Today marks the third birthday of the FIRESTORM FAN blog! Hard to believe it’s been three years already! More than 400 posts, over 1,500 comments, and nearly 250,000 page views! It all began with a post entitled, “Why a Firestorm blog?” When I started this site, Ronnie Raymond was dead and Firestorm was composed of [...]
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MORE NEWS: More Rumors About Gail Leaving & Firestorm #6 Solicit
Alright match-heads, I know just yesterday I reported that Gail Simone was staying on the Firestorm book. Well… another rumor has popped up that Gail is leaving Firestorm. According to Bleeding Cool, Gail Simone will be leaving The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men in March. That translates to issue #7. As we saw yesterday, [...]
NEWS: Gail’s still writing Firestorm and read issue #2 now!
I don’t normally post on Saturday but some news broke yesterday and I simply couldn’t wait! First… yesterday Gail Simone confirmed in a roundabout way that she’s still writing Firestorm! You may recall there was a rumor going around that she quit the book. Neither Gail nor Ethan Van Sciver had confirmed or denied the [...]
Breaking News: Details on New Fury of Firestorm
Ethan Van Sciver was interviewed by the guys over at ComicBooked.com. During the interview Van Sciver spilled some major plot details about the upcoming Fury of Firestorm series. Here is a quote from the interview: JP- While I know DC is keeping generally tight lipped on a lot of the relaunch series, what can you [...]
New Firestorm Ongoing Series: Facts and Speculation
Is there a new Firestorm ongoing series launching this September? There is lots of big news coming out of DC Comics right now! It’s a good time to cover the facts and speculation surrounding a possible new ongoing Firestorm series. THE FACTS Most importantly, at this time there is no official confirmation from DC Comics [...]
Brightest Day #16 in stores today
Brightest Day #16 should be hitting stores today! According to the advance solicitations and the cover, Firestorm should play a role in the issue. After last issue’s cliffhanger, this should be pretty good. Looking forward to it! Also, Firestorm is appearing in a few other books coming up, specifically JLA/The 99 (written by former Firestorm [...]
Young Justice Preview featuring Killer Frost
I’m so jazzed! Cartoon Network has released a six-minute preview of the new Young Justice cartoon! The series premieres on November 26 at 7pm Eastern. I loved the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited series, so I can’t wait for Young Justice. While the Nuclear Man hasn’t been listed amongst the guest-starring JLA members, we [...]
Black Lantern Firestorm Bust
DC Direct just announced their intention to release a Blackest Night Black Lantern Firestorm bust in 2011! This is part of DC Direct’s year-long program to produce a new Blackest Night bust each month in 2011. Here is the solicitation: HEROES OF THE DC UNIVERSE: BLACKEST NIGHT BLACK LANTERN FIRESTORM Bust Based on the art [...]
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 [...]
