The Unofficial Biography of...

Alter Ego:Danette Reilly
Occupation: student Vulcanologist
Marital Status: single through 1942
Known Relatives: "Emerald" Ed Reilly ( father, deceased ) unnamed mother, Rod Reilly ( brother ), Terri Curtis Rothstein ( "goddaughter" )
Group Affiliation: All-Star Squadron
Base of Operations: New York, NY
Current Status: unknown
Height: 5'5" Weight: 118 lbs.
Eye Color: blueHair Color: red
First Appearance: Justice League of America(v1)# 193, 1980 ( as Danette ); All-Star Squadron# 5, 1980 ( as Firebrand )

.....As a young graduate student in Vulcanology, young Dannette Reilly was visiting her brother Rod in Hawaii when on the evening of December 5, 1941, she heard reports of a mysterious volcano that had appeared in the ocean nearby. Taking a small boat, Dannette investigated and found that the volcano's origins were not natural, but somehow man-made. During the course of her investigations she was startled to see approaching The Shining Knight, an adventurer and mystery man that had appeared earlier that year, approaching the island. After speaking together, Dannete and Sir Justin looked further at the mysterious island.
.....Stumbling across the villainous plans of the time-travelling Per Degaton, Danette was attacked by the villain Wotan, who fired a magical bolt of energy at her, causing her to fall into a pit of artificial lava. The combination of the mystical bolt and the artificial lava changed her. After being saved by The Shining Knight, Dannette found she had aquired flame-based powers. She could control fire and fire flame bolts from her hand. After being told by her brother's confindant, Slugger Dunn, that her brother Rod was formerly the mystery man known as The Firebrand, she took the identity as her own, using a modified version of his costume as her own.

.....Joining up with the fledgling group of unaffiliated heroes, THE ALL STAR SQUADRON, she spent most of her time with that group, seldom adventuring by herself.

.....Nothing is known of her activities after June, 1942, but it has been stated that she perished at the hands of The Dragon King. The exact circumstances of her death have not been revealed to date.

.....Firebrand could generate fire and plasma, usually in the form of fireblasts and "bolts". She was impervious to fire and could asorb and redirect it. It is not known whether she used her flame powers to fly, as is the case with many flame-based mystery-men.