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! […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Back to School with Firestorm and the JLA
Wal-Mart is currently carrying a variety of superhero related back-to-school gear. One particular item of interest to Firestorm fans is the folder and spiral notebook below! Both feature a reproduction of the cover to Justice League of America #217 as drawn by the amazing George Perez. Here is a better shot of the spiral notebook. […]
White Lantern Firestorm Cover on Brightest Day #8 Today
Be on the lookout today for this variant cover to Brightest Day #8 featuring White Lantern Firestorm! Click the image to enlarge. Image found on the DC Comics Source Blog. The description of the issue doesn’t mention Firestorm, but we can hope he’ll have something to do based upon the cover. Writers Geoff Johns and […]
