John Byrne wrote: I can think of a few hundred other characters who would be higher on my list. I pitched a FIRESTORM project a few years back, mostly because everything else seemed to be taken, and I thought there was enough in the character that I could find some interesting things to do with him. Typically, I was told Firestorm was "already in development", and nothing happened. A while later, an editor contacted me about being penciler on an antirely different FIRESTORM project -- also typically, the one that was "in development" had come to naught -- but there were too many unknowns (the editor, the writer, their take on the character), so I passed.

I truly wish you had done your take.  That Firestorm that was "already in development", or rather the one that eventually came to pass, is a poor copy of the original, IMO.

" Firestrom will forever be Ronnie Raymond imo. "

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hu ?!  Firestorm isn't Ronnie Raymond anymore ? Can anyone bring me up to date (Firestorm was published in France some 20 years ago at the same time as Crisis, then it suddenly stopped, so ...)

As I recall, Ronnie was replaced by a Russian character during the late eighties (have no idea how or why)...

Firestorm was in limbo for a few years, then reappeared at the tail end of Morrison's JLA (as Ronnie and Professor Stein), killed during Identity Crisis, and ressurected a couple years ago with a new 'host', Jason something.

I think the Conway/Broderick run from the early eighties is a great example of comics done right, pure entertainment.

" I thought he looked way cool in Legends -- maybe it's cuz he looks more
like a Marvel character than a DC one...? "

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You're right Jeremy : in spite of all the respect due to such iconic characters as  DC's, Marvel's looks are far more coool (IMO).

Some characters created in the 80's like Firestorm or Cyborg have a Marvel touch in their look I think ...