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Golden Age

The

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Flash enemies were all villains of the first Flash,

Jay Garrick Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first character known as the Flash. The character first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (January 1940), created by writer Gardner Fox and ...

, later portrayed as living on

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after the introduction of the

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Flash. In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance):

Silver Age

The

Flash enemies all lived on

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and started out as enemies of the second Flash,

Barry Allen Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character known as the Flash, following Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comic ...

, as well as the third Flash,

Wally West Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics as the original Kid Flash and the third Flash (DC Comics character), Flash. His power consists mainly of speedster (fiction), superhuman speed. T ...

, and the fourth,

Bart Allen Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. A speedster (fiction), speedster, he first appeared under the alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash (c ...

, after the death of Barry Allen. The Silver Age is when some enemies started to use the name " Rogues". Originally, the Rogues were just a few of the Flash's enemies teaming together, but since then they have formed a lasting team, and usually a Rogue will not commit a crime by himself. The original eight Rogues were

Captain Cold Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in '' Showcase'' #8 (June 1957). In his comic book appearances, ...

, the

Mirror Master Mirror Master is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is a recurring foe of the Flash (comics), Flash with considerable technical expertise and skills involving the use of mirrors. Three ...

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, the

Weather Wizard Weather Wizard (Mark Mardon) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Weather Wizard made his first live-action appearance in the television specials '' Legends of the Superheroes'' (1979), played by Jeff Altma ...

, the

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, the

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, the

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, and

Captain Boomerang Captain Boomerang is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, who respectively serve as enemies to both the Barry Allen and Wally West versions of the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash. Created by wr ...

. The current incarnation of the Rogues includes Captain Cold, the Weather Wizard, Heat Wave, the third Mirror Master, and the second Trickster. In chronological order (with issue and date of first appearance):

Modern Age

In addition to the Silver Age Rogues, there have been many other Flash villains created in the past few years. The special issue ''Flash:

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'' was the first appearance of many of them. Some of the "new breed", as the original Rogues call them, made a team called the New Rogues, led by

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. They tried to take away the allies of the Flash so he would fight them alone, but the Flash beat them anyway. These villains are ''not'' part of the current Rogues, which are still the Silver Age villains. Also, new versions of the

, the Trickster, and

were introduced and did become members of the Rogues.

''One Year Later''

''The New 52''

''DC Rebirth''

Enemies created for Hostess

In the 1970s and 1980s Hostess ran advertisements for their products in DC and Marvel comics. These advertisements were a one-page comic featuring a DC hero and a villain. The Flash appeared in 4 Hostess advertisements and had 4 original villains made for Hostess.

Enemies created for other media

''The Flash'' villains "created" in other media, with no appearances in previous or subsequent comics. Those sharing the names of comic villains, but bearing no other similarities, are noted:

External links

Alan Kistler's Profile On: The Flash
- A detailed analysis of the history of the Flash by comic book historian Alan Kistler. Covers information from the 1940s to today, as well as discussions on the various villains and rogues who fought the Flash. Various art scans. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Flash Enemies Flash (DC Comics character)

Golden Age

Silver Age

Modern Age

''One Year Later''

''The New 52''

''DC Rebirth''

Enemies created for Hostess

Enemies created for other media

See also

External links