Snowflame

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.

Snowflame
Snowflame in Catwoman #24
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceNew Guardians #2, 1988
Created by
In-story information
Alter egoStefan

Character biography

Origins

Snowflame 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

In 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 artefacts 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, who kills Snowflame.[6]

Superpowers

Snowflame gets his powers from snorting cocaine.[7][8][9] The powers he gains include superhuman strength, speed, immunity to pain, and pyrokinesis. He also has the ability to give foes an instant contact high.[1]

In other media

Snowflame is the main character in a fan-made webcomic by artist Julie Sydor, which reimagines the character as part of the Gotham City setting in order to delve deeper into his characterization.[7][9]

References
  1. Keough, Robert (2020-05-20). "DC Comics Once Had a Supervillain Fueled by Cocaine". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  2. "SnowFlame, el 'narco' colombiano que apareció en las páginas de DC Comics". www.vice.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  3. Wyatt, Liz (2020-07-17). "Catwoman Brings Back DC's Most RIDICULOUS Villain – and He's a MONSTER". CBR. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  4. Finley, Sean (2020-07-17). "DC's Cocaine-Fueled Villain Takes On Catwoman". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. "DC Brings Back One of Its Weirdest Villains Ever". comicbook.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. Singh, Charles (2020-08-29). "DC Just Brought Back A Villain Who Uses Drugs As a Weapon (Literally)". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  7. "A webcomic about Snowflame, a real DC Comics supervillain who gained his powers from cocaine". Gizmodo. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  8. "The DC Comics Character Who Gained His Powers from Cocaine". Today I Found Out. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  9. "Fictional Colombian Drug Lord Gets His Own Webcomic". HuffPost. 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
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