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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ronnie Raymond’
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 *** *** […]
Jamal Igle Firestorm Sketch Colored by Brandon DP
Today we’re featuring a beautiful Firestorm sketch by Jamal Igle that was colored by Brandon DP (Bdog). Jamal Igle was the penciller on Firestorm vol III for 23 issues and has drawn the Jason Rusch Firestorm more than any other artist. Jamal posted this awesome Ronnie Raymond Firestorm sketch on his DeviantArt page back in […]
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 […]
Rumor of New Firestorm Ongoing Series After Brightest Day!
Brandon Leonard, a long-time fellow Firestorm Fan, contacted me last week with some big news! While at a fan expo in Toronto, a certain creator from DC mentioned that he’d been offered a chance to write a new ongoing Firestorm comic! The creator indicated that he turned down the offer because he already had too […]
How Doreen Found Out
From The Fury of Firestorm #60 written by John Ostrander with art by Joe Brozowski (cover date June 1987). Nine years and 65 issues later… and this is how Doreen Day discovers her boyfriend is actually Firestorm. Nice Ronnie, real nice. Hey Ronnie, your trust in your relationship is to be commended! You’re quite the […]
DC Reprints Jason and Ronnie’s first meeting
Hot dog! In an effort to tie-in with Brightest Day, DC will be reprinting some of Firestorm volume III. I’m really pleased with this because I believe more of Jason’s run should be collected. DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day #2 ships in November and will be a mini-trade paperback containing three issues of Firestorm along […]
Brightest Day Update for August
Welcome to another installment of FIRESTORM FAN’s Nuclear News! This time we’re focusing solely on Brightest Day related items. If you haven’t read Brightest Day #7 yet (shipped on August 4), stop what you are doing and go read it right now. Ronnie discovered the reason he was resurrected and we got quite a surprise […]
Unresolved Issues – The Behind-the-Scenes Spat Between Aquaman and Firestorm
We’ve got a special treat for you today… a crossover! Everybody loves a crossover! Today we’ve teamed up with our good friend Rob from THE AQUAMAN SHRINE to tackle some unresolved issues between Firestorm and Aquaman that have been festering for nearly 30 years. As I’ll demonstrate below, the problems between these two heroes really […]
