History:
FLASHBURN
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Human technology user
Occupation: Freelance enforcer
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Unidentified drug cartel lords (possibly including Vinnie Entman)
Enemies: Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)
Known Relatives: Unidentified wife, unidentified children
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New York City, New York, USA
First Appearance: Night Thrasher I#16 (November, 1994)
Powers/Abilities: Flashburn wore a sophisticated battlesuit which could project flames throught its gauntlets. If the jets in the gauntlets are covered it causes a back-up in power that is destructive to the battlesuit.
Height: Unrevealed
(approximately 6')
Weight: Unrevealed (approximately 180 lbs.)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Unrevealed
History:
(Night Thrasher I#16) - Flashburn was hired by
unidentified lords of a New York-based drug cartel to protect their
incoming shipments of narcotics. Night Thrasher showed up to oppose
Flashburn. Although Flashburn began to project flames at Night Thrasher,
Night Thrasher's armor provided sufficient protection for him to quickly
strike Flashburn in the face with a truncheon then grab him by the
wrists and bury his gauntlets into the pavement of the street. This
caused the power in Flashburn's suit to back-up as it had nowhere to
release, finally causing an explosion that knocked Flashburn across the
street, apparently badly damaging the suit.
Before Flashburn could resume the fight Night Thrasher showed him photographs which were presumably of him in his civilian identity in a compromising position. Flashburn incinerated the photographs but Night Thrasher informed him he still had the negatives. Flashburn asked what Night Thrasher wanted and the hero answered that Flashburn had to ditch his mask and get out of town, promising that if he ever heard about Flashburn committing crimes in this or any other identity the photographs would be sent to his wife and children. Surprised and frightened by Night Thrasher's methods, Flashburn agreed and stalked off.
Comments: Created by Kurt Busiek, Steve Mattsson and Art Nichols.
This profile was completed on 11/24/2025 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix's 25th anniversary celebratory event.
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Flashburn should not be confused with:
Vinnie "The Edge" Entman was apparently one of the drug lords who hired Flashburn to protect his incoming drug shipments. After Night Thrasher blackmailed Flashburn into abandoning his job and costumed identity he next confronted Entman and offered him a briefcase of money if he retired from crime in Miami Beach. Frightened of Night Thrasher, Entman agreed.
--Night Thrasher I#16
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Night Thrasher I#16, page 3, panel 9 (main)
Night Thrasher I#16, page 2, panel 6 (face)
Night Thrasher I#16, page 1 (powers)
Night Thrasher I#16, page 4, panel 2 (Entman)
Appearances:
Night Thrasher I#16 (November, 1994) - Kurt Busiek (writer), Steve
Mattsson (co-plot), Art Nichols (artist), Rob Tokar (editor)
First posted: 09/04/2026
Last updated:
11/24/2025
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