This collection includes the comics: Spiderman and His Amazing Friends, The Triumph of the Green Goblin, Warhunt 2, Firestar Mark of the Mutant; Firestar Now Strikes the Assassin; Firestar Life During Wartime #1-6; Opposites Attack; and The Mini Marvels Spidey and His Amazing Friends. The Triumph of the Green Goblin is lifted straight from the TV show episode. War Hunt 2 is centered around the White Queen trying to convince James Proudstone, the new Thunderbird, that the X-Men murdered his brother. Mark of the Mutant focuses on Angelica Jones, aka Firestar, and her childhood with a father who works a job that requires frequent travel and a grandmother who dotes on her and tries to lift her spirits. When she starts to show her power, both Charles Xavier and Emma Frost want to add her to their ranks. While Charles wants to help her, Emma wants to use her as an assassin to kill the Black Queen. Emma arrives first and has Firestar train alone with her instead of with the group. Angelica sees Emma as a kind of substitute mother whom she doesn't want to disappoint. Little does she know that she is being trained to be an assassin.
The Life During Wartime series shows Angelica living with her dad again and hiding her powers until Mystique and her team arrive to recruit her. Mystique injured Angelica's father, who now needs a lung transplant. The Brotherhood, an anti-mutant organization, wants Mystique to investigate her shape-shifting abilities and to kill her. They tell Firestar that they will provide the lung if she brings them Mystique. Firestar is pretty angry over Mystique harming her father and wants revenge. The Brotherhood tells her they just want a sample of her DNA, and they won't kill her. Opposites Attack has Spider-Man, Firestar, and Ice Man on an adventure. The Mini Marvels is a version of the comic with minuature versions of Spidey, Iceman, and Firestar.
Firestar didn't start out in the comics. She was created as a token female on the animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. When I was watching the show as a kid, I fell in love with the redheaded character. Somehow, I was never aware of the comics. I'm glad I finally found this book. I can't recommend it high enough. Firestar has to deal with having no friends, a father who can't believe he has a mutant for a daughter and wants her to hide her powers, and various factions who want her dead or alive. I really love this character and hope to one day see more of her in the comics.
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