"Angel" (her father's pet name for her) is shy and withdrawn, and her family moves frequently, but she gets emotional support from her "Nana".

One day when Angelica becomes upset, her hand starts to glow, causing her milk carton to explode.

Some distance away, at the Massachusetts Academy, the energy signature of an emerging mutant is noticed by Emma Frost, the White Queen of the Hellfire Club, but the trace disappears before her technicians can pinpoint an exact location.

Xavier arrives in a limousine, only minutes too late; he regretfully decides that in this instance, the White Queen has won.

The White Queen has many plans for Angelica, whom she has given the code-name "Firestar", intending to groom her into an assassin and bodyguard, and to obtain her assistance for power struggles within the club.

In truth, the White Queen started the fire through hidden devices, and telepathically killed the horse, knowing that breaking down Angelica's psyche will ultimately lead to the girl belonging to the Hellfire Club body and soul.

In a nod to the events of the Firestar limited series, which was published not long after the Uncanny story, Sam Guthrie appears in the background of the final scene at Xavier's school.

[4] Angelica accidentally almost reveals her mutant nature to Mrs. Cohen, the dance teacher, but she still is granted a promised visit home.

In a scene at the airport, a mob of angry, frightened people attack her and her father when she is discovered to be a mutant.

Angelica fights back with her powers, trying to chase the mob away by firing microwave blasts around them rather than attacking them directly.

It turns out the encounter was not accidental, but was planned by the White Queen herself, intended to force Firestar to use her powers directly against a living target.

When Randall worries too much about the White Queen's plans, Frost has him captured and tells Angelica that he had been killed by Selene.

Furious, Angelica goes to confront the White Queen in her underground complex as Firestar, and cutting totally loose with her powers, she humiliates Frost.

Forcing the Queen to run for her life, Firestar causes an explosion, severely damaging the underground complex and the school buildings above.

Currently, only Firestar, Warpath, Empath, Magma, and a resurrected Tarot remain of the White Queen's original team of Hellions.

In August 2006, Marvel further honored the anniversary with Spider-Man Family: Amazing Friends #1, a one-shot featuring the first in-continuity team-up of Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar, set shortly after Firestar's public debut with the New Warriors, as well as a humorous comic strip starring the trio.