| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/TheFlash'' '''[[Characters/TheFlash Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | '''Title Character'''\ |
| 3 | [[Characters/TheFlashTheFlashes The Flashes]] ([[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]] | [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West]])\ |
| 4 | '''[[Characters/TheFlashSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]'''\ |
| 5 | [[Characters/TheFlashTheFlashFamily The Flash Family]] | [[Characters/TheFlashOtherSpeedsters Other Speedsters]]\ |
| 6 | '''Rogues Gallery'''\ |
| 7 | [[Characters/TheFlashEvilSpeedsters Evil Speedsters]] | [[Characters/TheFlashTheReverseFlashes The Reverse-Flashes]] ([[Characters/TheFlashEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] | [[Characters/TheFlashHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]]) | [[Characters/TheFlashTheRogues The Rogues]]-]]]]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | !! Golden Age Flash Villains |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[folder:The Black Widow]] |
| 14 | !!Black Widow |
| 15 | [[quoteright:277:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_widow_dc.png]] |
| 16 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 17 | %%!!! '''First Appearance:''' |
| 18 | |
| 19 | A one-time enemy of the Golden Age Flash, the Black Widow is Princess Helene. She is a widowed gangster who robbed men, but instead of killing them, her magic wine turned them into animals, which she added to her menagerie. She met her end by drinking the wine herself and turning into a black widow spider, and was promptly stepped on by one of her lionesses. |
| 20 | ---- |
| 21 | * TheBeastmaster: She collects exotic animals, including lions, chimpanzees, leopards, and cheetahs. |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
| 23 | |
| 24 | [[folder:The Fiddler]] |
| 25 | !!The Fiddler |
| 26 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fiddler_001.jpg]] |
| 27 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Isaac Bowin |
| 28 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''All-Flash'' #32 (January, 1948) |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ->''"You have felled your team-mate, Wildcat -- and earned a place of honor in the Injustice Gang! Now kill him -- while the Fiddler plays his doom!"'' |
| 31 | |
| 32 | A classically-trained musician who knows how to play magically-enhanced music that can not only hypnotize people, but also destroy objects and create sonic walls. Bowin used his skills to become a professional thief and menaced the Flash many times before a brief retirement. |
| 33 | ---- |
| 34 | * TenMinuteRetirement: He retired for a short time, but decided to get back into supervillainy. This attempt ended badly to say the least. |
| 35 | * AristocratsAreEvil |
| 36 | * BaldOfEvil: Is bald as an egg, but wears a long white wig. |
| 37 | * DealWithTheDevil: In one version of his origin, this is how he learned to play his magical music. |
| 38 | * EvilOldFolks: Perhaps the oldest member of Flash's rogues gallery. |
| 39 | * EvilTwin: Of a successful violinist, Maestro Bowen. |
| 40 | * GreenAndMean: His costume is green and he's a criminal. |
| 41 | * InstrumentOfMurder: Although primarily a MusicalAssassin, Bowin would occasionally use gimmicked violins containing blades or guns. |
| 42 | * KilledOffForReal: In his old age, the Fiddler tried out for the ComicBook/SecretSix. It didn't go well; Mockingbird made Deadshot execute him for his failure. |
| 43 | * LegacyCharacter: The Fiddler had a female successor named Virtuosa whom has only ever appeared in books featuring the ComicBook/SecretSix. |
| 44 | * MagicMusic: The Fiddler possesses magical abilities that he channels through his violins. |
| 45 | * MeaningfulName: Bowin, as in 'bowing'; i.e. playing a violin with a bow. |
| 46 | * MindControlMusic: The Fiddler is a master hypnotist who can focus his abilities through his violin. |
| 47 | * MusicalAssassin |
| 48 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Averted. Despite being a classically-trained musician and owning a Stradivarius, Bowin insists upon calling it a fiddle. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Golden Age Star Sapphire]] |
| 52 | !!Golden Age Star Sapphire |
| 53 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star_sapphire_golden_age_02.jpg]] |
| 54 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 55 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''All-Flash'' #32 (January, 1948) |
| 56 | |
| 57 | ->''"That's why I have come to Earth! To claim you as my subjects! for, what good is a queen without vassals to do her bidding?"'' |
| 58 | |
| 59 | A woman of unknown name from an unknown world, this Star Sapphire was chosen by the Zamarons to be their champion years before the Star Sapphire Corps was formed. She was found unworthy, however, and was banished to the Seventh Dimension. Jay Garrick, ComicBook/TheFlash, battled her twice when she escaped. Her connection to later-day Star Sapphires was only made in her third appearance 60 years later. |
| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | * DesignatedGirlFight: With all the men banished, Joan and other women tried to fight her, but she used her powers to spin them around until they started to disintegrate from the friction. Jay helped get them back to normal. |
| 62 | * DimensionLord: She's the queen of the Seventh Dimension and has control over all its facets. |
| 63 | * DoesNotLikeMen: She banished all men from Earth, including the Flash, in her second appearance. |
| 64 | * MultiversalConqueror: She tried to take over all dimensions at least twice. |
| 65 | * NoNameGiven: She doesn't have a name, unless her name ''is'' Star Sapphire as opposed to it being a title. |
| 66 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: In a meta sense, as while she started as and remains a Flash villain the Star Sapphire name became associated with Green Lantern. |
| 67 | * SmugSnake: She's very fond of boasting how her seventh dimension powers make her unstoppable, but is quick to panic when her plans fail. |
| 68 | * TimeMaster: One of her powers is control over the fifth dimension, time, which Jay combats with his speed. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Midget Joe]] |
| 72 | !!Midget Joe |
| 73 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/midget_joe_01.png]] |
| 74 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Joe |
| 75 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Flash Comics'' #45 (September, 1943) |
| 76 | |
| 77 | Midget Joe is a gangster the size of a child who tries to use his size to pass as a baby or small child to fool the Flash on a few occasions. |
| 78 | ---- |
| 79 | * AdultsDressedAsChildren: Posing as a child is Joe's major shtick. |
| 80 | * MisterBig: Midget Joe is a vicious gangster the size of a small child. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Rag Doll]] |
| 84 | !!Rag Doll |
| 85 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rag_doll.jpg]] |
| 86 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Peter Merkel |
| 87 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Flash Comics'' #36 (December, 1942) |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ->''"My body is more resiliant than a foam-rubber pillow. Too bad the same isn't true for you."'' |
| 90 | |
| 91 | A supervillain born with a rare ability, triple-jointedness, which enabled him to bend his arms and legs in astonishing ways. |
| 92 | ---- |
| 93 | * AbusiveParents: He has multiple children. He treated his son Peter Jr. horribly because he wasn't born with the same triple-jointed capabilities and had extensive surgery to replicate it, while his daughter Alex [[spoiler:he raped and sexually abused multiple times, leading to her committing self-mutilation and becoming the monster known as Junior.]] |
| 94 | * {{Contortionist}}: Rag Doll is naturally triple-jointed, which allows him extreme flexibility, as well as durability and some elasticity. |
| 95 | * {{Cult}}: At one point, the increasingly senile Rag Doll, in extreme pain due to the deterioration of his body, begins ranting and wandering the streets. He soon finds himself the leader of a cult of the disenfranchised. |
| 96 | * DealWithTheDevil: The aging Merkel sold his soul to Neron in exchange for having his youth and physical prowess restored. |
| 97 | * DodgeTheBullet: In his prime, Merkel was fast and flexible enough to dodge bullets. |
| 98 | * FountainOfYouth: Had his youth restored by the demon Neron. |
| 99 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He started off as a fairly goofy yet standard villain. Then as he got older and grew senile he amassed followers listening to his rants until he formed a cult that terrorized America. Then he sold his soul to Neron to regain his lost youth. [[spoiler:And during all of that he'd been abusing his children in every sense possible, ''especially'' his daughter Alex who "[[ParentalIncest was his favorite]]."]] |
| 100 | * MonsterClown: DependingOnTheArtist some modern artists draw Merkel's costume to look more like a clown than a rag doll. |
| 101 | * ParentalFavoritism: Twisted in regards to his children. His son Peter Jr. was TheUnfavorite because he didn't naturally inherit his dad's triple-jointed capabilities. [[spoiler:His daughter Alex was his favorite, which he demonstrated by sexually abusing her until it drove her insane.]] |
| 102 | * ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:Was fond of raping his daughter Alex over and over again to the point her mind completely shattered.]] |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:The Shade]] |
| 106 | !!The Shade |
| 107 | [[quoteright:211:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richard_swift_001.png]] |
| 108 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Richard Swift |
| 109 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Flash Comics'' #33 (September, 1942) |
| 110 | |
| 111 | ->''"You were right to be afraid, too, my boy. My power isn't merely creating illusion from shadow. I make things manifest. Terrors, whole and hearty."'' |
| 112 | |
| 113 | A somewhat-reformed supervillain/humanoid ''thing'' with the mystical power to control darkness. After numerous run-ins with Jay Garrick, Shade has become an uneasy ally of the Flash and the superhero ComicBook/{{Starman}}. |
| 114 | ---- |
| 115 | See [[ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}} his own page]] for more. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:The Turtle]] |
| 119 | !!The Turtle |
| 120 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_turtle.jpg]] |
| 121 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Unknown |
| 122 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''All-Flash'' #21 (December, 1945) |
| 123 | |
| 124 | ->''"There's one thing The Flash can never outrace. Death. And the Turtle will always be alive."'' |
| 125 | |
| 126 | Not to be confused with the Turtle Man, the Turtle is a foe of Jay Garrick, using his brains and paralyzing gas to slow the speedster down. His gimmick was slow, deliberate planning. |
| 127 | ---- |
| 128 | * BadFuture: ''Year Zero'' has him create one where he takes over Central City, sapping speed from people or forcing them to serve him as mooks. Barry manages to prevent it from happening. |
| 129 | * CompositeCharacter: His ''Rebirth'' incarnation is a mix of him and the Turtle Man, having the Turtle's looks and outfit mixed with Turtle Man's M.O. and powers. |
| 130 | * DeathByIrony: He set the Flash up to die via heated electrons, which would sap his speed slowly if he didn't move and quickly if he did. Jay escaped by twisting enough to send smoke signals, allowing a Junior JSA member to rescue him. |
| 131 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. His family tried to support him after his Still Force related accident, and stuck around. Then he killed them, [[LoveIsAWeakness believing love was holding him back]]. |
| 132 | * EvilCounterpart: ''Year Zero'' makes him another villainous foil to Barry. Where Barry unintentionally drives away his loved ones via poor decision making, the Turtle just killed his for the sake of power. And their powers directly contrast one another, with the Turtle using the power of the Still Force to slow things down. |
| 133 | * GeniusBonus: InUniverse, his crimes were speed-related ''and'' slow-related, such as stealing a plant that takes 100 years to bloom that was transported on a fast-moving train. It took the Flash a while to catch on. |
| 134 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His helmet is hard enough to deflect bullets. |
| 135 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Despite being one of the oldest known villains of the Flash, his true name has never been revealed. |
| 136 | * StarterVillain: In the ''Rebirth'' continuity, he's Barry's first villain. |
| 137 | * TimeStandsStill: When he uses the power of the Still Force. It has other powers, but this is what the Turtle largely uses it for. |
| 138 | * VerbalTic: Talks...very...slowly...unless he's got enough of someone else's speed energy fuelling him. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:The Thinker]] |
| 142 | !!The Thinker |
| 143 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thinke2.jpg]] |
| 144 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Clifford [=DeVoe=] |
| 145 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''All-Flash'' #12 (September, 1943) |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ->''"One last thing, Flash -- Take a good look at your girl friend! I intend using her dead body as an example of what happens to people who resist me!"'' |
| 148 | |
| 149 | A lawyer who decided to turn to crime after his career flopped, using his intellect and legal expertise to become the brains behind other criminals, many of them former clients. He was the creator of the Thinking Cap, a high-tech helmet that allowed him to focus his mental energies into physical force, which would unfortunately become his downfall. |
| 150 | |
| 151 | A former lawyer and amateur inventor who became a supervillain after his legal career fell apart. First battling Jay Garrick, Thinker went on to menace the rest of the Flash family before dying of terminal brain cancer. He was succeeded by an AI copy of his intelligence, that has picked up from where Thinker left off. |
| 152 | ---- |
| 153 | * AIIsACrapshoot: His current virtual form. |
| 154 | * AmoralAttorney: Well, he wasn't exactly amoral before he became a super-villain; rather, he underwent a FaceHeelTurn when he realized that his efforts to curb crime were doomed to failure. |
| 155 | * BadassInANiceSuit: In his Golden Age incarnation, he wore a business suit as opposed to a gimmicky costume, since he believed wearing costumes was bad luck. However, his Silver Age incarnation and at least one alternate-reality version of him wore a stylized purple and black costume (which was worn by the character in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' series). |
| 156 | * BaldOfEvil: Unusually for the time period, he was balding instead of hairless. In his AI form, he appears metallic and bald. |
| 157 | * BigBadEnsemble: He opposes Blacksmith and the Network while he enacts his own plans during ''Crossfire''. |
| 158 | * BrainUploading: Mr. Terrific accidentally did this when he used The Thinkers Thinking Cap to create an AI for the JSA's new computer system, which quickly gained sentience as the Cap contained the original Thinkers brain patterns. This AI Thinker went on to join Johnny Sorrow's Injustice Society. |
| 159 | * TheChessmaster: He specialized in this. |
| 160 | * FriendlyEnemy: Apparently became this sometime after the Golden Age passed, where he and Jay Garrick became friends, to the point Jay stood by him to help him through his cancer treatment, and went to extreme lengths to try and help him live. |
| 161 | * HeelFaceTurn: Pulled this after learning he was dying from cancer. |
| 162 | ** FaceHeelTurn: After his code-form was imprisoned by ComicBook/{{Checkmate}}, he decided to help them. |
| 163 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Thinking Cap had the rather severe drawback of causing cancer after decades of use, resulting in his death. |
| 164 | * KilledOffForReal: At least, his human body underwent this after battling with cancer; however, his mind lives on in computerized form. |
| 165 | * LegacyCharacter: There have been two other Thinkers, but neither appear to have been related to the original other than InNameOnly. |
| 166 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Styled himself as this trope, rather than being the actual leader of the gangs he made plans for, he was more of a consultant. |
| 167 | * MasterOfIllusion: |
| 168 | * MindControlDevice: His Thinking Cap. |
| 169 | * MindManipulation: The main power of the Thinking Cap. |
| 170 | * MindRape: Capable of this with his Thinking Cap. |
| 171 | * SuperIntelligence |
| 172 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Spends his final mortal moments accompanied by a distraught Jay. |
| 173 | * TerribleTrio: With Fiddler and ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}} during the ''Flash Of Two Worlds'' storyarc that introduced the DC multiverse and reintroduced Jay Garrick. |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | !! Modern Flash Villains |
| 177 | [[folder:Big Sir]] |
| 178 | !!Big Sir |
| 179 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/big_sir.jpg]] |
| 180 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Dufus P. Ratchet |
| 181 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' #338 (October, 1984) |
| 182 | |
| 183 | ->''"I will take you far, far away from the city, Flash...To a private place I know...Where no one will be around to stop Big Sir...Stop me from hurting you, Flash...Hurting you just like you hurt my little furry friend!"'' |
| 184 | |
| 185 | Dufus P. Ratchet had a malfunctioning pituitary gland that caused him to grow to incredible proportions but left him mentally retarded. He was abducted from his mental hospital home by the Rogues who equipped him with a high-tech suit of armor, and used him a pawn against the Flash. Big Sir would later join the Injustice League. |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | * BackFromTheDead: Although killed off in the pages of ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', Big Sir has reappeared post-Flashpoint. |
| 188 | * DumbMuscle: Was chosen by the Rogues precisely because of his combination of strength and lack of intelligence. |
| 189 | * EnhancedArchaicWeapon: Uses an energy mace that also allows him to fly. |
| 190 | * EpicFlail: His PowerArmor includes a powerful flying energy mace. |
| 191 | * FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Had his mental deficiencies cured by the scientists of Gorilla City, granting him a near-genius IQ. Sadly the heightened IQ was only temporary. |
| 192 | * IdiotSavant: Despite being mentally disabled, Big Sir is a genius at card games and was able to break the bank at Justice League Casino. |
| 193 | * KilledOffForReal: Died (along with most of the Injustice League) on a mission for the ComicBook/SuicideSquad. |
| 194 | * PowerArmor: The Rogues outfitted him with a high-tech suit of armor created by the Monitor. |
| 195 | * SuperStrength |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Black Mold]] |
| 199 | !!Black Mold |
| 200 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_mold.jpg]] |
| 201 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Travis |
| 202 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' (Vol 4) #31 (July, 2014) |
| 203 | |
| 204 | He operated in Central City but after he retired he had his suit stolen by Detective Seborn when it was stored in the evidence room of the CCPD. He was then later seen helping Henry Allen break out of Iron Heights. |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * FesteringFungus: Uses aggressive mold spores to kill his victims. |
| 207 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Had already retired as a supervillain in his first appearance. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Bloodwork]] |
| 211 | !!Bloodwork |
| 212 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6052252_screen_shot_2017_09_13_at_123844_pm.png]] |
| 213 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ramsey Rosso |
| 214 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 5 #29 (October, 2017) |
| 215 | |
| 216 | ->''" You are an infection inside Central City! And I am the antibody inside of it that will remove you!"'' |
| 217 | |
| 218 | Born with the affliction of hemophilia. Ramsey Rosso lived a lonely, sheltered life after discovering his curse as a child. Becoming a coroner of the CCPD coupled with his medical knowledge enabled him to utilize the blood of metapowered criminals in the morgue to become Bloodwork. |
| 219 | ---- |
| 220 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''amsey '''R'''osso |
| 221 | * BloodyMurder: After experimenting on his blood with other blood types, Rosso developed the ability to transform his flesh into a blood-like physiology. He is capable of using blood to create constructs or attack people at range. |
| 222 | * NighInvulnerability: Ramsey claims he is invulnerable, as it is very difficult to hurt him. |
| 223 | * PsychoactivePowers: His powers are reliant upon his heart rate. The more stressed he becomes, the more his blood flows and the larger and more powerful his constructs become, and the reverse is true if he is calmed down. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Brother Grimm]] |
| 227 | !!Brother Grimm |
| 228 | [[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brother_grimm.jpg]] |
| 229 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Grimm |
| 230 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #166 (November, 2000) |
| 231 | |
| 232 | The prince of the magical dimension of Eastwind, Brother Grimm was a boy when Barry Allen and Wally West helped him and his brother overthrow his evil father. Grimm asked Wally for advice, and Wally told him to make his own choices; he gave the crown to his brother, but soon his brother proved just as evil as their father. Grimm killed his brother in battle and became king of Eastwind, blaming Wally for this tragedy. Years later, he came back to ruin Wally's life the same way he believed Wally ruined his: by destroying his home and family. |
| 233 | ---- |
| 234 | * AlienBlood: His is blue. |
| 235 | * AxCrazy: Becomes unhinged by all the tragedy he's suffered and blames Wally for it. Brother Grimm appears in the modern day as a cackling madman who wants to conquer Keystone City and make Linda his Queen. |
| 236 | * DimensionLord: Lord of his own magical dimension. |
| 237 | * TheEvilPrince: He actually started out as the 'good' prince, but a chain of events led him down a dark path and he blames Wally for it. |
| 238 | * EvilSorcerer: Wields powerful magic to help him counter the Speed Force and is definitely a villain. |
| 239 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Fell in love with Linda Park-West and abducted her to try to make her his queen. |
| 240 | * KingIncognito: Pretended to be a classmate and admirer of Linda's for a few issues before revealing himself and kidnapping her again. |
| 241 | * MageInManhattan: Can conjure up dragons, trolls, giant beanstalks, and other fairy tale monsters and props. |
| 242 | * PointyEars: He has pale green skin and pointy elven ears in his later appearances. |
| 243 | * RefugeeFromTVLand: The king of the fairy tale land of Eastwind. |
| 244 | * {{Revenge}}: Accuses Wally West of ruining his relationship with his father and brother. |
| 245 | * SensorCharacter: Can detect other-dimensional energies such as the Speed Force, allowing him to hit and dodge speedsters despite not having superspeed himself. However, this ability only works when the speedster ''uses'' the Speed Force, allowing Wally to defeat him in a fight by restricting himself to normal speeds. |
| 246 | * ShouldersOfDoom: He wears massive shoulder pauldrons. |
| 247 | * SiblingMurder: With his father Nightengale deposed, the people ask Grimm to be their king. Uninterested in ruling, Grimm takes Kid Flash's advice to "follow his path" and lets his brother take the crown. Unfortunately, Angar proves to be as a bad a ruler as his father, and Grimm is forced to kill him and take the crown anyway. |
| 248 | * SpikesOfVillainy: His armor is covered in spikes, denoting his villainous status. |
| 249 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Didn't get along with his father, the former king. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Chillblaine]] |
| 253 | !!Chillblaine |
| 254 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chillblaine_dc.jpg]] |
| 255 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 256 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash Annual'' Vol 2 #5 (August, 1992) |
| 257 | |
| 258 | ->''"All right, everybody -- FREEZE!"'' |
| 259 | |
| 260 | Chillblaine is the name used by a series of super-villains who have all been romantically involved with Golden Glider. She would equip them with with versions of her brother Captain Cold's FreezeRay and use them as DumbMuscle. The final bearer of the name double-crossed Glider; murdering her and stealing her technology. He was, in turn, killed by Captain Cold. |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * BrainlessBeauty: Golden Glider usually chose boyfriends who were strong and handsome but not very smart. |
| 263 | * DumbMuscle: Golden Glider used her various Chillblaines as her enforcers. Independent thought was not encouraged. |
| 264 | * FreezeRay: All of the Chillblaines were armed with some version of Captain Cold's cold gun. |
| 265 | * LegacyCharacter: Four different men bore the Chillblaine name and costume. |
| 266 | * OutlawCouple: With Golden Glider. |
| 267 | * TheStarscream: Chillblaine IV killed Glider and stole her technology. |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:Cicada]] |
| 271 | !!Cicada |
| 272 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cicada_dc_comics_flash_a.jpg]] |
| 273 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' David Hersch |
| 274 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #170 (March, 2001) |
| 275 | |
| 276 | ->''I have been chosen by lightning. As have you.'' |
| 277 | |
| 278 | A cult leader who gained immortality from a lightning strike, and who thus considers the Flash as a sort of "brother of the lightning" who his followers worship. They prey on the lives of people who Flash has saved throughout his career, justifying their actions by rationalizing that without the speedster's intervention, those persons would have died anyway, so the cult can kill them with a clear conscience. Cicada equips his followers with special daggers that absorb the life-force out of people stabbed by them, and he intends to use that stolen life-force to resurrect his wife, who he killed in his back-story. |
| 279 | ---- |
| 280 | * AbortedArc: Officer Morillo gets a hit off of Cicada's immortality, and Cicada is shown to briefly entrance him. Nothing more is ever made of it. |
| 281 | * AxCrazy: But he's a bit more low-key about it, compared to some other villains. |
| 282 | * BadassLongcoat: Wears a long black overcoat. |
| 283 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a pointy beard and is a villain. |
| 284 | * ContemplativeBoss |
| 285 | * CoolShades: He wears opaque glasses in the modern day. |
| 286 | * DeviousDaggers: His followers use special daggers that rob anyone stabbed with them of their life-force. |
| 287 | * DomesticAbuser: He beat his wife and eventually killed her. Twice. |
| 288 | * DrivenToSuicide: In his back-story, he attempted to do this after he murdered his wife. He wasn't successful; instead, a bolt of lightning that conveniently struck at ''that very moment'' gave him a sense of immortality. |
| 289 | * ElderlyImmortal: He's been alive since the nineteenth century, and he's weary old man with a long white beard. |
| 290 | * EvilOldFolks: An older man with a white beard and definitely a villain. |
| 291 | * MadScientist: Cicada does what he does to resurrect his wife. |
| 292 | * IRejectYourReality: Everything he's done is just a way of refusing to accept the fact that he killed his wife. |
| 293 | * ReligionOfEvil: His cult dedicated to the Flash. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Cobalt Blue]] |
| 297 | !!Cobalt Blue |
| 298 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cobalt-Blue-Profile_3205.png]] |
| 299 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Malcolm Thawne |
| 300 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Speed Force'' #1 (November, 1997) |
| 301 | |
| 302 | ->''"My family will finally have revenge on the Flash legacy."'' |
| 303 | |
| 304 | Barry Allen's twin brother. The Allens and the Thawnes came to the same doctor for the same reason, because both wives were pregnant and about to deliver; however, the doctor accidentally killed the Thawnes' child, then out of guilt gave them one of the Allens' twins and told the Allens that that twin had died. When an adult Malcolm found out, he set out to destroy Barry for having everything he himself could have had but never did. He utilized a magical blue flame that could rob speed from anyone connected to the Flash legacy. |
| 305 | ---- |
| 306 | * AbusiveParents: His adopted parents used him as a tool for their cons and treated him terribly; their knowledge that he wasn't their biological child only made it worse. |
| 307 | * BodySurf: One of his abilities. He's also not limited to one body, as he was able to possess all speedsters up until the 30th century simultaneously. |
| 308 | * CainAndAbel: Though Barry himself never knew it, as Malcolm never revealed himself to his brother. |
| 309 | * ColorCharacter: Cobalt '''Blue'''. |
| 310 | * ConArtist: Malcolm's adopted parents used a magical blue flame as a miracle healing agent (with temporary effects) to pull stunts like this. Of course, the flame itself was meant for greater purposes, which Malcolm learned and studied from his adopted grandmother. |
| 311 | * EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: He keeps the flame contained in a blue gem. |
| 312 | * EvilSorcerer: Uses his magical stone to steal speed in his attempts to destroy the Flash legacy. |
| 313 | * EvilTwin: He literally is Barry Allen's twin brother |
| 314 | * FeudingFamilies: The originator of the Allen-West/Thawne feud. |
| 315 | * GrandTheftMe: Possessed Jay Garrick to facilitate his plans. |
| 316 | * GreenEyedMonster: He’s extremely jealous of Barry for his loving parents, beautiful girlfriend, superpowers, and fame. |
| 317 | * FreudianExcuse: Being given away at birth to a bunch of abusive con artists, then later finding out you have a twin who got a relatively good upbringing by your real parents and grew up to become a famous superhero...can you really blame him for [[TheResenter being angry]]? |
| 318 | * KillItWithFire: At least one of his descendants used the inherited Cobalt Blue flame to murder his Flash's wife this way. |
| 319 | * LegacyCharacter: He's a distant ancestor of the Reverse-Flash, Impulse, Inertia, and Captain Boomerang II. There are also 1000 years' worth of Cobalt Blues that follow in his footsteps by fighting their respective Flashes (who are all of the Allen or West bloodlines). |
| 320 | * MisplacedRetribution: Malcolm wants revenge on Barry for getting a much better life for him, even though Barry had nothing to do with the doctor who delivered them stealing Malcolm and giving him to the Thawnes. |
| 321 | * MundaneUtility: Malcolm's adopted father used the blue flame to pull cons. Malcolm's adopted grandmother was disgusted by this, and consequently was delighted to find an eager student in Malcolm, who would subvert the trope by using the flame to its maximum potential. |
| 322 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Controls his PeoplePuppets (counted to be about twenty-five) into delivering a brutally one-sided fight to Wally. Wally was only saved by the arrival of the Barry Allen from before the ''Crisis''. |
| 323 | * PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Turned several generations of Flashes into this through a BatmanGambit involving shards of his gem, infused with his own spirit.]] |
| 324 | * TheResenter: Toward Barry, for having the wonderful life that Malcolm believes he deserved. |
| 325 | * VillainousLineage: He is the progenitor of the villainous Thawne family, whose bloodline includes Reverse-Flash Eobard Thawne and Thaddeus Thawne (Inertia). |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Colonel Computron]] |
| 329 | !!Colonel Computron |
| 330 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/colonel_computron.jpg]] |
| 331 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Basil Nurblin |
| 332 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' #304 (December, 1981) |
| 333 | |
| 334 | ->''"You're as helpless as the puck in the middle of a Hockey game!"'' |
| 335 | |
| 336 | Basil Nurblin was a disgruntled toymaker who sought revenge against his employer the Wiggins Toy Corporation (the same company responsible for the creation of Captain Boomerang) after they stole the patent for his Colonel Computron toy. He created and donned on a suit based on his toy, dubbing himself Colonel Computron, and made multiple attempts on killing Wiggins. |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * MookMaker: The Colonel Computron suit can manufacture tiny automaton versions of itself called Blips. |
| 339 | * LegacyCharacter: His daughter Luna Nurblin for a time took over the identity of Computron. |
| 340 | * PowerArmor: The Colonel Computron suit is actually a portable computer. It allows the wearer to calculate to the nth degree the amount of effort needed to accomplish any physical act. It incorporates an exoskeleton allowing the wearer to exert superhuman strength and speeds up the wearers intellect and thinking speed. |
| 341 | * RobotMaster: The Colonel Computron suit can manufacture tiny automaton versions of itself called Blips. |
| 342 | * WickedToymaker: Nurblin is a toymaker who turned his inventive genius to evil. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Comforter]] |
| 346 | !!Comforter |
| 347 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/comforter.jpg]] |
| 348 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Will Jones |
| 349 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #31 (October, 1989) |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Will Jones lived in Gotham City. A man by the name of Deacon Blackfire turned the homeless people into an army who robbed him, beat him, and set his house afire. They even killed his wife, Elise. This caused him to develop serious mental problems, manifesting a hatred for homeless people. Jones relocated to New York City, where he began working for St. Jude's Shelter, presumably so that he could more easily target the homeless for revenge. He naturally had the ability to phase himself from place to place, and he further developed refined this power into phasing others, effectively microwaving them. He was given a techno-suit to further channel his powers and was paid handsomely to kill the Flash by the Turtle, hoping to prevent the hero from moving to Keystone City. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * AtomicSuperpower: Refined his power of {{Teleportation}} into phasing others, effectively microwaving them. |
| 354 | * SerialKiller: Focused his energies on giving the "comfort of death" to the homeless people of New York. |
| 355 | * {{Teleportation}}: Had the ability to phase himself from place to place. |
| 356 | [[/folder]] |
| 357 | |
| 358 | [[folder:Copperhead II]] |
| 359 | !!Copperhead II |
| 360 | [[quoteright:174:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/copperhead_ii.jpg]] |
| 361 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 362 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''All-Star Batman'' #2 (November, 2016) |
| 363 | |
| 364 | ->''" Before coming to Central City, I was an assassin for hire. I would save my targets the pain of a bite and inject them with a personal concoction of the deadliest snake venoms in the world. Death's visit was so slow I'd never stay to witness the toxin setting in."'' |
| 365 | |
| 366 | Copperhead is a former mercenary and assassin turned Central City crime boss. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: Replaces the original Copperhead who was male. |
| 369 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing |
| 370 | * CanonImmigrant: Copperhead II was created for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'' video game. She made her first appearance in comics in ''Batman: Arkham Unhinged'' #10, and later made her first appearance in the mainstream DC Universe continuity in ''All-Star Batman'' #2. |
| 371 | * MasterPoisoner: Possesses a rich understanding of venom, especially that which was produced by snakes. Batman stated that with the assassin Cheshire, Copperhead is the most toxic individual on the planet. |
| 372 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originally appeared fighting Batman before relocating to Central City. |
| 373 | * WolverineClaws: Copperhead's weapons are a pair of claws she wears on her hands. She usually coats these claws in potent toxins that have various effects on her victims. |
| 374 | [[/folder]] |
| 375 | |
| 376 | [[folder:Double Down]] |
| 377 | !!Double Down |
| 378 | [[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Doubledown_3973.png]] |
| 379 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jeremy Tell |
| 380 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash: Iron Heights'' (October, 2001) |
| 381 | |
| 382 | ->''“If I was a gambling man, and I am, I’d wager even Superman can lose once in a while. So pick a card. Any card.”'' |
| 383 | |
| 384 | A gambling addict who was cursed with a set of magically enhanced playing cards after murdering their previous owner. After discovering that he can control the cards with his mind, Tell became a supervillain and member of the Rogues. |
| 385 | ---- |
| 386 | * BodyHorror: His cards come ''from strips of his own skin''. |
| 387 | * CursedWithAwesome: Sure, his powers require him to horribly mutilate himself whenever he uses them...then again, enchanted playing cards that can ''wound Kryptonians'' is an ability not to be trifled with. |
| 388 | * DeathDealer: Uses enchanted playing cards that can slice through just about anything. |
| 389 | * TheGambler |
| 390 | * LaserGuidedKarma: His enchanted cards are bonded to his skin because he killed their previous owner over a gambling match that went badly for Tell. |
| 391 | * PungeonMaster: Card and gambling puns. |
| 392 | * SixthRanger: He was the only newcomer in the Top's WildCard Rogues during ''Rogue War'', since the other members previously banded together under Blacksmith. |
| 393 | * StevenUlyssesPerhero: Tell? Get it? Like when you have a tell in poker? |
| 394 | [[/folder]] |
| 395 | |
| 396 | [[folder:Dr. Nightmare]] |
| 397 | !!Dr. Nightmare |
| 398 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_flash_dr_nightmare.jpg]] |
| 399 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 400 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 1 #774 (November, 2021) |
| 401 | |
| 402 | ->''" But... dreams are so boring. Instead, with this added little button to aggravate the fear centre of the brain, I stumbled upon something magnificent. Nightmares!"'' |
| 403 | |
| 404 | A disgruntled former employee of Terrifictech calling himself "Doctor Nightmare". He is equipped with sleeping gas and a helmet which allows him to make nightmares real. |
| 405 | ---- |
| 406 | * HatOfPower: His Nightmare Hat brings whatever the wearer is dreaming to life. |
| 407 | * InstantSedation: Uses a sleep gas that almost immediately knocks out anyone who inhales it. |
| 408 | * NightmareWeaver: The Nightmare Hat can induce nightmares as well as bringing them to life. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Fallout]] |
| 412 | !!Fallout |
| 413 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fallout_8.png]] |
| 414 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Neil Borman |
| 415 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash: Iron Heights'' (October, 2001) |
| 416 | |
| 417 | A former power plant worker who got exposed to nuclear radiation and essentially became a living radiation battery. He was introduced during the ''Iron Heights'' storyline, being kept in a containment cell that used him to power the entire prison. After the Flash found out and confronted Gregory Wolfe about it, Fallout was eventually given improved living conditions where he now continues to power the prison, but the power is siphoned from him in a more humane manner. |
| 418 | ---- |
| 419 | * BlessedWithSuck: His control over radiation makes him insanely powerful, but is also uncontrollable and makes it difficult for him to socialize with others. |
| 420 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: When he risks giving everyone else cancer and kills plants when he just goes out for a walk, it's easy to see why he'd want this. |
| 421 | * LivingBattery: His powers are used to keep Iron Heights running. |
| 422 | * MeaningfulName: He's named after Niels Bohr, one of the contributors to the Manhattan Project. |
| 423 | * PowerGlows |
| 424 | * PowerIncontinence: Incredible power that he literally can't shut off. |
| 425 | * TragicVillain: He wouldn't even be a bad guy if he could at least control his powers. |
| 426 | * UnskilledButStrong: His powers are very strong, but he doesn't know of anyway to control them. |
| 427 | * UnwittingPawn: Of [[TheChessmaster Blacksmith]]. She orchestrated his escape from Iron Heights knowing his path would take him by the Garricks' home, causing Joan to develop cancer, forcing her and Jay out of town for treatment, depriving Wally of Jay's help. |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder:Folded Man]] |
| 431 | !!Folded Man |
| 432 | [[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/foldedman.jpg]] |
| 433 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Edwin Gauss |
| 434 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #153 (October, 1999) |
| 435 | |
| 436 | Edwin Gauss was a physics student at M.I.T. looking to definitively prove Albert Einstein's Unified field theory. After feverish effort, which included the theft of software from electronics billionaire Norman Bridges, Gauss invents a method of interdimensional travel. He developed an exoskeleton which allows his physical form to move across at least four dimensions seamlessly. Bridges, who considers the exoskeleton Gauss developed (using Bridges own software) to be his own property, pursues Gauss to claim the technology for himself. Gauss reinvents himself as a costumed criminal named "the Folded Man". |
| 437 | ---- |
| 438 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: For a time the Folded Man was succeeded by an African man named Xolani, who was part of the Acolytes of Zoom, although eventually Edwin Gauss returned. |
| 439 | * PaperPeople: In his 2-D form he is totally flat, isn't solid (hence, can't be hit) and is invisible when seen from sides. |
| 440 | * {{Teleportation}}: Gauss within his exoskeleton was capable of teleporting anywhere within the 3rd dimension by shifting to the 4th, allowing him to seemingly disappear from reality altogether when in actuality he was merely crossing from one dimension to the other. |
| 441 | * ThinkingUpPortals: Can open portals at will, attacking enemies without early warning. |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[folder:Gemini]] |
| 445 | !!Gemini |
| 446 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gemini_3.jpg]] |
| 447 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Santiago and Belladonna |
| 448 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 5 #58 (January, 2019) |
| 449 | |
| 450 | The pair known as Gemini are two lovers named Santiago and Belladonna who are obsessed with absorbing power and making it their own. |
| 451 | ---- |
| 452 | * EnergyAbsorption: Gemini absorb energy from others and make it their own. |
| 453 | * OneSteveLimit: Share their alias with a Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} villain. |
| 454 | * OutlawCouple: A supervillain duo who are also lovers. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder:Gorilla Grodd]] |
| 458 | !!Gorilla Grodd |
| 459 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gorilla_grodd_0001.jpg]] |
| 460 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Grodd |
| 461 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' #106 (May, 1959) |
| 462 | |
| 463 | -> ''"I've always maintained that Superman was overrated...Now I'll prove it to the leaders of humanity! --As I'll prove it's useless for them to resist the establishment of Grodd's gorilla empire!"'' |
| 464 | |
| 465 | A renegade from the hidden Gorilla City, Grodd is a mad genius and warlord who wants to destroy humanity and make Earth the dominion of apes. He was endowed with sentience by a radioactive meteor ([[RetCon or]] [[UpliftedAnimal deliberately by an alien]], [[Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Pre-Crisis]]) along with the other apes of Gorilla City, but also gained vast telepathic powers. Grodd has a formidable intellect offset by an animal's fury. He originally clashed with Barry Allen and has gone on to menace the entire Flash family. |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | * AxCrazy: Don't let his intellect fool you, Grodd is still a savage, bloodthirsty animal. |
| 468 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Grodd's motivations are borne from a mix of rabid hatred for the humans he sees as dominating the planet, envy of Solovar, and lust to become more than just another gorilla. |
| 469 | * AnimalIsTheNewMan: One of Grodd's most consistent goals is to replace humanity with gorillas as the Earth's dominant species. In ''[=JLApe=]'' he orchestrates a plan to transform people into apes, and actually succeeds in transforming the Justice League themselves. |
| 470 | * ArchEnemy: |
| 471 | ** To Barry Allen during UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, when Grodd was the only serious threat in the Flash's RoguesGallery of otherwise {{Harmless Villain}}s. These days he's more of a general DCU villain, and Eobard Thawne has largely taken his place as the ''worst'' of Barry's opponents, but he still hates the Flash family with a burning passion. |
| 472 | ** He and King Solovar are almost always at each other's throats, even in continuities like the Injustice-verse that [[AdaptationalVillainy reduce Solovar's sympathetic qualities]]. It seems to be a universal constant. |
| 473 | * TheArtifact: [[FadSuper Grodd was created at a time when]] gorillas were something of a fad in comics, TV shows, and movies; unlike most other characters created in that craze, like the Gorilla Boss of Gotham City or the Mod Gorilla Boss, however, Grodd has had licence to keep appearing by [[ReimaginingTheArtifact being frequently updated to fit the tone of the times]]. |
| 474 | * AscendedToCarnivorism: Has been known to eat humans. Real Gorillas are almost entirely herbivorous, at most eating the occasional stick-full of termites to help with diarrhea. |
| 475 | * BerserkButton: Do NOT call him a monkey unless you really want to make him mad. Don't make jokes about bananas, either. |
| 476 | * BigBad: Of ''[=JLApe=]'' and the 1991 ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe'' miniseries. In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' animated series, he was a member of the BigBadEnsemble. |
| 477 | * BrainFood: In his more modern incarnations, he developed a gruesome taste for his enemies' brains. The New 52 version even ate the brain of ''his own father.'' |
| 478 | * CannibalismSuperpower: Eating brains can allow him to absorb their knowledge, and sometimes powers like the Speed Force. |
| 479 | * TheChessmaster: Grodd can absolutely play the long game when it suits him. His DCAU incarnation is especially skilled at manipulating friend and foe alike, at one point bringing the Justice League to breaking point by using his PsychicPowers to enhance their feelings of discord and distrust against each other. |
| 480 | * DependingOnTheWriter: |
| 481 | ** Grodd sometimes has a full costume; other times he goes into battle with only his fur. |
| 482 | ** He may also hate other gorillas from Gorilla City, have it in only for Solovar, or willingly die to save even a normal gorilla. |
| 483 | ** Different media also focus on which powers and abilities that makes him a threat. Sometimes he's most dangerous for his brute strength, other times it's his PsychicPowers, other times it's his cunning intellect and/or skill for manipulation. |
| 484 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: It's a RunningGag that Grodd hates bananas. |
| 485 | * TheDreaded: Is almost in the same rank as any of the Reverse-Flashes in sending fear to speedsters (and in the rest of the superhero community in general). |
| 486 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In the ''Rebirth'' continuity[[note]]''DC's Beach Blanket Bad Guys Special'' #1[[/note]], Grodd's mother died getting the newborn Grodd water during a severe drought. After Grodd slaughters a bunch of fellow gorillas who were celebrating the coming of the rainy season, the Flash looks into it, and gets mind raped by Grodd, who decides to let Barry go (just this once) after witnessing his memories of the murder of Nora Allen. |
| 487 | --> '''Grodd:''' I sought to teach a lesson. Since the coming of the Light, my people have grown soft and forgetful. They built cities and comfort. They celebrate the coming of the rains as an empty gesture. But I know the truth. My mother's sacrifice made me strong. For I have learned that even in the most bountiful of times, life is as harsh and unforgiving as the cruel summer of my youth. And mercy is far rarer than rain. |
| 488 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Believe it or not, at times Grodd does seem to care for his home of Gorilla City. During Judd Winick's ''Outsiders'', he went along with the Joker's plan to kill Lex Luthor to get a cure for the plague threatening his people. When the Outsiders almost drowned a bunch of his troops, Grodd was ''horrified'' and begged them not to cause any more death. |
| 489 | * EvilCounterpart: Of King Solovar. |
| 490 | * EvilOverlord: Whenever he does achieve power, most notably during ''Flashpoint''. |
| 491 | * FantasticRacism: He views humans as a worthless mud race and regularly tries to wipe them from the face of the earth. |
| 492 | * FinalSolution: Wants all of humanity exterminated. In ''Flashpoint'' he does manage to kill most of Africa. |
| 493 | * ForkFencing: To supplement his brain eating, he carries around a giant spoon to scoop brains out with. |
| 494 | * FreudianExcuse: The Rebirth continuity actually does explore this. As a baby gorilla, Grodd was small and sickly. He was treated as the runt of the troop, and eventually his mother died protecting him during a drought. Naturally that baby grew up and decided to become a force who would never be weak again. |
| 495 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Big time. Grodd was originally one of several nameless gorillas who happened to stumble upon a bizarre otherworldly artifact that drastically increased their intelligence. Grodd developed Telepathy, as well as a dangerously ambitious streak, and went on to become one of the DCU's most prominent threats. |
| 496 | * GeniusBruiser: A six hundred pound gorilla with a high-level intellect and the verbiage to match it. |
| 497 | * AGodAmI: In ''[=JLApe=]: Gorilla Warfare''. "I am the Lord thy Grodd! All shall bow before me!" |
| 498 | * GreenEyedMonster: According to ''[=JLApe=]'', one of the reasons he's evil is because he's insanely jealous of Solovar. |
| 499 | * AHeroToHisHometown: Downplayed. Grodd is still regarded as a criminal in Gorilla City but he also has plenty of fellow apes who support his vision and aid in his plans for conquest. At times he's called upon as a military strategist, and even Solovar notes Grodd would be useful in the event of a war with humanity. |
| 500 | * ItsPersonal: |
| 501 | ** Not ''as'' personal as say, Barry's feud with Eobard Thawne, but things between him and Grodd are still pretty personal. |
| 502 | ** Wally West also has a large bone to pick with Grodd after he maimed Hunter Zolomon. It was one of the few occasions where Wally actually has a killing intent. |
| 503 | * KillAllHumans: One of his main goals is to enslave and/or wipe out all of mankind. |
| 504 | * KillerGorilla: Despite talking and reasoning, Grodd is very much a wild animal, like a rabid gorilla with psionics. |
| 505 | * LegacyCharacter: He has a son, Gorbul Mammit, who fought Impulse. |
| 506 | * MadScientist: An evil gorilla scientist. Grodd is extremely intelligent with knowledge of technology beyond the development of human civilization. |
| 507 | * ManiacMonkeys: Gorilla Grodd is probably the most archetypal example of this trope, because of his utter disdain for humanity, psychopathic nature and plots to make gorillas the dominant species on Earth. |
| 508 | * ManipulativeBastard: Being a gorilla doesn't stop him from being able to manipulate people. His powers help, too. |
| 509 | * MindControlEyes: His eyes, and his victims' eyes, tend to glow magenta when he uses his telepathy. |
| 510 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A [[PsychicPowers psychic]], [[EvilOverlord world-conquering]], [[SuperStrength super-strong]], [[EvilGenius hyper-intelligent]] [[TalkingAnimal talking]] MadScientist KillerGorilla. |
| 511 | * OneManArmy: Oftentimes, Grodd is capable of doing massive amounts of damage all on his own. When a mishap leaves him free during a prisoner transport, the resulting rampage levels whole city blocks and leaves countless dead. It's implied that he does this in less than an hour. |
| 512 | * PetTheDog: Grodd actually attended the funeral of Captain Boomerang, and never causes any trouble. |
| 513 | * PragmaticVillainy: Grodd provided the cloaking tech that helps keep the Rogue cemetery under the radar, if only to have a bargain with Snart. |
| 514 | * PsychicPowers: His powerset. |
| 515 | ** MindOverMatter: Grodd has (on occasion) vast telekinetic abilities ranging from force beams, telekinetic transmutation of matter and lifting thousands of tons mentally. |
| 516 | ** MindProbe: He has shown the ability to absorb intelligence through the consumption of human brains. |
| 517 | ** MindRape: Grodd can torture his targets through this, leaving them in as much excruciating pain as when getting hurt physically. |
| 518 | ** PeoplePuppets: Grodd's psionic abilities allow him to place other beings under his mental control and transfer his consciousness into other bodies. |
| 519 | ** {{Telepathy}}: The primary reason he's a threat to the Flash is that his telepathy operates as quickly as Flash's speed. Coupled with the fact that Grodd's far tougher than a normal gorilla, Grodd is one of the few villains the Flash can't face head-on. |
| 520 | * PsychopathicManchild: Grodd has an incredibly short temper and tends to fixate on his childish rivalry with Solovar and the Flash. In short he is what happens when you give an already maladjusted animal higher brain functions and unchecked power. |
| 521 | * RedeemingReplacement: His grandson, Sam Simeon of ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe''. |
| 522 | * SuperStrength: Grodd is far, far stronger than your average gorilla. |
| 523 | * ToServeMan: Not above eating his enemies. |
| 524 | * TouchedByVorlons: [[Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Pre-Crisis,]] he and the rest of Gorilla City were granted sentience and the ability to talk by an alien. He and Solovar also got their PsychicPowers. Post-Crisis, it was the result of a radioactive meteor. |
| 525 | * UngratefulBastard: In his pre-Crisis origin, Grodd was granted his vast mental powers by an alien explorer. He thanked his "creator" by arranging his murder to convince Gorilla City that humans were barbaric. And he only got worse from there. |
| 526 | * UpliftedAnimal: Grodd and the other inhabitants of Gorilla City were evolved from simple apes into super-simians. |
| 527 | * VictoryIsBoring: In ''Flashpoint'', Grodd has conquered all of Africa, and is actually disappointed that there was no one to stop him, and even wants to dip into the Amazon-Atlantis war just to alleviate his boredom. |
| 528 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: According to Creator/PhilFoglio's ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe'' miniseries, Grodd's motive is that he believes Gorilla City will soon run out of resources, and that humans are in danger of destroying all of theirs. Hence the need to either "cull the herd" by killing most of the humans or turning them into apes. (Comics before and since have said that he's simply a madape who wants to TakeOverTheWorld.) |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
| 530 | |
| 531 | [[folder:The Griffin]] |
| 532 | !!The Griffin |
| 533 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/griffin_8.jpg]] |
| 534 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Griffin Grey |
| 535 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'' #1 (August, 2006) |
| 536 | |
| 537 | ->''"What are you running from, man?"'' |
| 538 | |
| 539 | Bart Allen's roommate after Bart had been aged by the Speed Force, Griff was doused with chemicals and gained super-powers in a terrorist attack. At first he wanted to be a hero just for money and fame, but his resentment toward the Flash family and his out-of-control powers quickly turned into a true villain. While trying to boost his popularity, Griffin died in an accident he himself orchestrated. |
| 540 | ---- |
| 541 | * AlliterativeName: ''Gr''iff ''Gr''ey. |
| 542 | * BaldOfEvil: Shaved his head, albeit to hide his rapid aging by getting rid of his greying hair. |
| 543 | * GloryHound: Only became a hero for the publicity rather than any genuine sense of heroism. |
| 544 | * {{Jerkass}}: He enjoyed the attention of being a hero and then resented it when Jay Garrick stopped a crime just because he got there first. |
| 545 | * PowerIncontinence: His powers also gave him RapidAging. |
| 546 | * PsychoElectro |
| 547 | * SuperStrength |
| 548 | * SympathyForTheDevil: Bart feels sorry for him in his final moments. Griff ''is'' remorseful, not to mention Bart's EvilFormerFriend. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder:Human Block]] |
| 552 | !!Human Block |
| 553 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/human_block.png]] |
| 554 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Unknown |
| 555 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #40 (May, 2015) |
| 556 | |
| 557 | The Human Block is a young Maori Woman from 1957 Melbourne, Australia that was struck by lightning and survived the incident. She eventually learns she was also given powers from the Speed Force as a result of the incident. Over time she was unknowingly manipulated by Professor Zoom into joining his Acolytes in his war against The Flash. |
| 558 | ---- |
| 559 | * DeflectorShields: She can use her speed force powers to freeze the very air around her, making it solid and all but unbreakable. |
| 560 | * LightningCanDoAnything: Was struck by lightning and survived the incident. She was also given powers from the Speed Force as a result of the incident. |
| 561 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike the other Acolytes of Zoom, her real name is unknown. |
| 562 | * SuperStrength: Block has the unique ability to slow down her atoms. In doing this, they become denser than steel and grant her super strength. |
| 563 | * SuperToughness: The Human Block has the unique ability to slow down her atoms. In doing this, they become denser than steel and grant her invulnerability. |
| 564 | * TimeStandsStill: She can do more than simply lock down her physiological structures atomic motion for might and resilience. She can use her speed force powers to freeze the very air around her, making it solid and all but unbreakable. Even speedsters have a difficult time phasing through her hard air construction. |
| 565 | [[/folder]] |
| 566 | |
| 567 | [[folder:Kilg%re]] |
| 568 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faces_of_evil_calculator_01.jpg]] |
| 569 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Kilg%re |
| 570 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #3 (August, 1987) |
| 571 | |
| 572 | ->''"Welcome to judgment day, my brother. This is the day where you must judge for yourself whether or not humanity is worthy of your support. It's time for you to decide. Are you one of them, or one of us?"'' |
| 573 | |
| 574 | A sentient computer virus from a far-off world that leaps from body to body, Kilg%re evolved beyond his original programming and seeks to consume all electro-life. Near-impossible to permanently destroy, it is capable of hacking any computer system and controlling any machine. |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * AIIsACrapshoot: A malevolent ComputerVirus. |
| 577 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: All it seeks is to sustain itself. |
| 578 | * ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:It implants a piece of itself into Wally during an early confrontation. That piece later repairs Wally's heart when he gets shot through it by Vandal Savage.]] |
| 579 | * HeelFaceTurn: In a sense; [[spoiler: it ended up saving Flash from being killed by Vandal Savage, as it was trying to survive in his body]]. |
| 580 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: Has menaced Cyborg more in the late 2010s. |
| 581 | * TheUnpronounceable: Though at least one official guide claimed his name is pronounced "kil-GORE." |
| 582 | [[/folder]] |
| 583 | |
| 584 | [[folder:Lummox]] |
| 585 | !!Lummox |
| 586 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lummox.jpg]] |
| 587 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 588 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #41 (August, 2015) |
| 589 | |
| 590 | Lummox is a thief that uses a mechanical super suit during his jobs. |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Seems to have no interest in supervillainy beyond committing robberies. |
| 593 | * PoweredArmor: Has a super powered armored super suit, that gives him great strength and invulnerability. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder:Manfred Mota]] |
| 597 | !!Manfred Mota |
| 598 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manfredmota.jpg]] |
| 599 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Manfred Mota |
| 600 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Flash Special'' #1 (July, 1990) |
| 601 | |
| 602 | ->''"Welcome to the Atomic Era, citizens! Ha ha! Your deadline is only 58 minutes away! Don't miss it!"'' |
| 603 | |
| 604 | A rogue physicist who stole research from Jay Garrick to create a battlesuit, Mota clashed with every Flash under a variety of aliases, upgrading his atomic-powered arsenal each time and eventually mutating into a being of pure energy. His estranged daughter, Valerie Perez, briefly dated Bart Allen when he became the Flash. |
| 605 | ---- |
| 606 | * ContinuityCavalcade: The point of the anthology that introduced him. |
| 607 | * EnergyBeings |
| 608 | * IHaveManyNames: He has faced multiple incarnations of the Flash, each time using a new moniker, but similar powers. His list of alias: Mota, Atom Smasher, Professor Fallout and Fusionn. |
| 609 | * MadScientist |
| 610 | * PoweredArmor |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[folder:Merge]] |
| 614 | !!Merge |
| 615 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/merge.jpg]] |
| 616 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Jamal |
| 617 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #32 (August, 2014) |
| 618 | |
| 619 | A criminal who is able to merge any two items that he touches with his gauntlets. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * FusionDance: Able to merge any two items that he touches with his gauntlets. |
| 622 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Was introduced as an already retired supervillain. |
| 623 | * TrickedOutGloves: His gauntlets allow him to [[FusionDance merge any two items he touches]]. |
| 624 | [[/folder]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | [[folder:Mob Rule]] |
| 627 | !!Mob Rule |
| 628 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_flash_vol_4_3_cover_1_teaser.jpg]] |
| 629 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Manuel Lago |
| 630 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #1 (November, 2011) |
| 631 | |
| 632 | ->''"I'm tired of running. Let's just get this over with. Give 'em what they need so we can all move on. You've got one shot at this, Doctor."'' |
| 633 | |
| 634 | An old friend of Barry Allen, Manuel Lago was a CIA operative who gained regenerative powers as part of an experiment known as Project Bellator. While being tortured by enemy agents, he discovered that his amputated limbs regenerate into full grown duplicates that call themselves Mob Rule. |
| 635 | ---- |
| 636 | * HealingFactor: As a result of the regenerative formula he was treated with, he can heal any injury, including regrowing lost limbs. |
| 637 | * MesACrowd: Any part of his body that is removed can grow into a full grown duplicate of Manuel complete with his skills and knowledge and sharing a psychic link with each other and Manuel, their 'father'. These duplicates have a limited lifespan and will drop dead without warning. |
| 638 | * PsychicLink: All the duplicates of Mob Rule share a psychic link with each other and Manuel, their 'father'. |
| 639 | [[/folder]] |
| 640 | |
| 641 | [[folder:Mogul]] |
| 642 | !!Mogul |
| 643 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mogul.png]] |
| 644 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Ernest Flake |
| 645 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash Annual'' Vol 4 #3 (June, 2014) |
| 646 | |
| 647 | Ernest Flake began as a worker during the construction of a year-round ski slope. Flake invented a machine that was able to convert moisture in the air into physical snow. However, the business went under, and Flake was left jobless and penniless with only his invention to show for it. Turning to crime to pay the bills, he used his machine as a weapon to rob banks, becoming the snow-themed criminal Mogul. |
| 648 | ---- |
| 649 | * FreezeRay: Flake invented a device that was able to create snow by absorbing moisture from the air around it. |
| 650 | * AnIcePerson: Unlike most examples, his powers don't come naturally. Instead, he has to use his gun to achieve this. |
| 651 | * MeaningfulName: Ernest ''Flake'' becomes a snow-themed villain. |
| 652 | [[/folder]] |
| 653 | |
| 654 | [[folder:Neron]] |
| 655 | !!Neron |
| 656 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neron.png]] |
| 657 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Neron |
| 658 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Underworld Unleashed'' #1 (November, 1995) |
| 659 | |
| 660 | A demon who is essentially the DC Universe's {{Expy}} of {{Satan}}. He has had interactions with most characters across the DCU due to his ''modus operandi'', but he holds some particular ire toward Wally West for beating his hidden plan in the ''Hell to Pay'' storyline. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | See [[Characters/JusticeLeagueOfAmericaAntagonist Justice League villains page]]. |
| 663 | [[/folder]] |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[folder:Overload]] |
| 666 | !!Overload |
| 667 | [[quoteright:296:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overload_4.jpg]] |
| 668 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 669 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #37 (February, 2015) |
| 670 | |
| 671 | ->''"I told him to quiet. But he wouldn't listen. Wouldn't stop buzzing. None of them listen. Always chattering. Buzzing. So noisy."'' |
| 672 | |
| 673 | Overload was born with a sort of chronic pain resulting from electronic buzzing that gave him electricity based powers as well as technophobia. Aims to create a sort of blackout in order to take the pain away. |
| 674 | ---- |
| 675 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Dresses like a Victorian undertaker. |
| 676 | * EvilLuddite: Overload's condition makes him a technophobe; looking to shut down modern technology to grant him some relief. |
| 677 | * ShockAndAwe: Has electricity based powers. |
| 678 | [[/folder]] |
| 679 | |
| 680 | [[folder:Papercut]] |
| 681 | !!Papercut |
| 682 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/papercut.png]] |
| 683 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Benedict Booker |
| 684 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 5 #10 (January, 2017) |
| 685 | |
| 686 | ->''"Everybody empty your wallets! Or get cut!"'' |
| 687 | |
| 688 | A criminal in Central City with the ability to control wood, which he usually uses in conjunction with razor-sharp paper. |
| 689 | ---- |
| 690 | * AlliterativeName: '''B'''enedict '''B'''ooker |
| 691 | * MeaningfulName: A man with the ability to control paper named '''Book'''er. |
| 692 | * PaperMaster: Can manipulate wood, though he has a harder time manipulating actual wood than paper and other derivative products. His skill with said ability is such that he can even manipulate other plant based elements besides, such as the cotton & linen in dollar bills, using them as projectiles against the Flash. |
| 693 | * PsychicNosebleed: If he uses power on actual wood, he gets a nosebleed. |
| 694 | [[/folder]] |
| 695 | |
| 696 | [[folder:Paradox]] |
| 697 | !!Paradox |
| 698 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/482de83e_88cd_4baf_ad7d_998439150576.jpeg]] |
| 699 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Chris |
| 700 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 5 #50 (September, 2018) |
| 701 | |
| 702 | ->''"Even in the future they celebrated him. They didn't see The Flash for what he really is. A man dressed in red with a simile...he is the devil himself."'' |
| 703 | |
| 704 | Once an ordinary family man in Central City, Paradox was a scientist who believed in the constant shifting nature of the multiverse, a theory proven right on the day Barry Allen was struck by lightning. A fight between the Flash and the Turtle caused him to get sucked into another dimension, where he found mysterious tech, which he used to observe the Flash across history...and came to the conclusion that the Flash needs to die. |
| 705 | ---- |
| 706 | * BlessedWithSuck: Paradox is sensitive to every change the multiverse goes through, and it hurts him. A lot. |
| 707 | * EvilMakesYouUgly: The energies he was exposed to turned him from an ordinary looking guy into a large, hulking monstrosity. |
| 708 | * EvilVersusEvil: The Reverse-Flash thought this guy was a threat and sealed him away in Iron Heights. Yep, compared to this guy, ''Eobard Thawne'' managed to be the hero. |
| 709 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Once, he was a regular guy. Now he's one of the most dangerous beings in the multiverse, capable of erasing people from existence with a thought. |
| 710 | * GodhoodSeeker: [[spoiler:His ultimate end goal is to absorb the energy released by the various Crises and become a god.]] |
| 711 | * HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: He first appears at the end of "Flash War", in ''The Flash'' #50, as a silhouette, then a partial shot in ''Flash'' annual no. 2. It's not until ''The Flash'' #88 that we see him in full, though that issue reveals he'd shown up several times through "Year One" in his civilian form. |
| 712 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A lot of his rant while he's beating up Barry sound a lot like what some fans have said of Barry since his resurrection in ''Final Crisis''. |
| 713 | * MotiveDecay: His initial motivation was just to get back to his family. When that proved impossible, he decided to conquer the 25th century. After that, and a long stay in Iron Heights, he decided instead to kill all Flashes. |
| 714 | * NeverMyFault: He tricks three people who got sucked into that other dimension with him into getting themselves killed, then immediately blames the Flash for it. |
| 715 | * RetGone: He's seemingly defeated for good when Barry travels back in time and prevents Chris from falling into the dimensional portal, stopping him from ever becoming Paradox. |
| 716 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Chris didn't seem to be entirely stable to begin with, having an obsessive need to investigate other realities, but he was a nice guy and loving family man. Getting zapped into another dimension caused him to start going completely insane. |
| 717 | [[/folder]] |
| 718 | |
| 719 | [[folder:Peek-a-Boo]] |
| 720 | !!Peek-a-Boo |
| 721 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peekaboo_8.jpg]] |
| 722 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Lashawn Baez |
| 723 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #180 (January, 2002) |
| 724 | |
| 725 | ->''"I didn't want to hurt anyone. I never did."'' |
| 726 | |
| 727 | A metahuman with the power to teleport (with the negative side-effect of causing a big-honking explosion each time) who was motivated into supervillainy after her father contracted a terminal disease. |
| 728 | ---- |
| 729 | * ActionBomb: A side effect of her teleporting is a massive explosion. [[BlessedWithSuck Every time.]] |
| 730 | * AntiVillain: She just wants to help her dying father. |
| 731 | * BlessedWithSuck: Her power would be pretty cool, if it didn't blow everything to hell each time she used it. |
| 732 | * FlashyTeleportation: When she teleports, the kinetic energy causes a highly destructive explosion. She can teleport normally, but she also automatically teleports when touched and this makes her difficult to capture. |
| 733 | * PetTheDog: Wally pleads for her to help Linda get to a hospital after an explosion of her own doing. Although she fulfills his request Baez makes it loud and clear that she's doing it for Linda, not the Flash. |
| 734 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: She lashes out at Wally, revealing that she intended to use her powers to become a hero until [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he and the rest of the city labeled her a Rogue and treated her accordingly]]. Subverted eventually, though, when she allows the police to take her in, [[TearJerker having nothing left to live for after her father's death]]. |
| 735 | [[/folder]] |
| 736 | |
| 737 | [[folder:President Thawne]] |
| 738 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/president_thawne_002.jpg]] |
| 739 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Thaddeus Thawne |
| 740 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Impulse'' #25 (May, 1997) |
| 741 | |
| 742 | ->''" There are already too many people on this planet! I'm saving humanity by doing this...!"'' |
| 743 | |
| 744 | The sociopathic president of Earthgov in the 30th century and Meloni Thawne's father. He created Inertia after Bart Allen refused to become his protégé. |
| 745 | ---- |
| 746 | * AlliterativeName: '''Tha'''ddeus '''Tha'''wne |
| 747 | * ArchnemesisDad: Or rather, Archnemesis Grandfather. |
| 748 | * TheChessmaster |
| 749 | * ContinuitySnarl: He was supposed to be the president of Earthgov in the 30th Century despite the fact that over in the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' titles published at the same time Earthgov's president was Jean Chu (later replaced by R.J. Brande). Making things even more confusing was the knowledge Thawne wasn't native to Earth-247, making it difficult to figure out how and when he was president. |
| 750 | * NoodleIncident: Following the retcon that the Tornado Twins fled from the main DC Universe to Earth-247 with their respective spouses and children to escape the Reverse Flash's forces, it raises the question of how Meloni's father managed to follow them ''and'' how he managed to become the president of Earthgov. |
| 751 | [[/folder]] |
| 752 | |
| 753 | [[folder:Psych]] |
| 754 | !!Psych |
| 755 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6748852_screen_shot_2019_01_04_at_60919_pm.png]] |
| 756 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Bashir |
| 757 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 5 #61 (March, 2019) |
| 758 | |
| 759 | ->''"I'm just a hustler because I have to be. I'm like a better version of Robin Hood, except I keep the money for myself."'' |
| 760 | |
| 761 | A grafter who managed to become the chosen avatar of the Sage Force, which he then used to commit crimes at his leisure, which caused him to run into Barry. |
| 762 | ---- |
| 763 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The only one of the other Force users to misuse his powers, in addition to being a conniving, selfish weasel, he's also the only one who dies because of the Black Flash, and horribly.]] |
| 764 | * HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: He claims it's to help him control his powers. |
| 765 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: At the end of his first appearance, he gets away, having used his powers to commit murder and deceive Barry. His next appearance has him [[spoiler:killed by the Black Flash.]] |
| 766 | * ManipulativeBastard: He uses his powers to get a bead on Barry's mom issues, and plays him. |
| 767 | * ThePoorlyChosenOne: The other two Avatars Barry encounters are heroic (even if Fuerza is solidly on the anti side of the equation). This guy? Not remotely. |
| 768 | * PsychicPowers: What the Sage Force grants him. He uses it to blackmail supervillains. [[spoiler:When he pushes it far enough, he can kill people via MindRape.]] |
| 769 | [[/folder]] |
| 770 | |
| 771 | [[folder:Raijin]] |
| 772 | !!Raijin |
| 773 | [[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raijin_1.jpg]] |
| 774 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 775 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 5 #35 (January, 2018) |
| 776 | |
| 777 | ->''"My name is Raijin. Master of Lightning. But I am merely a loyal soldier in this conflict, Flash. I answer to the rightful owner of the power you have have abused and hoarded for too long. My lord and master is the true god of the Speed Force. Bow to him, Flash!"'' |
| 778 | |
| 779 | Raijin, the self-proclaimed "God of Lightning" is a mysterious armored individual who was seemingly behind the Speed Force storm that rained down upon Central City. |
| 780 | ---- |
| 781 | * AGodAmI: Subverted; he at first claims to be as such, and named himself after, but it ultimately proves he's really in servitude to Gorilla Grodd, who he views as the ''real'' god of the Speed Force. |
| 782 | * {{Expy}}: As a man with a god complex empowered by the Speed Force who uses a suit of bulky PoweredArmor while naming himself after an eastern deity, he essentially functions as a comic-adapted version of the [[Series/TheFlash2014 2014 TV Series]]' take on Savitar. He has a different origin and motivation, however, and is treated as a much smaller threat than Savitar was. |
| 783 | * ShockAndAwe: Raijin can generate large amounts of electrical energy that he may draw from the Speed Force. He can also seemingly travel through bolts of lightning. |
| 784 | [[/folder]] |
| 785 | |
| 786 | [[folder:Razer]] |
| 787 | !!Razer |
| 788 | [[quoteright:224:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/razer.jpg]] |
| 789 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 790 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #84 (November, 1993) |
| 791 | |
| 792 | ->''"They call me Razer, cause I'm the guy you hire to tear a place down to the ground!"'' |
| 793 | |
| 794 | A powerful mercenary who wields armor covered in blades, Razer first battled Flash as part of another crook's real-estate scam and has since battled the Scarlet Speedster on a number of other occasions. |
| 795 | ---- |
| 796 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: His armor is covered in blades, and his gauntlets can fire razor-sharp discs. |
| 797 | * TheBusCameBack: Reappears during the ''Rebirth'' era. |
| 798 | * DumbMuscle |
| 799 | * ImmuneToBullets: As Commander Cold learns the difficult way. |
| 800 | * TheJuggernaut |
| 801 | * LightningBruiser |
| 802 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast |
| 803 | * SuperStrength |
| 804 | [[/folder]] |
| 805 | |
| 806 | [[folder:Seasnake]] |
| 807 | !!Seasnake |
| 808 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seasnake.jpg]] |
| 809 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 810 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #131 (November, 1997) |
| 811 | |
| 812 | ---- |
| 813 | * MysteriousPast: Nothing is known about him, like his real name or the reason behind his appearance. |
| 814 | * OneShotCharacter: Only appeared in two issues and never reappeared. |
| 815 | * SnakePeople: He's a humanoid snake person. |
| 816 | [[/folder]] |
| 817 | |
| 818 | [[folder:Selkirk]] |
| 819 | !!Selkirk |
| 820 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/selkirk.jpg]] |
| 821 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' William Selkirk |
| 822 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #37 (February, 2015) |
| 823 | |
| 824 | During his doctoral studies in Anthropology at Oxford University, William Selkirk discovered several indigenous legends of revered individuals who could run at Inhuman speeds all across the globe. Eventually his research brought him to America where upon discovering a rift in the Speed Force, he was pulled through on July 17th, 1911 and became the leader of the Outpost of similar individuals in the Speed Force. Selkirk helped Barry Allen when he arrived at the Outpost but later attempted to use him as a lightning rod to escape. Though he succeeded, Selkirk was horribly disfigured and blamed it on the Flash though failed to defeat him. After this confrontation, he was recruited by Professor Zoom who promised to teach him more about the Speed Force. |
| 825 | ---- |
| 826 | * TheAgeless: Exposure to the Speed Force means that Selkirk ages extremely slowly. |
| 827 | * BeardOfEvil: Selkirk has a pretty impressive beard. |
| 828 | * {{Flight}} |
| 829 | * HealingFactor: The Speed Force grants him accelerated healing. |
| 830 | * SuperSpeed |
| 831 | [[/folder]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder:Shrapnel]] |
| 834 | !!Shrapnel |
| 835 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shrapnelcomics1.jpg]] |
| 836 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Mark Scheffer |
| 837 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Doom Patrol'' Vol 2 #7 (April, 1988) |
| 838 | |
| 839 | ->''"These guys 're tough. But noyhing's tougher than Shrapnel."'' |
| 840 | |
| 841 | Shrapnel is a super-villain of uncertain origins. His body is composed of many pieces of organic metal that he can assemble into any shape at will. This allows him to shoot hundreds of sharp projectiles simultaneously and then reconstitute his body instantly. He has been a member of the Cyborg Revenge Squad, the Secret Society of Super-Villains, and the ComicBook/SuicideSquad. |
| 842 | ---- |
| 843 | * ExtraOreDinary: Shrapnel's body is composed of many, many sharp pieces of metal. He can make himself explode to scatter his body's shrapnel with great concussive force, allowing the slivers of metal to hit those around him. |
| 844 | * HavingABlast: Shrapnel's body is composed of many, many sharp pieces of metal. He can make himself explode to scatter his body's shrapnel with great concussive force, allowing the slivers of metal to hit those around him. |
| 845 | * PullingThemselvesTogether: Shrapnel is able to project his metallic scales into explosive bursts, mentally guide their path, and recall them into his body when damage is done. |
| 846 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: While mostly a Flash villain, Shrapnel has been used as a pretty general foe for all sorts of heroes like the Doom Patrol, Green Lantern, Green Arrow and Cyborg. |
| 847 | * SuperStrength: Shrapnel's metal body grants him superhuman strength. |
| 848 | [[/folder]] |
| 849 | |
| 850 | [[folder:Spin]] |
| 851 | !!Spin |
| 852 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spin.jpg]] |
| 853 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Auerbach |
| 854 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #238 (May, 2008) |
| 855 | |
| 856 | Mr. Auerbach is in charge of KN News. He also has a secret. Using a metahuman held captive, he can amp up the public's anxiety and "spin" it to what he wants. |
| 857 | ---- |
| 858 | * SupernaturalFearInducer: Spin has a vast array of equipment set up in the basement of the KN News building where he keeps Edwar Martinez. By forcing Edwar to watch news coverage, he is able to direct and control Edwar's ability to sense specific anxieties in the public consciousness and turn them into reality. |
| 859 | [[/folder]] |
| 860 | |
| 861 | [[folder:Spitfire]] |
| 862 | [[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spitfire.png]] |
| 863 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Edith Bryant |
| 864 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 4 #26 (February, 2014) |
| 865 | |
| 866 | Esther Bryant also known as Spitfire is a former stunt pilot turned thief who is fueled by greed and trill seeking. She pulls heist jobs on high value targets in seemingly impossible ways. |
| 867 | ---- |
| 868 | * {{Expy}}: She's pretty much [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Roxy Rocket]] with a different name. |
| 869 | * ImpossibleThief |
| 870 | * JetPack |
| 871 | * SkyPirate |
| 872 | [[/folder]] |
| 873 | |
| 874 | [[folder:Suit]] |
| 875 | !!Suit |
| 876 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suit.jpg]] |
| 877 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 878 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Flash'' Vol 2 #130 (October, 1997) |
| 879 | |
| 880 | ->''"You always knew how it would have to end for you, Flash... the fastest man alive with nowhere to run!"'' |
| 881 | |
| 882 | The Suit was originally an outfit designed and crafted by Paul Gambi, a Central City tailor known for providing costumes to many of the Flash's villains, including the Rogues. Its first wearer, serial killer Dell Merriwether, was arrested with help from the second Flash and Green Lantern, and later sentenced to death by electrocution. The electricity which killed Merriwether also delivered an extradimensional parasitic entity, made up only of an electric field, to our world. The entity relocated inside the suit. |
| 883 | ---- |
| 884 | * ClothesMakeTheManiac: The Suit actually consists of an extradimensional parasitic entity capable of substituting its host's personality with its own. |
| 885 | * EnergyAbsorption: The entity gradually drains the vital energy of its hosts for its own self-sustainment. |
| 886 | * HealingFactor: The entity is apparently able to reform itself after being destroyed. |
| 887 | * PowerCopying: By taking possession of its host, the entity can gain access to their metahuman abilities, although for only a limited amount of time. |
| 888 | [[/folder]] |
| 889 | |
| 890 | [[folder:Thinker Artificial Intelligence]] |
| 891 | !!Thinker Artificial Intelligence |
| 892 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thinker_ai.jpg]] |
| 893 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 894 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''JSA'' #10 (May, 2000) |
| 895 | |
| 896 | The Thinker is an artificial intelligence created by Mister Terrific based on the Thinking Cap of the original Thinker after his death. However, the AI went rogue, becoming a villain in its own right, continuing the Thinker's legacy as a villain to the Flash. |
| 897 | ---- |
| 898 | * AIIsACrapshoot: When the Justice Society moved to their new headquarters in New York, Mr. Terrific built a new state of the art security system out of the original Thinker's Thinking Cap technology. It gained sentience shortly thereafter and joined Johnny Sorrow's new Injustice Society. |
| 899 | * DigitizedHacker: Thinker is an advanced AI able to hack complex systems like the JSA Headquarters. |
| 900 | * EnergyWeapon: Thinker can project sharp lasers from the tips of his fingers as an offensive measure. |
| 901 | * LivingProgram: Being a living computer in his digital self, The Thinker A.I. can physically interface with and digitize segments of solid matter and convert them into raw data with which he has total control over. |
| 902 | * {{Technopath}}: Being a living computer in his digital self, The Thinker A.I. can physically interface with and digitize segments of solid matter and convert them into raw data with which he has total control over. |
| 903 | * VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Served as one to Tigress during a period when she was working as a freelance mercenary, giving her updates and information via an eyepiece that contained his programming. |
| 904 | [[/folder]] |
| 905 | |
| 906 | [[folder:The Turtle Man]] |
| 907 | !!Turtle Man |
| 908 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/turtle_man.jpg]] |
| 909 | %%!!! '''Alter Ego:''' |
| 910 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/ShowcaseNumberFour Showcase]]'' [[ComicBook/ShowcaseNumberFour #4]] (October, 1956) |
| 911 | |
| 912 | A criminal mastermind who, as his name suggests, talks and acts very slowly, coupled with the metahuman power to dampen kinetic energy. A skilled manipulator, the Turtle Man frequently acts behind-the-scenes and has managed to hold a firm place in Central City's criminal underworld. |
| 913 | ---- |
| 914 | * TheChessmaster |
| 915 | * EvilGenius |
| 916 | * LegacyCharacter: There are two versions of the character, the second inspired by the first (and who briefly worked for the first as TheDragon). |
| 917 | * ManOfKryptonite: His power is tailored to weaken the Flashes, as they move at normal speed when encountering him. |
| 918 | * ManipulativeBastard |
| 919 | * MyBrainIsBig: Downplayed, but his cranium is rather disproportionate to his stature. |
| 920 | * TrappedInThePast: After thwarting his plan to send bombs to the Justice League, Wally sent him to the age of the dinosaurs. |
| 921 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Originally, his "power" was that he was the world's slowest man, however... |
| 922 | ** HeartIsAnAwesomePower: He later gained the power to "steal" the speed of those around him, rendering them slower than he was. (Also, his body ages ''very'' slowly, befitting the [[TruthInTelevision lengthy life-span of actual turtles]].) |
| 923 | [[/folder]] |
| 924 | |
| 925 | [[folder:Vandal Savage]] |
| 926 | !!Vandal Savage |
| 927 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-VandalSavage_3179.jpg]] |
| 928 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Vandar Adg II |
| 929 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Green Lantern'' #10 (December, 1943) |
| 930 | |
| 931 | The immortal caveman-turned-conqueror who has plagued Earth's heroes for millennia, Vandal Savage was the first villain Wally West faced in his career as the Flash, and has gone on to menace Wally and his family numerous times afterwards. |
| 932 | ---- |
| 933 | See [[ComicBook/VandalSavage his own page]] for more. |
| 934 | [[/folder]] |
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