History PlayingWithFire / ComicBooks

* Deceased minor ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain Demogoblin had the ability to project flames as one of his innate demonic powers. Whilst it's described as being {{hellfire}}, it didn't show any particularly magical attributes, outside of Demogorgon's ability to [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation shape it into functional replicas of the Hobgoblin arsenal]].

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** Villains Firefly and Firebug are pyromaniac arsonists.
** In ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'', the titular ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} villain has some measure of control about fire and flames.

* Effigy, a Franchise/GreenLantern villain, had powers that worked kind of like a GreenLanternRing, but with fire instead. He was originally intended as a Sinestro-style EvilCounterpart to the then-new (and very pyrophobic) Lantern, Kyle Rayner.

* Marvel ''and'' DC ''each'' have a pretty fire-wielder named Volcana.

** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Sheko gains pyrokinesis as well as telepathy once she becomes a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]]. She probes minds to judge people. If she finds them innocent, she let them go; If she finds them guilty, she burns them down.

* [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] has created fire blasts and expanding fire waves with Mjolnir. The hammer can also be used to absorb fire-based attacks, while Thor himself has withstood Comicbook/GhostRider's hellfire, Heimdall's cosmic fire, and the Super Skrull's nova blast for extended periods. There's also Surtur, Lord of the Fire Demons of Muspelheim, can produce massive amounts of fire akin to stars.
* In ''ComicBook/MoreThanMeetsTheEye'', Rodimus Prime is able to light himself on fire, though it burns up most of his energy to do so.
* Magma from ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' controls fire in addition to lava, so she's kind of a Fire/Earth elemental.

* Vulcan, from ''Super-Mystery Comics'', can control fire and is effectively bulletproof since the bullets melt before hitting him.

* Johnny Do, a character from ''ComicBook/TheNewUniverse'' title ''Psi-Force'', combines this power with severe HollywoodAutism. The results [[ManOnFire are not pretty]].

* Fireball, from ''Pep Comics'', can control fire and uses his abilities to fight arsonists.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In story arc ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Sheko gains pyrokinesis as well as telepathy once she becomes a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]]. She probes minds to judge people. If she finds them innocent, she let them go; If she finds them guilty, she burns them down.

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Vol. 2]]'', Supergirl happens upon a pyrokinetic mutant who can control and shoot fire.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', Chris Kent's girlfriend and ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'''s childhood friend, Thara "Flamebird" Ak-Var, has pyrokinesis in addition to standard Kryptonian powers. In ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', Thara shows she can harness fire even if being stunned by kryptonite, red sunlight, or some other Kryptonian weakness.

---->Az-Rel is a pirotic. He can start fires with his thoughts. Anywhere. Even in the snow.

* Johnny Storm from ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''. He's the Human Torch. Bursting into flames and throwing fire around is part of the package.
* The ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan version of the Green Goblin drops his usual arsenal for immense fire abilities including melting bullets and being a WalkingWasteland. He doubles as a MythologyGag to the Demogoblin.

* Fire Lad, of the Legion of Substitute Heroes, could breathe fire. He was rejected by the ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} because he couldn't control his powers very well; a recent version of him had his powers officially listed as "breathes fire with at best moderate control." Sun Boy had more direct, Human Torch-style fire abilities (and a way with the ladies not unlike Johnny's). Wildfire, a little, as well.

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'' villain Fuego is a Latina woman wreathed in flames which she can control and direct at others.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', Chris Kent's girlfriend and ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'''s childhood friend, Thara Ak-Var, has pyrokinesis in addition to standard Kryptonian powers. She can harness fire even if being stunned by kryptonite, red sunlight, or some other Kryptonian weakness.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** Pyro's mutant power allows him to control fire, but, notably, not create it; in the comics and the third movie, he uses a specially designed harness to produce flame, but in the first and second movies, he used an ordinary lighter. The UltimateUniverse Pyro is not immune to fire and is horribly scarred all over his body.
** Shiro [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Yoshida/Yashida]], the [[ThirtySecondsOverTokyo Japanese]] CaptainEthnic guest-star Sunfire, complete with a rising-sun emblem and scary pseudo-samurai mask that looks like it's made of fire half the time.
** ComicBook/JeanGrey and her daughter Comicbook/RachelSummers with the power of ThePhoenix Force. Her Phoenix powers give her cosmic pyrokinesis, essentially magic fire.

* Deceased minor ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain Demogoblin had the ability to project flames as one of his innate demonic powers. Whilst it's described as being {{hellfire}}, it didn't show any particularly magical attributes, outside of Demogorgon's ability to [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation shape it into functional replicas of the Hobgoblin arsenal]].
* Liz Sherman from ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''. As it turns out in the comicbooks, she actually has some kind of free-willed elemental fire-spirit living inside her, hence her occasional PowerIncontinence.

* Magma from ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' controls fire in addition to lava, so she's kind of a Fire/Earth elemental.
** And various versions of Sunfire, as well.
** Matchstick, a mutant at the Xavier school. Part of his mutation is that his head is permanently on fire.
** School rioter Glob Herman's body was made of a gelatinous substance that could also be set on fire (until he was extinguished). The "setting on fire" part was taken care of by fellow rebel student Redneck, who had actual fire powers.
** Fever Pitch, another mutant fire guy. His powers eventually destroyed his body, but his flaming skeleton continues to walk among us, fully alive.
* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'':
** Fever had the power to increase the temperature around her and she was invulnerable to the heat, so invariably, she would light herself mostly on fire. She's a spacey {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, though. Well, until being imprisoned on Apokolips made her DarkerAndEdgier, that is.
** One of Crazy Jane's [[SplitPersonality multiple superpowered personalities]] is the gigantic "Sun Daddy" who shoots fireballs out of her flaming head. There was also Flaming Katy, who had more conventional fire powers.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** Villains Firefly and Firebug are pyromaniac arsonists.
** In ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'', the titular ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} villain has some measure of control about fire and flames.

* Fire Lad, of the Legion of Substitute Heroes, could breathe fire. He was rejected by the ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} because he couldn't control his powers very well; a recent version of him had his powers officially listed as "breathes fire with at best moderate control." Sun Boy had more direct, Human Torch-style fire abilities (and a way with the ladies not unlike Johnny's). Wildfire, a little, as well.
* DC heroine Beatriz [=DaCosta=], also known as Fire. Unlike most other fire wielders, her flames burn green, and, even de-powered, her hair is permanently bright green.
%%* Blazer from ''ComicBook/JusticeMachine''.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', Chris Kent's girlfriend and ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'''s childhood friend, Thara Ak-Var, has pyrokinesis in addition to standard Kryptonian powers. She can harness fire even if being stunned by kryptonite, red sunlight, or some other Kryptonian weakness.
* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In story arc ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Sheko gains pyrokinesis as well as telepathy once she becomes a [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lantern]]. She probes minds to judge people. If she finds them innocent, she let them go; If she finds them guilty, she burns them down.
** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'', Kryptonian werewolf Lar-On has -and uses- fire EyeBeams.
** In ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'', villain Nightflame can channel tongues of flames through of her blade. She is more than capable of bringing down a building with her pyrokinesis.
** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1982 Supergirl Vol. 2]]'', Supergirl happens upon a pyrokinetic mutant who can control and shoot fire.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', the titular Bizarro character breathes fire.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', Willy Pete's body burns hotter than the sun, and he can fill a building with flames before anyone even knows he's there. Don't ask how he takes advantage of his powers.
* Flame, from ''Wonderworld Comics'', can control fire and even burst into flames.
* Vulcan, from ''Super-Mystery Comics'', can control fire and is effectively bulletproof since the bullets melt before hitting him.
* Fireman, from ''Liberty Scouts'', can control fire and even turn into glass.
* The ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan version of the Green Goblin drops his usual arsenal for immense fire abilities including melting bullets and being a WalkingWasteland. He doubles as a MythologyGag to the Demogoblin.

%%* Red Blazer, from ''Pocket Comics'', also had fire powers.
* [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] has created fire blasts and expanding fire waves with Mjolnir. The hammer can also be used to absorb fire-based attacks, while Thor himself has withstood Comicbook/GhostRider's hellfire, Heimdall's cosmic fire, and the Super Skrull's nova blast for extended periods. There's also Surtur, Lord of the Fire Demons of Muspelheim, can produce massive amounts of fire akin to stars.
* Taranee Cook from ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'', who averts the firey personality aspect by being shy, bookish, and the [[TheSmartGuy brainy one]]. She still has a temper: as Cedric put it when Elyon asked him to stop a furious Taranee, "I can't! The Power of Fire is the most untamed of all! Run away! RUN AWAY!". It gets better: Cedric cried that when Taranee got furious and started melting the supposedly fireproof bubble she was imprisoned into, and he rebuked Elyon because he told her not to provoke Taranee.
* The title team in ''ComicBook/{{Wildguard}}'' features two heroes with this power: Ignacia and Freezerburn. This clashes with SuperheroSpeciation standards, especially since Freezerburn also having AnIcePerson powers causes many people to write Ignacia off as redundant.
* Surprisingly averted by Nedor's Pyroman--he actually has electrical powers.
* Johnny Do, a character from ''ComicBook/TheNewUniverse'' title ''Psi-Force'', combines this power with severe HollywoodAutism. The results [[ManOnFire are not pretty]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'' has Firebeam, the ghost of a woman killed in a house fire, whose spirit can now control fire.

* Marvel ''and'' DC ''each'' have a pretty fire-wielder named Volcana.
* A major plot point in ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine'''s first arc is which gods have fire within their domains, since whoever does also had the ability to kill the judge and frame Lucifer for murder. Lucie herself, obviously, is one, and she often flicks her thumb on fire to light her cigarette. Baphomet also lights a subway on fire in his first appearance. Beyond that, Cassandra figures that any god with domain over the sky, since that includes the sun and therefore fire. Ananke later clarifies that ''all'' the gods (except Woden, who makes machines that achieve the same affect) can perform miracles, which means ''any'' of them could have killed the judge. [[spoiler:As it turns out, it was Ananke, to punish Lucifer for boundary-pushing, and to give her an excuse to execute her]].

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'':
** The villain Judge Fire is a mass-murdering [[FlamingSkulls skeleton wreathed in flames]] with fire-based powers, which he shoots out of a trident. This makes his physical shell ridiculously hard to destroy even compared to the other Dark Judges, with water logically proving most effective to counter him. Has a hotheaded personality and is a psychopathic {{pyromaniac}}.
** There are some psychics in Mega-City One who are able to project fire, but they're kept under permanent observation by Psi-Division because they tend to suffer from PowerIncontinence.
* The ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' villain Flamethrower is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. There's also an alien species called the Thermians who are WreathedInFlames and wear backpacks that let them manipulate fire.

* Dante "Inferno" Pertuz is yet another fire-slinger in the Marvel Universe, introduced in the 2014 Inhumans series. Nobody besides his creator Charles Soule gives him much respect and his powers (and characterization) have grown increasingly generic in other authors' hands. In 2017's Secret Warriors, Kamala Khan calls him "the Inhuman Torch," and he admits that he gets teased this way '''constantly.''' It doesn't help that he was recently cooped up in New Attilan while both Johnny Storm and Thomas "Toro" Raymond (the Golden Age Torch's sidekick who's a recently-retconned Inhuman) were in residence.
* ''ComicBook/StarTrekEarlyVoyages'': The Lirin are able to mentally generate fires. Lt. Nano is a grade two pyrotechnic.
* In ''ComicBook/SoulsearchersAndCompany'', Baraka is a fire demon from the Arabic Hell, whose powers allow him to create, control and manipulate fire.
* ''ComicBook/Gen13'': Burnout powers allow him to manifest fire and heat blasts as well as [[FlyingFirepower fly.]]

* Liz Sherman from ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}''. As it turns out in the comicbooks, she actually has some kind of free-willed elemental fire-spirit living inside her, hence her occasional PowerIncontinence.

The Annihilator has some measure of control about fire and flames.

%%* Blazer from ''Comicbook/JusticeMachine''.

** This is the gimmick of several DC villains, most notably Heat Wave, who is an extreme pyromaniac who burned down his home as a boy and designed a pocket flamethrower and fireproof suit so he could handle fire better.
** Similarly, Franchise/{{Batman}} villains and pyromaniac arsonists Firefly and Firebug, who actually have nothing to do with each other.
** And the Human Flame, a small-time crook brought down by the Martian Manhunter decades ago. When he got out of the joint, friends in high places let him get revenge by roasting MM alive. The Human Flame's suit shoots fire from nozzles located on its chest, leading to jokes about him having "fire nipples".

** Pyro's mutant power allows him to control fire, but, notably, not create it; in the comics and the third movie, he uses a specially designed harness to produce flame, but in the first and second movies, he used an ordinary lighter.

** The UltimateUniverse Pyro is not immune to fire and is horribly scarred all over his body.

** Super-Skrull has this power as well. Since he has all of the F4's powers.

* The ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan version of the Green Goblin drops his usual aresnal for immense fire abilities including melting bullets and being a WalkingWasteland.

** ''ComicBook/SensationComics'': Queen Flamina, a one-shot villain who is almost identical to Queen Atomia, has the ability to manipulate and control fire.