June 1978
Good Guy: Firestorm
Bad Gal: Killer Frost
Cameos: Cliff Carmichael, Doreen Day
Overview
"Kiss not the lips of Killer Frost"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Firestorm’s third adventure. I have had the first two issues for quite awhile and enjoyed them and I finally got a copy of the third issue yesterday and read it last night.
Firestorm’s dual personalities Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein are just beginning to come to grips with being Firestorm. Every time they merge Martin cannot remember what has just occurred and believes he is experiencing major blackouts.
After using Firestorm to scare Cliff Carmichael, a student who has been hassling Ronnie, they separate leaving Martin dazed. He arrives late at the airport.
Martin, and his experimental condenser, travel to “Mohole One” in the arctic. There he meets his former pupil Crystal Frost, one of the chief designers of Mohole One, and she tells him that she loves him. When Martin shuns her, she tells him to go join the rest of the men and accidently locks herself in the ‘Thermafrost’ chamber.
Crystal Frost becomes Killer Frost who can emit ice from her body as she absorbs heat. She kisses Martin and as she does so instigates the Firestorm merger. Ronnie is transported from his basketball match to the arctic.
A battle ensues and Firestorm eventually overcomes Killer Frost by using his molecular powers to create a refrigeration chamber around her. In doing so Killer Frost can no longer absorb heat and becomes an ice cube.
Overall Rating: 9/10
As a big fan of Firestorm, I found this extremely entertaining. The origin of the original Killer Frost didn’t disappoint - it was great fun.
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