Flash Facts Rogues

More so than most heroes, the Flash has been defined by his foes...the Flash's Rogue's Gallery!

Many of them first gathered in Flash #155 (September, 1965, by John Broome and Carmine Infantino in the "Gauntlet of Super-Villains"), but here's a quick breakdown on those foes first appearances and a few other facts!

Captain Cold

Real Name: Leonard Snart

First Appearance: Showcase #8 (May-June, 1957)

Created By: John Broome & Carmine Infantino

Origin: Dealing with his father's abuse, Leonard Snart became a small time criminal with a fascination for cold.  Snart developed the costume, and stole an experimental gun and powered it up to project intense cold to face the Flash!

 

Team Membership: Rogues (charter member and leader), Secret Society of Super-Villains, Suicide Squad

Some non-Flash appearances:  Justice League of America #5, 40, 129, 139, 155, Secret Society of Super-Villains #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, 9, 10, Blue Devil #19, 30, Manhunter #1, 24, Suicide Squad #16, 17, 18, 20, Secret Origins #41, Justice League Quarterly #2, Underworld Unleashed #1, Rogues (Villains) #1, JLA #18, Adventures of Superman #565, 613, Sins of Youth: Kid Flash/Impulse #1, Sins of Youth: The Secret/Deadboy #1, Young Justice: Sins of Youth #2, JSA Secret Files #2, JSA #28, Superman/Batman #3, Catwoman #21, 46, 48, 49, Infinite Crisis #1, 7, Outsiders #32, 33, World War III #1, All-New Atom #5, Countdown #46, Salvation Run #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Blackest Night #1.

Mirror Master

Real Name: Samuel Joseph Scudder

First Appearance: Flash #105 (February-March, 1959)

Created By: John Broome & Carmine Infantino

Origin: Sam Scudder was a prisoner, who figured out how to hold his reflection in a mirror and escape.  Sam developed some more mirror based weapons and ended up facing the Flash, as well as joining the Rogues, and other villain teams, passing away during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.

 

Team Membership: Rogues (charter member), Injustice Gang of the World, Secret Society of Super-Villains

Some non-Flash appearances: Brave & the Bold #30, Detective Comics #336, 555, Justice League of America #40, 111, 143, 158, Secret Society of Super-Villains #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, Batman #388, Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, 9, 10, Flash and Green Lantern: Brave & the Bold #2, 4

 

Pied Piper

Real Name: Hartley Rathaway

First Appearance: Flash #106 (April-May, 1959)

Created By: John Broome & Carmine Infantino

Origin: Born with no hearing, Hartley got his hearing fixed thanks to the wealth of his parents.  This gave him an obsession with sound, and he adopted the identity of the Pied Piper, faced the Flash!  Pied Piper gave up his villainous lifestyle, and ended up helping Trickster during Countdown.

 

Team Membership: Rogues (charter member)

Some non-Flash appearances: Justice League of America #14, 35, Detective Comics #480, Fury of Firestorm #5, 6, Crisis on Infinite Earths #9, Blue Devil #30, Secret Origins #41, Guy Gardner: Warrior #29, Rogues (Villains) #1, Countdown #51, 50, 49, 47, 46, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 34, 33, 32, 30, 29, 28, 27, 25, 22, 21, 20, 19, 12, 11, 10, 9, 1

Captain Boomerang

Real Name: George "Digger" Harkness

First Appearance: Flash #117 (December, 1960)

Created By: John Broome & Carmine Infantino

Origin:  Digger was an Australian who picked up the use of boomerangs, and became a mascot for a boomerang company, but decided to make off with the money at events instead, fighting the Flash.  After Flash died, Digger was a regular with the Suicide Squad until his death in Identity Crisis (but came back in Blackest Night!). 

Team Membership: Rogues (charter member), Secret Society of Super-Villains, Suicide Squad

Some non-Flash appearances: Justice League of America #61, Secret Society of Super-Villains #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, Batman #322, 388, 645, Detective Comics #555, Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, Blue Devil #30, Legends #3, 4, 5, 6, Suicide Squad #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, Annual 1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 33. 34, 35, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, Fury of Firestorm #64,

Firestorm Annual #5, Millenium #4, Justice League International #13, Invasion! #2, 3, Checkmate! #15, 16, 18, Firestorm the Nuclear Man #87, War of the Gods #3, 4, Wonder Woman #61, Showcase '94 #6, Outsiders #9, Adventures of Superman #520, 565, Superboy #13, 14, 15, Underworld Unleashed #1, Rogues (Villains) #1, Robin #62, 63, 64, Identity Crisis #2, 3, 4, 5, Blackest Night #2, 3, 8, Blackest Night: Batman #3

The Top

Real Name: Roscoe Dillon

First Appearance: Flash #122 (August, 1961)

Created By: John Broome & Carmine Infantino

Origin: Roscoe Dillon was a crook who developed the ability to spin at superhuman speeds...and fought the Flash, all while dating Captain Cold's sister, Lisa.  But, his power killed him, inspired her to become the Golden Gilder...and he came back as a ghost to continue to haunt the Flash!

 

Team Membership: Rogues (charter member)

Some non-Flash appearances:
Justice League of America #28,
Hawk & Dove Annual #1,
Hawk & Dove #27, 28,
DC First: Flash/Superman #1


Top mostly faced the Flash and associated with the Rogues!
  

Heat Wave

Real Name: Mick Rory

First Appearance: Flash #140 (November, 1963)

Created By: John Broome & Carmine Infantino

Origin: Mick Rory liked to watch stuff burn.  Seeing a cold based villain in Central City, Mick adopted the identity of Heat Wave, to compete with Captain Cold and fight the Flash!

 

Team Membership: Rogues (charter member), Cadmus

Some non-Flash appearances: Blue Devil #30, Invasion! #2, Justice League Quarterly #2, Underworld Unleashed #1, Green Lantern #96, Green Arrow #130, Rogues (Villains) #1, Superboy #65, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 87, 88, 89, 90, Infinite Crisis #1, Superman #225, Countdown #51, 50, 47, 46, Salvation Run #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Catwoman #75, DC Universe #0, Blackest Night #1

More Flash foes joined up, like Weather Wizard, the Trickster, Golden Glider, and even Abra Kadabra...but never Grodd, or any of the evil speedsters like the Reverse Flash or Zoom.

These foes were enough to keep Barry Allen and his legacy running fast!