Who Is Fire? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Fire is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Beatriz Bonilla da Costa, with over 692 comic issue appearances. Beatriz da Costa was bequeathed her green flame powers by Brazilian mysticism. She started her super-hero career in the Global Guardians. She has been a long time member of the Justice League in various incarnations, and is best known for her friendships/partnerships with fellow league members Tora (Ice) and Sigrid (Ice Maiden).

Who is Fire?

Origin Fire Beatriz da Costa is a rare example of a relatively popular Brazilian superhero in a mainstream comic continuity. Her background is rather convoluted because of the nature of her creation. She was created for the Super Friends franchise which was popular in both in both print and on screen. Thus as she made the transition to comics her portrayal was based on that as it was elsewhere. Compounding this fact was that shortly after her introduction that DC Comics had a company-wide reboot following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths . Beatriz had two origins fairly close together in real life which were different enough to cause confusion among readers between the two versions. In the initial version her mother is Carlota da Costa and her father is a surveyor in the Amazon River Basin. Beatriz was born among a tribe of people known as the Ge as result of this.

Key facts

Fire is of human origin and first appeared in "Puppets of the Overlord". The character is published by DC Comics. With 692 recorded issue appearances, Fire ranks among the most featured characters in comics.