OK. This is how the DC Elementals break down:
First, there was Swamp Thing, and the former Earth Elementals of the Parliament of Trees.
Then, it was decided that Red Tornado was an Air Elemental, and Firestorm was a Fire Elemental (when Firestorm became that red guy with the Wolverine-like hair). A water elemental, Naiad, was first mentioned at that time.
Eventually, elemental Firestorm (Martin Stein) split off from Ronnie and went to wander the spaceways. A new Fire Elemental, Corona, was chosen, since Stein had basically abandoned his duties.
After that, things went a little nutty, as we had Brother Power (a doll elemental), Captain Atom (a quantum elemental) and Takion (a Source elemental). But these never really "counted".
Meanwhile, various subsets of the Green were discovered: The Red (what Animal Man uses), the Clear (basically, the Red for aquatic animals), and the Gray (fungi). But none of them had mahor elemental avatars (except possibly the Gray... I don't think I've read that story).
That was the status quo for a while, until Millar & Morrison got their hands on Swampy. We then discovered that there were more Parliaments than simply those of the Trees:
Parliament of Stones: Earth, as opposed to plants.
Parliament of Waves: Water.
Parliament of Vapors: Air.
Parliament of Flames: Fire.
One by one, they were destroyed by the Spectre-wannabe, The Word, but not before passing their powers to Swamp Thing. In the end, he became the elemental for the entire planet, and took his place among the "Parliament of Worlds".
Since then, he's lost and regained that status a couple of times, and I'm not sure where he stands now. |
). He was a pretty major threat, pre-Crisis, culminating in his role in the classic Alan Moore story "For the Man Who Has Everything".
