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With Legends of Tomorrow out, Firestorm is becoming way more mainstream than ever before.
The thing is, Firestorm isn’t super well known, and IS super confusing.
Plus, the cherry on top is that his name’s Ronald, which is my name, so I just had to
do a list on him.
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Now get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Surprising Facts about Firestorm!
Number 10: Powers.
Since he’s not the best-known hero, I’ll start by telling you about Firestorm’s powers.
Because they’re really cool.
He can fly of course, and create and shoot fire and nuclear blasts.
He can absorb nuclear energy, as well as other types, and use it to further power his attacks.
He later learns that he can even manipulate matter on an atomic level, able to turn pretty
much anything into other things.
Which is just brutally overpowered.
Oh hey Superman, nice costume.
Really shows off the pecs.
Good stuff, dude NOW IT’S KRYPTONITE NERD HA HA HA HAAA!
But he wouldn’t do that.
He’s not that kinda guy.
Number 9: Origin.
Since he’s not the best-known hero, I’ll give a brief overview of Firestorm’s origin.
At least, his original origin.
High schooler Ronnie Raymond and physicist Martin Stein were caught in an accident that
gave them the ability to fuse together to become a nuclear powered superhero.
Ronnie had control of the body, while Martin was seen in his head, giving advice and conversing
with Ronnie’s consciousness.
In this video, unless otherwise stated, I’ll be talking about the Ronnie Raymond and Martin
Stein version from the comics.
For the sake of QQ “simplicity”.
Even though it’s not simple at all…
Number 8: Stein doesn’t remember many of his own adventures.
Even though Martin Stein can be seen giving advice to Ronnie in his head, when the two
separate again, he has no memory of what happened.
These large gaps in his memory eventually caused Stein to think he was losing his mind,
becoming an alcoholic.
Luckily, Ronnie was eventually able to convince him that he wasn’t insane, but rather was
fusing together with a teenage boy and being a superhero.
Yeah, that’s much less crazy.
Number 7: There have been way too many different Firestorms.
Firestorm has historically been a combination of people, which in itself can be confusing,
but it gets worse.
First, he was the Raymond/Stein fusion controlled by Ronnie.
Then, he was a combination of Ronnie, Martin, and Mikhail Arkadin, but was controlled by
Martin Stein.
Then Firestorm was a Fire Elemental, made up of Ronnie, Mikhail, and Svarozhich, a Soviet
clone of the previous Firestorm, with Martin Stein as a side character.
And then Martin Stein became the true Firestorm.
And that’s just the beginning.
So yeah, it’s super confusing.
Number 6: Jefferson Jackson.
This list wouldn’t be complete without going over the newest addition to the confusing
mess that is Firestorm.
Also, Flash spoilers ahead!
You ready?
You sure?
It’s a pretty big spoiler…
Ronnie Dies.
Yeah.
BUT without him, Martin Stein began to die, so they needed a replacement.
And this replacement came in the form of Jefferson Jackson, or “Jax”.
This brought a new dynamic to the duo, since Stein became even more protective of his new
buddy, hoping to prevent him from meeting the same fate as Ronnie.
So if you watch Legends of Tomorrow…
this is your Firestorm.
Number 5: The Fury of Firestorm.
The new 52 Firestorm took a bit of a different route, with two different guys able to turn
into their own Firestorms, each with a portion of the heroes powers.
If they need a boost, Ronnie and Jason can combine to create Fury.
Personally, I’m not a huge fan of this take on it.
I think a huge part of Firestorms uniqueness is the two minds sharing one body, and separating
them just makes it worse.
I don’t hate it, I just don’t love it.
Number 4: Firestorms across the world.
Fairly recently, we were introduced to a multitude of other Firestorms from different countries.
And some of them look pretty boss.
There’s Firehawk, from France, Helix from the US, Hurricane from the UK, Rakshashi from
India, plus some with codenames unknown from China, and Qurac, the fictional Middle Eastern
Country.
And I’m sure they have confusing backstories too.
Number 3: Killer Frost is his arch enemy.
Fans of the Archerverse may be surprised to hear that the pair isn’t quite as lovey
dovey in the comics.
Killer Frost is actually the main villain of Firestorm, with the two duking it out time
and time again.
Whaddaya know, the fire guy is up against the ice chick.
That’s never happened before ever.
If you want to learn more about her, check out Top 10 Facts about Killer Frost!
Number 2: He was a Black Lantern.
Yep, after being killed by The Shadow Thief, Ronnie was later brought back in a much eviler
form.
During Blackest Night, Ronnie Raymond was called to join the Black Lantern Corps.
And he did some bad things.
He attacked the Justice League, tried to merge with the Flash, then went after the Firestorm
of the time.
And that’s when things got sad.
And really, really weird.
Number 1: Firestorm’s girlfriend, Firestorm, was once killed by Firestorm.
No, I didn’t just have a stroke.
While Ronnie was a Black Lantern, he attacked the Firestorm of the time, Jason.
Thing is, Jason was merged with his girlfriend at the time.
After beating the more rookie hero, evil Ronnie absorbed Jason, then tortured and killed his
girlfriend, turning her into a pillar of salt.
This is one of those examples of there being far too many Firestorms.
Dangit, now all I want a parody of too many cooks but with
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