NEW
Slade Files: Spider-Man (Black)
Economy, Trolls, & HeroClixs
5 Awesome Spider-Man Fights
Web of Spider-Man Map
Saturday Morning Watchmen
It is Dr. Manhattan
Robert's Dial Maker

NEW-ISH
Batman and Kato
Rev: Ultimate Cap
Seven Little Superheroes
Slade Files: Superman
Slade Files: Spider-Man
Incredible Hulk 1977
Faces of Eddie
Slade Files: Ultron
Iron Maiden Clix Spoilers
DC 75th Spoilers
Watchmen Day 3
Watchmen Day 2
Watchmen Day 1
ClixCraves Vol 01
DreamClix: The Transformers
Batman Beyond: ROTJ
10 Battle Packs (We Want)
arrowA Firestar is Born
Jonah Hex Review
DC Brightest Day Spoilers
Batman: Dead End
Wizkids Star Trek!
Batman on My Baby
Jonah Hex Spoilers
Vegas Odds: B/C/F
Slade Files: Venom
Critical Miss: Injustice League
Pryde of the X-Men
DreamClix: Star Trek
Spider-Man 1977
Accessories: Capital City
FCBD: War Machine
Critical Miss: Giants
Brave and the Bold Prizes
Marvel DisneyClix
HeroClix Batmobile
Web of Spider-Man Spoilers
Wizkids in 2010
Brave & The Bold INFO & SPOILERS
Marvel DUOS You Want
Slade Files: Thor
10 Minutes with Hair10
The Watchmen Info & Spoilers
DC Starter (Blackest Night) Info
HeroClix World Baby!
DC DUOS You Want!
PaC: Smokey Cap
Top 8 Sets We Want
HeroClix World Giveaway
Confessions of a Wizkids Sculpter
Critical Miss: Print and Play
John Byrne Interview
HoT: Mjolnir & Ragnarok
PaC: Red Arrow
22 HeroClix box sets (we want)
Hammer of Thor images!
BroMag Interview
Ben Misenar Interview
Top 10 Signs You're Obsessed with HeroClix
Seth J. Interview (III)
Seth J. Interview (II)
Seth J. Interview (I)
AlphaClix: New Beginning
PaC: Spidey (si)
nbperp Interview (II)
nbperp Interview (I)
Rev: Thor's Chariot
Rev: World War Hulk
PaC: Robin (aa)
Exclusive: Thor's Mighty Chariot Pictures
Rev: Crisis Nightwing
Top 5 Overrated Clix
HeroClix: For Profit
Black History Month
Fixing HeroClix


A Firestar is Born
The Le
06/25/2010

A Firestar is Born HeroClixSpider-Man and His Amazing Friends only lasted a measely 24 episodes, but it was certainly my first meaningful exposure to the Marvel Universe. There's a certain cheese element to it now, but to a 9-year-old this was super-hero gold.

More importantly, this is where I was exposed to the X-Men for the first time. I remember when I first saw the "A Firestar is Born" episode during Saturday morning cartoons, and immediately called my cousin too see if he saw it too.

This episode had it all -- an origin, Juggernaught, Angel, Cyclops, Wolverine, Professor X, Storm, and a distinct lack of Ms. Lion the dog. Keep in mind that this episode was first aired in 1982... a full seven years before we would get an actual X-Men cartoon of any kind.

Wolverine might not have had the best voice in this episode, but for months afterwards my cousins and I would constantly shout "It's my turn!"

Let's take a look at the last 7 minutes of A Firestar is Born:




Your Comments:
Just in case anyone is curious Firestar has been active in the comics recently. Until a year or two ago she was engaged to a telekinetic mutant code named Justice. They ended up breaking up. The two were part of The New Warriors for a while and in the Avengers. Recently she battled cancer and is now on the mend. She remains a favorite character of mine and I agree I would love to see them do a special Spiderman, Iceman, Firestar click or something similar.

Posted by: aaron on 9/6/2010 8:30:31 AM
This is one of the all-time spidey episodes!! This was the 1st time I ever saw a Sentinel & The Juggernaut Voice is Classic as hell!!

Posted by: TexasTerry on 6/29/2010 2:25:19 PM
One of my all time fav episodes from that series - that and SWARM! who I hope finally gets a figure in WoS.

Posted by: Spudeus on 6/28/2010 5:27:45 PM
Some real comic battle uses of barriar, nice!
thx for posting it

Posted by: CapandD-Man on 6/26/2010 7:26:34 PM
Yeah man it was my first experience to the marvelous world of super heroes too, i must of been about 3 at the time, but man i loved it!

Yeah we do need a new fire star, the old one has the same gripe i have with Iron Monger_ drops to AV 7 and below far to quickly. Still at least the costume was the one from the cartoon rather than the only one i've seen of her in a comic.

Maybe we should get a duo of her and Iceman, or have it so the 3 of them have some sort of synergy like the warriors 3! now that would be cool

Posted by: Ste on 6/25/2010 8:35:33 PM
Firestar!! That's what I consider a good character for the new Web of Spider-man expansion, I hope to see her again!!!

Posted by: JasonCR on 6/25/2010 6:07:21 PM
Firestar is the hawt Firestarter! I wouldn't mind seeing them bring her back to comic land if they havent already.

Posted by: estranged from Burl on 6/25/2010 4:14:48 PM