The Top 10 Most Comic-Accurate Characters From DC’s Television Shows

Firestorm (The Flash)

Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein’s relationship was the embodiment of comic absurdity on television. Firestorm, in the comics, was two different people fused into one fiery entity, and it was almost unbelievable that the the show could remain so faithful to its source. From a show that spun-off of Arrow, it seemed almost laughable. But then they fused, Martin and Ronnie had their first in-Ronnie’s-head argument, and I forever shut up. At that point, I was finally ready to believe The Flash really had no comic boundaries and could include anything from the DC lore. If it was DC, it was possible. Keep in mind, this happened before time travel, Gorilla Grodd, and King Shark, so it was a pretty big deal. The comic relationship between Ronnie and Martin was perfectly captured in live action, showing the two bickering often but working together when it counts.

Unfortunately, Ronnie was killed at the end of season one. Firestorm lived on when Team Flash helped Martin Stein find another metahuman he was Firestorm-compatible with. Jax and Stein formed the new Firestorm on the second Arrow-verse spin-off Legends of Tomorrow, and although they still had the same argumentative relationship that Ronnie and Stein had, it definitely was not the same. Stein eventually became Jax’s relationship coach on Legends, which had a creepily unnecessary Guggenheim feel to it. Let’s not talk about Earth-2 Deathstorm, he has Martin Stein trapped in his head on Earth-2, and that just makes me feel really crappy.