From the Golden Age Firebrand (Rod Reilly) <orig. Quality Comics> Appreciation 2021 thread:
Quote Originally Posted by scary harpy View Post
Roy Thomas wanted to bring back the golden-age Wild Fire...but DC objected because the LSH's Wildfire. DC thought we'd get confused.

So, Thomas created Danette and sidelined Rod Reilly.


first appearance of Danette: All-Star Squadron Preview in Justice League of America #193 (August 1981)


Danette becomes Firebrand in All-Star Squadron #5 (January 1982).