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I was going to write about the comics that I read last night and then I realized that, for the life of me, I couldn't remember what they were. Obviously, that was a telltale sign of how interminably unmemorable they were. I knew it was two consecutive issues from one of DC Comics' New 52 series, but I could not remember which one. After going down the list of titles two or three times to see if something would jar my memory, I finally remembered that it was The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #s 4 and 5.
In the 1980s, I really loved the character Firestorm (aka Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein). In fact, I even liked the Jason Rusch Firestorm series from 2004. I cannot, though, get into this new series with the idea of multiple Firestorms. It's too reminiscent of the Green Lanterns. What's next? The Firestorm Corps? When someone in need yells out, "Help me, Firestorm!", twenty heads shouldn't turn.
Not only is the concept unappealing to me, but the first five issues of The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men have been complete snoozers. Unfortunately, I can't even recall what has happened so far in the series; that's how boring it's been to me. I guess with the revival of Ronnie Raymond as Firestorm, I expected MUCH better. I also expected better from the high-quality writers of this series. Silly me.
