This past week on The Big Bang Theory, the character of Sheldon was spotted wearing a t-shirt featuring Firestorm! The episode was entitled “The Russian Rocket Reaction” and you can see the shirt below. Below is a close-up of the t-shirt image. We featured it here on FIRESTORM FAN back in 2009. It’s an unusual [...]
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Super Friends Firestorm Interviewed!
Mark L. Taylor, the voice of Firestorm on Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, was recently interviewed about his time on the show! Marc Tyler Nobleman landed the interview for his Noblemania blog. During the interview Taylor discussed how he landed the role, his fellow cast members, [...]
Firestorm Rubik’s Cube
Ready for your Friday morning WTF? Here we have the Firestorm Rubik’s Cube! No kidding, this product was produced in Argentina and distributed as part of the Super Amigos line. Our good buddy Jon from the Fizzit blog sent us pictures of his own cube. He included the teeny-tiny Action League characters to provide a [...]
DCnU Needs Bizarro Firestorm!
Heads-up Ethan, Gail, Yildiray, and Geoff! What the relaunched DC Universe needs is more Bizarro Firestorm! Me am sure of it! No Support Bizarro Firestorm! Put out flame!
Super Friends fusion of Ronnie Raymond and Professor Stein
My first encounter with Firestorm was in September 1984 on the cartoon, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show. I found him fascinating and immediately ran out and bought some of his comics. It’s worth noting there were a few minor differences between “our” Firestorm and the Super Friends Firestorm. Here is the Super Friends [...]
Firestorm Super Powers Action Figure Card
I’m very pleased to present the Super Powers Collection action figure card from Firestorm! While I still have the toy itself, my particular card has been lost to history. My thanks to you FIRESTORM FAN readers for sending images of your own cards! Man, this thing brings back memories! Check out the mail-away Clark Kent [...]
Firestorm Patches
There is a segment of folks out there that love to collect patches. Personally, whenever I think of patch collecting it reminds me of the late 1970s and denim jackets. However, given that I live in a glass house built of Firestorm memorabilia, I’m not one to cast stones. Until a few weeks ago, I [...]
Never-Produced Kenner Firestorm Action Figures – 1985
A very unusual series of drawings surfaced last week. These drawings supposedly represent a proposal from 1985 for a line of Kenner action figures called “DC Anti-Heroes”. Each drawing is actually a style guide featuring an image of a major DC hero in three distinct thematic looks — “Hi-Tech”, “Road Warrior” and “Robotic”. There are [...]
Super Powers: Darkseid… of the Moon
In 1985 and 1986, DC Comics and Kid Vid Productions released three Super Powers “See & Read” products combining artwork, reading, and audio narration. To honest, I had never even heard of these things until today. In my brief research, I’ve found that they produced both LP records and VHS cassettes. The records came with [...]
Firestorm, El Hombre Nuclear
¡Firestorm, el hombre nuclear, de los Super Amigos! Our good friend Jon over at the Fizzit Firestorm-themed blog sent scans of these unique Firestorm collectibles. He received the following cards from Argentina. The majority of these come from the Spanish-language version of Kenner’s Super Powers line, Super Amigos. This first one is a trading card [...]
