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Name This Marvel Villain??
Gary Gilbert is something of an activist, like his sister, Roxanne--only where Roxanne struggles for peaceful solutions to problems, Gary dons the super-powered costume of Firebrand and becomes an anti-establishment, anti-capitalist terrorist:
Firebrand's outlook on money and industry of course put Tony Stark's factories on his hit list:
Which consequently put him square in the sights of Iron Man, who defeated him. Later, at a time when Stark was dealing with a string of business crises, Firebrand reappeared, striking a deal with a treacherous member of Stark's own Board:
Despite these two being at odds, Firebrand agrees to blow up Stark's factory. But, again, Iron Man is there to foil his attack. In the midst of the battle, though, the man who met with Firebrand, Simon Gilbert, attempts to complete the plan by detonating a bomb, only to be fatally caught in the blast--and Firebrand, now in custody, is doubly enraged, revealing a secret he never even disclosed to Gilbert:
Firebrand would later escape and show up on his sister Roxanne's doorstep--and, though giving him shelter, his pacifist sibling would fail to dissuade him from his revenge on Iron Man:
But Firebrand's battle with Iron Man would be as unsuccessful as the others. Unfortunately, Roxanne would also find herself in his line of fire:
Iron Man jets the critically wounded Roxanne to the hospital, while Firebrand is again taken into police custody. Firebrand would later become involved with the Black Lama in a struggle with Iron Man on an alternate, alien world, but was eventually returned to Earth, suspending his one-man war against corporate America and instead becoming something of an agent for other costumed criminals. He would eventually meet a deadly end from the gun of the Scourge of the Underworld, as well as that of the Punisher.