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George Perez had fun with the cover of this Who’s Who issue!  Check out all the “duploids” of Multiplex running around on that cover!  Clever!  How many can you count?  Click the image below for a larger version.

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Justice League of America #179 – “The Siren Song of the Satin Satan” (June 1980)
Justice League of America #180 – “A Beautiful Evil” (July 1980)
Writer: Gerry Conway
Pencils: Dick Dillin
Inks: Frank McLaughlin
Covers: Jim Starlin

JLA #179 was Firestorm’s induction into the League, so technically this was his first case as a JLA member. For your first JLA case, you’d hope to fight a really well-known villain, right? Like Amazo, Despero, Kanjar Ro, or even the Shaggy Man. Well, sorry Ronnie, you got … The Satin Satan.

The Satin Satan was also known as Sabrina Sultress, a high paid fashion model. Check out that cool hair!

In addition to being a fashion model, we discovered she was also a sorceress! Prowling popular New York discotheques (yes, that’s right discotheques), the Satin Satan looked for young men to bewitch and steal away for her own nefarious purposes. She had the ability to control the minds of young men and transform humans into animated mannequins.

She made the mistake of abducting Rosco Remington, the brother of one of Ronnie Raymond’s friends. Firestorm investigated and of course got himself captured by the Satin Satan. Oh, Ronnie, always a fool for the ladies. Thankfully, Firestorm did manage to activate his JLA emergency signal. The Justice League of America responded and confronted the Satin Satan at a roller disco called Hell on Wheels (a roller disco!!!)! It was revealed that Sabrina Sultress was the host for an evil demon called Sataroth, the daughter of Satanni (whoever that is).

The battle concluded with Zatanna casting the demon Sataroth out of Sabrina Sultress. We’re left thinking Sabrina was just an innocent victim in all this, until the final panel…

Shockingly, Firestorm never encountered the Satin Satan again. Given Sabrina’s devious smile at the end, perhaps she’s still out there preying on young men at modern-day raves. Watch yourself boys…

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The supervillain team-up took place during a crossover between THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #45-47 and BLUE DEVIL #23.  In addition to my unhealthy devotion to the Nuclear Man, I’m also a huge fan of Blue Devil!  Click here for all the Blue Devil content on my other blog, ONCE UPON A GEEK (including exclusive content and an interview with the Blue Devil creators)! You can imagine I was absolutely thrilled when my two favorite fun-loving heroes teamed-up.  While The Nuclear Nemeses was an interesting collection of villains, personally I would have made some adjustments to showcase Firestorm’s most threatening foes.  My supervillain team-up would have consisted of the most celebrated Firestorm rogues, such as: Eddie Earhart, Satin Satan, Kriss-Kross, Goldenrod, and Le Flambeau.  … Okay, just kidding.  I was making sure you were paying attention.  Truthfully, my Firestorm rogues team given the time period would have consisted of: Multiplex, Killer Frost, Typhoon, Hyena, Plastique, and Hector Hammond (from Firestorm’s JLA days).  That’s just my two cents.

Here are a few pages from the crossover featuring our villains…

Below is a page from THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #46 (April 1986), written by Gerry Conway, penciled by Joe Brozowski (a.k.a. J.J. Brozowski and J.J. Birch), and inked by Mike Machlan.  This was Joe Brozowski’s first issue.  He remained on the book for a few years, eventually leaving after issue #79.

Below is another page from THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #46 (April 1986).  On this page, Firestorm is being defeated by … a rope.

Below is a page from BLUE DEVIL #23 (April 1986), written by Gary Cohn & Dan Mishkin, penciled by Alan Kupperberg, and inked by Bill Collins.  On this page Blue Devil gets to mix it up with Firestorm’s baddies.

Below is a page from THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #47 (May 1986), written by Gerry Conway, penciled by Joe Brozowski, and inked by Mike Machlan.   Blue Devil’s conflict with Firestorm’s rogues continues on this page, and things don’t look very good for old horn-head.

Below is the final page from the crossover in THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #47 (May 1986).

This crossover had some great covers!  I’ve posted all four covers below.

The cover to THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #45 is particularly interesting.  The cover was penciled by Denys Cowan and inked by Dick Giordano.  From an artistic approach, this is a really beautiful cover!   Lots of energy, it conveys the story, and is very exciting.  From an accuracy approach, it’s got some problems.  First, in the bottom right corner you can see the Firestorm villain Stratos, who originally appeared in THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #29 (Nov. 1984).  While Stratos looks super-cool on this cover, he doesn’t actually appear within the issue.  Whoops!  Second, notice how Firestorm’s headpiece tapers into red sideburns?  What’s up with that?  That wasn’t part of Firestorm’s costume at the time.  Ironically enough, two years later those same headpiece-sideburns would become a trademark of the “Blank Slate” Firestorm.

Below is the cover to THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #46 by Joe Brozowski and Rick Magyar.

Next up is the cover to Blue Devil #23 (April 1986) by Paris Cullins and Gary Martin.  I LOVE this cover!  Both Firestorm and Blue Devil look seriously cool.  Paris really outdid himself on this piece.  The Firestorm Kirby-Krackle is a great touch!!!

Finally, below is the cover to the crossover conclusion, THE FURY OF FIRESTORM #47 (May 1986) by Joe Brozowski and Rick Magyar.  I’m not sure I can explain it, but I’ve always liked the composition and colors on this cover.  It just works for me.

That’s it for Rogue’s Gallery Week here at FIRESTORM FAN!  Thanks for sticking with us all week!

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Below you’ll find Black Lantern Firestorm by Hector Barrientos (hollywood690 on deviantART).  This art was inspired by the cover of The Fury of Firestorm #57 by Joe Brozowski (see further below). To visit Hector Barrientos’ deviantART page, click here.

Next up is a custom Black Lantern Firestorm action figure.  This toy is based upon the Justice League Unlimited Firestorm figure (see further below).  This custom figure was created by Jeffrey and was featured on Custom Justice.

Finally, I recently stumbled across this Deathstorm fan art by Gabrielle V. (emerald-moonlight) on deviantART.  What caught my attention is that it’s inspired by the amazing painting of Firestorm by Tom Fleming (see further below).  What a great idea for a Deathstorm pose!  For further coverage of Tom Fleming’s painting here on FIRESTORM FAN, click here.  To visit Tom’s website, click here.  To visit Gabrielle V’s deviantART page, click here.

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Below you’ll find a page from The Fury of Firestorm #24 featuring Bug!

Finally, here is a pin-up by Rafael Kayanan and Romeo Tanghal featuring Firestorm at the mercy of Byte.  This pin-up has been featured previously here on FIRESTORM FAN.

Okay let’s face it, these guys don’t really rate as top-notch rogues.  However, they were an interesting concept and looked pretty cool, so I couldn’t resist.  In fact, I’d say the concept of computer foes names Bug & Byte is ripe for revamping and reintroducing!  Maybe nowadays they’d be called Malware & Megabyte!  Something like that.

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Before we look at Firestorm #100, check out Brimstone’s entry in DK’s DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition (2008):

To showcase Brimstone’s unbelievable power, check out these GORGEOUS pages by writer John Ostrander and artist Tom Mandrake from Firestorm #100.  I picked just a few pages to display.  First up, page 34.

Below you’ll find page 36.

Next up is page 38.

Finally, look below for the two-page spread on pages 44 & 45!  Click the image to enlarge!

As you can see, Brimstone is crazy-powerful and a worthy adversary.  While the Elemental Firestorm was able to combat Brimstone within the Sun, I’m not sure any other incarnation of Firestorm would survive.  An impressive battle with impressive art!  Well done, Mr. Mandrake!

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A few weeks ago we published a photo of a cosplayer dressed as Killer Frost at the San Diego Comic-Con.  Afterward, I heard from the cosplayer herself, who goes by the name Kiwi5Frog.  Turns out she did a great Killer Frost photoshoot at Comic-Con.  Check out these pics from Kiwi5Frog’s Facebook fan page!

Chilling and sexy!  Great cosplay and great photos!  Kiwi5frog cosplays lots of other characters, so be sure to “like” her on Facebook!

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Today we’re going to look at a few Firestorm sightings on the web.  Be sure to check out these links!

• Some belated Valentine’s Day action for you!  DC’s Killer Frost and Marvel’s Iceman find blazing passion together in this fan art by Tommy Tejeda!  Click here to view the gorgeous drawing!  My thanks to Frank Lee Delano for sending this my way.

• Last month we talked about Gary M. Miller’s Firestorm-related posts on his blog.  Well, he’s done another entry since we last focused on him.  This time out he nicely recaps the Ostrander Elemental era.  Great coverage by Gary! Check out his third entry by clicking here!

• Our good friend Jon from the Fizzit Firestorm-themed blog had a couple posts recently that might interest Firestorm fans.  First up is Jon’s coverage of DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book. This book looks super-cool!  The second item worth noting is Jon’s DC Universe online video game Firestorm-themed character.  As always, fantastic stuff Jon!

• Chris Fluit has written a great piece about Firestorm entitled, “Firestorm, the Next Everyman or the Anti-Spider-Man” over on Captain Comics.  Click here to check out this Firestorm post on Captain Comics!

• Mighty God King has published a fairly discouraging article about Firestorm.  The author makes some valid points and it’s worth reading, but I tend to be more positive about the Nuclear Man.  Click here to read the article on Mighty God King.  Feel free to give Firestorm some love in the comments!

• Over on the Comic Book Resources forum, some folks are discussing Firestorm’s appearance in Green Lantern Corps #57.  Click here to read the GLC #57 thread on the CBR forum.

• While we’re talking about Green Lantern Corps #57, be sure to check out The Indigo Tribe blog today for a review of that issue.  Click here to visit The Indigo Tribe blog.

• Over on eBay, someone is selling a Firestorm lithoprint.  The print is 14″ x 20″ and features a Super Powers-era image of Firestorm.  Click here to view this Firestorm Super Powers lithoprint on eBay.   I’m pretty confident this isn’t authorized by DC, so buyer beware.  My thanks to Frank Lee Delano once again for sending this my way.

• Sensor Sweep has put together a new Firestorm desktop wallpaper.  This time out it’s a mash-up of Pat Broderick and Scott Clark.  Click here to check out this new desktop wallpaper.

My thanks to the readers of FIRESTORM FAN who send me interesting links about our favorite Nuclear Man!  Without y’all, I couldn’t keep this site so full of content.  THANK YOU!

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And finally, here she is with our friend Brad West in his Brightest Day Firestorm costume from Outrageous Outfits.

You can find these pictures, taken by Frank Hui, over at Robyn’s Roost on the “Other Adventures” page under “Ikkicon”. This was Silena’s first convention!  Great costume and great look!  Well done, Silena!  Ironically, during the convention she caught … a cold.  I’m not making this up!

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Since we’re talking crossovers here, let’s have one of our own!  Our good buddy Frank Lee Delano is spearheading a New Year’s Day crossover featuring pin-ups from the Rogue’s Gallery comic!  Be sure to check out these blogs on New Years Day for more great pin-ups!

• DC Bloodlines – Dementor by Ray Lago
• Diana Prince as The New Wonder Woman – Cheetah by Cliff Nielsen
• The Idol-Head of Diabolu (Martian Manhunter blog) – Mongul by John Hanley
• Power of the Atom – Chronos by John Van Fleet

My thanks to Frank for the suggestion and the scan!  For more information on the Rogue’s Gallery comic, please click here.  For more information on Underworld Unleashed, please click here.

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