Cover Story - Top 20 Firestorm Covers

So, by now Legends of Tomorrow has managed to get through its pilot storyline and polish off its first major story arc, a sleek cold war spy thriller revolving around attempts to create a Soviet Firestorm.  Given that this show is full to the brim with superheroes pretty much everyone will get their day on Cover Story but the show’s emphasis on Firestorm in this first major story arc means he gets his shot first.  Specifically, I’ll be drawing from across Firestorm’s history rather than limiting myself to any one version like the show does, mainly because there’s not nearly enough of any one Firestorm to make up an entire Cover Story article.   

Panel Vision - The History of DC Comics' Many Firestorms

Edited by Robert Beach 

This past week CW’s The Flash featured an episode entitled "The Fury of Firestorm." The character of Firestorm has been a major part of the show’s continuity since about mid season 1, but this latest episode has had to deal with the tricky situation of Ronnie Raymond actor Robbie Amell dropping out of the series due to scheduling conflicts with his film career. 

This means working out a way to swap in a new Firestorm actor, a task that would normally be pretty tough if this was any other hero but Firestorm. Firestorm is one of those weird superhero cases where multiple identities and various characters are built right into the characters DNA as well as populating his thoroughly bizarre history.