This led to a series of eight-page stories in the back of The Flash (with art by George Pérez), and a revival of a monthly Firestorm comic in 1982.

The series, The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men was written by Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver and drawn by Yildiray Cinar.

2) until John Ostrander takes over with Fury of Firestorm #58 and continuing through to the series finale in issue #100, he has everyone refer to him as Ronald or Ron, except for family and friends.

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.

The 1982 series began with the teenaged Raymond adjusting to his newfound role and later delved into the issue of the nuclear arms race.

In the same year, the character of Felicity Smoak was introduced, initially having a combative relationship with Raymond, but eventually becoming his stepmother following her marriage to his father Ed.

[10][11] The series also tried to create a sense of fun, something that Gerry Conway felt was missing during his years writing Spider-Man;[3] the banter between Raymond and Stein contributed to this.

His first major story arc pitted Firestorm against the world as he attempts to make the United States and the Soviet Union destroy their nuclear weapons.

Raymond and Arkadin were returned to their old lives, and Stein as Firestorm was accidentally exiled to deep space in the process of saving Earth.

In Brightest Day, Ronnie is fully resurrected by the Life Entity and works with Jason to stop Deathstorm from destroying the universe.

[18] During a terrorist attack on their school, Ronnie and his classmate Jason Rusch obtain Stein's "God Particle" and gain the ability to transform into separate Firestorms.