Garfield Lynns

*Wayne Indutries will go down in flames.*
―Garfield after getting hired by GothCorp.[src]
**Garfield Lynns**, formerly known as **Firefly**, is a Batman villain who used a jetpack in his crimes. After an explosion of radioactive phosphorus, he developed pyrokinetic and radiation powers and changed his alias to **Phosphorus**.

## Firefly/Phosphorous

* Garfield Lynns
* Firefly
* Phosphorus

### Affiliation

The BatmanJane Blaisedale (ex-girlfriend)
Penguin
Killer Croc
Ragdoll
Killer Moth
Mr. Freeze
Batgirl
Robin

### Powers

Pyrokinesis (Phosphorus)Jetpack and fire beams (Firefly)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Jason Marsden (English)Kunihiro Kawamoto (Japanese)
Christophe Lemoine (French)
Waldemar Barwinski (Polish)

## Physical Appearance

Garfield has blond hair and a blond goatee. He also is somewhat muscular.

As Firefly, this version bears a suit more akin to his namesake with lasers built into the knuckles, as well as a jetpack that buzzes while in flight. He has a yellow helmet with red eyes and long "ears". The upper part of the torso is completely black, while the lower part is striped with yellow.

As Phosphorus,he has a magma-like physiology and a burning touch. His body consists of black rocks with red eyes and fire linings.

Firefly without his helmet.Firefly without his suit.
## Personality

He has a snarky, friendly attitude that contrasts his status as an amoral mercenary that will do anything for cash. He loses this after becoming Phosphorus, as he became much more unstable and insane, and he only cared about the world rememebering his name for years to come.

## History

A corporate saboteur, Firefly executed a few takedowns of rivals to GothCorp. Paid by the job, Firefly did each one with ease until Batman intervened. Though Firefly proved to be a challenge for Batman at first, he was taken down when Batman mimicked Firefly's high-speed jet-pack, which allowed him to play "catch-up" and took Firefly down. He debuted in *The Big Heat*.

In *Fire & Ice*, Mr. Freeze hired Firefly to help him put his new plan to action: putting Gotham City in a never-ending winter. However,the two turned on each other due to their opposite personalities and were stopped by Batman.

In *Team Penguin*, he joined the titular team led by Penguin alongside Killer Croc, Ragdoll, and Killer Moth which was formed to finally eliminate Batman and become rich. In the end, Firefly was defeated alongside the team and captured.

In *Rumors*, he was captured by Rumor alongside Ragdoll and Killer Moth,as he wanted to eliminate them alongside Gotham City's other criminals and super villains. After being freed, Batman and Robin defeated Firefly and the other freed prisoners,preventing them from killing Rumor. He was captured with the other villains by the cops afterwards.

In *White Heat*, Firefly gained a new partner and lover, known as Jane Blaisedale, and they both stole a phosphorus isotope to upgrade his battle suit. An accident caused the stolen item to mutate Firefly into Phosphorus which had him acquire greater powers and abilities but also drove him insane. He infiltrated a nuclear plant and planned to destroy Gotham City; but was foiled and ultimately defeated by Batman, then sent to Arkham Asylym. The doctor said his condition is incurable, although he can be powered down. Blaze then broke up with him for good.

## Powers and Abilities

Firefly's weapons and paraphernalia included a heat ray, a battle suit, and a jetpack (which sounded like a fly when it was used). In the sky, Firefly was a dangerous enemy, but when he's grounded, he's not much of a threat, as his hand-to-hand skills were useless against Batman. He was also known to have a backup secret stinger in games. His mental instability later made him a city-level threat.

### Powers

* **Unique Physiology**: After an explosion involving radioactive phosphorus Lynns' physiology has been altered into a perpetual heat generating state. He gained various powers.
	+ **Pyrokinesis**
	+ **Radiation Production**
	+ **Superhuman Durability**
	+ **Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Fatal Touch**

### Abilities

* **Demolitions**
* **Aviation**
	+ **Aerial Combat**
* **Mechanical Engineering**
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)**

### Weaknesses

* **Heat generation**: Lynns can no longer touch any substance that isn't temperature resistant to his powers. Thus he can no longer eat, walk or interact conventionally until exposed to a special gas mixture while at Arkham.
* **Liquid Nitrogen**
* **Fragile Blasters (formerly):** As Firefly, his blasters could have been easily cut by a Batarang.

## Relationships

### Love Interests

#### Blaise

When the Batfamily found out about their romance Batgirl compared them to Joker and Harley Quinn. Blaise was Lynns' girlfriend, and she liked him for his "bad boy" attitude. Lynns initially wanted to steal enough gold so the two of them could leave Gotham and live their life happily. Things changed when Lynns turned into Phosphorus and lost his sanity. His care for her lessened and he focused more on eviscerating Gotham. After he was stopped and sent to Arkham, Blaise broke up with him and told him whatever feelings she had for him are gone.

### Enemies

#### Mr. Freeze

*Fire & Ice* writer Joseph Kuhr describes them as polar opposites. They only teamed for personal benefits (Freeze needed a flier while Firefly needed money), however,their opposite personalities made the team up short lived and made them clash.

## Appearances

### *The Batman*

* Season 1
	+ *The Big Heat*
* Season 2
	+ *Fire & Ice*
* Season 4
	+ *Team Penguin*
	+ *Rumors*
* Season 5
	+ *White Heat*

### *The Batman Strikes!*

* Issue 8
* Issue 21
* Issue 24
* Issue 32 " How to Take Out a Room Full of Goons
* Issue 39 " Hostile Takeover"

### In Other Media

#### Lego Batman

Firefly's design in *Lego Batman 3* and *Lego DC Super-Villains* is based on *The Batman's* Firefly*.* The same applies for his design in the sets.

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## Trivia

* This version is both Firefly and Doctor Phosphorus.

## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050805074021/http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=3740