Beatriz da Costa (Prime Earth)

Beatriz da Costa is Fire, a Brazilian superheroine who has the ability to take on a fiery form that gives her flight and the ability to manipulate fire.

History

Prior to the alteration of history, Fire was a member of the Justice League International, with which she fought on the front lines during the Alien Alliance's invasion of Earth^[1] and against the villainous Weapons Master.^[2] She and fellow Justice League members Booster Gold, Bloodwynd and Guy Gardner attacked Doomsday during his attack on Metropolis but were defeated.^[3] She and Ice grew to be codependent,^[4] while her relationship with Icemaiden was less sanguine.^[5]

The Signal Masters

Main article: Justice League International: The Signal Masters

In the new timeline, Andre Briggs approached Fire as a representative of Brazil for the U.N.-sponsored Justice League International. She joined the team run by Booster Gold, and their first mission was to go to Peru and find some missing UN personnel. Their first mission's enemies were a race of giant robots called the Signal Men wreaking havoc across the planet.^[6] The team was forced to retreat when Ice was injured by the machine. Several team members disagreed with this but Fire was concerned for Ice.^[7] They investigated the threat underground in teams; Fire went with Vixen to investigate the robot in South Africa, where they found a cavern under the robot. While there, they were attacked by mud-men and knocked unconscious.^[8] The entire team was captured by the alien responsible, a world-destroyer named Peraxxus.^[9] They finally learned to work together as a team: they distracted Peraxxus in a brawl while Rocket Red reprogrammed his equipment. Peraxxus fled and they crashed his spacecraft into Earth, declaring themselves victorious from the rubble.^[10] This success got them public approval, Briggs finally announcing the JLI at a public debut ceremony.^[11]

Breakdown

Main article: Justice League International: Breakdown

Their public debut was attacked by a group of terrorists called the Burners led by anarchist super-villain Breakdown. Andre Briggs, Emerson Esposito and Rocket Red were killed in the explosion.^[12] OMAC attacked the team, and they subdued then recruited him.^[13] In Paris they helped Jason Rusch take down a group of rogue Firestorms.^[14] They tracked down the Burners, but the League was defeated by Intersek.^[15] Breakdown staged a public execution, but OMAC broke them out.^[16] At Rocket Red's funeral, they decided to continue the team without government funding in honor of his sacrifice.^[17] The team tried to regain U.N. approval, but was disbanded when Brother Eye took control of OMAC and destroyed them. The team, using Skeets to infect his programming, purged OMAC after the entire team was devastated.^[18]

Fire was considered as a candidate for the Justice League United along with many of her JLI peers,^[19] was a patient of the Sanctuary superhero mental health facility,^[4] and attended a party held outside the Hall of Justice in celebration of the Batman who Laughs' defeat.^[20] She joined the Justice League in repelling an extradimensional invasion by the demon Trigon at the Fortress of Solitude^[21] and in defending the Hall of Justice from Pariah's Dark Army.^[22] Fire entered into a relationship with Rio de Janeiro police officer José Hernandes, and after it ended, she spent Valentine's Day seeking a new partner on the superhero dating app "Caper" with Ice—after first apprehending the supervillain Capoeira. Following unfruitful dates with El Yaguareté and Flex Mentallo, she felt a connection with Thomas Ludlow Hallaway, alias the Spider. When Ice uncovered that Hallaway was in reality a villain seeking to infiltrate the heroic community, however, Fire and Ice turned on and defeated him, ultimately choosing to spend the rest of the day together.^[23]

Welcome to Smallville

Fire was considered—but rejected—as a member of Black Canary's new team,^[24] and came to Palmera City to visit the comatose Ted Kord with his other JLI teammates, where she volunteered Ice to provide emotional support to Kord's distressed partner Jaime Reyes.^[25] Beatriz da Costa was acquainted with Amanda Waller, and worked with her operative Agent Turner to secure the transfer of the insane criminal clown the Joker to the newly-established Arkham Colony in Brazil, explaining to Turner the troubled history of insane asylums in the country, and the strong reactions of the people to the Joker's presence. When he attempted to escape, Fire rushed to respond, only for the Joker to use her flames to melt his restraints and render her unconscious.^[26]

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Fire and other JLI veterans fought a rampaging robot in London, England, an act of conspicuous heroism meant to counter Amanda Waller's anti-superhero disinformation campaign. While out in the open, however, she and her allies were attacked by Waller's Amazo android Global Guardian, who drained them of their powers.^[27] She was freed in a prison break at Waller's superhero prison on Gamorra Island and went on the offensive with her fellow heroes. While the stolen powers were released from the Amazo androids of Task Force VII, Fire's powers were swapped with those of of Ice.^[28]

The two were offered—and eagerly accepted—membership in the newly-reformed Justice League Unlimited, and came aboard its satellite headquarters for its unveiling. When the satellite was breached by Darkseid, Fire was knocked down in the ensuing battle.^[29] She was aboard the satellite when it came under attack from an android replica of the supervillain Conduit. Although she was injured by the android, she was able to temporarily encase it in ice with her newly-acquired powers. Once it had freed itself, it struck Fire once more, but was disabled by the satellite's security chief Renee Montoya, the Question.^[30] With the League, she and Ice put their inverted powers to use against a group of super-powered adversaries.^[31]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Ice-Magic: Fire's powers were stolen by Global Guardian,^[27] and when Task Force VII were destroyed and the heroes' powers were returned, she accidentally got her partner Ice's powers instead.^[28]
- Cryokinesis
- Weather Manipulation

Abilities

Multilingualism: Bea can speak both Portuguese and English.

Notes

Beatriz da Costa was created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon, first appearing in Super Friends #25. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Beatriz da Costa first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Justice League International (Volume 3) #1 by Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti.

This character has been a member of the Justice League of America, or simply the Justice League in any of its various incarnations, sworn by a duty to act as guardians of America and the world by using their skills and/or superpowers to protect Earth from the clutches of both interstellar and domestic threats.
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