| MARTIN STEIN | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom |
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CHRONOLOGY
Martin Stein first appeared in Firestorm #1 (March 1978): "Make Way for Firestorm".
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Martin Stein in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Martin Stein Chronology
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| Secret Origins Vol. 2 #4 (July 1986): "The Secret Origin of Firestorm, the Nuclear Man" [Flashback] |
As Firestorm I [Ronald Raymond and Martin Stein] |
| Firestorm Vol. 1 #1 (March 1978): "Make Way for Firestorm" |
| Firestorm Vol. 1 #2 (April 1978): "Danger Doubled is Death" |
| Firestorm Vol. 1 #3 (June 1978): "Kiss Not the Lips of Killer Frost" |
| Firestorm Vol. 1 #4 (September 1978): "When Laughs the Hyena" |
| Firestorm Vol. 1 #5 (November 1978): "Again: Multiplex" |
| Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1/12 (summer 1978): "The Typhoon is a Storm of the Soul" |
| Fury of Firestorm #37 (July 1985): "Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves" [Flashback] |
| DC Comics Presents #17 (January 1980): "The Ice Slaves of Killer Frost" |
| Justice League of America #179 (June 1980): "The Siren Song of the Satin Satan" |
| Justice League of America #180 (July 1980): "A Beautiful Evil" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #289/2 (September 1980): "Firestorm is Back In Town!" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #290/2 (October 1980): "The Secret History of the Nuclear Man" |
| Justice League of America #183 (October 1980): "Crisis on New Genesis, or Where Have All the New Gods Gone?" |
| Justice League of America #184 (November 1980): "Crisis Between Two Earths, or Apokolips Now" |
| Justice League of America #185 (December 1980): "Crisis on Apokolips, or Darkseid Rising" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #291/2 (November 1980): "The Hyena Laughs Last!" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #292/2 (December 1980): "The Hostages of Precinct 13!" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #293/2 (January 1981): "The Deadliest Man Alive" |
| Brave and the Bold #172 (March 1981): "Darkness and Dark Fire" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #294/2 (February 1981): "The Typhoon Is a Storm of the Soul" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #295/2 (March 1981): "By The Dangerous Sea" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #296/2 (April 1981): "Rain Rain Go Away...Come To Kill Us Another Day!" |
| Justice League of America #189 (April 1981): "The Return of the Starfish Conqueror" |
| Justice League of America #190 (May 1981): "Our Friends, Our Enemies" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #297/2 (May 1981): "Multiplex Means Multiple Choice...Death!" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #298/2 (June 1981): "The Multiplex Complex" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #299/2 (July 1981): "The Robbery" |
| Justice League of America #192 (July 1981): "Quest for Genesis" |
| Justice League of America #193 (August 1981): "Secret of Genesis" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #301/2 (September 1981): "How Laughs the Hyena" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #302/2 (October 1981): "Invitation to Revelation" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #303/2 (November 1981): "The Hyena Syndrome!" |
| Justice League of America #195 (October 1981): "Targets on Two Worlds" |
| Justice League of America #196 (November 1981): "Countdown to Crisis" |
| Justice League of America #197 (December 1981): "Crisis in Limbo" |
| Justice League of America #200 (March 1982): "A League Divided" |
| DC Comics Presents #45 (May 1982): "The Chaos Network" |
| Justice League of America #202 (May 1982): "Star Fall" |
| Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982): "Day of the Bison" |
| Fury of Firestorm #2 (July 1982): "Rage!" |
| Justice League of America #203 (June 1982): "Shuffle and Deal... with Death!" |
| Justice League of America #204 (July 1982): "The Cut of the Cards" |
| Justice League of America #205 (August 1982): "The Final Hand!" |
| World's Finest Comics #281 (July 1982): "War in the Streets" |
| Fury of Firestorm #3 (August 1982): "A Cold Time in the Old Town Tonight..." |
| Fury of Firestorm #4 (September 1982): "The Icy Heart of Kiler Frost" |
| Fury of Firestorm #5 (October 1982): "The Pied Piper's Pipes of Peril!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #6 (November 1982): "The Pandrakos Plot" |
| Fury of Firestorm #7 (December 1982): "Plastique is Another Word for Fear!" |
| Justice League of America #207 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book One: Crisis Times Three" |
| All-Star Squadron #14 (October 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Two: The 'Mystery Men' of October" |
| Justice League of America #208 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Three: The Bomb-Blast Heard 'Round the World!" |
| All-Star Squadron #15 (November 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Four: Master of Worlds and Time" |
| Justice League of America #209 (December 1982): "Crisis on Earth Prime, Book Five: Let Old Acquaintances Be Forgot..." |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 1 #300 (February 1983): "Beautiful Dreamer, Death Unto Thee" |
| Fury of Firestorm #8 (January 1983): "Typhoon Warning" |
| Fury of Firestorm #9 (February 1983): "Baby the Rain Must Fall!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #10 (March 1983): "Prowl" |
| Fury of Firestorm #11 (April 1983): "Waking Darkness" |
| Fury of Firestorm #12 (May 1983): "Howl" |
| Fury of Firestorm #13 (June 1983): "Split!" |
| Justice League of America #217 (August 1983): "All the Elements of Disaster" |
| Action Comics #546 (August 1983): "Showdown" |
| Justice League of America Annual #1 (1983): [No Title] |
| Justice League of America #219 (October 1983): "Crisis in the Thunderbolt Dimension" |
| Justice League of America #220 (November 1983): "The Doppelganger Gambit" |
| Fury of Firestorm #14 (July 1983): "Enforcer" |
| Fury of Firestorm #15 (August 1983): "Breakout" |
| Fury of Firestorm #16 (September 1983): "Blackout!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #17 (October 1983): "On Wings of Fire!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #18 (November 1983): "Squeeze Play!" |
| Fury of Firestorm Annual #1 (1983): "All the Answers" |
| Fury of Firestorm #19 (January 1984): "Golden Boy!" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #323 (July 1983): "Run, Flash--Run For Your Wife" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #327 (November 1983): "Burnout" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #328 (December 1983): "Reverse-Flashback" |
| Flash Vol. 1 #329 (January 1984): "What is the Sinister Secret of Simian and Son?" |
| Justice League of America #221 (December 1983): "Beasts" |
| Justice League of America #222 (January 1984): "Beasts II: Death Games" |
| Justice League of America #223 (February 1984): "Beasts Part Three: Blood Sport" |
| World's Finest Comics #300 (February 1984): "A Tale of Two Worlds", or, "Planets In Peril" |
| World's Finest Comics #302 (April 1984): "No Rest for Heroes" |
| Justice League of America #224 (March 1984): "The Supremacy Factor" |
| Fury of Firestorm #20 (February 1984): "Frost Bite" |
| Fury of Firestorm #21 (March 1984): "Cold Snap!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #22 (April 1984): "The Secret Origin of Firestorm" |
| Fury of Firestorm #23 (May 1984): "Byte" |
| Fury of Firestorm #24 (June 1984): "Terminal Velocity" |
| Fury of Firestorm Annual #2 (1984): [No Title] |
| Saga of the Swamp Thing #24 (May 1984): "Roots" |
| Supergirl Vol. 2 #20 (June 1984): "Celebration" [No longer in continuity] |
| Fury of Firestorm #25 (July 1984): "Black Bison Rides Again!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #26 (August 1984): "Give Me Liberty -- Give Me Death" |
| Fury of Firestorm #27 (September 1984): "Spelldance" |
| Justice League of America #228 (July 1984): "War - of the World?" |
| Justice League of America #229 (August 1984): "War of the Worlds, 1984: Part Two" |
| Justice League of America #230 (September 1984): "War of the Worlds, 1984: Part Three - Blessed is the Peacemaker" |
| Justice League of America Annual #2 (1984): "- The End of the Justice League" |
| Fury of Firestorm #28 (October 1984): "The End of His Rope" |
| Fury of Firestorm #29 (November 1984): "The Assassination Bureau" |
| Fury of Firestorm #30 (December 1984): "The Depths of Despair" |
| Fury of Firestorm #31 (January 1985): "A Mind of Her Own" |
| Fury of Firestorm #32 (February 1985): "Ghosts!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #33 (March 1985): "Burn, Manhattan, Burn!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #34 (April 1985): "The Big Freeze" |
| Fury of Firestorm #35 (May 1985): "Winter Frost" |
| Fury of Firestorm #36 (June 1985): "Slowly I Turned -- Niagara Falls" |
| Fury of Firestorm #37 (July 1985): "Not In Our Stars, But In Ourselves" |
| Fury of Firestorm #38 (August 1985): "Night of the Weasel" |
| Fury of Firestorm #39 (September 1985): "Publish & Perish; or, The Academic Life Is Killing Me" |
| Fury of Firestorm #40 (October 1985): "Graduation Day" |
| Fury of Firestorm Annual #3 (1985): "Sparx" |
| Fury of Firestorm #41 (November 1985): "Storm Warning" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985): "The Summoning!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #2 (May 1985): "Time and Time Again!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #3 (June 1985): "Oblivion Upon Us" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July 1985): "And Thus Shall the World Die!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 (November 1985): "A Flash of the Lightning!" |
| Justice League of America Annual #3 (1985): "Force of Nature" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (December 1985): "War Zone" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #10 (January 1986): "Death at the Dawn of Time!" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock" |
| Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis" |
| DC Comics Presents #90 (February 1986): "Escape from Solitude" |
| Fury of Firestorm #43 (January 1986): "Night of Tears, Sky of Sorrow" |
| Fury of Firestorm #44 (February 1986): "An East Wind Blowing" |
| Fury of Firestorm #45 (March 1986): "A Gathering of Hate" |
| Fury of Firestorm #46 (April 1986): "Deadly Prelude" |
| Blue Devil #23 (April 1986): "Caught in the Firestorm" |
| Fury of Firestorm #47 (May 1986): "Dead Devils Don't Wear Blue" |
| Fury of Firestorm #48 (June 1986): "Moonbow Rising" |
| Fury of Firestorm #49 (July 1986): "Justice: Lost and Found" |
| Fury of Firestorm #50 (August 1986): "Vows" |
| Fury of Firestorm #51 (September 1986): "Collision Course" |
| Fury of Firestorm #52 (October 1986): "A Giant There Was" |
| Fury of Firestorm #53 (November 1986): "Shades in Silver" |
| Fury of Firestorm #54 (December 1986): "Rock and Roll Fantasy" |
| Fury of Firestorm Annual #4 (1986): "One Man's Poison" |
| Legends #1 (November 1986): "Once Upon a Time...!" [Page 6] |
| Justice League of America #257 (December 1986): "Coming Down" |
| Legends #1 (November 1986): "Once Upon a Time...!" [Page 21] |
| Legends #2 (December 1986): "Breach of Faith!" |
| Fury of Firestorm #55 (January 1987): "The Stench of Brimstone" |
| Fury of Firestorm #56 (February 1987): "Firestorm No More" |
| Fury of Firestorm #57 (March 1987): "Due Monday" |
| Fury of Firestorm #58 (April 1987): "Gambit" |
| Fury of Firestorm #59 (May 1987): "Glasshouses" |
| Captain Atom #2 (April 1987): "Captain Atom... A True American Hero?" |
| Fury of Firestorm #60 (June 1987): "Secret Identities" |
| Fury of Firestorm #61 (July 1987): "Thunderstruck" |
| Captain Atom #5 (July 1987): "The Return of Dr. Spectro" |
| Fury of Firestorm #62 (August 1987): "To Regain Tomorrow" |
| Fury of Firestorm #63 (September 1987): "Rogue Hero" |
| Fury of Firestorm #64 (October 1987): "Through the Gauntlet" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Annual #5 (1987): "Ground Zero" |
As Firestorm I [Ronald Raymond, Mikhail Arkadin and Martin Stein] |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #65 (November 1987): "Fallout" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #66 (December 1987): "Out of Control" |
| Millennium #1 (January 1988): "Over" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #67 (January 1988): "Dialogues" |
| Millennium #4 (January 1988): "Forth" |
| Suicide Squad Vol. 1 #9 (January 1988): "The Final Price" |
| Captain Atom #11 (January 1988): "A Matter of Choice" |
| Millennium #5 (February 1988): "In" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #68 (February 1988): "Planetfall" |
| Millennium #6 (February 1988): "Out" |
| Millennium #7 (February 1988): "Down" |
| Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #69 (March 1988): "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #70 (April 1988): "Time-Wrecked" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #71 (May 1988): "Hammer and Tong" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #72 (June 1988): "The Return of the Zuggernaut" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #73 (July 1988): "Blood Red Square" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #74 (August 1988): "Personal Demon" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #75 (September 1988): "The Return of Martin Stein" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #76 (October 1988): "Heart of Fire" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #77 (November 1988): "Journey to Eden" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #78 (December 1988): "Battleground Eden" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #79 (winter 1988): "Exile from Eden" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #80 (Holiday 1988): "The Battle Joined!" |
| Starman Vol. 1 #5 (Holiday 1988): "Don't You Know There's a War On?" |
| Invasion! #2 (1988): "Battleground Earth" |
| Adventures of Superman #449 (Holiday 1988): "The Search" [In between panels of Invasion! #2] |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #81 (January 1989): "Warbonds" |
| Invasion! #3 (1989): "World Without Heroes" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #83 (March 1989): "Lord of Fire" |
As Firestorm I [Ronald Raymond, Mikhail Arkadin and Svarozhich]Martin Stein separated from Firestorm matrix for a time. See Firestorm (Ron Raymond) Chronology, Mikhail Arkadin Chronology and Svarozhich Chronology for appearances during this period. |
As Martin Stein |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #86 (June 1989): "The Janus Directive Part 7: Home Fires Burning" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #89 (September 1989): "Sundering" |
| Firestorm, the Nuclear Man Vol. 1 #92 (December 1989): "Elemental War: Vision" |
| Firestorm Vol. 2 #93 (January 1990): "Storm Front" |
| Firestorm Vol. 2 #94 (February 1990): "The Dead Past" |
| Firestorm Vol. 2 #98 (June 1990): "Balance of Powers" |
| Firestorm Vol. 2 #99 (July 1990): "Mourning Frost" |
As Firestorm I [Martin Stein] |
| Firestorm Vol. 2 #100 (August 1990): "Blaze of Glory" |
| War of the Gods #1 (September 1991): "Hellfire's Web" |
| War of the Gods #2 (October 1991): "The Holy Wars" |
| War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End" |
| Extreme Justice #4 (May 1995): "The Brave and the Crazy" |
| Extreme Justice #5 (June 1995): "Atomic Nights" |
| Green Lantern/Firestorm #1 (October 2000): "Missing Pieces" |
As Martin Stein |
| Brightest Day #0 (June 2010): "Carpe Diem" |
| Brightest Day #1 (early July 2010): "Second Chances" |
| Brightest Day #2 (late July 2010): "Nuclear Options" |
| Brightest Day #3 (early August 2010): "Revelations" |
| Brightest Day #7 (early October 2010): "The Secret of Life" |
| Brightest Day #10 (late November 2010): "A Change is Gonna Come" |
| Brightest Day #11 (early December 2010): "Father's Day" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| Armageddon: Inferno #1 (April 1992): "Seeds of Doom" |
| Armageddon: Inferno #4 (July 1992): "The Gathering of Heroes" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 2 #139 (April 1981): "Slay On, Silvery Moon" |
| Swamp Thing Annual Vol. 2 #5 (1989): "Brothers" |