Joseph Rigger was a demolition expert in the military, who upon being discharged returned to his hometown of Gotham City. His fragile psyche was shattered when he learned that his family had perished in separate indicents due to faulty buildings they lived in.
Seeking vengeance upon the corrupt landlords and neglegent builders in the community, Rigger devised the alter ego of Firebug, and became an arsonist with the goal of ridding Gotham's slums of all its deathtrap domicles. Of course, this led to repeated conflict with the City's prime protector, Earth-One's Batman.
Unlike other contemporary costumed culprits, Firebug was not inheriantly evil and sought only to destroy these structures to preserve the lives of their occupants, who would presumably live in renovated buildings. However, Rigger's actions nearly jeapardized the lives of some, which led to a reluctant confrontation between he and Batman. Detonating his costume, it seemed as if Rigger perished although his costume appeared later on during a crime wave, indicated that the Firebug was still alive and active.
In June of 1951, the new masked marauder Wingman arrived in Gotham from a Scandinavian country. Inspired by the successful career of Earth-Two's Batman, Wingman joined him on a month's worth of cases in Gotham in order to train under the more experience mystery man. Since Robin would be laid up in a cast for six weeks while recovering from an injury, this provided the Dark Knight with capable help.
Wingman took advantage of this opportunity to acquire the needed edge to become an experienced superhero under the tutelage of Batman. This caused a rivalry between Wingman and Robin, until the Boy Wonder finally discovered that Wingman would be returning to his native home in northern Europe to engage in a solo career.
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