From Fury of Firestorm #4 (Sept. ’82), Red Tornado disguises himself as Burt Reynolds (under the hopefully non-actionable pseudonym of “Curt Holland”) as part of a ruse to defeat Killer Frost:
No, really, it is Red Tornado:
And after the super-shenanigans are done with, Reddy has time to make with his Steve Martin impression:
…in front of former New York mayor Ed Koch, no less.
In other news:
Is there a more magical phrase in the English language than “a special tribute to Mike Sterling?” I submit to you, sir and/or ma’am, that there is not, and that very phrase appears in Chris Sims’ latest Invincible Super-Blog podcast. He discusses the infamous Swamp Thing supplement from the DC Heroes role playing game in honor of my recent anniversary (and comes to just about the same conclusion I did when I discussed the game way back when). Thanks, Chris, you velvet-piped troubadour, you.
Enough about me, here’s more about me: I now have a Comicspace account, because I need to be on another internet networking/blogging/whatever site, apparently. Well, honestly, I think I may find more use for this than I ever did for my Myspace account, which, um, I’m still not sure what to do with yet. And don’t get me started on my poor, neglected Vox site. Oy.
Nice write-up! I love those old Firestorm issues. That Burt Reynolds plot point is sort of cheesy 30 years later, but still fun. The Pat Broderick art still looks great!
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