The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man Vol. 3: Takeover (The New 52)

This volume was pretty fun. We get to see Firestorm interact with others in the DC Universe - which is awesome! This volume also goes back to being more focused on Jason and Ronnie's relationship - which is one of my favorite parts of the series (that is of course besides the fact that Firestorm is just a badass). I think this is my favorite of the 3 volume series though. Having gotten to know Ronnie Raymond and Jason Ruch in the first 2 volumes really helped though. While I think one could enjoy this without reading the rest of the series, I recommend you read the first and second volumes as well. Because I don't think everyone will enjoy this I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, but I wish I could have gone 4.25.

The First two volumes were great, but this volume exist solely to just check boxes. First setup Captain Atom after that series got cancelled, check. Introduce the villain Killer frost to the new 52, check. and finally get firestorm on as Justice league D-list member, check.

The characters are unexplained and not interesting. The personality is bland, the doctor is probably the best thing the volume has for it.

It was an entertaining read, but it was not all that well written. The 1st 2 volumes were much better. That being said, if you want to read the transition into later Justice League volumes, this would be a useful read.

Dan Jurgens course corrects Firestorm to bring him more in line with the traditional iteration that Firestorm is made up of two people with one of them being in the driver's seat. But there's very little story here. Each issue a rogue government organization sends a metahuman to attack Firestorm or mercenaries try to capture him to sell him to the highest bidder. Jurgens's stilted dialogue has me nodding off until I get smacked in the face by my book. Ronnie even cracks wise about a slide rule at one point. The only reason I knew what a slide rule was when I was a teenager, 25 years ago, is because I found my Dad's from when he was in college 50 years ago and asked him about it. How would a teenager today even know what that was unless they saw it in a museum?

While I've recommended the first two volumes as being great reads for young, first time readers (especially if you read with your kids), this volume stands well even for experienced readers. Not going to be an instant classic, but certainly worth time reading. It's also consistent in the series in terms of story-telling and artwork, again making it a good start for kids.

The book showed up in practically record time in pretty good shape. I just wish you guys wouldn't put barcode stickers directly on the covers.Speaking to the actual product itself, I'm a big Dan Jurgens fan, so this wasn't difficult for me to enjoy. Gives some nice continuation to the captain atom story that was only given 12 issues and sets up firestorm's involvement in larger events down the line in the new 52 universe.

Much more entertaining than the first two volumes which were a chore to read. This one brings the fun back to Firestorm. Its not perfect, but Dan Jurgens understands the characters and brings back the enthusiasm and adventure to Firestorm that had been missing when the New 52 began. I still want DC to reprint those early issues of The Fury of Firestorm that Gerry Conway wrote in the 1980s as those are extremely hard to find.