Another stinker. Unconvincing jock/geek interaction, unconvincing super-smart geek, boring hero, stupendously-sad-moment that was neither sad nor a moment, etc. Ugh.

2.5 Stars

Professor Stein has created Firestorm as a weapon for every nuclear weapon owning country to have as a threat deterrent of mutual destruction. Yeah, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Anyway, there's an insanely violent group of mercenaries rounding up the Firestorm canisters and straight up murdering everyone that was even in the general vicinity. Jason (a high school nerd) opens up the canister and turns Ronnie (high school jock) and himself into Firestorms. They get away from the me...

I’m going to be straight with my opinion. No pussy-footing around. I didn’t like this. I thought it was angst driven and boring. I didn’t like either of the main characters because they were both asses in their own way. Jason was a smart ass. He could have been likable except that he thought he was better than everyone else. Ronnie was just a boring jock. They tried to make him a little more likeable when they pointed out that he didn’t bully the geeky kids because he knew that they would someda...

I always remember Firestorm from the old DC comics I got from the late 80's when I was a kid. Firestorm was always a D-list hero with very vibrant, colorful, and surreal art and physic/particle splash pages. I know next to nothing about the character or his history though, so this New 52 reboot should have been a great jumping off point for me.Unfortunately the Fury of Firestorm introductory arc felt like a bunch of really good ideas half executed. Although I liked the idea of an international c...

Man, this was a tough one to get through. This book has a lot of interesting components, but the ingredients just don't go well together. I really like the idea of multiple Firestorms, each representing a different country. Even more than that, I like the fact that they are powered by the God Particle. This book though, is excessively violent in certain points, and nonsensical in many points. One of the reviews in the book call Firestorm a B list character. I would have to disagree. Green Arrow...

One of the worst books from the "New 52", DC took a great character and created an abomination to everything that he was.

A bunch of REALLY cool ideas crippled by a bad plot. I love the idea of Firestorm being the new nuclear weapon other countries want their hands on, and I actually like that Firestorm is a duo now and not 2 people merged together. Unfortunately the plot is a mess, the violence is pretty extreme, and topics like racism are brought up but never expanded on. Lots of great ingredients, but all that came out was a giant mess.

Eh

This could have been fantastic - wonderful art, a good basic concept from Ethan van Sciver... but then Gail Simone turned it into a horrible mess.I normally like Simone's writing, but this was largely awful. She clearly had a message she was trying to get out, but damned if I can work out what it is. It all just turned into a horrible mess of "And then this happened!" "And then this happened!" and everyone seemed to forget about other things and other characters.The whole story appears to have h...

This comic was actually amazing

My reaction to this title was: Meh. I knew about the Firestorm hero from a few cameos in other comics, but what really got me interested in him was, believe it or not, the cartoon "Justice League Action" (which was surprisingly, kind of a gem. I mean, it wasn't "Batman: The Animated Series," but if you want fun, quick adventures that are kid-friendly while also having nice nods to the overall canon that adult fans can enjoy... well, it pretty much perfectly fits the bill). But I digress. The Fir...

An interesting premise to relaunch a not so known hero (at the time) in the New52 initiative by DC Comics. Taking the concept of the Firestorm and making it a protocol for a living weapon for every country that can achieve its creation, but missing some of the elements that niche fans might hold dear. Cinar's art is good and Simone script is competent enough, only let down by some of the teenage drama around the two leads. For new readers, its a good starting point for new readers, and for longt...

Here's another collection of stuff from the New 52 series, this time gathering stories from the "Fury of Firestorm" series. The story involves two young guys inadvertently gaining the power to turn into a sort of flaming nuclear character. If you've seen the Flash TV series, this tells the story of the Ronnie character (though in this collection, it has nothing to do with the Flash).The stories are okay, though nothing special. It's hard to introduce non-mainstream super heroes and have them "st...

I saw this only got mediocre reviews, so I was surprised that I actually liked it quite a bit. I've never heard of Firestorm before so this was my introduction.Two kids get zapped and become nuclear Firestorms but when they get mad at each other they meld into a super nuclear guy called Fury, so kind of like a nuclear Incredible Hulk. The story involves underground governments, big corporation, and terrorists with lots of action. The dialogue is pretty cheesy, but the art is good.

Art was great. Visually Firestorm is a great character.Unfortunately the story is hyper violent macho bullshit, with unlikable characters (especially Jason, who is a complete dick). The reason why Martin Stein would send such dangerous items to random kids, only for them to keep in their locker makes no sense whatsoever.

Not my favorite comic. Just never caught my attention

An underrated character, who wasn't given justice in this book.

I am watching the Arrowverse on CW and thought I would read up more on this character, but I found the issue uninspiring and partially confusing. It was a chore to plow through.

I'm still on a streak of tearing through stuff on my friend's Comixology account. 90% of what I've read on there has been stuff from DC Comics New 52 lineup. Since the New 52 came out in 2011, this is the 19th of their relaunch titles that I have read. It is also the 20th New 52 title because one of the books I read came from the 2nd wave.This series wasn't even on my radar until I found a list of all of the New 52 books that told how many issues each series had, which wave they were released in...