Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles
Elseworlds Addendum - Firestorm
High school student Ronnie Raymond and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Martin Stein were caught in an accident that allowed them to fuse into Firestorm the Nuclear Man. Due to Stein being unconscious during the accident, Raymond was prominently in command of the Firestorm form with Stein a voice of reason inside his mind… able to offer Raymond advice on how to use their powers without actually having any control over their dual form.
The composite being of Firestorm possessed amazing powers, able to fly and fire bolts of energy that had the capacity to rearrange molecular structures of any substance into most anything else, creating different atomic structures of equal mass. As such he could transform a gun into a bouquet of flowers, a car could be changed into a cloud of gas and so on. These powers could work on organic beings, but Firestorm almost never used them in this fashion so not to risk accidental harm.
Following a brief solo career as a superhero, Firestorm was recruited into the Justice League and served as a valued member for many years. Ronnie Raymond perished in battle after which the mantle and powers of Firestorm were passed on to teenager Jason Rusch. Ronnie would later become resurrected and he and Jason shared the identity of Firestorm.
Sadly, Firestorm was left out of the extended roster of Justice League Unlimited; although the hero did feature in the Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (voiced by actor Mark L. Taylor) and later in Justice League Action (voiced by actor P. J. Byrne).
The hero first appeared in the pages of Firestorm the Nuclear Man #1 (March 1978).
