Captain Cold

Captain Cold, real name Leonard Snart, is a fictional supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino as one of the rogues of Flash. He is a leader of the Rogues. Captain Cold has served as a bitter enemy to the Silver-Age Flash Barry Allen, both enemy and grudging friend to the third Flash Wally West, and one of the killers of the fourth Flash Bart Allen.
Cold was the first supervillain to face the Silver-Age Flash in Showcase #8.
IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains Of All Time List ranked Captain Cold as #27.

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List of the most badass, tough, and iconic comic book superheroes ever created. This list includes central characters from both the DC and Marvel Universe, as well as more non-traditional or underground comic books. The definition of what makes a &quot;superhero&quot; can be quite slippery, and often encompasses characters with questionable morals and behavior (giving rise to the notion of the &quot;anti-hero.&quot;) If you love these superheroes, you&#39;ll also be interested to know that a few of them have really <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-10-lamest-super-hero-origins/ihateeverything">lame origin stories</a>.

Traditionally, a &quot;superhero&quot; simply means a larger-than-life character, or one gifted with special abilities, either organically or via their own genius or inventiveness, who uses his or her powers to protect and defend the public from threats - at times <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unexpected-superhero-day-jobs/stephanroget" target="_blank">even while maintaining day jobs</a>. Though the word &quot;superhero&quot; began to be used as early as the 1910s, the concept really took hold in the public&#39;s mind following the introduction of Superman in 1938.

Though Superman and other characters of his day were gifted with special talents and abilities, making them particularly suited to crusading for justice, many characters that followed were more &quot;human&quot; than the noble alien from Krypton, using their intelligence (such as Iron Man or Batman) to create a superheroic persona.&nbsp; Some <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-10-greatest-disabled-superheroes-of-all-time/saintmort">superheroes also have disabilities</a> that counteract their skills, weapons or unique talents.&nbsp;

Because of the massive popularity of superheroes &ndash; particularly at the start of the 21st Century, when <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-superhero-movies-ever-made">superhero films</a> reigned at the box office &ndash; a number of deconstructions and analyses of the genre have also been done, culminating in the creation of &quot;meta-superheroes&quot; who comment on the concept of superheroism itself.&nbsp;So take a look at this list, decide who your favorite comic book superheroes are, and vote them up.&nbsp;We have your top 50 superheroes, your top 100 superheroes of all time&hellip; we don&rsquo;t quite have your top 200 comic book characters of all time simply because this list is just for the best superheroes ever. We didn&rsquo;t include the super villains on this top comic book characters list. Who are the top comic book heroes? Who is the best superhero? Let&rsquo;s put these question to rest of who is the best super heroes to rest.

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Given the huge amount of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shameless-marvel-dc-analogs/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Marvel and DC</a> shows on TV these&nbsp;days, not every costume will be a winner. Live action superhero costumes are hard to pull off, meaning occasional <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/design-fails/ashley-reign" target="_blank">design fumbles</a> are understandable. However, some fashion faux pas&nbsp;really&nbsp;phone it in.&nbsp;Below,&nbsp;you'll find all the bad costumes from current superhero shows.&nbsp;Some of the most ridiculous superhero costumes area so over-the-top they look like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-worst-cosplay-of-all-time-v2/chris-abraham" target="_blank">cosplay fails</a>.&nbsp;Does The Flash's&nbsp;Captain Cold really need&nbsp;that ridiculous parka,&nbsp;for example? Other bad superhero costumes are just plain dull.&nbsp;Medusa from&nbsp;Inhumans,&nbsp;for instance, is basically just wearing a dress. She looks more suited for an Oscar after party than an epic fight scene.&nbsp;Vote up the worst costumes below!&nbsp;

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Who are the best comic book villains of all time? This list of top supervillains in comics includes some of the most notorious evil-doers in comic book history. Some of them are among the <a href="/crowdranked-list/best-marvel-villains" target="_blank">best Marvel villains</a> like Doctor Doom, Magneto and Galactus. Others are classic <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-comic-book-villains">DC Comics villains</a>&nbsp;like The Joker and Bane. Are they the best (or worst, depending on how you view supervillains)? Vote them up! Feel free to add any great comic book villains who are missing from the list, and you can also re-rank this list your way, in any order you like. Any and all great comic book villains have one thing in common: They are the absolute arch rivals of some of the greatest and <a href="www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time" target="_blank">best superheroes</a> in comics' history. Every great protagonist needs a worthy antagonist to balance things out, after all. Several of the top supervillains listed here began their evil careers in comic books, but they quickly took their evil deeds to the big screen, starring in some of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-best-superhero-movies-ever-made" target="_blank">best superhero movies ever made</a>.Who do you think are the top comic book villains? Vote now!

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Here are the best DC villains ranked best to worst by comic book fans.&nbsp;These popular bad guys in DC Comics are the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-things-dc-villains-have-done/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">best of the worst&nbsp;supervillains</a>&nbsp;and they&#39;re all listed here. The top DC villains on this list of baddies may not have been around too long as we&#39;ve added new DC villains for you to vote on.

For over 80 years, DC Comics has been publishing some of the best comic book villains of all time, including the Joker, Lex Luthor, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-riddler-riddles/mallory-weiler" target="_blank">the Riddler</a>, Deathstroke, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/batman-nemesis-bane/stephanroget" target="_blank">Bane</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/baby-darkseid-story/brent-sprecher" target="_blank">Darkseid</a>, and Brainiac. From Batman enemies to Superman&#39;s toughest foes, this ranking of the greatest DC villains features violent psychopaths, mad scientists, and omnipotent beings.&nbsp;

Who is the best DC comic book villain? Who is the best DC superhero nemesis? Who are the top DC&nbsp;supervillains? Who <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dc-characters-missing-from-the-dceu-movies/williamsbrianjake" target="_blank">deserves a better DCEU version</a>?Vote on this list of the greatest DC villains and find out! If you think one of these super villains isn&#39;t worth a match-up with the Justice League, vote them down. If your favorite DC bad guy isn&#39;t on the list, add them so they can compete for the title of the greatest DC villain.

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List of the greatest bad boys in TV history. Here is a listing of the cream of the crop when it comes to television's best bad boys. The best and the baddest of the bunch make their ensemble that much richer. Perhaps Samuel L. Jackson's character in &quot;Pulp Fiction&quot; would refer to the TV characters ranker here as &quot;BAMFS.&quot; Whatever tough guy categorization you would like to give these characters, they are undoubtedly the coolest -- if not particularly warm -- men to grace our screens every week. And nobody can down whiskey like Don Draper, just like nobody could scare television parents like bad boys next door Ryan Atwood (&quot;The O.C.&quot;) and Shawn Hunter (&quot;Boy Meets World&quot;).This list includes TV bad boy characters with dark brooding attitudes, leather jackets, motorcycles, dour dispositions, sad mysterious pasts, questionable ethics - and hopeful girls who love them anyway. Dylan McKay, Chuck Bass, and even The Fonz are at the top of our ranks. Vote up the quintessential bad boys on television to shape this list, or click rerank to make a version of your own.

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The original members of the Justice League have been a part of the DC universe for some time now, but it wasn&#39;t until 1960 that they formed the team. Since then, the roster constantly changes, usually including Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, and they are always faced by some of the deadliest baddies in comics.&nbsp;

Who are the greatest Justice League foes? Is the heartless Vandal Savage your favorite baddie, or do you prefer the ruler of Apokolips himself, Darkseid?

Make sure to vote up all your favorite Justice League villains, and vote down the ones you&nbsp;think aren&#39;t worth their time. Don&#39;t see the bad guy you love to hate on this list? Be sure to add them!

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Sometimes, even violent <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book characters</a> can have a heart of gold. Okay, maybe not a heart of gold, per se, but at least a soft spot.&nbsp;Everyone expects Peter Parker&#39;s Spider-Man and Clark Kent&#39;s Superman to be nice guys - but what about the ones <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/terrifying-comic-book-villains-being-nice/cynthia-griffith" target="_blank">known for their dark, brooding nature</a>?&nbsp;

We all know Wolverine is the best there is at what he does (and what he does best isn&#39;t very nice), but&nbsp;he&#39;s also very good at mentoring younger mutants on various X-Men teams. We all know Doctor Doom is hell-bent on taking over the world, but he&#39;s also secretly a big&nbsp;old mama&#39;s boy. We all know Batman will break a villain&#39;s leg without a second thought, but he&#39;s also a foster father to an ever-growing number of kids. Some hard-nosed comic book characters are just great big balls of mush on the inside.

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The word “captain” resonates with authority and power, so it stands to reason &quot;captain&quot; characters in comic books are among the most visible.&nbsp;From comic books to cartoons, the &quot;captain&quot; motif often arises in the form of a commanding and compelling character, with some even ranking among <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time">the best superheroes of all time</a>. While many&nbsp;fictional captains exist in the realm of comics,&nbsp;only a select few of them are actually worth following into battle.&nbsp;The best comic book captains, or captains from other geeky parts of pop culture, possess&nbsp;both&nbsp;overlapping similarities and stark differences. What unites them all, like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-female-superhero-team-leaders/chinofernandez">the best female superhero team leaders</a>, is their belief in their ability to lead.Some make excellent&nbsp;leaders, like Captains America and Kirk of their Avengers and crew, respectively. Others, like Captains Universe and Atom, use the “captain” moniker as a representation of their power. And some, like Captain Boomerang, appear to use the word only to differentiate themselves from other characters with&nbsp;“boomerang” in their name.&nbsp;So, with a whole lot of heroes sharing the title of captain, which comic book captain would make the best captain in real life?

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From villains of the first Flash to the group of modern Flash enemies, find the most notorious Flash super villains from his rogues' gallery in the list below ranked by fan votes. Scroll through the list and vote up the ones you think deserve the top spot! There are many Flash enemies, and to remember them better, we have included images of these evil-doers from the Flash's super villain gallery.Although they tend to lack the wider name recognition of the villains who oppose&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman">Batman</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman">Superman</a>, the enemies of the Flash—through their unique blend of colorful costumes, diverse powers, and unusual abilities—form a distinctive&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogues_gallery">rogues gallery</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;Who are the enemies of the Flash? Who are his greatest foes? Take a look here and see for yourself! The Flash has battled against many ruthless criminals over the years, so have a gander at his greatest adversaries. If you watch The Flash on the CW network, beware of spoilers! Don't see an evil-doer from <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/the-flash?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">the Flash</a>'s rogue gallery on the list, be sure to add them.

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In the ever-changing drama of comics, there are stories where supervillains&nbsp;have&nbsp;taken&nbsp;over for superheroes. It's not always the cut-and-dried good versus evil format we've come to accept from so much superhero media, however. Some of these villains legitimately want to do good, not just mess up a superhero's reputation. Even the most tyrannical&nbsp;despots can become champions of virtue, often times seeking redemption from their criminal ways... well, at least temporarily.&nbsp;Occasionally, there are&nbsp;villains who subbed for <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/surprising-dead-comic-book-characters/stephanroget">heroes that died</a> or were incapacitated. Other times, there were <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fat-comic-book-characters/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">superheroes and supervillains</a>&nbsp;who switched places. Motivations vary.&nbsp;Some villains have&nbsp;a change of heart, others see&nbsp;an opportunity for redemption, and&nbsp;some villains are just trying to beat heroes at their own game. Check out this list of confirmed villains that shockingly tried to act as heroes.

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