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| “ | He's melting! HE'S MEEEELLLTINNG! | „ |
| ~ Firefly trying to melt Batman. |
| “ | Kerosene, know what I mean? | „ |
| ~ Ted Carson as Firefly. |
Garfield Lynns, also known as Firefly, is a supporting antagonist in the DC Universe, most often going against Batman and Robin, and sometimes Green Arrow.
He is a pyromaniac who became horrendously scarred all over his body after a chemical explosion, leading him to wear a flame proof bodysuit during his crimes.
Biography[]
Pre-Crisis[]
Garfield Lynns was a film special effects expert who ended up living in poverty. When his attempt to rob a theatre by faking a fire was foiled by Batman and Robin, Garfield found himself being pursued by the Caped Crusader in his attempt to escape.
Seeing a firefly glowing in the distance, Batman mistook it for Lynns' lit cigarette and chased after it, giving Lynns the chance to escape. Inspired by this turn of events, Lynns took on the name Firefly and began his career in crime, utilizing various special effects and optical illusions to pull of his heists.
Modern Age[]
As a child, Garfield Lynns and his sister Amanda grew up at St. Evangelina Home for Orphans, after being taken from their abusive parents. Unlike his sister, who proved to be relatively normal, Garfield gained a reputation as a problem child and troublemaker, resulting in him never being chosen for adoption.
In his adulthood, Lynns became a pyrotechnics expert working on motion pictures at Gotham City, until he became a victim of poverty and turned to crime. Lynns originally took up arson as a hobby during his robberies, but his troubled childhood caused him to begin seeing visions in the fires he caused. Garfield decided to embrace his pyromania, constructing a flamethrower, jetpack and fire-resistant jumpsuit before attempting his first robbery as Firefly.
New 52[]
Firefly's history was altered for the New 52. In this continuity, the original Firefly was a pyromaniac named Ted Carson who wore a robotic suit to achieve flight and spread fires. At some point Ted was seemingly killed, allowing someone else to take up the mantle of Firefly.
Nightwing found reasoned to believe that this new Firefly had to be former pyrotechnician Garfield Lynns, who may have been motivated by revenge after being fired from his job by his ex-girlfriend and film actress Cindy Cooke. However, he soon discovers that Ted Carson had faked his death and Garfield was a victim of his crimes.
DC Rebirth[]
Firefly's history was further altered as a result of DC Rebirth. In the revised timeline, Garfield Lynns served as Firefly during a past gang war between the Joker and Riddler. However, Ted Carson still eventually took up the mantle himself. Much later, it was revealed that Ted was grooming a protégé named Bridget Pike, who also went by the name Lady Firefly.
Infinite Frontier[]
In the Fear State tie-in event Firefly along with Killer Croc, Knockout and Cheshire brought by Clayface potential allies seeking a second chance bring them together to defend the Allytown
In Other Media[]
Batman: The Animated Series[]
This version of Garfield Lynns was a pyro-technician obsessed with pop star Cassidy, whom he briefly dated. After intentionally rigging a pyrotechnics display to run wild during one of her concerts, he went into hiding to develop a special fireproof flight suit.
Calling himself Firefly, he stalked Cassidy, burning down a music club she helped finance and ultimately kidnapped her. His ultimate plan was to flood the Gotham sewers with a highly flammable gel and disappear with her during the ensuing firestorm. Though Batman captured him and saved Cassidy, the ordeal left her with extreme pyrophobia.
Batman: Arkham Series[]
Batman: Arkham Origins[]
Firefly as he appears in Batman: Arkham Origins.
- Main article: Firefly (Arkhamverse)
Along with seven other assassins, Lynns was offered a $50,000,000 reward if he were to kill the Batman on a Christmas Eve night by Gotham's most feared mobster, Black Mask.
He planted a quadruplet of bombs around a Gotham bridge in order to lure the Bat out of the shadows. It was successful, forcing Batman to visit the bridge, but the bombs were quickly disabled and Firefly himself was defeated, having his scarred, burnt face revealed via a visor cracking family of punches that knocked the pyromaniac unconscious and ready to be arrested by the GCPD.
Batman: Arkham Asylum[]
The Firefly doesn't appear in the game Batman: Arkham Asylum. One of the Riddler's riddles revolves around him. He has an entry in the Character Bios. His profile states: A pyromaniac, Garfield Lynns began as a petty criminal but soon graduated to major crimes centering around arson, torching huge parts of Gotham in the process.
But his fires soon raged out of control, leaving him horribly scarred by one of his own blazes. His body is almost fully covered with burns, and now wore a full-body flame-retardant suit when he is out pursuing his criminal interests between bouts of incarceration in Blackgate.
Batman: Arkham Knight[]
Years later, Lynns returned to Gotham and join Scarecrow's militia of villains. His job was to incinerate fire stations in Gotham. As Batman encounters him at the first fire station, Firefly is seen flying outside of the building, telling Batman he defeated once a long time ago before flying away on his jetpack.
Batman pursues Firefly in his Batmobile. As soon as he got close enough to him, he ejects and beats Firefly on the ground. Firefly managed to escape on his jetpack after that. After Firefly burned down a third fire station, Batman pursues him one more time and manages to put him behind at Gotham City Police Station.
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham[]
- Main article: Firefly (LEGO Batman)
Firefly is a supporting antagonist and the only unplayable villain in the story version of the Lego video game Lego Batman 3. Firefly teams up with Killer Croc, Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, and Joker.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold[]
Firefly appeared in the teaser of the episode Emperor Joker. This version of Firefly references the first version of him, having powers that are based off on colors of his utility belt and a suit that looks like a bug. As Firefly robs the gold depository, he comes face to face with Robin and Batman in a red costume. Firefly shoots a beam at Batman, but Batman's red costume deflects it.
Firefly, on the other hand, uses all of his colorful rays on his belt to create a colorful monster known as the Rainbow Creature that shoots colorful rays out of his mouth, each color with its own power. Batman changes the color on his costume into a rainbow pattern that is immune to the Rainbow Creature's beams. As Firefly was about to reach something in his pocket, Batman punches him in the face, telling him what was in his pocket stays there.
Arrow[]
- Main article: Garfield Lynns (Arrowverse)
Garfield Lynns as he appears in Arrow.
Garfield Lynns makes an appearance in episode 10 of Arrow season 1. He was shown as a firefighter who was believed to be dead after a huge fire several years ago, but survived with severe burns covering his body.
He crashes a gala (thrown by Oliver Queen for the fire department as a trap for Lynns) and attempts to kill the Fire Chief for not sending backup to save him on the night of the fire. He is confronted by the Hood and commits suicide by walking into fire and burning himself alive.
He was portrayed by Andrew Dunbar.
The Batman[]
Gotham[]
Firefly in Gotham.
- Main article: Bridgit Pike
A female version of Firefly named Bridgit Pike debuted in the fifth episode of the second season of Gotham "Scarification" and continues to appear in a recurring role in the following two seasons.
This version of Firefly was later carried over into the main DC continuity.
She is portrayed by both Michelle Veintimilla and by Camilla Perez.
Batman: Bad Blood[]
Firefly is one of the Gotham villains employed by the Heretic on behalf of the League of Assassins. Even after Talia executed the Heretic, the arsonist remained obedient. Outside the hijacked airborne embassy, Firefly engages in an aerial dogfight with Batwing; one of Firefly's jetpack wings is damaged, which makes him lose control, accidentally rushing into one of embassy's engines, which explodes and killing him in process.
Smallville[]
Firefly in the Smallville Season 11 comic "Lantern".
Firefly appeared in the Season 11 comic book of Smallville. When Parallax released his yellow rings, they headed to Arkham Asylum granting the inmates abilities of the Yellow Lanterns. Batman and Nightwing were doing their best to contain the newly powered inmates of Arkham, including Firefly, who have already been transformed into Yellow Lanterns.
Batman fights with Firefly, when suddenly he gets a call from Tess Mercer and Chloe Sullivan in Watchtower, who ask him to secure a single yellow ring for them. Batman fights with Firefly and during the battle he tricks Firefly into colliding to a building. There Batman finds the chance and takes the yellow ring, which tempts him to become his new bearer, from Firefly. After their rings get rebooted, Firefly lost his powers and became normal again.
DC Extended Universe[]
Firefly appeared in the comic Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Batman, which is set before the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The Ted Carson version of Firefly was set to appear as the main antagonist in the DC Extended Universe film Batgirl in which he was to be portrayed by Brendan Fraser, who also portrayed the Tasmanian Devil in Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Monkeybone in Monkeybone. The film was completed but its release cancelled as a tax write off.
Attributes[]
- Thorough knowledge of flammable agents
- Extensive arsenal of fire-creating weapons
- Scarred over 90% of his body
- Sociopath with intense pyromania
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Mafia's and Mobsters of Gotham (formerly)
- Corrupt cops of Gotham
- Corrupt politicians of Gotham
- Corrupt business owners of Gotham
- Secret Society of Super Villains
- Legion of Doom
- Suicide Squad
- Criminals of Gotham
- Other Supervillains (sometimes)
- Black Mask (sometimes)
- Harley Quinn (formerly)
- Penguin (sometimes)
- Catwoman (sometimes)
- Riddler (sometimes)
- Poison Ivy (sometimes)
- Bane (sometimes)
- Clayface (sometimes)
- Mad Hatter (sometimes)
- Mr. Freeze (sometimes)
- Two-Face (sometimes)
- Calendar Man (sometimes)
- Killer Croc (sometimes)
Enemies[]
- Batman
- James Gordon
- Aaron Cash
- GCPD
- Batgirl
- Harvey Bullock
- Nightwing
- Tim Drake
- Other Supervillains (sometimes)
- Justice League
- Birds of Prey
- Batwoman
- Mafia's and Mobsters of Gotham
- Maroni family
- Falcone family
- Rupert Thorne
- Blackgate staff
- Arkham Asylum staff
- Poison Ivy (sometimes)
- Two-Face (sometimes)
- Mad Hatter (sometimes)
- Riddler (sometimes)
- Harley Quinn (formerly)
- Killer Croc (sometimes)
- Catwoman (sometimes)
- Clayface (sometimes)
- Bane (sometimes)
- Calendar Man (sometimes)
- Black Mask (sometimes)
- Suicide Squad
Quotes[]
| “ | Thanks but I'm already burned. | „ |
| ~ Firefly in the CW show Arrow. |
| “ | Scream for me! | „ |
| ~ Firefly in Batman Arkham Origins. |
| “ | Fire is nature's way of clearing the path stand in it's way and you will be destroyed. | „ |
| ~ Firefly |
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