks, Aaron!

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Star Wars – FIRE & WATER #107

Nov 17th, 2014
by Shag.
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Star Wars - The Fire & Water Podcast

The 107th 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.

Aquaman and Firestorm continue their vacation, as Shag and Rob discuss a rarely-covered podcast subject, Star Wars! They talk about their history with the franchise, and their hopes for EPISODE VII. May The Force Be With You!

You can find the 107th 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 download the podcast by right-clicking here, choosing “Save Target/Link As”, and selecting a location on your computer to save the file (105 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! This episode brought to you in part by InStockTrades.com!

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Here are some photos of Shag’s Star Wars classic toy collection!

Star Wars action figures from Kenner - Shag's classic collection

Notice the Death Star still has the rope swing!

Star Wars toys from Kenner - Shag's collection of vehicles

Here is Shag’s Star Wars comic collection!

Star Wars comic books - Shag's comic collection

Shag’s novel collection!

Star Wars novels - Shag's book collection

Shag’s Star Wars Role-playing game collection!

Star Wars RPG - Shag's role-playing collection

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Jason Rusch to appear on The Flash!

Nov 12th, 2014
by Shag.
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Just announced yesterday… Jason Rusch will appear on The Flash! Jason will be played by Luc Roderique, known for Supernatural, the recent Godzilla film, and the upcoming pilot episode of iZombie.

Luc Roderique as Jason Rusch on The Flash

According to KSiteTV, Jason Rusch will appear in the show’s tenth episode. Here are the character details on how he’ll fit into the world of The Flash television series:

A graduate student at Hudson University, he was part of Martin Stein’s research team on the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. project.  In the DC comics, Jason takes over the Firestorm matrix after Ronnie Raymond’s death.

Obvious questions that come to mind are Jason’s relationship to Firestorm on The Flash. We know Firestorm on the show will be composed of Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein. Will there be room in there for Jason too? Is he just a supporting character or will he eventually get his own shot at being the Nuclear Man?

For more details, check out KSiteTV or Comic Book Resources (where I found the image above).

So far, The Flash has recruited from the Firestorm-verse: Ronnie Raymond, Professor Martin Stein, Caitlin Snow (Killer Frost), Danton Black (Multiplex), Bette Sans Souci (Plastique), and now Jason Rusch. I’m expecting an announcement any day now that the Zuggernaut and Bazooka Joan will appear on The Flash.

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Big Day! Plastique on Flash! Lego Batman 3 released!

Nov 11th, 2014
by Shag.
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Big day for our favorite Nuclear Man!  Mentioned both of these last week, but just wanted to remind you…

Another Firestorm rogue appears on The Flash tonight! Plastique is being played by actress Kelly Frye. Can’t wait to see our favorite explosive redhead in live action! Tune in tonight on the CW Network at 8pm EST!

Kelly Frye is Plastique on The Flash

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is in stores today! There are over 150 playable characters in the game, including our favorite Nuclear Man!

Firestorm in Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham

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Posted in: Firestorm #01: Original (Ronnie/Martin), Flash TV Series, Games.
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Justice League: The Lunar Invaders – FIRE & WATER #106

Nov 10th, 2014
by Shag.
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Firestorm and Aquaman: The Fire and Water Podcast

The 106th 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.

This week Firestorm and Aquaman (and Shag) have the week off, as we present this 1982 audio adventure starring the Justice League of America!

You can find the 106th 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 download the podcast by right-clicking here, choosing “Save Target/Link As”, and selecting a location on your computer to save the file (40 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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Justice League of America: The Lunar Invaders

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Matty Collector Total Heroes Firestorm Available Nov. 13 & Nov. 17

Nov 7th, 2014
by Shag.
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Since February we’ve been hearing about the upcoming Total Heroes Firestorm action figure from Matty Collector. This figure will includes interchangeable hands, and heads for the New 52 Ronnie Raymond version of Firestorm, Jason Rusch incarnation, as well as Fury (pictured below)! Most importantly, it includes an attachable floating Professor Stein head!! Well, they’ve finally announced the release schedule!

Matty Collector release schedule

If you’re a Matty Collector subscriber, you’ll be allowed to purchase your Total Heroes Firestorm action figure starting Thursday, 11/13 at 8am PST (11am EST) through Friday, 11/14 8am PST (11am EST). Everyone else will have the chance to purchase starting on Monday, 11/17 at 9am PST (12pm EST).

Firestorm Matty Collector Total Heroes action figure

Be advised that once the figure goes on sale on Thursday, November 13, it is subject to “early access sellout”. That means if too many figures are ordered by Matty Collector subscribers, it may not be available to the general public on Monday, November 17. Also, I’ve been advised by some previous Matty Collector members to brace myself for high prices. Some estimates I’ve heard include $30 for the figure and $10 for shipping. That is simply an estimate and not a recommended price or promise of a price (it could be significantly higher or lower — who knows).

If you want to read the entire announcement, here are the details:

This November, our monthly sale brings new meaning to the phrase “we’re stuffed.” Our warehouse is packed to the rafters with new figures, an updated vehicle, and a pair that’s been waiting to be together since 2011, Bow™ and his trusty steed, Arrow™! Read on for everything you need to know…

Early Access 11/13

  • Thursday, 11/13 from 8 a.m. PT to Friday, 11/14 at 8 a.m. PT (subscribers only)
  • Products Available: MOTU Giant Stratos®, MOTUC Battle Ram™ with Man-At-Arms®, Bow™, Snake Face™, Firestorm

All Access 11/17

  • Monday, 11/17 at 9 a.m. PT (everyone)
  • MOTU Giant Stratos®* (Club MOTU™ Giants monthly figure)
  • MOTUC Arrow™ (Club Eternia® “variant” figure)Bow™ also available
  • MOTUC Battle Ram™ with Man-At-Arms®*
  • MOTUC Bow™*
  • MOTUC New Adventures She-Ra® (Club Etheria™ monthly figure)
  • MOTUC Snake Face™*
  • MOTUC Tung Lashor™ (Club Eternia® monthly figure)
  • DCU Firestorm*

*Subject to Early Access sellout.

November Subscription Key Dates

  • Subscriptions Renew/Cards Charged: Starting Wednesday 11/12
  • Subscription Orders Ship: Starting Friday 11/14

I gotta tell ya, a tiny evil voice in my mind considered not promoting this release date to ensure I get my own hands on one of these figures. However, my overall love for Firestorm and my fellow Match-heads won the day! So get ready for the upcoming purchasing frenzy!

My thanks to folks like Earth-2 Chris who sent me information on the upcoming availability!

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Posted in: Firestorm #09: New 52 v1 (Firestorm Protocols), Firestorm #10: New 52 v2 (Ronnie/Jason), Fury, Jason Rusch, Professor Martin Stein, Ronnie Raymond, Toys.
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Firestorm in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game!

Nov 6th, 2014
by Shag.
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This past Sunday it was announced that Firestorm will be joining the Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham video game! Check out the promotional piece developed by the folks at Lego Batman! Find the game in stores on Tuesday!

Firestorm in Lego Batman 3 Beyond Gotham

There are over 150 playable characters in the game, including our favorite Nuclear Man! The promotion specifically names Ronnie Raymond, but no mention of anyone else with him in the Firestorm matrix. The costume looks reminiscent of the classic suit, but with the Brightest Day cowl. I guess we’ll find out on November 11!

Pre-order your copy now from online retailers or your local video game shop. I purchased mine on Amazon and it should arrive on the day of release. I know what I’ll be doing on Veteran’s Day!

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