The Fury of Firestorm’s Family – Dan Jurgens on The Nuclear Man’s Penultimate Chapter

As writer/artist Dan Jurgens’s time on The Fury of Firestorm the Nuclear Man winds down and fans bid adieu to the troubled series with next month’s #20, there’s a pretty high-stakes battle that ramps up this issue, with fallout promised for next issue and, depending on your reading of tonight’s penultimate chapter, beyond that as well.That’s because Ronnie Raymond–one of the two teens who form the Firestorm matrix–has been baited into trying to rescue his kidnapped mother–and the kidnappers? A group of six supervillains culled from DC’s and Firestorm’s history and revamped for the New 52.Besides Killer Frost, who was teased earlier in the series and seen on the cover with a newly-redesigned costume from Cully Hamner and Andy Kubert, Firestorm got to meet Hyena, Black Bison, Typhoon, Plastique and more. It was an organized attack by the villains–who will be joined next month by yet another shadowy figure, this one with ties to the government.Jurgens joined us to discuss the title’s final arc, to clarify a few points about today’s issue and to give a tease of what’s to come. You can check it out below but remember – This is a SPOILER-FILLED conversation, meant to be read as a “commentary track” for the issue in question. If you haven’t already bought it, you should do so and follow along with us.ComicBook.com: Is this the first time we’ve seen Killer Frost in The New 52?Dan Jurgens: As far as I know, yes. Her new look was put together by Cully Hamner and Andy Kubert, and then I stepped in with a few tweaks.ComicBook.com: These guys are all reinventions of classic DC villains – was it important to get some of these characters back on the board before the end of the series? I know you had primarily been concerned with introducing new baddies since the relaunch.