(Firestorm II #19) - Troia needed a team to go into space during the Infinite Crisis, and she reached out to the JLA for suggestions. The JLA in turn asked Lorraine to get Firestorm on board. Lorraine had Firestorm meet Troia, and he was eager to help save the universe.

(Firestorm II #21) - While the Society orchestrated a countrywide prison breakout of metahumans Firehawk battled a new radioactive menace.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #30 (fb)) - Jason Rusch and Martin Stein attended a Central Park rally for Lorraine Reilly’s senatorial bid. She asked them to forget about her recent adventurism as part of the new Justice League, a PR nightmare and an admitted ill-conceived choice. She told the crowd her father was of the generation that never trusted anyone over 30, and believed they won when new blood was instilled in politics. She told the crowd they had to fight the new breed of authority figures that were lying to them and demanded their obedience, even when they were caught in a lie.

(52 / WWIII Part One: A Call to Arms #1) - <Week 50, Day 1> Black Adam declared war on humanity after the death of his family, starting WWIII. Jason contacted Firehawk and told her they needed to meet. She was about to attend a senate hearing about what to do about Black Adam, but agreed to meet him. Without asking her permission he brought her into the Firestorm matrix, and as Firestorm they saved NYC from a Black Adam attack. They separated, and Jason told her the Firestorm matrix way keyed to him and Martin Stein, so bringing her in might have caused complications, but nothing to lose sleep over. Firehawk told him shethought she could do more good as a senator than as Firehawk, but he'd made her realize they could take Black Adam down as Firestorm.

(52 / WWIII Part Two: The Valiant #1) - <Week 50, Day 4> Jason and Firehawk became Firestorm again to help the survivors of one of Black Adam's attacks.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #23) - <one year later> Jason and Lorraine found that their bond made the Firestorm-matrix unstable if they were more than a mile apart, so their lives became intertwined, and they soon got fed up with each other’s company. Mr. Terrific sponsored Firestorm to participate in a LexCorp weapons test presided over by Dan Sharpe, and although Lorraine had reserves about weapon proliferation Jason talked her into it because he had something to prove to Terrific. The LexCorp bunker buster had a nuclear payload, and was supposed to be demonstrated in a controlled blast, but something fried its circuits and it caused a huge nuclear explosion. Firestorm managed to absorb all of the radiation before it reached Nevada, and found a strange being dead in the desert, and the army supposed that the micro circuitry in the being short-circuited the bunker buster. After the test Lorraine and Jason separated, and she again reminded him of her feelings about nuclear weaponry. Jason wanted to return to NY for a date with Gehenna, and Lorraine chided him. She had to be on the floor in Washington for a disarmament bill, and told him to get his priorities straight. They were attacked by the Dollies, who neutralized Lorraine’s powers, bound Jason, and drove him away. He didn’t know what they wanted from him, but warned them about the instability of the Firestorm-matrix. They ignored him, and when he was a mile away from Lorraine he exploded in a nuclear blast.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #24, 25) -The Dollies near Firestorm were destroyed, and the one restraining Lorraine lost interest and vanished. The heroes realized it was a Dollie that sabotaged the bunker buster test, and Jason theorized that the Dollies had something to do with Professor Stein’s disappearance. Before he disappeared he mentioned being onto something really big involving nuclear disasters, and said that he kept his information in “The Neocaust Files.” Lorraine was really interested, but needed to get back to Washington. She spoke on the floor, and voted for a new armament bill after she added a rider ensuring accountability, and banning destructive technology like LexCorp’s. Lorraine told Jason she was about disarmament, but politics was all about compromise. As Firestorm they went to NYC to search Stein’s files, but came up empty. They traveled to Jason’s apartment, where Gehenna made no attempt to disguise how irked she was. She reiterated that she didn’t like Jason spending so much time with Lorraine, and felt he put Firestorm above her. He promised to make it up to her when a news bulletin announced that Killer Frost was slaughtering innocents on the upper west side. Jason and Lorraine were about to go into action when Jason’s dad Alvin Rusch arrived, and refused to be turned away. Lorraine told Jason the wets side was under a mile away, and she’d handle the villain herself. Alvin said they had important matters to discuss, but when Killer Frost started hurting Firehawk Jason felt it and knew he had to help her. He formed Firestorm, but Killer Frost continued to batter them, and they were waylaid by her new partner Mr. Freeze. She’d convinced Freeze to help her get ultimate power, and he built a jet-box that she strapped to Firestorm, flying them to the surface of the sun. Her ability to absorb all heat started to drain the sun, but she couldn’t care less about the consequences. Firestorm’s abilities started going haywire so close to the main source of his power, but he managed to put a telepathic line through to Prof. Stein. Stein told him his Neocaust papers were hidden under the statue of Albert Einstein in his apartment, and that he could defeat Freeze at the quantum level. Stein’s abductor the Pupil appeared, and Stein broke off the communication. Firestorm slowed the energy around Frost to absolute zero, cutting off her power. Firestorm returned to Earth where Batman had already arrived and defeated Freeze. Batman said he’d improved, but should have been able to prevent any loss of human life or been taken into space by Frost. He said that rookie mistakes like that should make him think twice about his career as a superhero. Jason was shaken, but exhilarated by what a tough guy Batman was. Lorraine said that probably wasn’t the reaction Batman was going for.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #26, 27) - Jason went to classes, while Lorraine sat uncomfortably in the student center drinking coffee and trying not to be noticed. Jason and Lorraine found Prof. Stein’s journals, and learned that he’d been abducted on the campus. They were about to rescue him when Gehenna demanded to go along, saying she needed to share in every aspect of Jason’s life. Jason told her no, worrying she’d get hurt, and she burst into tears. Lorraine hated to say it, but with their powers heavily depleted after dealing with Killer Frost, a teleported would be useful. Gehenna was overjoyed, and they teleported into Stathis Hall, where Stein was being held by the Pupil and his Dollies. The Dollies overpowered Firestorm, and when they split the matrix so Lorraine could tackle them solo the Dollies slipped an inhibitor hood on her, robbing her of her powers. The Pupil presented the dead Stein to Jason, saying he’d been too rough on him seeking information, and offered him the chance to form the Firestorm-matrix with a dead man. Jason tried to make the matrix, and found a small spark of life in Stein. Gehenna removed the hood from Firehawk, and she joined the matrix, enabling them to bring Stein back from the brink. The Pupil captured Gehenna, and recognized her. He wanted to know all her secrets, and started torturing her, and Lorraine wanted Firestorm to stop him, but Jason said she could handle herself, and continued to pur energy into Stein. One of the Dollies recently developed empathy and staid the Pupil’s hand. Firestorm was revived and forced the Pupil and his Dollies to flee, but Pupil gloated he’d gained a great deal of intel on Firestorm to share with his associate. Stein said he was still dying, and told Jason to give up on him, but Jason wanted him to start thinking and stop indulging in self-pity. Stein remembered Pupil had used a cellular scanner on him, and Firestorm used it to restore his body at a molecular level. Stein then broke Firehawk from the matrix, and restored himself as the principle matrix partner. Lorraine was overjoyed, and left for Washington, but not before telling Gehenna that Jason had put Stein ahead of her. Lorraine enjoyed her freedom in her office, and prepared to get back to her life’s work when Pozhar, an old component of the Firestorm-matrix, flew in the window, and asked if she remembered him.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #28, 29) - Firehawk brought Pozhar to NYC to catch up with Stein and meet Jason, but before they could get to talking they were attacked by a horde of Dollies. The heroes defeated them by combining their powers, and Stein realized there was a connection between the Dollies, the Pionic Man and a monster Firestorm fought in Montana. Firehawk remembered fighting a similar monster during the Infinite Crisis. He suspected that whoever created them was the mastermind behind the nuclear accidents occurring worldwide over the past year. He planned on working out the details, and the next day Firestorm, Firehawk and Pozhar traveled to S.T.A.R. Labs to see what they could learn from the Pionic Man.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #30, 31) - Pionic Man turned out to be grateful for his current condition, and gave Firestorm a hug. He revealed that his benefactor never gave his name, but operated out of a Hewitt Enterprises on the Brooklyn waterfront. Lorraine was shaken, remembering how Hewitt Enterprises turned her into Firehawk against her will, and that old wound had never healed. Jason insisted on making things right with his girlfriend Gehenna, so he separated from Stein, who told him they could handle the investigation for a while. Stein, Pozhar and Reilley visited Hewitt Enterprises, and while they were waiting to meet the owner of Hewitt Pozhar commented that Jason was hot-headed, and wanted to know if they could trust him as Firestorm. Lorraine and Stein said they had total faith in him, and Pozhar promised he accepted their judgment. The heroes met Victor Hewitt, son of old Firestorm nemesis Tokamak, and he assured them he didn’t share his father’s vendetta. Jason and Gehenna made up, and since she wanted in on his adventure they went exploring an upstate lab that Stein suspected. Jason realized that Gehenna had been created by their master villain. He reached out to Stein and formed Firestorm, slamming her against a wall and demanding to know if she was a spy. Stein was horrified, he told Jason to let her go and stop acting like the bully his father was. Jason calmed down, and realized Gehenna had always been truthful with him. When she described her father, Firestorm realized he was Tokamak. The heroes reconvened at Hewitt Enterprises, where Tokamak, the Pupil and the Dollies were waiting. Tokamak revealed he’d been posing as his own son, in actuality he was a clone. He was detonating explosives set in nuclear power plants around the world, and using a giant energy-collecting Dollie orbiting Earth to transfer the power to himself. He said he planned on bringing the planet to the brink of destruction with a nuclear blast from his own body to warn people against nuclear proliferation. Firehawk went into a rage and went after Tokamak, telling him she’d never forgiven him for using her. He used a trigger word to bring Firehawk under his command; a power he had over all his creations. Firestorm made her snap out of it by reminding her of her Central Park speech about fighting men of power. Firestorm added Firehawk to the matrix, and Tokamak told them the nuclear energy flooding into him was keyed to his DNA, so even if they killed him he’d still win. Jason remembered that the Firestorm matrix had its own DNA, and hoped that Tokamak and his clone’s matrix did as well. Against Stein’s warning that it was unethical to use their power on a person he separated Tokamak, who was still dying of radiation poisoning after his final confrontation with the original Firestorm. He died in Firestorm’s arms, amazed that he’d been defeated.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #32) - On New Year’s Eve Lorraine visited NYC to visit her father. She teamed up with Firestorm to clean up the Dollies in space and sent them to S.T.A.R. Pozhar was still in town, reluctant to return to Russia after his wife left him, so Lorraine invited him out for a date. They rang in the new year with a kiss.

(Firestorm: The Nuclear Man II #33-35) - Prof. Stein unlocked part of the anti-life equation while studying the Firestorm-matrix, bringing him to the attention of the new Gods. The good Gods Orion and Mr. Miracle tried to warn him about what he’d found, but the evil Darkseid had already sent his Female Furies to claim Firestorm. The Furies subdued Firestorm, but Gehenna teleported to get Firehawk to save her boyfriend. They arrived on the scene of the battle as the Furies were about to take Firestorm to Apokolips using a Boom Tube. The Furies were vanquished, even though Firehawk was injured in the battle, and Metron appeared inside the Firestorm-matrix, revealing that Stein had not unlocked anti-life, but life itself in understanding the elemental nature of Firestorm. The full life equation would threaten Darkseid, and Metron warned that the villsin wouldn’t rest until Stein was in his clutches. Orion offered sanctuary on New Genesis, but Firestorm knew that wasn’t the answer. Darkseid sent his son Kalibak to Earth to claim Stein, and he was accompanied by Parademons that wrecked havoc in Manhattan. Kalibak attacked Firehawk, and threatened to kill her, so Firestorm distracted him, allowing Firehawk to escape. She’d suffered a concussion, and reverted back to Lorraine, bemoaning that she could no longer activate her powers. Stein added her to the matrix, and told her to drive a mile away from the conflict. Firestorm and Kalibak clashed, and when Firehawk was a mile away her unstable connection to the matrix caused a nuclear explosion, knocking out Kalibak. Firestorm created a star to send the Parademons away, and the day seemed won until Darkseid appeared, told Firestorm he was tired of playing games, and broke the matrix, grabbed Stein, and escaped through a Boom Tube. Gehenna asked Jason to form the matrix so they could save Stein as Firestorm. Jason knew she was aware of the risk, so they became Firestorm, and went off in search of Stein.