Danette Reilly
Danette Reilly is a female comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Danette Reilly was the daughter of steel tycoon 'Emerald' Ed Reilly, and brother to playboy Rod Reilly. Unlike her brother, Danette did not remain at home using her father’s money
She was on a research expedition on barely charted island in the South Pacific to study a dormant volcano. Her brother Ensign Reilly though was prepared to return to base and wanted Danette to come back with him. (Justice League of America v1 #193)
In fact, she stumbled across a secret base of operations of the time-traveling villain Per Degaton. Per Degaton had come back from the year 1947 in order to ensure Pearl Harbor and the destruction of the super-heroes of Earth-2. Danette, and investigating hero Shining Knight were captured by Per Degaton and his henchman: Professor Zodiak, Sky Pirate, Solomon Grundy, and Wotan.
While trying to free the Justice Society from Per Degaton, Danette was blasted by a mystical energy bolt by Wotan, and was sent into a vat of artificial lava. Danette survived, and Per Degaton and his allies were eventually defeated by the heroes of the newly formed All-Star Squadron. Danette discovered she had developed the power to generate fire. She also discovered that her brother, Rod Reilly, was wounded at Pearl Harbor. Rod’s best friend “Slugger” Dunn revealed to Danette that her brother Rod was actually the hero known as Firebrand. With her brother in a coma, Danette took the mantle of Firebrand, and joined the All-Star Squadron.
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
Personality and attributes
She was noted for being the fiery one in the family. (Justice League of America v1 #193)
Danette was known to had a brother with this having been Ensign Rod Reilly. (Justice League of America v1 #193)
Powers and abilities
It was noted that she was a trained geologist. (Justice League of America v1 #193)
Notes
- Danette Reilly was created by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway where she made her first appearance in Justice League of America v1 #193 (August, 1981).
- In 1981, Roy Thomas wished to launch a title that took place during the Golden Age. Thomas created the All-Star Squadron, a retconned wartime group of heroes formed at the behest of President Roosevelt. Introduced in a preview in Justice League of America #193, the team debuted in their self-titled ongoing series in September 1981. Instead of using the golden age Firebrand, Thomas created a new firebrand, this one female. Named and designed after his wife Danette Thomas, Danette Reilly debuted first as a damsel-in-distress, but then joined the All-Star Squadron as a full member in issue #5.
- Firebrand was ranked 67th in Comics Buyer's Guide's "100 Sexiest Women in Comics" list.
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, a variation of the character appeared in the setting of the animated television series in the episode "Homefront" where she was voiced by actress Vanessa Marshall. This version was a merger between the Danette Reilly and Red Inferno where she was an android created by T.O. Morrow disguised as a human in order to infiltrate and destroy the Justice Society. However, she came to want to be a hero and sacrificed to save them from the Dragon King thus exposing her android nature.
Appearances
- Justice League of America v1: (1981)
- All-Star Squadron v1:
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