>The community of Bedford, Colorado, is a sleepy small town. The people say hello to their neighbors, attend town hall meetings, and root for the local high school football team on Friday nights. But this idyllic small town is thrown upside down when the Nuclear Man arrives and starts... experimenting. Firestorm has turned buildings to sand and people to glass with no remorse and no warning. But what exactly provoked Ronnie Raymond to commit this heinous act, and can anyone contain the fury that is Firestorm?>Brought to you by the incredible team of Jeff Lemire (Absolute Flash, JSA) and Rafael De Latorre (The Penguin) comes the next epic in the Next Level line.
This Bizarro comic is pure ass.
>it's just a shitty attempt at aping OstranderAbout what I expected.
If you liked it, buy it. Support your local comic store.
>>153135505I'll give it a bump
>>153135564That was okay but I admit i know fuck all about Firestorm so this could be Lemire completely butchering the character
>>153135524You'd think someone would ask what Jason Rusch was up to
>>153135647It looks like it's going to be about the Firestorm as an entity and the need for Stein to be involved so it's literally just trying to be Ostrander's run from the '80s except also the Firestorm entity is alive. I'm sure elemental stuff will come up too because Ostrander himself was just ripping off Moore's Swamp Thing.
>>153135505The Gerry Conway run is the only time Firestorm was good. Every subsequent writer really tries too hard to do something different with the character instead of keeping him as DC's attempt at Spiderman Just rip off Romita Sr's era of Spiderman and do it with Firestorm
>>153135564Ok I'm in. I didn't have hopes for this but I'll stick with it.
>>153135964Ostrander's run was good, Conway's was lame as hell.
Is it still canon that stein made the accident happen so firestorm would be made?
>>153136023Yeah, they show the Project Firestorm file on this page >>153135524, so they're going with that plot point from Doomsday Clock
>>153135523what a fucking nothing page
>>153135564well Firehawk looks cool but other than that, wet fart of first issue, typical Lemire
>>153135535SEXO
>>153135544Crazy to think how even though this was Firestorm's original status quo, I don't think most people aware of the character even know about it.He's been reinvented and forgotten so many times I doubt anyone is familiar with the classic Ronnie and Stein duo.Unless they watched Justice League Action I guess.
>>153135564It was fine, mostly just setup, but it was nice to see Lorraine, Ronnie, and Stein again.>>153135836I'm sure he'll come up eventually, first they have to deal with the original Firestorm cast, wonder who else we'll see again.
>>153135535If I was one of those military guys, I would've reacted like thishttps://youtu.be/SCO0Bh48Ruo?t=8
>>153136006Le cringe
>>153136047Johns is still Ghost Writing for DC
>>153135505Just 5 variant covers for issue oneThe Fury of Firestorm #1 Cover B Riley Rossmo VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #1 Cover C Chris Burnham VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #1 Cover D Jorge Corona Next Level VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #1 Cover E Chris Burnham Foil Virgin VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #1 Cover F Blank VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #1 Cover G 1:25 Jeff Lemire Variant>WHO IS RONNIE RAYMOND? Who is Ronnie Raymond, and how did he become the powerful nuclear man Firestorm? Is there an answer in his past that sheds a light on how he went rogue?The Fury of Firestorm #2 Cover B Sanford Greene VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #2 Cover C Riley Rossmo VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #2 Cover D Mark Spears Variant>THE SEARCH FOR MARTIN STEIN! Lorraine is on the hunt for the only person who can bring Ronnie back from the brink: Martin Stein. But what did Martin do to cause such a rift between him and Ronnie to begin with?The Fury of Firestorm #3 Cover B Todd Nauck VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #3 Cover C Dustin Nguyen VariantThe Fury of Firestorm #3 Cover D Stephen Green Variant
>>153135505Bump
>>153137741This looks like a chud meme.
>>153137150>Le cringe
>>153135523>>153136441Panty shot
>>153136575Most of us Gen X’ers know about it from the last seasons of SuperFriends.
>>153135542IS THIS A MOTHERFUCKING THE WATCHMEN REFERENCE?!?
I'm gonna need Lemire to step back from DC and go back to being exclusively creator owned because he's 0/3
I liked it but I know fuck all about the character so there's that. I feel like DC pushes Firestorm pretty often but no one ever really cares? I think I have actually read Firestorm books before and I remember nothing about them.
So the firestorm matrix has finally gained sentience and is in control of Ronnie’s body.How with this now tie into the retcon of Professor Stein being in the “Superman project” of the early years.I’m guessing like Professor X enslaving the Danger Room, it will be revealed that Stein knew the matrix was sentient being this whole time.
>>153141612DC tries to push him as doctor Manhattan 3, instead of his original personality.In the new 52, he mostly fought carbon copies of himself.Contrary of the original run, where the nuclear proliferation was an important aspect, but not the sole one.
bump
>>153141721>Manhattan 3What was Cap Atom's deal originally? DC randomly has a few of these types, I know Atom wasn't DC originally but still
>>153142815Charlton's superman
>>153141686I think they're gonna try to redeem Stein somewhat.
>>153135964>The Gerry Conway run is the only time Firestorm was good.Every Firestorm run was good up until New 52.
I though it was gonna be worse but outside the shitty pretentious begining I ended up liking this first issue.Obvious , doubt it will be near as good as Conway and ostrander
>>153137196>>153136047Every writer is following this retcon, is one that is hard to ignore and even Waid put in his new story of DCLet's hope they do an Unstoppable Doom Patrol and redeeme him
>>153136575>Justice League ActionThat's how I learned about the character, I was very disappointed to learn the comics ditched the Ronnie and Stein dynamic at some point, it's one of my favorite things about Firestorm.
Firestorm is definitely at the top of DC's "Heroes we don't know what to do with" list. One minute he's just a low rent boring Human Torch, other times he's basically Doctor Manhattan. Also are we just calling Jason a "persona"? How does that work?
>>153143661It just means someone else was Firestorm, since it was also referring to Ronnie and Stein.
>>153143744So in this new continuity both happened and Jason just got out of the rotation? I guess that's fine considering the Firestorm Matrix is just weird to begin with.My other question is how the FUCK isn't the Justice League on top of this? Granted DC KO happened but they JLU is in full force and staffed 24/7. You would think keeping tabs on Ronnie would be a top priority given what he can do, his condition, and Stein's questionable history coming to light. Batman was rightfully paranoid about Plastic Man, this is that kind of problem.
>>153143449A fun thing, is that booster episode was originally Firestorm's.
>>153135535What does she do again? Is she just female Firestorm? Why is she a bird?
>>153143810You just answered your own question.KO tournament just happened. And all earth’s evacuees are returning to earth. Thanks a massive undertaking logistical wise.
>>153143449It's a big aspect of the character. It's bizarre that they got rid of it.Its like getting rid of Clark Kent and just have Superman be Superman all the time.
>>153145555It is hard to balance, it is similar to the infinite man from Kirby's forever people.
