Firestorm (Matrix)

Firestorm: 2004 - Present
The opening of the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator in Central City would forever tie the fates of Dr. Martin Stein and young Ronnie Raymond together. While Stein was giving a brief lecture on the many uses of the accelerator to Ronnie's science class, Stein's assistant Danton Black was sneaking away from the main event to use Stein's stolen access card to help a group of corporate saboteurs led by a weaselly guy named John Monroe. Soon enough, Stein discovered his card was missing and went to confront Danton Black.

When Stein discovered the sabotage, he ran into the particle accelerator to remove charges planted by the mercenaries. John Monroe fired at Stein and managed to down the physicist after a few shots. One of his stray shots hit a critical piece of equipment and triggered a lockdown protocol which sealed Stein in with moments to spare before the accelerator went live. Also in harm's way were Danton Black and Ronnie Raymond, the latter of which had been wandered away looking for a bathroom and when seeing Stein shot, rushed in to help the scientist.

Due to the whatever equipment was damaged, the chemical mixtures in the explosives, or any number of other strange variables, Stein, Raymond and Black had their genetics altered by the energies of the accelerator's disastrous initial test. In fact, a wave of strange radiation was unleashed upon much of Central City that very day, causing a sudden spike in the city's meta-enabled population and causing a significant portion of the city's population to develop meta-genes which would manifest years later. While Black's fate is a tale for another file, Stein and Raymond had their bodies and minds fused together. Likely due to a combination of Stein's age and injuries, Raymond became the primary 'driver' of their shared, nuclear body.

After Flash & Friends helped the guys learn to reverse the process, they decided to become one (or two, depending on how you look at it) of Flash's regular allies. Dubbing their fused form as 'Firestorm', this nuclear man would go on to become an early and essential addition to both the J.L.A. and the U.N. sponsored Justice League.

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Trivia

 * Firestorm joined the Justice League of America in 2005 nominated by The Flash.

Links and References

 * Appearances of Firestorm
 * Character Gallery: Firestorm