History: (Police Comics #1)-Bored with his life of perpetual leisure, millionaire playboy Rod Reilly created the masked identity of Firebrand to pursue adventure and excitement. His secret was known only to his best friend “Slugger” Dunn, an ex-heavyweight boxer that trained him for his new career. Firebrand took on a vicious crime syndicate that had virtually taken over NY, but found himself mistakenly accused of being that syndicate’s leader.

Though wanted by both the police and the mob, Firebrand continued to fight crime until the early days of WWII, when he and Slugger enlisted in the navy. He was critically wounded during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and lay bedridden for many months while his sister Danette assumed the identity of Firebrand. After recovering he joined the All-Star Squadron and fought against the Axis. After the war he became a member of Uncle Sam’s Freedom Fighters.