I work for no one but cocaine!
Snowflame is a
fan webcomic by Julie Sydor, following the exploits of Snowflame, originally a one-off bad guy from
DC Comics franchise
The New Guardians. In that comic, Snowflame was a Colombian supervillain who gained
fire-controlling powers (and
hammy monologues) while
high on cocaine, before being taken down by the New Guardians.
The webcomic keeps its
Villain Protagonist's basic traits and personality from
The New Guardians, while giving him a complex backstory and a
Secret Identity (
Fabian Orozco, a formerly sober Colombian drug-runner who was forced into becoming Snowflame by a Goddess of Cocaine). It also brings him to
Gotham City on a smuggling mission, where he ends up in a battle against assorted DC superheroes.
Find it
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Tropes found in this webcomic include:- Addiction Powered: Snowflame lives and, ahem, breathes this trope.
- Alternate Universe Fic: It is mentioned that Snowflame has fought the New Guardians; however, unlike in the original comic, he survived.
- Anti-Villain: Snowflame seems to be heading this way. He's Obliviously Evil and at least tries not to kill ordinary guards (though he doesn't pull his punches while fighting superheroes).
- Drugs Are Bad: The stance of all the heroes; however, Raven is the most vocal about it, since her telepathy causes her to feel the hurt of other people's addiction.
- Enemy Mine: Snowflame and the heroes are forced to work together when Arkham Asylum is flooded with fear gas.
- Hero Antagonists: The Justice League Of America.
- Large Ham: Snowflame, especially while fighting.
- Obliviously Evil: Snowflame sees his cocaine-running as bringing salvation to the people.
- Odd Job Gods: Fabian Orozco was turned into Snowflame by an actual Goddess of Cocaine.
- Pet the Dog: Snowflame gets a nurse to take care of the two guards he injured during his escape.
- Playing with Fire: Snowflame's primary power.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: Fabian has black hair, which turns white whenever Snowflame takes control.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Snowflame is this to Fabian, who can't even remember what Snowflame does while the latter is in control of his body.
- Villain Protagonist: He's right there in the title.
- What Could Have Been: As per Word Of God, the comic was originally intended to be Lighter and Softer than it is, and feature a bunch of other drug-themed villains. However, as it progressed it turned into a more dramatic superhero comic, though still with a fair share of humour.
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