Martin Stein (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

"Please, tell Clarissa and Lily that I love them. Thank you, Jefferson, for the adventure of a lifetime. I hope your life is long and full of love, just as mine has been."

- Martin's last words to Jefferson Jackson

Professor Martin "Marty" Stein (March 16, 1950 - November 28, 2017 ) is a Jewish physicist who created the Firestorm Matrix which merged him with Ronnie Raymond as the vigilante Firestorm, better known as The Burning Man by the press. After Ronnie's death during The Singularity, Martin lack a stabilizer of his powers and Team Flash recruited Jefferson "Jax" Jackson and Henry Hewitt. After the latter gone rogue, Martin merged with Jax and became the new Firestorm until his death during the Earth-X Invasion.

Former Powers

 * Firestorm Matrix connection
 * Psychic connection
 * Energy absorption
 * Matter transmutation
 * Nucleokinesis
 * Pyrokinesis
 * Flight

Abilities

 * Genius-level intellect
 * Master physicist
 * Master mathematician
 * Multilingual
 * Morse code
 * Skilled hand-to-hand combatant
 * Singing

Weaknesses

 * Kinemortophobia

Former Weaknesses

 * Ionized radiation
 * Control over Firestorm
 * Separation

Former Equipment

 * Firestorm Matrix
 * Power Cane
 * Firestorm Matrix Cure

Trivia

 * According to himself, Martin has to merge at least once a week to keep himself stable.
 * Martin is left-handed.
 * After his sacrifice to keep Jefferson Jackson alive, Jax named his daughter Martina after Martin Stein.
 * Similarly, Martin's grandson Ronnie was named after his own former teammate, Ronnie Raymond.
 * Martin was married c.1988.
 * Martin Stein formerly owned a car with the license plate number 5QE-476.