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Dr.Who1997 wrote: Oooh, I didn't know that. So the Soviet Firestorm is actually a thing?

Not Soviet, Russian!

Mikhail Denisovitch Arkadin originally was an intellectual attached to the Chernobyl power plant, and was present during its catastrophe; his metagene was activated, and he gained the ability to create an all-consuming fire. Unfortunately, that same fire destroyed most of his body, and he was forced to wear a containment suit in order to prevent himself from destroying everything he touched. The Russian government then maneuvered him into position to be one of its premier heroes, placing him into a battle against the original Firestorm, who was then calling for complete nuclear disarmament.

In the New 52 reboot Professor Mikhail Arkadin helped Professor Martin Stein invent the Firestorm Protocols.

also in the New 52 reboot, The Firestorm protocols have been sold to powerful countries worldwide by ZitherTech, so each powerful country has its own Firestorm.