Firestorm Annual #5 [Direct]
([October] 1987)

DC, 1987 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Annually
On-sale Date
1987-06-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Denny O'Neil
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #41.
This issue has variants:

The End! (Table of Contents)

Firestorm / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Brozowski
Inks
Joe Brozowski ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm
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Ground Zero (Table of Contents: 1)

Firestorm / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
John Ostrander
Pencils
Joe Brozowski
Inks
Alfredo Alcala; Sam de la Rosa (uncredited, pp. 15-18, 21, 23, 25, 27-33 & 35-37)
Colors
Duncan Andrews
Letters
Shelley Eiber
Genre
superhero
Characters
Firestorm [Ronnie Raymond; Professor Martin Stein]; Firehawk; Justice League [Batman; Guy Gardner; Mister Miracle; Martian Manhunter; Black Canary; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]]; Suicide Squad [Killer Frost; Multiplex; Deadshot; Captain Boomerang; Slipknot; Colonel Rick Flag]; Tolliver; Parasite; Amanda Waller (voice only); Miss Day; Chief Ferguson; Poshar [Mikhail Denisovitch Arkadin]; Zastrow
Synopsis
Firestorm is attacked by the Justice League, the Suicide Squad and finally by Pozhar and the combined might of the US and Russian governments. Mikhail Arkadin becomes part of the Firestorm matrix.
Reprints
  • BR in Super Powers (Editora Abril, 1986 series) #12 (Fevereiro 1989) [páginas 2-3 (suprimidos os quatro primeiros quadrinhos da página 2), 4-13 (suprimidos os três primeiros quadrinhos da página 4), 15, 17-27 e 29-37 da história original]

Indexer Notes

Credits include "Thanks to Leonoid Zeltser." Sam de la Rosa credit from the artist via the GCD Error Tracker.

Story leads into Firestorm #65 where Firestorm is transformed into the new, harsher Firestorm. Martin Stein re-appears.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The End!
    Firestorm
  2. 1. Ground Zero
    Firestorm
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