Both Boston Brand and his counterpart the Firebrand, Rod Reilly, were prolific athletes demonstrating remarkable acrobatic prowess as well as superb fighting techniques. While Boston plied his trade as the featured acrobot for the Hills Circus, known by his professional name of Deadman, Rod was a bored rich playboy who adopted his Firebrand alias in order to battle crime. Although not a vigilante himself, Brand would likewise like Firebrand face the forces of evil.
Eventually, tragedy struck both men. Boston was struck dead by an assassins' bullet, Rod was nearly killed during the sneak attack by the Japanese Naval Fleet on Pearl Harbor. Despite this, each had siblings that carried on their costumed careers. Rod's sister Danette became the second Firebrand, while Boston's twin brother Cleveland became the second Deadman.
The legends of Boston and Rod carried on, with Firebrand having left his native Earth-Two for Earth-X, while following the Freedom Fighters of his world there. And Reilly would appear on Boston's Earth-One shortly after Brand seemingly perished, although Rod also seemingly died at the hands of his arch-foe the Silver Ghost. Despite this, Boston would reappear alive to teamup with Batman, as would Rod alongside his Freedom Fighter allies, thanks to the machinations of comicbook science.
During the Crisis on Infinite Earths recruited heroes from various points in time and space, and so among those assembled throughout the ages to save the Multiverse were the high-flying Boston Brand and his cosmic twin, Firebrand. Both heroes were adept at traversing dimensions, and both were the pinnacles of peak physical conditioning.
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