Snowflame is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Steve Englehart and Cary Bates to serve as a villain for the superhero team the New Guardians. He also appeared in the New 52 continuity as an enemy of Catwoman and Peacemaker.
| Snowflame | |
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 Snowflame as depicted in Catwoman vol. 5 #24 (October 2020). Art by Cian Tormey (penciler/inker), FCO Plascencia (colorist), and Gabriela Downie (letterer). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | New Guardians #2, 1988 |
| Created by | |
| Voiced by | James Adomian |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Stefan |
| Abilities | |
Character biography
editOrigins
editSnowflame first appeared in the 1988 comic book New Guardians #2 in a story titled Jungle Snow. In it, he meets the New Guardians in Colombia as the leader of a drug cartel. In their first encounter he defeats the superhero team, but is later killed by them in a chemical shed explosion.[1][2]
New 52
editIn Catwoman #23, Catwoman travels to South America where she meets Snowflame, whose real name is revealed to be Stefan. Snowflame reveals that he faked his death in the chemical shed explosion in order to take over the island of Isla Nevada. He then escorts Catwoman to his home where he is auctioning off expensive and dangerous artifacts to other supervillains.[3][4][5] In Catwoman #24, Catwoman sneaks into the jungle and meets Kisin, the island's mythical giant panther and god of death, before returning to do battle with Snowflame. She defeats him with the help of Kisin.[6]
Snowflame later returns in Peacemaker Tries Hard! #4, in which he fights against Peacemaker. He is defeated and seemingly killed after choking on a poison dart frog that Peacemaker snuck into his cocaine.[7]
Powers and abilities
editSnowflame is capable of granting himself superhuman strength, speed, an immunity to pain, pyrokinesis, and the ability to give targets an instant contact high, all by inhaling cocaine.[1][8][9][10]
In other media
edit- Snowflame appears in a fan-made webcomic created by artist Julie Sydor. This version lives in Gotham City.[8][10]
- Snowflame appears in the fourth season of Harley Quinn,[11] voiced by James Adomian. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b Keough, Robert (2020-05-20). "DC Comics Once Had a Supervillain Fueled by Cocaine". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "SnowFlame, el 'narco' colombiano que apareció en las páginas de DC Comics". www.vice.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2017. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Wyatt, Liz (2020-07-17). "Catwoman Brings Back DC's Most RIDICULOUS Villain – and He's a MONSTER". CBR. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Finley, Sean (2020-07-17). "DC's Cocaine-Fueled Villain Takes On Catwoman". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "DC Brings Back One of Its Weirdest Villains Ever". comicbook.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Singh, Charles (2020-08-29). "DC Just Brought Back A Villain Who Uses Drugs As a Weapon (Literally)". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Peacemaker Just Fought One of DC's Most Controversial Villains". comicbook.com. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ a b "A webcomic about Snowflame, a real DC Comics supervillain who gained his powers from cocaine". Gizmodo. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "The DC Comics Character Who Gained His Powers from Cocaine". Today I Found Out. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ a b "Fictional Colombian Drug Lord Gets His Own Webcomic". HuffPost. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Lyles, Taylor (2023-07-20). "Harley Quinn Season 4 Has Cocaine-Powered Villain Snowflame, Talia al Ghul and More". IGN. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Harley Quinn Season 4 Trailer Introduces One of DC's Most Controversial Villains". comicbook.com. Retrieved 2023-07-23.