Kevin Black was born into a family of ordinary wealth and had an ordinary life. He always joked saying he was the only person in high school happy with his situation. One day while he was helping decorate the school for Prom he came across a large crowd of people gathered around a campfire. Suddenly he got knocked out from behind and when he was awoken he couldn't move. There was a man in front of him saying something he couldn't recognize and he noticed an odd red ring on his finger. Out of nowhere is surroundings changed and he was in some place he can't even described, it was incredibly hot, like everybody's worse nightmares in one. He spent six years of his life there managing to survive with what he could and making use of the most basic tools and resources. One day when he was hunting he got pulled back. He doesn't know how, but it was day time. He was so happy because it had been so long since he saw daylight. A group of people starting yelling, but everything was still fuzzy. "He's coming too" a man said.

"What's going on?" Kevin said

"We found you here when we arrived. We thought you were dead." The man said.

Kevin looked around and saw the scene that transported him all those years ago, but nothing had changed. He felt hot and incredibly strong, but it was like no time had passed. After that day he continued his life like nothing had happen. He discovered that even though he felt like he had been in that place for years; in reality he was there for six hours. He also discovered he had incredible strength and could heal in seconds, but there was something else. If he focused really hard he could make stuff happen. Small stuff at first like a coin landing heads, but after awhile it got stronger and more drastic. When he went to college he started to fight crime in secret. He was fortunate that his classes would always be canceled when a supervillain would attack. He took on the name Hellstormer because of what happened to him and he used a modified paintball gun that would shoot rubber balls, the mysterious red ring from that night, and a Chinese samurai sword. His main weakness is his inability to withstand heat. After his experience, any little bit of heat saps his strength almost instantly. He's found his boundary is about 80 degrees before he starts to lose his super strength. Inside his helmet he put a series of fans to always keep his temperature down and all his armor is a spongy type material that can "breath", but it can still deflect bullets and withstand knife assaults to a point.

Years later Stormer discovered that his red ring which he consider his good luck charm, was actually a red power ring of the Red Lantern Corp. It turns out it channels all his anger to use as a manifestation of whatever he wants, but there's one problem: Stormer isn't a very angry person. He's able to use it, but barely so he waits for dire circumstances.

Stormer's crime fighting career was going well until he faced off against a new villain. One of a mystical origin paralleling his. The man's name was Merick and he was a member of the cult that sent Stormer to hell. Stormer was badly beaten and near death, but got away. He went on a quest to find a way to become stronger which led him to a group of mystics that helped him return to the hell dimension in hopes of getting stronger. The mystics tried for nearly a full day to bring him back and when they finally made it Stormer came through the portal, with a smile. He didn't say anything else, but he did reveal he could transform into a red glowing demonish being. The change seemed to stem from his ring. With this new ability Stormer lost the gun and formed a new sword out of silver and steel. He can hold his demon form for over an hour and it enhances all his abilities.