History Characters / TheFlashOtherVillains

[[folder:The Turtle]]
->''"There's one thing The Flash can never outrace. Death. And the Turtle will always be alive."''
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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.

[[folder:Dr Nightmare]]

[[folder:Dr Nightmare

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 Starman.

* AntiHero[=/=]AntiVillain: As the mood strikes.
* CastingAShadow: Shade is at present one of the best, if not the ultimate, channeler of the power of the Darklands, a quasi-sentient, extra-dimensional mass of malleable darkness. He can use it for various effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: he can summon and control "demons", summon and dispel shields and areas of complete darkness, create all kinds of constructs out of shadows, transport himself and others through it over great distances, and can, if necessary, use it as a prison dimension.
* DeadpanSnarker: Since it's virtually impossible to kill the Shade, he's developed a reputation for shooting his mouth off without fear of reprisal.
* HazyFeelTurn: Kinda. Sorta.
* HeroicNeutral: In Opal City, at least, where he refuses to engage in any criminal behavior.
* FriendlyEnemy: To Jay Garrick, now that both of them are semi-retired.
* HumanoidAbomination: Among other things, he has no blood, just inky black darkness.
* {{Immortality}}: The shadows have also granted Shade agelessness and immortality. Even with his heart torn out of his chest by Black Lantern David Knight, he remained alive and unable to die.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Eventually leads a colony of children offworld, and delights in telling them stories of heroes (and downplaying his own role in them).
* LargeHam: Shade, normally a quiet CombatPragmatist, practiced in a mirror when planning to go against Flash or Starman in the Golden Age to get the voice and [[MilkingTheGiantCow additional gestures]] right.
* LogicalWeakness: The Shade's powers are somewhat weakened in the presence of flame or bright light, and he cannot use his powers at all if there is no shadow.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's had time to gather the finer things in life, and enjoys using them.
* OutsideContextProblem: The Shade's powers explicitly come from a source outside that of supernatural forces such as magic, worked perfectly well when the Genesis event depowered everyone else, and render him immune to being converted into a Black Lantern.
* {{RetCon}}: After ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'', his origin was changed drastically. The Shade was retconned to an English gentleman named Richard Swift, a young man in the year 1838 and [[AntiVillain not so villainous]] after all. The reimagined Shade was so popular he got two mini-series of his own.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He turned neutral, and became a supporting character in ''Comicbook/{{Starman}}''.
* SummonMagic: Although the Shade can use his shadow powers in the form of bolts and tendrils, he has a fondness for conjuring demonic-appearing entities. One of them in particular, Smudge, is a sidekick of sorts.
* ThinkingUpPortals: The Shade's powers let him do this.
* TimeTravel: The Shade's powers let him do this, though it takes a while for him to find out.
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[[folder:The Turtle Man]]
->'''A.K.A.:''' Unknown
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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.
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* RetGone: He's seemingly defeated for good when Flash travels back in time and prevents Chris from falling into the dimensional portal, preventing him from ever becoming Paradox.

* RetGone: He's seemingly defeated for good when Flash travels back in time and prevents Chris from being sucked into the other dimension and thus stays with his family, preventing Chris from ever becoming Paradox.

See the ComicBook/GorillaGrodd page.
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[[folder:The Griffin]]
->''"What are you running from, man?"''
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->'''A.K.A.:''' Griff Grey

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.

* AlliterativeName: ''Gr''iff ''Gr''ey.
* BaldOfEvil: Shaved his head, albeit to hide his rapid aging by getting rid of his greying hair.
* GloryHound: Only became a hero for the publicity rather than any genuine sense of heroism.
* {{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.
* PowerIncontinence: His powers also gave him RapidAging.
* PsychoElectro
* SuperStrength
* SympathyForTheDevil: Bart feels sorry for him in his final moments. Griff ''is'' remorseful, not to mention Bart's EvilFormerFriend.

[[folder:Kilg%re]]
->''"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?"''
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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.

* AIIsACrapshoot
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: All it seeks is to sustain itself.
* 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.]]
* 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]].
* TheUnpronounceable: Though at least one official guide claimed his name is pronounced "kil-GORE."

[[folder:Lummox]]
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Lummox is a thief that uses a mechanical super suit during his jobs.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Seems to have no interest in supervillainy beyond committing robberies.
* PoweredArmor: Has a super powered armored super suit, that gives him great strength and invulnerability.

-->''"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."''

-->''" You are an infection inside Central City! And I am the antibody inside of it that will remove you!"''

-->''" 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."''

-->''“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.”''

-->''"What are you running from, man?"''

-->''"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?"''

-->''"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."''

-->''"I didn't want to hurt anyone. I never did."''

-->''" There are already too many people on this planet! I'm saving humanity by doing this...!"''

-->''"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."''

-->''"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!"''

-->''"Why waste your time Flash? Even if you catch me, nobody'll appreciate it!"''

-->''"They call me Razer, cause I'm the guy you hire to tear a place down to the ground!"''

-->''"There's one thing The Flash can never outrace. Death. And the Turtle will always be alive."''

[[folder:Double Down]]
-->''“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.”''
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->'''A.K.A.:''' Jeremy Tell

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.

* BodyHorror: His cards come ''from strips of his own skin''.
* 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.
* DeathDealer: Uses enchanted playing cards that can slice through just about anything.
* TheGambler
* LaserGuidedKarma: His enchanted cards are bonded to his skin because he killed their previous owner over a gambling match that went badly for Tell.
* PungeonMaster: Card and gambling puns.
* SixthRanger: He was the only newcomer in the Top's WildCard Rogues during ''Rogue War'', since the other members previously banded together under Blacksmith.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Tell? Get it? Like when you have a tell in poker?

[[folder:Fallout]]
->'''A.K.A.:''' Neil Borman
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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.

* Powercopying: By taking possession of its host, the entity can gain access to their metahuman abilities, although for only a limited amount of time.

* {{RetCon}}: After ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'', his origin was changed drastically. The Shade was retconned to an English gentleman named Richard Swift, a young man in the year 1838 and [[AntiVillain not so villainous]] after all. The reimagined Shade was so popular he got two mini-series of his own.

* BloodyMurder: After experimenting on his blood with other blood types, Rosso developed the ability to transform his flesh into a blood-like physiology.
* NighInvulnerable: Ramsey claims he is invulnerable.

* 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 new beings have a limited shelf life and will drop dead without warning.
* PyschicLink: All the duplicates of Mob Rule share a psychic link with each other and Manuel, their 'father'.

* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome:

[[folder:Bloodwork]]
-->''" You are an infection inside Central City! And I am the antibody inside of it that will remove you!"''
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-> '''A.K.A.:''' Ramsey Rosso

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.

* AlliterativeName: '''R'''amsey '''R'''osso
* BloodyMurder: After experimenting on his blood with other blood types, Rosso developed the ability to transform his flesh into a blood-like physiology.
* NighInvulnerable: Ramsey claims he is invulnerable.

[[folder:Brother Grimm]]
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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.

[[folder:Brother Grimm]]
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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.

[[folder:Bloodwork]]
-->''" You are an infection inside Central City! And I am the antibody inside of it that will remove you!"''
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-> '''A.K.A.:''' Ramsey Rosso

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.
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* BloodyMurder: After experimenting on his blood with other blood types, Rosso developed the ability to transform his flesh into a blood-like physiology.
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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 doublecrossed Glider; murdering her and stealing her technology. He was, in turn, killed by Captain Cold.

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[[folder:Cicada]]
-->''I have been chosen by lightning. As have you.''
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-> '''A.K.A.:''' David Hersch

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.

Chillblaine is the name used by a series of super-villains who have all been romantically involved with Golden Glider. she equips them with with versions of her brother Captain Cold's FreezeRay and uses them as DumbMuscle.

[[folder:Chillblaine]]
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[[folder:Chillblaine]]
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* InTheBlood: He is the progenitor of the villainous Thawne family, whose bloodline includes Reverse-Flash Eobard Thawne and Thaddeus Thawne (Inertia).