- Turtle (comics)
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caption=The Turtle at an advanced age.
comic_color=background:#8080ff
character_name=The Turtle
real_name=Unknown
publisher=DC Comics
debut="All Flash " #21 (Fall 1941)
creators=Gardner Fox
Martin Naydel
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances= (I) Turtle Man
(II) The TurtleSecret Society of Super Villains
aliases=
powers= |The Turtle is the name of two
DC Comics supervillains who were primary enemies ofThe Flash .Turtle (Golden Age)
The original Turtle was a 1940s villain who used tricks of slowness in battle with the Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick), but whose main weapon was slow, deliberate planning. After a few clashes with the Flash, the Turtle faded from the public scene. Years later, the Turtle Man carried on his legacy. After the debut of the third Flash (
Wally West ) in recent years, the original Turtle returned, now with the younger Turtle Man as his henchman, to take overKeystone City from underground. A final clash with Wally and his allies resulted in the Turtle destroying his own headquarters, and apparently himself with it.Turtle Man (Silver Age)
The Turtle Man (sometimes calling himself simply the Turtle) was the first gimmicked rogue fought by the second Flash (Barry Allen) and appeared in Central City shortly after Barry's debut as Flash. Originally using his natural slowness as a weapon, this Turtle Man was also a scientific genius who created fantastic devices based on slowness. Turtle Man only had a handful of battles with the second Flash. In more recent years, the original Turtle from the 1940s returned and met his "successor". Impressed with the latter's scientific talent, the first Turtle allied himself with him in an attempt to take over Keystone City. A lab accident seriously crippled the Turtle Man during this time. After the third Flash (Wally West) and his allies had found the Turtle's underground headquarters, the original Turtle seemingly killed himself while the younger Turtle Man was taken into custody. Later, the Turtle Man reappeared again, seemingly cured from his severe injuries.
During the "
Infinite Crisis ", Turtle was part of Luthor's group of villains.Other media
The Turtle appeared in the "
Justice League Unlimited " episode "Flash and Substance." where he made a cameo in the Flash Museum and in the bar where Flash's rogues gallery hangs out.External links
* [http://www.monitorduty.com/mdarchives/2005/12/alan_kistlers_p_3.shtml Alan Kistler's Profile On: THE FLASH] - A detailed analysis of the history of the Flash by comic book historian Alan Kistler. Covers information all the way from Jay Garrick to Barry Allen to today, as well as discussions on the various villains and Rogues who fought the Flash. Various art scans.
* [http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/turtle.html Hyperborea entry for the Turtle]
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