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Batman: Caped Crusader, the forthcoming animated show, is ready to introduce Firefly, a less-known DC villain to front stage. Originally meant to show in the canceled Batgirl film, Firefly is a powerful arsonist with a fascinating past found in Batman comics. With Batman: Caped Crusader, this villain now has a second shot to grab viewers' interest.
Bruce Timm, known for his work on Batman: The Animated Series, and Matt Reeves, director of The Batman (2022) are collaborating on the series. Set in the 1940s, the show finds influence in the grim and brutal crime dramas of Batman's early Golden Age comic adventures. Batman is shown as a rookie crime fighter who frequently clashes with Gotham's police department and lacks trusted allies other than Alfred. Along with more obscure villains like Onomatopoeia, Clayface, and Firefly, the show will highlight a varied spectrum of Batman villains including well-known names like Two- Face, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Penguin.
High-tech arsonist Firefly, sometimes known as Garfield Lynns, is considered as a pyromaniac. Lynns is an explosives expert with advanced incendiary devices and a jetpack-equipped armored suit even though she lacks superpowers. Although Lynns is the most known Firefly, Ted Carson and Bridget Pike also adopted the name.
Originally appearing in the Gotham TV show, the Bridgit Pike version of Firefly subsequently found inclusion in DC Comics. Firefly, despite his relative obscurity, has appeared in several notable Batman adaptations including animated series like The New Batman Adventures, The Batman (2004), and video games like Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Knight. Firefly will wear a Golden Age-style costume and gear in Batman: Caped Crusader, with wrist-mounted flamethrowers.
With its own timeline mixed with the Tim Burton Batman universe, the DCEU was poised to usher in a new era replacing Ben Affleck's Batman with Michael Keaton's performance. Batgirl would have shown Leslie Grace as Barbara Gordon confronting the Ted Carson version of Firefly, played by Brendan Fraser, so partially exploring this era. Regretfully, the movie was postponed. Batman: Caped Crusader presents an opportunity, though, to highlight Firefly's promise as a menacing and intriguing supervillain.
Batman: Caped Crusader's featuring of Firefly offers an interesting chance for this villain to become well-known. The gritty tone and setting of the show fit Firefly's pyromaniacal inclinations and high-tech arsenal. Firefly is set for a major flashpoint given Brendan Fraser's past casting and the villain's prominent appearances in other Batman adaptations.