A new Flash rogue is introduced in Flash #117 (Oct 1960): Captain Boomerang. Conceived as a spokesman for the W. W. Wiggins Game Company to publicize boomerangs in the United States, “Digger” Harkness takes up the mantle and is given a costume, which suits him just fine because he was already looking for an opportunity […]
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Green Arrow gets another rogue with the introduction of the Clock King. He commits crimes related to clocks. In this issue he is not even given a name or an origin, because really why do you need any reason to get dressed up in an outrageous skin-tight costume with a clock face for a mask […]
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Flash #113 (April 1960) introduces another Flash rogue to the mix: The Trickster. From a young age, James Jesse, a member of a family acrobat team, idolized his namespace Jesse James, the bandit. He invents a pair of shoes to help him walk on air and then takes the moniker The Trickster.
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In Flash #110 (Oct 1959), Barry Allen meets Iris West’s nephew, Wall West for the first time. And wouldn’t you know it, the exact same lightning bolt + random chemical accident happens to the poor kid while the Flash is showing him around the laboratory. Of course the kid gains super-speed, so naturally let’s set […]
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In Action Comics #254 (May 1959), a renegade scientist copies Professor Dalton’s failed duplicator ray from years ago and deliberately re-creates the Bizarro creature. Then the renegade scientist unmasks himself and it is revealed to be Luthor. Funnily enough, Bizarro rejects Luthor’s attempt at controlling him and Luthor is quickly sent back to prison. The […]
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In Flash #106 (Feb 1959), the Flash creative team of John Broome and Carmine Infantino creates a couple new super-villains for the Scarlet Speedster. The first is the more believable: The Pied Piper is a criminal with a “Super-Sonic Flute”. With it, he is the Master of Sound: able to manipulate vibrations in the air […]
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DC decided that the new Silver Age Flash was a success in his Showcase try-outs and gives him his own magazine in Flash #105 (December 1958). This happens to be exactly 10 years after the Golden Age Flash magazine was cancelled, and DC decided to keep the series numbering. This issue marks the debut of […]
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By the end of 1958, DC starts to really focus on giving their superheroes more interesting villains to fight. Batman #121 (Dec 1958) introduces Mr. Freeze, though he is called Mr. Zero in this first story, “The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero”. He is an unnamed criminal scientist who had an unfortunate accident that forced […]
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The Flash gains another rogue villain in Showcase #13 (January 1958): Mr. Element. In his youth, Albert Desmond became obsessed with elements, so naturally he turned to a life of crime. In order to beat the flash he designed a costume with the emblem of the carbon atom, and an atmosphere filter to only breathe […]
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In Showcase #8 (March 1957), the Flash returns and his “rogues gallery” begins with the introduction of Captain Cold. Len Snart, an “ambitious crook”, wants a weapon capable of defeating the Flash. By using a cyclotron, he turns his gun into a cold weapon and after abandoning several names (Mr Arctic, The Cold Wave, Sub-Zero, […]
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