Firestorm Vol 2 5

The Pied Piper's Pipes of Peril!

"Heck, Professor, we share this nuclear bod, don’t we? That means Lorraine is interested in you, too."

--Firestorm

Summary

Volume: 2
Issue: 5
Month: October
Year: 1982

Credits

Editor in Chief: Dick Giordano
Head Writer: Gerry Conway
Cover Artists: Pat Broderick and Dick Giordano
Pencilers: Pat Broderick
Inkers: Rodin Rodriguez
Colourists: Gene D'Angelo
Editors: Len Wein

Synopsis

Cast of Characters:

Locations

New York City

Manhattan

Bradley High School
Concordance Research
Empire State Building

Items

Pipes of Pan

First Appearances: Coach Mason, Pandrakos (See issue #6 notes for more info)
Final Appearances: No final appearances

Synopsis: Firestorm swoops down out of the sky and saves two children who had been playing on top of a moving train. After moving them to a safer location, he flies up into the clouds where he reads a personal classified ad from Lorraine Reilly inviting the hero to have dinner with her. Afterwards, he returns to Bradley High School where he begs Coach Mason to allow him back onto the basketball team.

In uptown Manhattan, a Greek merchant named Pandrakos visits Senator Walter Reilly. He sells him an ancient artifact known as the Pipes of Pan. From across the street however, the villain known as the Pied Piper witnesses the transaction. He smiles greedily as he prepares to procure the pipes for himself.

At Concordance Research, Harry Carew analyzes the tape recording made by Professor Martin Stein. He recovers some of the lost sound bites, which speaks of an incident concerning the Hudson Nuclear Power Plant. Stein walks in behind Harry and surprises him.

Meanwhile, the Pied Piper invades the home of Senator Reilly. He uses his special flute to hypnotize Reilly, allowing him the ability to steal the Pipes of Pan. With the access to a powerful mystical artifact, the Pied Piper hypnotizes the entire Manhattan area. Ronnie Raymond and Martin Stein transform into Firestorm and fly into action. The Piper commands his legion of subservient citizens to attack Firestorm. Realizing that the obedient throngs of people are just innocent victims, Firestorm is reluctant to use his powers against them. As the Piper continues to play, dozens of citizens swarm over Firestorm's body.

Notes

This story continues next issue.

The Pied Piper can usually be found tormenting the Flash in the pages of The Flash (Volume 1).

Trivia

Senator Walter Reilly is incorrectly drawn bald in this issue. Artist Pat Broderick corrects his mistake in issue #6.

In this issue, Senator Walter Reilly is seen speaking on the telephone with someone named "Tip". In lieu of Reilly's political connections, the man he is speaking with is likely Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neil.

This comic book contains advertisements for the following products:

—Parker Brothers - Frogger video game

—Bubble Yum bubble gum

—Grit Magazine subscription service

—Estes - Space Shuttle Columbia model

—Capsela modular toy vehicles

—Lifesavers roll candy and lollipops

—Remco Sgt. Rock action figure

—DC Comics - Swamp Thing movie contest

External Links

References

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #8
Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #18

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