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Firestar
Firestar SMAF
Real Name Angelica Jones
Alternate Identity Firestar
Angel
Powers and Abilities Controls Microwaves
Flight
Team Affiliations Spider-Friends
X-Men
Allies Captain America
Doctor Strange
Videoman
Hiawatha Smith
Hulk
Tony Stark
Namor
Shanna
Thor
Sunfire
Black Knight
Family and Friends Mr. Jones (Father)
May Parker
Nathan Price (Ex-Boyfriend)
Firestar is from the Marvel Productions Universe series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.

Angelica Jones, also known as Firestar, is a mutant and member of the Spider-Friends.

Biography[]

Young Angelica and Young Bonnie

It is uncertain whether or not her mother died or walked out on the family, but Angelica was raised by her father. Although they never had much money, the kind hearted Mr. Jones proved an attentive father and therefore her home life was a relatively happy one. Angelica's "gifts" began to manifest at an early age and so it took her a little while to gain control over them. Inevitably, however, accidents did occur and after unwittingly melting both a snowman and a dolls house she was given the name "Miss Angelica Jinx" and taunted by the other children. One little rich girl, named Bonnie, persisted in harassing Angelica throughout her school days, but she never let it get the better of her. In fact on one occasion Bonnie's bullying lead to the discovery of Angelica's favorite gift, the power of flight. Not long after this happy revelation her new found ability was put to good use. While visiting her father at his job on a construction site, she [in disguise] saved his life by flying him to safety when part of the high story building he was working on collapsed beneath him. From then on she realized that her powers could be used to really help people and save lives. During her senior year in high school, Firestar was born. Having been framed for stealing the school's golden trophy cup and wrongfully suspended, Angelica sewed together a costume and set out to prove her innocence by catching the guilty party.

Angelica Jones

Her plan worked, the two culprits were expelled and Angelica's name was cleared. The uncertainty she felt over what she should do next soon dissolved when The X-Men tracked her down and asked her to join them. She accepted and was consequently trained. This is where she met fellow X-Man, and future Spider-Friend, Bobby Drake. The two eventually left the X-Men though remained in contact with them.

Angelica first met Peter at an inventor's convention and when he subsequently discovered that she was in fact Firestar, she was enthusiastic over his proposal to join up as a team and it was Angelica who invented the name "The Spider-Friends." Angelica is currently a student at Empire State University and boards at May Parker's house with Peter, Bobby, and her dog Ms. Lion.

Background[]

Firestar was voiced by Kathy Garver.

Firestar was created specifically for the series and eventually adapted into the comics, five years later, with a radically different origin. She even got her own series.

The character was based on Mary Jane Watson, who did not appear in the series. However, the character was not originally going to be Mary Jane but simply used her physical appearance. [1]

According to Dennis Marks in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends documentary Spider-Man On the Move, Human Torch was originally going to be a member of the Spider-Friends. However, Marks and the staff at Marvel Productions believed that if kids saw Human Torch they would think it would have been okay for them to play with fire. Because of this Human Torch was replaced with an original character called Firestar.[1]

Heatwave Concept Art

Her name was originally Heatwave. It was possibly changed to avoid being confused with the DC Comics supervillain Heat Wave.

John Romite's Firestar Drawing

John Romita, Sr. provided the initial design for the character.

Firestar was featured in the Marvel Mash-Up shorts that aired on Disney XD.

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