Original Golden Age Firebrand (Rod Reilly) Appreciation <orig. Quality Comics>

[MajorHoy]

NOTE: This is sort of a continuation of the previous
"Original Golden Age Firebrand (Rod Reilly) & sister Danette appreciation thread",
which can be read here:

https://community.cbr.com/showthread...ciation-thread

but with the focus this time just on Rod.
For the separate thread dedicated strictly to Danette, see https://community.cbr.com/showthread...eciation-(2019

From the original thread (started back in February of 2018),

In May of 1941, Quality Comics gave us the first issue of Police Comics. Among the characters featured were

* Plastic Man!
* Phantom Lady!
* Human Bomb!
* Chic Carter!

But the character who had the main spot on the cover was

Rod Reilly, The Firebrand!
There wasn't anything terribly special about the character himself. He was "a millionaire society scion" and "playboy" who was the son of a wealthy man and had decided to fight crime dressed all in in red (including a sheer red shirt!).
After being the main character featured on the first four covers of Police Comics, he lost that spot to Plastic Man with issue #5, and was dropped from the comic book completely after issue #13.

Here are the first two pages from his debut story in Police Comics #1:

to be continued . . .

[MajorHoy]

from Police Comics #2 (September 1941):