Firestar #4

Firestar #4, released in 1986, serves as the conclusion to the character's first solo limited series. Published by Marvel Comics, the series was conceived to establish the origins of Angelica Jones, a mutant character who had previously been introduced on the animated television show Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. By bridging the gap between her television roots and the primary Marvel comic book continuity, the series allowed writers to ground her previously vague powers in a more traumatic, classic mutant narrative.

The series was written by Tom DeFalco, with interior art primarily by Mary Wilkenfeld and Kerry Gammill. The design and visual storytelling aimed to transition the character from a Saturday-morning cartoon aesthetic to the more serious, dramatic tone of the mid-80s Marvel Universe. Upon its release, the four-issue arc was received as a functional and necessary character study, effectively cementing Firestar as a permanent, if often secondary, fixture within the broader X-Men and New Warriors landscape.