Firestorm

**Background**

The unique aspect of the character Firestorm is the dual identities of high school student Ronnie Raymond and Noble Prize winning physicist and College Professor Martin Stein. The story begins with a simple longing of Ronnie to impress a girl named Doreen Day . In his attempt to catch her attention he also gains a foe named Cliff Carmichael who happens to be a genius student. In his frustration to appear intelligent and impress Doreen he gets into several minor conflicts with Cliff. In order to show Cliff up, Ronnie joins the Anti -Nuclear Activist group led by Eddie Earhart . Earhart was actually not against nuclear so much as using the group to cover up his criminal activities, unknown at the time to Ronnie Raymond.

During a protest at the Nuclear Power Facility things started to turn violent and Ronnie mad an attempt to stop them. He realized the group wanted to actually blow up the facility. The facility was designed by Professor Stein and in his past relations he had made an enemy by firing his ex assistant Danton Black. Black had previously falsely tried to take credit for creating the plant and said Stein took the credit from him. He decided to get revenge by blowing up the plant. The Anti Nuclear Group Activist knocked out Stein and and the tied up Ronnie for attempting to thwart the plan. The two were both left to day in the explosion. The leader, Earhart told Ronnie he was going to be able to pin the explosion on him and it would be an unlucky accident he got caught in his own plan.

During the explosion, the reactor was breached and this caused an atomic blast. In the explosion the two men became fused together into a "nuclear man" Firestorm. Since Ronnie was conscious before the blast he was the one who became the physical controller of the body and Professor Stein who was unconscious during the blast became the voice of reason inside his mind who was initially unaware of his dual identity. The Firestorm Matrix allowed them to change the density of himself or objects, full memory recall of every being that entered the matrix, the ability to absorb energy of many kinds, project massive energy, superhuman strength, healing, resistance to injury, flying at supersonic speed. They also can pass through objects through intangibility, and gained the ability to breakdown and reapply particles and rearrange them (Matter Manipulation). This can only be done if the element knows the exact elemental make-up of the living being (in rare instances) or objects.

The unique aspect of the character Firestorm is the dual identities of high school student Jason Rusch and Noble Prize winning physicist and College Professor Jason Rusch. The story begins with a simple longing of Jason to impress a girl named Doreen Day . In his attempt to catch her attention he also gains a foe named Cliff Carmichael who happens to be a genius student. In his frustration to appear intelligent and impress Doreen he gets into several minor conflicts with Cliff. In order to show Cliff up, Jason joins the Anti -Nuclear Activist group led by Eddie Earhart . Earhart was actually not against nuclear so much as using the group to cover up his criminal activities, unknown at the time to Jason Rusch. During a protest at the Nuclear Power Facility things started to turn violent and Jason mad an attempt to stop them. He realized the group wanted to actually blow up the facility. The facility was designed by Professor Stein and in his past relations he had made an enemy by firing his ex assistant Danton Black. Black had previously falsely tried to take credit for creating the plant and said Stein took the credit from him. He decided to get revenge by blowing up the plant. The Anti Nuclear Group Activist knocked out Stein and and the tied up Jason for attempting to thwart the plan. The two were both left to day in the explosion. The leader, Earhart told Jason he was going to be able to pin the explosion on him and it would be an unlucky accident he got caught in his own plan.

During the explosion, the reactor was breached and this caused an atomic blast. In the explosion the two men became fused together into a "nuclear man" Firestorm. Since Jason was conscious before the blast he was the one who became the physical controller of the body and Professor Stein who was unconscious during the blast became the voice of reason inside his mind who was initially unaware of his dual identity. The Firestorm Matrix allowed them to change the density of himself or objects, full memory recall of every being that entered the matrix, the ability to absorb energy of many kinds, project massive energy, superhuman strength, healing, resistance to injury, flying at supersonic speed. They also can pass through objects through intangibility, and gained the ability to breakdown and reapply particles and rearrange them (Matter Manipulation). This can only be done if the element knows the exact elemental make-up of the living being (in rare instances) or objects.

## Jason Rusch, Martin Stein, Ronnie Raymond

### Affiliation

Justice League Of America, Justice Society of America