Firebrand – Rod Reilly

The Pink Shirted Fighter..

Millionaire playboy Rod Reilly was bored with his life of endless leisure and craved adventure.  Inspired by the new Mystery Men of the times, he donned a costume, received training from a professional boxer, Slugger Dunn, who became his confidante and companion, and began to fight crime as Firebrand.

Firebrand walked a fine line between organized crime and the police for a while until Rod decided he should enlist in the Navy for World WarWar comics feature military personnel fighting enemy troops. These comics are great adventure comics, but also very useful propaganda. II.  Rod was present at Pearl Harbor and was severely injured in the attack.  His sister, Danette, went to visit him in the hospital and took over the familyMeant to denote a group of characters that are all interrelated or share the same origins, methodology, or powers. (Example: All Members of the Green Lantern Corps belong to €œthe Lantern family €) tradition of Firebrand on her own.

Rod recovered from his injuries and joined Uncle Sam and the rest of the Freedom Fighters in their quest to rid Earth-X of the NaziA member of the Nazi movement from Germany pre-WWII and beyond. Most of the hard core Nazis were defeated in WWII and Germany has once again entered the world community as a non-threatening power, however in a fantasy world, Nazis still exist and probably, Hitler €™s brain in a jar somewhere as well. A frequent foe of any heroA character that typically acts in a heroic manner. (Example: Wonder Woman €™s deeds of saving Paradise Island from the mythological beasts have made her an Amazonian hero.) fighting in WWII, today there are still characters as villains inspired by this movement that fight our heroes. scourge.

First Appearance

Created By:  S.M. Iger & Reed Crandall

PowersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.)

Firebrand has no super-powersThe extraordinary abilities that a characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics). may possess. (Example: Aquaman can telepathically control marine life as one of his powers.).

VulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness.

Firebrand is a normal human man with normal vulnerabilitiesA characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).'s weakness..

SkillsThe abilities that a normal person in the real world could potentially share with a fictional DCUAn abbreviation of DC Universe or DC Comics Universe. Meant to denote the comics that are published by DC Comics and the Universe that DC has built for its stories. characterAny sentient entity that appears in a comic book. (Example: Superman, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Krypto the Super Dog are all characters that appear in Superman comics).. (Example: Some Motocross bike riders ride a bike as well as Black Canary.)

Acrobatics – Firebrand is an accomplished acrobat.

Martial Artist – Firebrand is a superb hand-to-hand combatant.

Military Science  - Firebrand is a trained U.S. Navy Seaman.