Well, okay. You guys made some points. Let's back up a few steps:
Miller made Robin a girl in Dark Knight Returns
Geoff Johns made Star Spangled Kid a girl in JSA/Stars and Stripe (or maybe someone else did, I don't fucking care)
Austen made Union Jack a chick in his new Invaders.
Mr. Terrific is a Darkie
Bill Foster became the second Giant Man.
JJ has that nifty little pen that releases a genie.
So what is so special about Ronnie Raymond? Yeah, I liked him too, but Firestorm doesn't seem to be that character that is central to him, where he brings something totally unique to it. The professor was a different firestorm... the elemental one, traveling through space.
It's one of those things that seems like a power, more than a character.... kind of like Green Lantern's ring, or that Captain
