This was the second version of my journey into creating a new Firestorm. Remember they said “Go Crazy. “. When I brought this one to the editor at the time, Peter Tomasi, I remember how he just stared at it and said,” what in Sam Hill am I looking at here?” And his eyes just trailed into the cosmos. Lol A friend of mine said Firestorm looks more like FIREGOD than anything else... and they thought that the presence of a black halo made him too ominous and religious. Which is what I was going for. The cross between spiritual and science. Because I’m a rebel like that. I never saw Firestorm as a Nuclear Man. I always saw him as a Quantum Man. And that’s what drove my concept. Still way too much for DC to deal with in the prepping stage. By the way, all of these version were inspired by one boot from Jim Lee’s version of Firestorm that he put together. ONE BOOT. #chriscrossrex #chriscross #dc #dccomics #dccomicsart #chriscrosser #chriscrosserx #redesign #conceptart #firestorm https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu5R4-0hzol/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=usvgc93bbrdu