Firebrand (DC)
Firebrand is the name used by several characters in the DCUniverse.
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Firebrand (Rod Reilly)
- Main Article: Gary Gilbert
Firebrand (Danette Reilly)
- Main Article: Danette Reilly
Firebrand (Alex Sanchez)
- Main Article: Alex Sanchez
Alex Sanchez, who had no relation to his predecessors. His history was tainted by fire, having lost his baby sister Christina in a conflagration that he himself escaped. Then as an adult, while working as an NYPD detective, he escaped yet again, but not completely unharmed. An explosion left him in need of a walking cane for life. Noah Hightower offered him the chance to turn his misfortune around by becoming the Firebrand. Sanchez would don a suit that could download an energy surge from a satellite. This empowered him with 120% of normal human capacity, but he could only 'fire up' the suit once a day for four hours, lest his body burn out. Also, the suit was designed with a horrific visage. (Firebrand v1 #2)
Firebrand (Andre Twist)
- Main Article: Andre Twist
Firebrand (Janet Fals)
- Main Article: Janet Fals
Overview
Rod was an Olympic-level athlete and superb combatant. He had trained to the height of physical perfection. He was a good hand-to-hand fighter and accomplished swimmer. Special skills included high wire balancing, scaling buildings with suction cups, and using a lariat.
Danette was a metahuman who could project fire from her hands, surround herself in a field of fire, and fly. She could control any flame in her immediate vicinity, and could absorb fire into her body harmlessly.
Alex Sanchez had no super-powers, but wore a uniform that downloaded energies from a satellite. With it he possessed 120% of a normal human’s abilities. Each download lasted four hours, mostly for the safety of the person inside. The suit generated flames for show only, and was cooled internally. The suit made him more agile and strong, could withstand standard gunfire, and had infrared visibility.
Andre Twist, like Danette, was a metahuman with the power to wield flames. He often employed a staff used in martial arts-style fighting.
Notes
- The concept of the Firebrand was created by S.M. Iger and Reed Crandall where it made its first appearance in Quality Comics Police Comics v1 #1 (August, 1941).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Young Justice, the Firebrand appeared in the setting of the animated television series. It was revealed that it was an identity fabricated by T.O. Morrow for his android Red Inferno who was made into a female superhero with the intention of infiltrating the Justice Society to destroy them. However, the android developed feelings of heroism and sacrificed herself to save them from the Dragon King which killed her and exposed her mechanical nature.
Appearances
- Police Comics v1: (1941).
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