Jason Rusch
Jason Rusch is a male comic character who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Jason Rusch
Whilst driving, he was exposed to a field of energy where he briefly lost consciousness and upon awakening he quickly drove away as he was late to work. (Firestorm v3 #1)
Whilst investigating the disappearance of Martin Stein, Firestorm received a tip about a sighting of the professor though Gehenna believed it to be a trap. She was proven right when they stumbled on Killer Frost who battled the superhero though she was ultimately defeated when Firestorm turned the ground around her into anti-freeze. However, he was then ambushed by the Injustice League Unlimited where Lex Luthor, Joker and Cheetah attacked him. In the fight, Joker sprayed specially treated venom on Firestorm causing him to laugh uncontrollably whereupon he was set upon by Cheetah who brutally slashed him leaving him badly injured. He was left behind as the villains departed with Firestorm taken to St. Vincent Hospital where the staff respected his secret identity by not unmasking him and helping in his recovery from the paralysis of the venom. Batman and Red Arrow arrived where they learnt of the attack as well as concluded the supervillains were working together in eliminating superheroes. (Justice League of America Wedding Special v2 #1) He recovered and decided to help the Justice League who had been captured by the supervillains at their headquarters with Firestorm arriving in time to transmute Lex Luthor's Kryptonite knife into a harmless spoon whilst creating a lockpick for the captive Batman. This allowed the pair to free their comrades where they helped defeat the Injustice League. Afterwards, Batman offered Firestorm membership into the Justice League of America as he felt that the hero needed supervision due to his great power. (Justice League of America v2 #15)
Jason and Gehenna later came to visit the grave of Ronnie Raymond where they were accompanied by Professor Stein. (Blackest Night v1 #1)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
At some point, he came to meet Martin Stein who shared with him his top-secret research project that was the creation of the Firestorm Protocols. Rusch was kept one of the bottles for safekeeping and to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. (Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1 #1)
He later arranged for an interview with Walton Mills High Schools star quarterback Ronnie Raymond where the two had an argument over black football players at the school. (Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
His father had been a foreman at the auto plant until it closed and an accident later led to the family struggling. (Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1 #1) The result of the accident prevented him from working where he was known to take his anger out on his son at times. This could see him regretting his actions and apologising to Jason afterwards. Despite this, Jason said that he wanted to help his father and in fact wanted to go to college so that he could better support him. His father though initially believed that his son wanted to leave the home to get away from him. (Firestorm v3 #1)
One of his close friends was Tonya Lu where the two worked for the school newspaper. (Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
After becoming Firestorm, he gained superhuman abilities to control energy and matter where he gained the power of flight, fire energy blasts and transmute objects from one state to another. (Firestorm v3 #2)
The Firestorm Matrix required to people to bond to it with Rusch often bonding with other people to transform into his superpowered state. Jason himself was the prime 'driver' whilst the other party remained in his mind whilst the two were Firestorm. Upon changing back to normal, the two separated where the other party had no memory of the entire time they were Firestorm. (Firestorm v3 #2)
One incarnation of him was empowered by the Firestorm Protocols that were an invention of Martin Stein. In this time, he and Ronnie Raymond both came to be separate Firestorm's who had the ability to fuse into a more powerful entity called Fury. (Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1 #1)
Notes
- Jason Rusch was created by Dan Jolley where he made his first appearance Firestorm v3 #1 (July, 2004).
Alternate Versions
- In The New 52: Futures End v1 #1 (2014), an alternate future version of Jason Rusch appeared in the setting of Future's End. He was shown to had continued his partnership with Ronnie Raymond as the two maintained their joint role as Firestorm. In the years afterwards, Rusch was shown to had gotten a place at Columbia University where he worked in a laboratory there.
In other media
Television
- In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Jason Rusch made an appearance in the episode "A Bat Divided!" where he was voiced by actor Tyler James Williams.
- In The Flash, Jason Rusch made an appearance in the live-action television series set in the Arrowverse in the episode "Revenge of the Rogues" where he was portrayed by actor Luc Roderique. He was shown as being a former student of Hudson University where he worked on the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. project and co-wrote an 800-page paper with Professor Martin Stein. At some point, he sent his resume to both S.T.A.R. Labs and Mercury Labs where he was given a job at the latter. Caitlin Snow contacted him to learn more about the F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M. project.
Film
- In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths film, the Jason Rusch Firestorm appeared in the animated film where he teleported onto the Justice League Watchtower to battle the Earth-3 Superwoman and her lieutenants.
Video games
- In DC Legends, the Jason Rusch Firestorm appeared in the iOS video game with the Bio revealing that he was a debt ridden student who had accidently bonded to Martin Stein in the Firestorm Matrix.
- In Injustice 2, the Jason Rusch Firestorm appeared as a playable character in the fighting video game where he was paired with Martin Stein in the Firestorm Matrix with him being voiced by actor Ogie Banks.
Appearances
- Firestorm v3: (2004)
- Justice League of America v2:
- Blackest Night v1:
- Brightest Day v1:
- Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men v1:
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