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As a result of the New 52 in 2011, the entire line of DC characters was relaunched, incorporating properties belonging to the company's imprints: Wildstorm, Milestone, and Vertigo. As such, elements of this character's history have been altered in some way from the previous incarnation. For a complete list of all versions of this character, see our disambiguation page. |
Martin Stein is a scientist responsible for the creation of several of America's metahuman, the founder of the Department of Metahuman Affairs and one half of the hero Firestorm.
History
Martin Stein was a scientist with an interest in metahumans, after losing his son he created the Department of Metahuman Affairs thinking that if they had metahuman back then his son could have been saved.
He contacted David Drake and offered to take care of his children education in exchange of him joining the Department of Metahuman Affairs as metahuman asset and then detonated a nuclear device to activate his metagene, years after he blamed him for a hurricane that killed 25 people in order to estrange him from his family after Drake revealed the truth to his son.[1]
He then spent several years creating metas for the United States government until he decided to infiltrate them through the creation of Project Firestorm.
He found and groomed the emotionally vulnerable Ronald Raymond to become a test subject and caused the incident that fused them together and created Firestorm, and operated as the mind behind the hero until he was exposed on Mars by Doctor Manhattan.[2]
After the end of the superhuman crisis caused by the Supermen Theory he was arrested because of his actions and manipulations.[3]
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect
- Science
- Deception: Martin is a skilled liar and manipulator, he played on Ronald Raymond insecurities to transform him into Firestorm and fabricated lies about Typhoon to estrange him from his family in order to control him.[1][2]
- Leadership: Martin secretly led the Department of Metahuman Affairs for years.
- Firearms: Martin owns and can shoot a shotgun.[4]
Notes
- Martin Stein was created by Gerry Conway and Al Milgrom, first appearing in Firestorm #1. However, in the rebooted Prime Earth continuity his first appearance as part of the DC Universe is in Ethan Van Sciver, Gail Simone, and Yildiray Cinar's New 52 Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men: The Nuclear Men series.
Related
- 50 Appearances of Martin Stein (Prime Earth)
- 3 Images featuring Martin Stein (Prime Earth)
- 1 Quotations by or about Martin Stein (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Martin Stein (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
Justice League member This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats. |
D.E.O. member |