Today we conclude our coverage of “The Elemental War” from Firestorm #90-93! On Wednesday we provided an overview of the entire storyline and highlighted some fantastic Tom Mandrake artwork. Yesterday we chronicled Firestorm’s vision quest and first meeting with Maya. Today we’re going to look at Firestorm’s encounters during this storyline with Swamp Thing, the […]
Posts Tagged ‘Comic books’
The Elemental War: Firestorm meets the Soul of the Earth
We’re continuing our coverage of “The Elemental War” from Firestorm #90-93! Yesterday we gave an overview of the entire storyline and highlighted some fantastic Tom Mandrake artwork. Today we’re going to focus on one particular scene from this adventure. Before we get started, I want to give a shout-out to Doug with Red Tornado’s Path! […]
The Elemental War: Splash Pages… literally
Back in 1989 the forces of nature engaged in fierce battle while the human race cowered in fear. Water, fire, wind, and earth raged against one another to determine the fate of mankind. This was THE ELEMENTAL WAR! “The Elemental War” ran four issues through Firestorm vol II #90 – #93. The comics were written […]
Gerry Conway & Al Milgrom Firestorm Trade Paperback in 2011?
There is a listing currently on Amazon.com for a trade paperback entitled, Firestorm: The Nuclear Man by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom. It’s supposedly scheduled to ship on July 26, 2011. If this listing is legit, this will be the first time the early adventures of Firestorm have been collected! There isn’t a lot of […]
Multiplex’s Daughter is Batman Beyond’s Catwoman
In Batman Beyond #5 released last month, it was revealed that the future Catwoman is the daughter of Danton Black (a.k.a. the Firestorm villain known as Multiplex). Below is a page from Batman Beyond #4 in which she demonstrated her duplicating ability. While her father could create a limitless number of replicants, she is apparently […]
Firestork in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew
And now, something from the WTF department… Firestork of the Just’a Lotta Animals! I didn’t realize there was a Firestorm analog in the Just’a Lotta Animals from Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! Just’a Lotta Animals was an anthropomorphic funny animal parody of the Justice League of America that existed in the Pre-Crisis universe […]
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 […]
Firestorm #1 on sale December 6…
That’s right folks, Firestorm the Nuclear Man #1 on sale December 6 … in the year 1977. What? Did I accidentally mislead some people? Whoops, my bad. Sorry about that. 😉 Isn’t this a great house ad? I love it! I especially dig the Professor and Ronnie’s silhouettes in the background. This also proves that […]
Brightest Day #11 Post-Game Report
Brightest Day #11 was awesome! Things really ramped up this time around! Last issue was full of exposition, while this issue was full of action. Warning, the following contains SPOILERS for Brightest Day #11. *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** SPOILER SPACE *** *** […]
Read This Too – The Essential Man-Thing
And now for something completely different… Hey there, match-heads! When you visit FIRESTORM FAN, I’m sure you expect to read about everybody’s favorite Nuclear Man. Well today is going to be a little different. We spend all our time here talking about Firestorm when there are zillions of other great comics out there to read! […]
