Today we’re featuring an unusual and hilarious item – a song about Firestorm the Nuclear Man! The SpinTunes blog started a song-writing competition back in June. The first round challenge was called, “I’m A Marvel, And I’m A DC”. Contestants had to write a song from the point-of-view of a superhero or supervillian. All of […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ronnie Raymond’
Firestorm Pin-up – December 1983
Here is an outstanding pin-up from the Fury of Firestorm Annual #1 (December 1983). This gorgeous piece is by Rafael Kayanan and Rodin Rodriguez. This pin-up provides a great tease of the events from the previous six months of Fury of Firestorm. This storyline was especially important to the Firestorm mythos as it introduced Firehawk! […]
Brightest Day Teaser and Solicitations
DC Comics released a Brightest Day teaser image on their blog yesterday. Below you’ll find the Brightest Day teaser image, click to enlarge. Such a cool shot, and so full of clues! Below I’ve zoomed in on Ronnie and Jason so you can get a better look at what they’re doing. JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM: […]
Steampunk Justice League and Old West Firestorm
Today we’re going to imagine the Justice League of the 1800s. We’re talking about mixing superheroes with the Victorian Era, the Old West, and Steampunk. How cool would that be?!?!? The Victorian Era of Britain lasted from 1837 to 1901. This happens to coincides with much of the American Old West. Steampunk is a science […]
Firestorm Brightest Day Action Figure Announced for 2011
DC Comics announced yesterday the release of several Brightest Day action figures for 2011. Good news – Firestorm made the cut! Below is a picture of the action figure coming our way from DC Direct. Overall this is a good looking figure! I see that Firestorm’s skin tone is definitely darker than the white heroes […]
Power Girl and Firestorm Sitting in a Tree…
Believe it or not, Firestorm and Power Girl once had a romantic thing for each other! Our favorite Nuclear Man and one of the universally-accepted hotties of the DC Universe — good on Firestorm! Their flirtations continued from 1980 through 1983. Whenever the JLA (from Earth-1) and the JSA (from Earth-2) got together for their […]
Hi, My Name is Ronnie Raymond and I’m an Alcoholic
Many Firestorm fans have expressed concerns about Ronnie’s drinking in the current Brightest Day series considering his battle with alcoholism in the mid-1990s. If you examine Brightest Day by itself, I think it’s quite understandable that a college-aged young man who just returned from the dead would enjoy a good drink. However things become a […]
Firestorm, El Hombre Nuclear
¡Firestorm, el hombre nuclear, de los Super Amigos! Our good friend Jon over at the Fizzit Firestorm-themed blog sent scans of these unique Firestorm collectibles. He received the following cards from Argentina. The majority of these come from the Spanish-language version of Kenner’s Super Powers line, Super Amigos. This first one is a trading card […]
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 […]
Firestorm in WB Consumer Products Promo
Somewhat surprisingly, Firestorm appears in a recent promotional image from Warner Bros. Consumer Products. The image below comes from License! Global which is gearing up for their big licensing show in Las Vegas next week. It was released along with some promo art for the upcoming Green Lantern film. Visit SuperHeroHype.com for further information. I’m […]
