Editing Firestar (Marvel Comics) (section)

==Development and publication history==
===''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends''===
[[File:Firestar.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Fire-Star as she appeared in ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'']]
Firestar – spelled as Fire-Star – was created for the [[NBC]] [[List of animated television series|animated series]] ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2007 |title=Spider-Man on TV |url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/785/785521p3.html |access-date=September 9, 2010 |work=[[IGN]]}}</ref> with [[Kathy Garver]] providing her voice. This version of the character has the ability to control heat in all its forms, as stated in the 1981 ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' one-shot comic.

The creators had wanted to use the [[Human Torch]], but the rights to the character were tied up.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cruickshank |first=Reg |date=April 2, 2020 |title=John Romita's Firestar Concept Art Shows the Character's Mary Jane Influence |url=https://www.cbr.com/john-romita-firestar-mary-jane-concept-art/ |access-date=April 2, 2020 |publisher=[[CBR.com]] |quote=The network wanted the series to feature the Fantastic Four's Human Torch, but he was off-limits due to licensing conflicts.}}</ref> Firestar's pre-production names included Heatwave, Starblaze, and Firefly. [[Dennis Marks (screenwriter)|Dennis Marks]], one of the original writers of ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'', stated in a 2002 interview that he had come up with the name of Fire-Star's alias, Angelica Jones, taken from one of his old girlfriends.<ref name=Marks>{{cite web | url=http://www.spider-friends.com/Credits/writers/InterviewDM.html | title=An Interview with Dennis Marks | work=spider-friends.com | date=June 2002 | access-date=June 2, 2011}}</ref>

In the series, Fire-Star is identified as a former member of the [[X-Men]]<!--source: series explanation by her character several times when the X-Men appear-->, along with [[Iceman (Marvel Comics)|Iceman]], with whom she occasionally appears to have a flirtatious relationship, and with whom she is sometimes seen on dates. At times, she dates Peter Parker ([[Spider-Man]]) as well, resulting in a relaxed [[love triangle]] of sorts.<ref>'' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends''. Season 1, Episode 8: "The Prison Plot".</ref> Fire-Star also has a one-episode romance with [[Sunfire (comics)|Sunfire]].{{episode needed|date=November 2023}}

Her origin is explained in "A Fire-Star is Born."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Nigel |date=January 12, 2018 |title=The Best Of The Best There Is: 15 On-Screen Wolverines, Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/tv-movie-wolverine-appearances-ranked/ |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US |quote=In 1982, the animated Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends TV show aired "A Fire-Star is Born," the origin of Firestar and how she gained her powers.}}</ref> Young Angelica Jones was subject to constant bullying by a schoolmate named Bonnie, who calls her "Miss Angelica Jinx" on account of mysterious events that occur in Angelica's presence, which unbeknownst to Bonnie and others around Angelica, are triggered by her newly emerging powers, of which Angelica is gradually becoming aware. As Angelica becomes fully aware that she is a mutant with superhuman abilities, she saves her father at one point during an accident while disguised.{{episode needed|date=November 2023}}

Early in her senior year of high school, Bonnie and her boyfriend framed Angelica for the theft of a school trophy, causing Dean Wilmer to temporarily suspend Angelica from school. A strong need to correct this situation leads Angelica to become Fire-Star for the first time. She finds proof of Bonnie's deception, retrieved the missing trophy, and compels Bonnie to confess, which justifies her expulsion from school. She is later approached by [[Cyclops (Marvel Comics)|Cyclops]], [[Warren Worthington III|Angel]], and Iceman to join the X-Men. She accepted and was seen helping them against [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]] and the [[Sentinel (comics)|Sentinels]].{{episode needed|date=November 2023}}

The animated series and the [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' comic book<ref>Later reprinted as ''Marvel Action Universe'' #1.</ref> (which adapted an episode for print) are not considered part of standard [[Marvel Universe]] [[continuity (fiction)|continuity]]. However, the 2006 one-shot comic ''Spider-Man Family: Amazing Friends'' (August 2006) features an in-continuity story, "[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends#Opposites Attack!|Opposites Attack!]]", in which the three superheroes work as a short-lived team. This story takes place shortly after the up-and-coming hero Firestar becomes a founding member of the [[New Warriors]].

===Firestar mini-series===
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Firestar's first in-continuity comic book appearance was in ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #193 (May 1985).<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=129}}</ref> She next appeared in her own mini-series, which presented her definitive, in-continuity origin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brevoort |first1=Tom |last2=DeFalco |first2=Tom |last3=Manning |first3=Matthew K. |last4=Sanderson |first4=Peter |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |title=Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History |date=2017 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1465455505 |page=221}}</ref> The ''Firestar'' four issue mini-series depicts events both before and after Firestar's appearance in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #193, showing her development from a shy, insecure girl afraid of her developing powers to a confident young woman capable of easily defeating [[Emma Frost]].

The mini-series also established that Firestar's powers were microwave-based, rather than the more common fire-generation power that her animated counterpart displayed; the comic-book Firestar essentially harnesses ambient microwave radiation from her environment, making her powers far stronger in an environment such as space, where the concentration of microwaves is much greater than within a planetary atmosphere.

===Established character===
Despite the mini-series' efforts to flesh out the character, Firestar was not featured in any stories for a few years (aside from a five-part serial in the ''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' anthology series; issues #82–87) and seemed destined to fade into obscurity until she joined the New Warriors. She would go on to appear as a regular character in ''Avengers'', and the informal all-female team "Marvel Divas".

After the special ''Firestar'' one-shot issue (April 2010), Firestar returned to full-time superheroics as a character in the short-lived comic series ''Young Allies''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=14718 | title=''Firestar'' #1 (2010) | work=Marvel Catalog}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Young-Allies-McKeever-100309.html | last=Rogers | first=Vaneta | title=''Young Allies'' Joins Marvel's Summer Youth Movement | work=[[Newsarama]] | date=March 9, 2010}}</ref> Firestar appears as a main character in the ''I Am an Avenger'' comic book mini-series.

Firestar was one of the feature characters in the 2011 six-issue limited series ''Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt''.

At the 2013 [[San Diego Comic-Con]], Firestar was announced "to take her place as a major X-Men character for the first time" starring in the new comic book ''[[Amazing X-Men]]'' in November 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seifert |first=Mark |date=July 21, 2013 |title=Amazing X-Men #1 from Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness Features Wolverine, Storm, Beast, Firestar, Iceman, Northstar, And... Nightcrawler |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/07/21/amazing-x-men-1-from-jason-aaron-and-ed-mcguinness-features-wolverine-storm-beast-firestar-iceman-northstar-and-nightcrawler/ |website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref><ref name="Amazing X-Men">{{cite web |last=Ching |first=Albert |date=July 22, 2013 |title=The AMAZING X-MEN Search for Nightcrawler in New Series |url=http://www.newsarama.com/18459-the-amazing-x-men-search-for-nightcrawler-in-new-series.html |access-date=July 22, 2013 |publisher=[[Newsarama.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725003654/http://www.newsarama.com/18459-the-amazing-x-men-search-for-nightcrawler-in-new-series.html |archive-date=2013-07-25 }}</ref>

Firestar came to more prominence in the [[Krakoa]] era of X-Men comic books,{{cn|date=January 2025}} particularly the later "[[Fall of X]]" storyline{{cn|date=January 2025}} where she selflessly plays a double agent role in the villainous organization [[Orchis (comics)|Orchis]], allowing the world and her teammates to believe she has betrayed mutantkind, on instructions from [[Jean Grey]]. At the storyline's inception, Firestar was announced as a full member of the main X-Men team for the first time following a reader vote.