Firefly (DC animated universe)

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Firefly

Played byMark Rolston
Appeared in
First appearanceI've got Batman in My Basement
No. of appearances3 episodes
Current statusAprehended
Adapted fromFirefly
Characteristics
Alter egoGardfield Lynns
Created by
Bob Kane
Bill Finger

Firefly (Gardfield Lynns), a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of Batman, consistently appeared in Batman: The Animated Series, and several of the related series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, played by Mark Rolston. He is an insane pyromaniac armed with an isolating suit and helmet and and a fire weapon.

Wizard Magazine #172 revealed the producers wanted to introduce the character since Batman: The Animated Series, but the idea didn't past through Fox Network's sensoreship as any other pyromaniac character. When the series was revamped as The New Batman Adventures in Kids' WB!, the producers finally got the opportunity to use the character.

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[edit] Appearances

  1. Torch Song
  2. Legends of the Dark Knight
  3. Only A Dream (Justice League)

[edit] DC animated universe biography

Firefly is introduced in Torch Song as Gardfield Lynns, a pyrotechnics engineer who becames obsessed with his ex-girlfriend, a singer he also works for.

In Legends of the Dark Knight he is hired to destroy a series of buildings to benefit with insurance fraud. Batman has to develop a fire proof suit to defeat him.

He reappears in Justice League as one of the criminals escaping a supercriminal prison outside Gotham. While escaping he show some attraction to Volcana.

[edit] Batman Advetures spin off biography

In the third volume of Batman Adventures, he works along with other masked enemies of Batman for a group called the False Face Society, under the leadership of Black Mask and Red Hood.

[edit] Design

Firefly's design is a modification of his regular appearance in the comics, only all steel color with shorter wings and no mouth hole in helmet.

[edit] See also

Batman: The Animated Series characters
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Villains: The Joker | Harley Quinn | The Penguin | Catwoman | Two-face | Poison Ivy | Rupert Thorne | The Scarecrow | Ra's Al Ghul | Talia | The Mad Hatter | The Ventriloquist and Scarface | Clayface | Killer Croc | Mr. Freeze | The Riddler | The Phantasm | Bane | Man-bat | Firefly | The Ninja | The Clock King | Baby Doll | Roxy Rocket | Hugo Strange | Doctor Milo | Maxie Zeus | The Terrible Trio | Calendar Girl | H.A.R.D.A.C. | Red Claw | Roland Daggett
Supporting Characters: James Gordon | Harvey Bullock | Summer Gleeson | Leslie Thompkins | Lucius Fox | Renee Montoya | Earl Cooper | Hamilton Hill | Andrea Beaumont | Carl Beaumont | Matthew Thorne | Thomas and Martha Wayne
Other heroes: The Creeper | Etrigan the Demon | Jonah Hex | Zatanna | Supergirl | Batwoman | The Gray Ghost
Justice League characters
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Villains: Darkseid | Vandal Savage | Lex Luthor | Brainiac | Grodd | The Joker | Harley Quinn | Ultra Humanite | Felix Faust | Hades | Mongul | Doomsday | Galatea | Morgaine le Fey | Mordred | Doctor Destiny | Chronos | Despero | Orm | Eclipso | The Manhunters | Simon Stagg | Roulette | Kanjar Ro | Brainwave | Shadow-Thief | Mercy Graves | Circe | Ares | Steven Mandragora | Tobias Manning | Demos | Virman Vunderbarr | Brimstone | Demons Three | Cadmus | Injustice Gang | Secret Society | The Imperium | Superman Revenge Squad | The Fatal Five | The Meta-Brawlers | The Extremists | The Jokerz | Inequity Collective | Flash's Rogues Gallery | Thannagarian Army | Darkseid's Elite | Ultimen | Royal Flush Gang | Task Force X
Supporting Characters: Alfred Pennyworth | Lois Lane | Steve Trevor | Snapper Carr | Queen Hippolyta | Solovar | King Faraday | Draaga | Linda Park | Oberon | Inza Nelson | The Master | Jor-El | Metron | The Guardians of the Universe
Other heroes: A. M. A. Z. O. Batman II | Hawkman | Kilowog (DCAU) | Katman Tui | Lobo | Deadman | Jonah Hex | Bat Lash | El Diablo | Sheriff Ohiyesa Smith | Long Shadow | Forager | Miracle Man | Warlord | Spy Smasher | The Justice League Unlimited | The Green Lantern Corps| | Legion of Super-Heroes | The Blackhawks | Sgt. Rock and the Easy Company

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