Check out these pages by Yildiray Cinar from THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #1! Click the image to enlarge.
Wow! These pages are amazing! If you haven’t clicked the image above to enlarge, you gotta do it! Yildiray Cinar’s take on these new costumes is fantastic! Based upon the notes at the top, this is apparently a two-page spread in THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #1 on pages 15 & 16. You can read the solicitation for the issue on the DC Comics website by clicking here. THE FURY OF FIRESTORM is co-plotted by Ethan Van Sciver and Gail Simone, scripted by Gail Simone, and penciled & inked by Yildiray Cinar.
Notice how Jason’s powers (on the left) and Ronnie’s powers (on the right) manifest themselves. Jason’s energy looks more atom-like, whereas Ronnie’s looks more forceful or possibly heat-related. This ties in with some speculation about the nature of their powers. Based upon their chest emblems, some people speculate that Jason’s powers will be more about matter transmutation, whereas Ronnie’s powers will be more about blasting and physical damage. Alternatively, it may be more like what Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver introduced in Green Lantern — identical power, but the manifestation is a representation of the users personality. In this case, Jason is more book-smart hence the atom symbol, and Ronnie is more of a jock hence the sheer force. Either way, I’m getting more excited for this book!
I just can’t get over how great these pages look! I like the cover to THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #1, but I LOVE these pages!
These pages were provided by DC Comics to Newsarama. My thanks to Matthew Barton, Ken Deemer, and Ryan for the heads-up!
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Now the question is: whose hand is that in the center panel? Is it meant to be one of theirs? Deathstorm? Superstorm?? Aquababy???
Speaking of Geoff Johns…Gail Simone compared her plans for the book to his works. That means we can kiss all past history and continuity goodbye. 😉
The more news that trickles out about this series the more geeked up I get about it! Can’t wait for it to hit stores in September, this will be the longest summer ever. I love the speculation going on keep it up.
I am still being a bit cautious about this reboot. I want the characters to stay true to what made them work, while also being modernized. On a Firestorm note, it seems every time we have a new Firestorm series, there’s always some major changes. It’s a little frustrating at first. First, when we got Jason I was ready to see Ronnie being highlighted again. (Mind you, Jason is now accepted by me as a big part of the FS mythos) And now, I was interested in a Ronnie/Jason partnership after Brightest Day, and now we get this. It’s like everything in Brightest Day with Ronnie, Jason, Martin, and Deathstorm was a waste since they are starting over. But hopefully I am answering my own question when I mentioned I accepted Jason over time.
Haven’t seen any Flashpoint issues…does anyone know if this event will cause the new universe, or will it just pop out of nowhere????????
[…] Below is another slide shown during the panel. This is a colored version of Yildiray Cinar’s two page spread. You can see a detailed uncolored version by clicking here. […]
[…] like the flames seeping out around their necks! Also, this cover seems to reinforce some of the previous speculation we’ve had about the nature of their individual powers. Notice how Jason’s powers and Ronnie’s powers manifest themselves differently. Jason’s […]