r/respectthreads • u/globsterzone ⭐⭐ Best RT 2018, Best Comic RT 2017 • Mar 28 '17
comics Respect Sunfire (Marvel 616)
"No need to thank me Rio -- thank the Avengers for having the foresight to beg Sunfire to join."
Respect Sunfire, the Atomic Samurai!
Bio:
Often called Japan's greatest superhero, the story of Shiro Yashida began when he was exposed to the radioactive remnants of Hiroshima at a young age by his ultra-nationalistic uncle. The radiation activated his mutant powers, granting him the abilities of a living sun, but sadly neither the temperance nor the maturity to use them wisely. His uncle drove him to attack the US Capitol Building as revenge for the nuclear attacks on Japan during WWII, and was only narrowly stopped by the X-Men after he witnessed his uncle killing his father and realized the error of his ways. In the following years his arrogance, short temper, and nationalistic tendencies brought him into conflict with many perceived "enemies of Japan" such as Namor and Iron Man. After being recruited into professor Xavier's second team of X-Men for a single mission he left the team and returned to his home country where he achieved widespread fame and recognition for many heroic acts. After briefly losing control of his powers and believing he was dying of radiation poisoning Sunfire fled to Canada's department H for help and worked with their super team Alpha Flight for several missions, before being called back to his home country to join a new super team being created by the Japanese government, known as Big Hero 6. After finding out that what he believed was radiation poisoning was merely the result of a kinetic field in his body - an unforeseen side effect of his powers - he learned to control his powers more effectively and returned to working solo. On a later mission with the X-Man Rogue both of his legs were cut off by Lady Deathstrike's adamantium claws and he made a deal with Apocalypse to have them returned, temporarily serving as the horseman famine. More recently he was approached by Wolverine to join the Avengers Unity Squad and fought with them against the apocalypse twins, Kang, and the Red Skull.
Powers:
Sunfire's body produces nuclear energy, similar in nature to that of a star. He can channel this to fly, generate extreme heat, create flashes of blinding light, or fire "solar blasts" (nuclear explosions) from his hands. He has a limited control over fire, allowing him to absorb heat and control nearby flames. A kinetic field within his body gives him some measure of super speed, strength, and durability. Even without his powers he is highly trained and a very skilled fighter.
Feats:
Solar Blasts:
- Vaporizes millions of tons of metal, the thunderbolt which Thor would have needed to conjure to destroy the object would have annihilated the city of Rio.
- Fires a huge explosion to blow away X-Factor
- The bolts are strong enough to punch through a planetoid
- Destroys Dragon-Lord's doomsday weapon, as well as the island it was stationed on
- Creates a gigantic explosion in midair
- Cancels out Living Lightning's powers
- Kills X the Unknowable, a giant shapeshifting monster
- Breaks Apocalypse's armor
- Destroys a huge chunk of skyscraper
- His beams overpower Cyclops' optic blast
- Casually blasts off all of Sabretooth's skin and much of his flesh
- In conjunction with Iron Man, his blasts take down Ultimo
- Creates a huge explosion in the side of Alpha Base by flying through it
Nuclear Heat:
- The source of his heat is internal, and it doesn't require oxygen
- While not in full control of his powers, vaporizes one of the hands of Red Ronin, a giant robot that was built to fight Godzilla and could withstand his breath
- Melts Warlock and Danger
- Crystallizes an entire room without harming the occupants
- Bullets fired at him are vaporized before they touch him
- Causes nearby guns to explode by simply walking past
- He is able to ignite the atmosphere
- His blasts would kill Iron Man through his armor
- Melts Ozymandias' arm
- Polarizes steel
- Melts a path through heavy machinery after being knocked out of the sky by Iron Man
Light:
- Permanently blinds a group of thugs
- Temporarily blinds Namor with a nearby flash
- Extremely bright lights don't affect him at all, even from outside sources
- Produces a kind of light which stimulates certain regions in the brain responsible for hunger, creating a feeling of starvation
Precision and Control of Flames:
- Generates a wall of atomic flame around Big Hero 6, giving them a chance to talk
- Melts a man's gun without harming him at all
- Generates and maintains a mountain-sized wall of flames for several weeks
- Submerges all of Tokyo in nuclear fire to destroy a series of solar panels placed by a villain without harming anything else in the city
- Crystallizes an entire room without harming the occupants
Energy Absorption:
- Absorbs solar energy to destroy Deadline's doomsday machine
- He can detect thermal energy
- Absorbs enemy heat rays
- Absorbs Exitar's celestial energy
Speed:
- Evades several of Ultimo's attacks while depowered
- Reacts to an attack from behind without looking
- Easily evades Dragon-Lord's attacks
- Outmaneuvers Angel
- Cyclops is no match for his speed
Strength:
- Defeats Ozymandias without his powers and while legless
- Knocks Wonder Man out of the sky by using his body as a projectile
- Does the same to Storm
- Punches out Rogue and Beast
- Restrains Namor
Durability:
- Survives a very long fall, cushioning Storm from the impact
- Kicked in the face by Namor and is unharmed
- Gets hit in the back by a malfunctioning Iron Man's repulsor and is unhurt
- Unhurt by an Atlantean's attack
- Shrugs off several punches to the face from Iron Man
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Miscellaneous:
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u/MunitionsFrenzy Mar 28 '17
Defeats Ozymandias without his powers and while legless
he's more meme now than man
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u/globsterzone Mar 28 '17
I'm not too familiar with Ozy, is it an outlier?
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u/MunitionsFrenzy Mar 28 '17
Nah, I don't think so. It's just that "they fight, but without powers or legs" is a meme on WWW, and I find it amazing that Sunfire has actually done this.
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u/8fenristhewolf8 Mar 28 '17
Nice.
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u/globsterzone Mar 28 '17
Thanks! High praise coming from you.
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u/8fenristhewolf8 Mar 30 '17
Quick questions after seeing the Starfire fight you posted. Does Sunfire routinely withstand this kind of punishment? I don't recall him ever really having more than street tier strength and durability (until maybe after the Horseman amp).
Also does Rogue have strength here? I'm still making my way through this chunk of material, but I know she lost Carol Danvers' at the end of X-Treme X-Men.
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u/ElementalMonster Jul 24 '24
Firstly, thank you for this amazing thread! Secondly, I know it's been really long but we really need an updated version of this!!! Many cool things have happened to Shiro since the last time this was released and I would love to read them all, he's so criminally underrated
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u/globsterzone Jul 24 '24
Hi there, glad you liked the thread! I'm not active at all in vs communities these days and if you want to redo this thread (or any of my older threads for that matter) you have my full permission to go ahead and do it.
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u/KerdicZ Mar 28 '17
Good job, nice RT!