X-Men: Firestar [Paperback]

Tom Defalco (Author), Mary Wilshire (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2006 | Grade Level: P and up | Series: X Men

Before the Avengers, before the New Warriors, mutandom's fiery favorite almost had a vocation in villainy thanks to the teacher from Hellfire, the White Queen! Can she find her way to heroism before things get too hot? Guest-starring the New Mutants! Collects Firestar #1-4.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (May 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785122001
• ISBN-13: 978-0785122005
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,065,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Firestar rocks! A great digest of comic book stories!, June 2, 2006

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Invisiboy2001 "invisiboy2001" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men: Firestar (Paperback)

Popular TV superhero FIRESTAR (from the cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends) made her comic-book debut in 1985 in X-Men issue 193 as one of the Hellions, a group of evil teenagers headed by Emma Frost.

Of course, Firestar was not evil -- just an innocent girl manipulated into fighting the X-Men. In 1986, Firestar was awarded her own four-issue limited series that told her origin; this digest contains all four issues, as well as addendum pages with profiles of Firetsar, the Hellfire Club, and Emma Frost.

This book is fun reading for all age. The art is crisp, interesting and clean. Very appealing.

Firestar would go on to join the Avengers and the New Warriors, but the stories here are a great look at Firestar's early years.

Guest-stars include Professor X, Kitty Pryde and the New Mutants. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvel's Mistress of Microwaves is back!, December 12, 2006

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Michael Anderson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: X-Men: Firestar (Paperback)

Firestar has always been a favorite character of mine. I will not pretend I have not loved her character since I was very, very young.

That being said, I was pleasantly surprisedto see this repackaging of her orininal mini series. The story stills tands up today, and her character is so lovely. A sweet, sensitive girl faced with challenges all around her, and she learns to overcome.

This could really, really be used for a basic script for "FIRESTAR" movie, if you cut out all of the X Men characters and references.

Great emotional payoff would be easy, and not a lot of special effects would even be needed. A relative newcomer would be needed to play her, and someone with natural beauty, who could play shy and sensitive, yet could also be tough when push comes to shove. Emotional range. If only Patricia Arquette were young enough....

This is a very touching and human story.

Long live Firestar.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grace Under Fire, February 28, 2010

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J. Sherman "The Critic" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: X-Men: Firestar (Paperback)

Do you remember that "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends" cartoon? Sure you don't, but here's the comic debut of the show's smokin' hot co-star. When young Angelica Jones' mutant powers awaken, she winds up under the wing of the teacher from Hell; Hellfire Club, that is. Loved by few, feared by many, and used by everyone else, Angelica must choose a side in the fight of her life. Featuring the X-Men, Emma Frost, and the New Mutants, Tom Defalco and Mary Wilshire's 4-issue series burns about as bright as every other 80s' comic I've read so far, but surprisingly well done. Included are profiles of Firestar, Frost and the Hellfire Club.

This comic is recommended for all ages: Violence.