FIREBALL (Sonya Chuikov)	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas and Ron Harris

PERSONAL DATA

Real Name: Sonya Chuikov
Place of Birth: Russia
Citizenship: Russian
Marital Status: Single through June, 1942
Known Relatives: unnamed mother and father (deceased), Uncle Vanya (deceased)
Base of Operation: U.S.S.R. during World War II
Group Affiliation(s): Young Allies
Gender: Female
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Distinguishing Features: rings of fire surrounding her wrists
First Appearance: Young All-Stars #22 (January 1989): "Atom and Evil Chapter 2: The Allies"
Creators: Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas and Ron Harris

HISTORY

The daughter of two Soviet scientists who visited the Tunguskia area of Siberia soon after the explosion, Sonia exhibited strange abilities when she was a little girl. Rings of fire enveloped her wrists and she was able to fly and generate fireballs. Reaching her early twenties by the time that the Soviet Union was becoming involved in the Second World War, Stalin sent her to the Allied powers to join in a group of young heroes. As the other members of the Young Allies joined in aiding the Young All-Stars in protecting atomic scientists.

Nothing is known of her after 1942.

POWERS AND WEAPONS

Fireball had the mutant abilities of flight and flame projection (in the form of fireballs) generated from the rings of flame surrounding her wrists.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Fireball in chronological order click here