FIRESTORM [Martin Stein]

FIRST APPEARANCE: Firestorm #1 (March 1978), © DC Comics

Character Chronology Index Below is the definitive list of appearances of Firestorm in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry. Follow the links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses. To go to the Firestorm biography click here

Firestorm Chronology

As Martin Stein

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #4 (July 1986): "The Secret Origin of Firestorm, the Nuclear Man" [Flashback]

As Firestorm I [Ronald Raymond and Martin Stein]

Firestorm Vol. 1 #1 (March 1978): "Make Way For Firestorm"
Firestorm Vol. 1 #2 (April 1978): "Danger Doubled Is Death"
Firestorm Vol. 1 #3 (May 1978): "Kiss Not the Lips of Killer Frost"
Firestorm Vol. 1 #4 (September 1978): "When Laughs the Hyena"
Firestorm Vol. 1 #5 (November 1978): "Again: Multiplex"
Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1/12 (summer 1978): "The Typhoon is a Storm of the Soul"
Fury of Firestorm #37 (July 1985): "Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves" [Flashback]
DC Comics Presents #17 (January 1980): "The Ice Slaves of Killer Frost"
Justice League of America #179 (June 1980): "The Siren Song of the Satin Satan"
Justice League of America #180 (July 1980): "A Beautiful Evil"
Flash Vol. 1 #289/2 (September 1980): "Firestorm Is Back In Town"
Flash Vol. 1 #290/2 (October 1980): "The Secret History of the Nuclear Man"
Justice League of America #183 (October 1980): "Crisis on New Genesis, or Where Have All the New Gods Gone?"
Justice League of America #184 (November 1980): "Crisis Between Two Earths, or Apokolips Now"
Justice League of America #185 (December 1980): "Crisis on Apokolips, or Darkseid Rising"
Flash Vol. 1 #291/2 (November 1980): "The Hyena Laughs Last"
Flash Vol. 1 #292/2 (December 1980): "The Hostages of Precinct 13"
Flash Vol. 1 #293/2 (January 1981): "The Deadliest Man Alive"
Brave and the Bold #172 (March 1981): "Darkness and Dark Fire"
Flash Vol. 1 #294/2 (February 1981): "The Typhoon is a Storm of the Soul"
Flash Vol. 1 #295/2 (March 1981): "By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Dangerous Sea"
Flash Vol. 1 #296/2 (April 1981): "Rain, Rain, Go Away, Come To Kill Us Another Day"
Justice League of America #189 (April 1981): "The Return of the Starfish Conqueror"
Justice League of America #190 (May 1981): "Our Friends, Our Enemies"
Flash Vol. 1 #297/2 (May 1981): "Multiplex X Means Multiple-Choice Death"
Flash Vol. 1 #298/2 (June 1981): "The Multiplex Complex"
Flash Vol. 1 #299/2 (July 1981): "The Robbery"
Justice League of America #192 (July 1981): "Quest for Genesis"
Justice League of America #193 (August 1981): "Secret of Genesis"
Flash Vol. 1 #301/2 (September 1981): "Now Laughs the Hyena"
Flash Vol. 1 #302/2 (October 1981): "Invitation to Revelation"
Flash Vol. 1 #303/2 (November 1981): "The Hyena Syndrome"
Flash Vol. 1 #304/2 (December 1981): "The Heart of the Hunter"
Justice League of America #195 (October 1981): "Targets on Two Worlds"
Justice League of America #196 (November 1981): "Countdown to Crisis"
Justice League of America #197 (December 1981): "Crisis in Limbo"
Justice League of America #200 (March 1982): "A League Divided"
DC Comics Presents #45 (May 1982): "The Chaos Network"
Justice League of America #202 (May 1982): "Star Fall"
Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982): "Day of the Bison"
Fury of Firestorm #2 (July 1982): "Rage!"
Justice League of America #203 (June 1982): "Shuffle and Deal... with Death!"
Justice League of America #204 (July 1982): "The Cut of the Cards"
Justice League of America #205 (August 1982): "The Final Hand!"
World's Finest Comics #281 (July 1982): "War in the Streets"
Fury of Firestorm #3 (August 1982): "A Cold Time in the Old Town Tonight"
Fury of Firestorm #4 (September 1982): "The Icy Heart of Killer Frost"
Fury of Firestorm #5 (October 1982): "The Pied Piper's Pipes of Peril!"
Fury of Firestorm #6 (November 1982): "The Pandrakos Plot"
Fury of Firestorm #7 (December 1982): "Plastique is Another Word for Fear!"
Justice League of America #207 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book One: Crisis Times Three"
All-Star Squadron #14 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Two: The 'Mystery Men' of October"
Justice League of America #208 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Three: The Bomb-Blast Heard 'Round the World!"
All-Star Squadron #15 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Four: Master of Worlds and Time"
Justice League of America #209 (December 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Five: Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot..."
Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #300 (February 1983): "Beautiful Dreamer, Death Unto Thee"
Fury of Firestorm #8 (January 1983): "Typhoon Warning"
Fury of Firestorm #9 (February 1983): "Baby the Rain Must Fall!"
Fury of Firestorm #10 (March 1983): "Prowl"
Fury of Firestorm #11 (April 1983): "Waking Nightmares"
Fury of Firestorm #12 (May 1983): "Howl"
Fury of Firestorm #13 (June 1983): "Split!"
Justice League of America #217 (August 1983): "All the Elements of Disaster"
Action Comics #546 (August 1983): "Showdown"
Justice League of America Annual #1 (1983): [No Title]
Justice League of America #219 (October 1983): "Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension"
Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit"
Fury of Firestorm #14 (July 1983): "Enforcer"
Fury of Firestorm #15 (August 1983): "Breakout"
Fury of Firestorm #16 (September 1983): "Blackout!"
Fury of Firestorm #17 (October 1983): "On Wings of Fire!"
Fury of Firestorm #18 (November 1983): "Squeeze Play!"
Fury of Firestorm Annual #1 (1983): "All the Answers"
Fury of Firestorm #19 (January 1984): "Golden Boy!"
Flash Vol. 1 #323 (July 1983): "Run, Flash--Run For Your Wife"
Flash Vol. 1 #327 (November 1983): "Burnout"
Flash Vol. 1 #328 (December 1983): "Reverse-Flashback"
Flash Vol. 1 #329 (January 1984): "What Is the Sinister Secret of Simian and Son?"
Justice League of America #221 (December 1983): "Beasts"
Justice League of America #222 (January 1984): "Beasts II: Death Games"
Justice League of America #223 (February 1984): "Beasts Part Three: Blood Sport"
World's Finest Comics #300 (February 1984): "A Tale of Two Worlds", or, "Planets In Peril"
World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984): "No Rest for Heroes"
Justice League of America #224 (March 1984): "The Supremacy Factor"
Fury of Firestorm #20 (February 1984): "Frost Bite"
Fury of Firestorm #21 (March 1984): "Cold Snap!"
Fury of Firestorm #22 (April 1984): "The Secret Origin of Firestorm"
Fury of Firestorm #23 (May 1984): "Byte"
Fury of Firestorm #24 (June 1984): "Terminal Velocity"
Fury of Firestorm Annual #2 (1984): [No Title]
Saga of the Swamp Thing #24 (May 1984): "Roots"
Supergirl Vol. 2 #20 (June 1984): "Celebration" [No longer in continuity]
Fury of Firestorm #25 (July 1984): "Black Bison Rides Again!"
Fury of Firestorm #26 (August 1984): "Give Me Liberty--Give Me Death"
Fury of Firestorm #27 (September 1984): "Spelldance"
Justice League of America #228 (July 1984): "War - of the World?"
Justice League of America #229 (August 1984): "War of the Worlds, 1984: Part Two"
Justice League of America #230 (September 1984): "War of the Worlds, 1984: Part Three - Blessed is the Peacemaker"
Justice League of America Annual #2 (1984): "- The End of the Justice League"
Fury of Firestorm #28 (October 1984): "The End of His Rope"
Fury of Firestorm #29 (November 1984): "The Assassination Bureau"
Fury of Firestorm #30 (December 1984): "The Depths of Despair"
Fury of Firestorm #31 (January 1985): "A Mind of Her Own"
Fury of Firestorm #32 (February 1985): "Ghosts"
Fury of Firestorm #33 (March 1985): "Burn, Manhattan, Burn!"
Fury of Firestorm #34 (April 1985): "The Big Freeze"
Fury of Firestorm #35 (May 1985): "Winter Frost"
Fury of Firestorm #36 (June 1985): "Slowly I Turned--Niagara Falls"
Fury of Firestorm #37 (July 1985): "Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves"
Fury of Firestorm #38 (August 1985): "Night of the Weasel"
Fury of Firestorm #39 (September 1985): "Publish or Perish; or, The Academic Life Is Killing Me"
Fury of Firestorm #40 (October 1985): "Graduation Day"
Fury of Firestorm Annual #3 (1985): "Sparx"
Fury of Firestorm #41 (November 1985): "Storm Warning"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985): "The Summoning!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (May 1985): "Time and Time Again!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 (September 1985): "3 Earths! 3 Deaths!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (November 1985): "A Flash of the Lightning!"
Justice League of America Annual #3 (1985): "Force of Nature"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock"
Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis"
DC Comics Presents #90 (February 1986): "Escape From Solitude"
Fury of Firestorm #43 (January 1986): "Night of Tears, Sky of Sorrow"
Fury of Firestorm #44 (February 1986): "An East Wind Blowing"
Fury of Firestorm #45 (March 1986): "A Gathering of Hate"
Fury of Firestorm #46 (April 1986): "Deadly Prelude"
Blue Devil #23 (April 1986): "Caught in the Firestorm"
Fury of Firestorm #47 (May 1986): "Dead Devils Don't Wear Blue"
Fury of Firestorm #48 (June 1986): "Moonbow Rising"
Fury of Firestorm #49 (July 1986): "Justice: Lost and Found"
Fury of Firestorm #50 (August 1986): "Vows"
Fury of Firestorm #51 (September 1986): "Collision Course"
Fury of Firestorm #52 (October 1986): "A Giant There Was"
Fury of Firestorm #53 (November 1986): "Shades in Silver"
Fury of Firestorm #54 (December 1986): "Rock and Roll Fantasy"
Fury of Firestorm Annual #4 (1986): "One Man's Poison"
Legends #1 (November 1986): "Once Upon A Time...!" [Page 6]
Justice League of America #257 (December 1986): "Coming Down"
Legends #1 (November 1986): "Once Upon A Time...!" [Page 21]
Legends #2 (December 1986): "Breach of Faith!"
Fury of Firestorm #55 (January 1987): "The Stench of Brimstone"
Fury of Firestorm #56 (February 1987): "Firestorm No More"
Fury of Firestorm #57 (March 1987): "Due Monday"
Fury of Firestorm #58 (April 1987): "Gambit"
Fury of Firestorm #59 (May 1987): "Glasshouse"
Captain Atom #2 (April 1987): "Captain Atom... A True American Hero?"
Fury of Firestorm #60 (June 1987): "Secret Identities"
Fury of Firestorm #61 (July 1987): "Thunderstruck"
Captain Atom #5 (July 1987): "The Return of Dr. Spectro"
Fury of Firestorm #62 (August 1987): "To Regain Tomorrow"
Fury of Firestorm #63 (September 1987): "Rogue Hero"
Fury of Firestorm #64 (October 1987): "Through the Gauntlet"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Annual #5 (1987): "Ground Zero"

As Firestorm I [Ronald Raymond, Mikhail Arkadin and Martin Stein]

Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #65 (November 1987): "Fallout"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #66 (December 1987): "Out of Control"
Millennium #1 (January 1988): "Over"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #67 (January 1988): "Dialogues"
Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth"
Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #9 (January 1988): "The Final Price"
Captain Atom #11 (January 1988): "A Matter of Choice"
Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #68 (February 1988): "Planetfall"
Millennium #6 (February 1988): "Out"
Millennium #7 (February 1988): "Down"
Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #69 (March 1988): "Back In the U.S.S.R."
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #70 (April 1988): "Time-Wrecked"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #71 (May 1988): "Hammer and Tong"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #72 (June 1988): "The Return of the Zuggernaut"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #73 (July 1988): "Blood Red Square"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #74 (August 1988): "Personal Demon"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #75 (September 1988): "The Return of Martin Stein"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #76 (October 1988): "Heart of Fire"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #77 (November 1988): "Journey to Eden"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #78 (December 1988): "Battleground Eden"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #79 (winter 1988): "Exile From Eden"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #80 (Holiday 1988): "The Battle Joined!"
Starman Vol. 1 #5 (Holiday 1988): "Don't You Know There's a War On?"
Invasion! #2 (1988): "Invasion! Book Two: Battleground Earth"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #81 (January 1989): "Warbonds"
Invasion! #3 (1988): "Invasion! Book Three: World Without Heroes"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #83 (March 1989): "Lord of Fire"

As Firestorm I [Ronald Raymond, Mikhail Arkadin and Svarozhich]

Martin Stein separated from Firestorm matrix for a time. See Ron Raymond, Mikhail Arkadin and Svarozhich chronologies for appearances during this period.

As Martin Stein

Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #86 (June 1989): "Home Fires Burning"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #89 (September 1989): "Sundering"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #92 (December 1989): "Elemental War: Vision"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #93 (January 1990): "Storm Front"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #94 (February 1990): "The Dead Past"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #98 (June 1990): "Balance of Powers"
Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #99 (July 1990): "Mourning Frost"

As Firestorm I [Martin Stein]

Firestorm, The Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #100 (August 1990): "Blaze of Glory"
War of the Gods #1 (September 1991): "Hellfire's Web"
War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars"
War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End"
Extreme Justice #4 (May 1995): "The Brave and the Crazy"
Extreme Justice #5 (June 1995): "Atomic Nights"
Green Lantern/Firestorm #1 (October 2000): "Missing Pieces"

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