Comic Title: Firestorm #96
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1990
On Sale Date: February 13, 1990 Shipping Date February 13, 1990
Source: Previews, #12

Shipping Date February 13, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #176

Shipping Date February 15, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #14

Direct Market Date February 15, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #139

Copyright Date February 13, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.00
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dan Raspler

Title: "Land of Peril"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Firestorm (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John Ostrander
Artist: Thomas Mandrake
Letterer: John E. Workman, Jr.
Colorist: Nansi Hoolahan

Feature Character(s)

• Firestorm (last appearance in Firestorm #95; next appearance in Firestorm #97)
• Mikhail Arkadin (behind-the-scenes in the Firestorm matrix; last appearance in Firestorm #95; next appearance in Firestorm #97)
• Svarozhich (behind-the-scenes in the Firestorm matrix; last appearance in Firestorm #95; next appearance in Firestorm #97)

Supporting Character(s)

• Emily Rice (last appearance in Firestorm #95; next appearance in Firestorm #98)

Villain(s)

• Shadowstorm (next appearance in Firestorm #97)
• Orisha-Nla (last appearance in Firestorm #95; next appearance in Firestorm #97)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Wade Eiling (last appearance in Captain Atom #37; next appearance in Captain Atom #39)

Other Character(s)

• Eshu (god of luck; next appearance in Firestorm #97)
• Rodney Hawkins (last appearance in Firestorm #95; no further appearances)
• Mr. Windsor (last appearance in Firestorm the Nuclear Man #88; no further appearances)
• Orunmilla (a mountain god; no further appearances)
• Obatala (lord of the white cloth; in flashback; next appearance in Firestorm #97)
• King of Benin (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Shango (last appearance in Firestorm #95; next appearance in Firestorm #97)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Olorun (in flashback)
• Mawa, Agemo, and Osain (gods of Ife)
• Ogun, Ochun, and Adiremi (gods of Ife)

Comments:
This story is continued from Firestorm #95 and continues in Firestorm #97.

Synopsis:
Firestorm breaks free of the shadow in the land of Ife. From the shadow rises a dark version of himself which drains his energy. The trickster god Eshu then appears. He sends Firestorm to Orunmilla, another god of Ife. Eshu then willingly enters the shadow.

Orunmilla meets Firestorm on a mountain. He explains the history of the land of Ife. It was created by Mawa and populated by many gods. They later created the lower lands populated by mortal men. Obatala, lord of the white cloth, visited the lower lands regularly. On one such visit he has killed. The gods of Ife including Shango, sought retribution and destroyed the mortals. They then severed the link to the lower lands.

Now, Ife is threatened by shadow due to their loss of outside connection. Firestorm has reopened passage to the lower lands when he summoned Shango. Firestorm agrees to help fight the darkness in Ife, while Shango walks the land of mortals.