Richard Dennison was a member of an ecological terrorist group known as Terra Tactics. The group staged a sabotage mission on an alternative energy project, placing powerful explosive charges within the building. In the saboteurs' escape, Dennison was shot by a guard and left behind. The explosion blew Dennison through a tank full of experimental super-charged plasma. When rescuers found him, Dennison was changed into an energy form. Before doctors could help him much, another terrorist team called the Flaming Sword stole his entire containment tank. Though he was mentally unstable, the group renamed him Firebrand and used him as its chief operative in Europe and the Middle East. |