Mikhail Arkadin first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm (DC, 1982 series) #62 (August 1987). He first became Pozhar ("Destructive Fire") in issue #63 (September 1987). Mikhail first appeared as Firestorm in Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (DC, 2006 series) #27 (September 2006). When he learned in issue #28 (October 2006) that someone else was using the Firestorm name, he returned to using the name Pozhar.