Firefly
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Real Identity: Garfield Lynns
Appearances (BTAC Comics): Mentors Part 1
Skills: Engineering
Garfield Lynns was a special effects and pyrotechnic expert that worked on the road with the pop music artist, Cassidy. After a date or so, Cassidy and Lynn's relationship became strained and he was fired. In secret, Lynns worked on an insulated battle suit capable of flight and took the name, Firefly. Intent on fleeing Gotham with Cassidy, Firefly decided to use an experimental gel, of his creation, capable of burning through anything and he planned to flood it into the sewers and burn all of Gotham in one swoop. However, Batman intervened and stopped Firefly. Soon after, Firefly, out of prison, began to contract out as an arsonist for hire in Gotham. At one point after Dick Grayson quit as Robin and left Gotham City, Batman faced Firefly and hired men alone. Surrounded by flames, Jason Todd arrived as Robin without permission, and helped turn the tide of the fight. Robin nailed him with a flying kick. After a tense confrontation, cooler heads prevailed and Batman accepted Todd as the second Robin.
Firefly took a job in Zurich but things went wrong and a vault he rigged prematurely exploded, and Firefly escaped. The invalid Firefly recuperated under the care of Kobra. Deathstroke was hired by Lex Luthor to kill Batman. With some knowledge of the Zurich incident, he composed a cover story that he was hired to hunt down Firefly before he caused a 9/11 level event in Gotham City and a sufficient story that the Zurich job left him scarred on his face. He became deadlier and crazier than ever, rebuilding his suit to be stronger than before and with new functions thanks to the terrorist organization Kobra. He also developed an insect obsession and went to target cities early to steal exotic bugs from local zoos and museums. Deathstroke then claimed he came to Gotham for a job and broke into the Gotham Natural History Museum's Entomology Pavilion. As Deathstroke anticipated, he was followed in by Robin. Posing as Firefly, Deathstroke's partner Sunny attacked them.