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Firestar #4 cover (1986) - Firestar

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Published cover, TPB, X-Men Origins TPB, Digital Comic Cover

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Location: [X]-Men/Mutants Covers
Title: Firestar #4 cover (1986) - Firestar*
Artist:  Barry Windsor-Smith (All) ,  Tom DeFalco (Writer)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1205
Likes on CAF: 42
Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 36
Added to Site: 3/15/2023

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My biggest addition for 2023 (so far??)! The X-Men animated series got me into reading comics, but Spiderman and his Amazing Friends first introduced me to Marvel's superheroes. I can still recall the sound effects of Ice Man and Firestar's transformations.

I've lovingly seen this cover posted for a little while, and I figured now or never to get a BWS Marvel cover with a Mutant and X-men (...and Avenger and New Warrior :-p) on it. Especially one with childhood nostalgia.

I actually read the mini several years after it was released. It was better than I expected. Given the story's context, this cover image, for me, is the moment Firestar finally accepts herself for who she is as a mutant and a woman. The mini also cemented the White Queen as a heinous witch!

Let's have a moment of silence for poor Butter Rum.

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Aznfunk Comics Member Since 2021
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Posted On 3/15/2023

Damn, that's HOT. Congrats on this, great pick up!

Jason D'Ambrosio Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Amazing Add ! Congratulations - no more panels for James....

Rick W Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Loved all of the '80s Marvel minis.

Smokin' BWS cover!

Hobby Halbert Member Since 2022
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Wow, just gorgeous!

E DLS Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Just one look and you know it's BWS.  Great cover from the time period.  I remember it well.  Congrats bud.

Wolvie Fan Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Great cover, James!

Jason K Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Wow! Rackin em up! Huge congrats on so much art from a legend. 

Foggy Bottom Member Since 2009
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1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Baller.

Jordan Joanou Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Congrats, James, on pulling the trigger on this BWS beauty.  Fits well in your gallery.

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
3    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Premium piece by one of the premiere artists of our time!  A coming out party for Firestar who became an amazing friend to us on Saturday mornings.  Ms. Lion would wake up early to look up at this scene.    

Tyler T Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Another great BWS page. This one is straight fire! Congrats James!

James Dornoff Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

This is absolutely awesome, FIRESTAR is a star that continues to shine brightly.  Great cover and huge congrats!   She's a character that is finally getting some long due well deserved attention.  

Duke  Fleed Member Since 2013
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Hooo - Haaa. Na Na Na. Whoooshhh!! So simple, yet so much fun! Congrats!

Brian Lake Member Since 2015
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

classic - fantastic add it takes me back to the cartoon as well

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 3/15/2023

Like DaRickster says up above, ALL the 1980's mini-series were fun. It was just a great format to try out different ideas and characters in their own series. As a big fan of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, I loved seeing Marvel introduce this character into the Marvel Universe proper and getting the artistic fire power they did to draw the covers was an amazing coup. Congratulations on acquiring such a classic 80's gem!

Troy C. Punswick Member Since 2008
1    
Posted On 3/16/2023

You are on quite the roll!  Awesome cover!!!

JN 80 Member Since 2016
1    
Posted On 3/16/2023

In my Alicia Keyes voice...."James S is on fireeeee!" I enjoyed those 80s cartoons with Firestar. Congrats on adding a BWS.

F M Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 3/16/2023

That's a big one. BWS is in his own league.

Eranga Devasurendra Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 3/16/2023

B(A)WS!!!

Paul P Spiderversity Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 3/16/2023

Fantastic get!!  Firestar looks beautiful and May I say, very "ooh la la" here.  And a classic flight pose to boot.  Congrats!

Some Collector Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 3/16/2023

Wowsers!  

Michael Reyes Member Since 2014
1    
Posted On 3/17/2023

Yeah she's on fire.

Dan Gallo Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 3/17/2023

Great cover!

David Bixler Member Since 2016
1    
Posted On 3/20/2023

Great pickup James! Really nice cover!

Fisch  Benz Member Since 2019
2    
Posted On 3/22/2023

Every time I see a BWS page I marvel at how he does so much with so little. Lesser artists would need a ton more lines to convey scene and power, but with so few, BWS shows us a beautiful heroine and her dynamic movement and energy. 

Amazing pickup, James!

James S Member Since 2017
Posted On 4/7/2023

Fisch Benz wrote:
"  Every time I see a BWS page I marvel at how he does so much with so little. Lesser artists would need a ton more lines to convey scene and power, but with so few, BWS shows us a beautiful heroine and her dynamic movement and energy. 
Amazing pickup, James!
 "

So true right here.  They are the right lines in the right places!

Jason Hussa Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 3/22/2023

A -SUPERB- pick up, James!  This is most likely true for all who saw it, but this BWS Firestar cover has been burned/microwaved into my brain since 1986!  What an amazing score!  A lovely example of BWS's fluid style and compositional muscle - I can't imagine how thrilling it must be to own a BWS cover.  Sincere congrats, James - this is fantastic!

Bill J Member Since 2009
1    
Posted On 3/22/2023

Absolutely stunning Barry Windsor-Smith cover! There's something about BWS's work that always seems to elevate the character he's drawing. Firestar was a minor character, but here she looks like a superstar! Fabulous layout, and beautiful inking!

K Gearon Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 3/24/2023

Right there with you on Spidey and his Amazing Friends!  One of THE cartoons of my youth :)  So that immediately pops into my head when seeing her in the comics.  Marry that uber nostalgia with BWS OA cover lines?!  Done and done!  And I love me my 80s Marvel limited series :)  Congrats, man!

Michael  McIsaac Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 4/11/2023

When I think of Marvel covers created by BWS, this is usually the first one that comes to mind.  Beautiful!

Timothy Finney Member Since 2006
1    
Posted On 5/3/2024

Sockamagee!

Robert C Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 7/16/2024

Ha! At first glance I thought it was tritled "Firestarter", and I had to look to see if it reesemebled Drew Barry more from the Stephen King movie.

Maybe I just need new glasses. :)

Ken Martin Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 10/12/2024

Super memorable cover by BWS. Always loved this one.

Sylvain R Member Since 2014
1    
Posted On 11/24/2024

That's beautiful, very big congrats!

Greedy Collector Member Since 2016
1    
Posted On 6/25/2025

Such a great piece to have. 

Steven Dilworth Member Since 2012
1    
Posted On 12/4/2025

Amazing BWS Firestar cover.  I've never seen this mini-series.  I like the original coloring the best.

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