Golden Glider

For the butterfly with this name, see Cymothoe capella.

The Golden Glider
Golden Glider as depicted in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #9 (November 1985). Art by Irv Novick.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	The Flash #250 (June 1977)
Created by	Cary Bates Irv Novick
In-story information
Alter ego	Lisa Snart
Species	Human
Place of origin	New Earth
Team affiliations	Rogues Black Lantern Corps Legion of Zoom
Notable aliases	Lisa Star, Goldie, Glider
Abilities	Olympic-level figure skater Skilled inventor of jewel-themed gadgets and weaponry Wears experimental skates (New 52): Astral form that grants: Flight Ribbon-like tendrils Ability to move at extreme speeds

Golden Glider (Lisa Snart) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the younger sister of Captain Cold and enemy of the Flash.

Lisa Snart appeared in the first and second seasons of The Flash , portrayed by Peyton List, as well as the third season of Harley Quinn and the spin-off series Kite Man: Hell Yeah! , voiced by Cathy Ang and Stephanie Hsu respectively.

Publication history

Created by Cary Bates and Irv Novick, the character made her first appearance in The Flash #250 (June 1977). ^[1] Editor Julius Schwartz was also involved in the character's creation, and may have been responsible for the name Golden Glider. ^[2]

Fictional character biography

Lisa Snart is a figure skater, known by the alias Lisa Star, who has help in her career from her secret coach and lover, The Top, a foe of Barry Allen / Flash who dies after being injured in a battle with him. Furious over his death, Snart vows revenge, adopting an orange ice-skater's costume, a mask, and ice skates which create their own ice flow, which allow her to effectively skate on air. She also has diamonds and jewels that can be used as explosives or hypnotic devices. The Golden Glider seeks revenge against Allen for several years and frequently collaborates in her heists with her brother, who is very protective of her. ^[3]

After Barry Allen's death, Snart retires from crime and becomes a mercenary alongside Captain Cold. Eventually she returns to crime, with a series of partners, all code-named "Chillblaine", whom she supplies with a replica of her brother's cold gun. The last of these was described as more intelligent and ruthless than his predecessors, and he kills Snart ^[4] with the weapon she gave him, then holds Keystone for ransom with the aid of Doctor Polaris. Flash barely manages to defeat them. Chillblaine is then killed by Cold in retaliation. ^[3] Her death has been a constant source of grief for her older brother. ^[3]

In Blackest Night , Golden Glider is revived as a Black Lantern before being killed by Cold. ^{[5] [6]}

The New 52 and Rebirth

In The New 52 timeline (a reboot of DC comics), Lisa Snart's murder has been written out of continuity and she is alive. In this continuity, she is dying of a brain tumor; ^[7] she survives after the tumor is removed, but expresses shame over her brother's actions. ^[8] Later, she mysteriously appears in South America, going by the name "Glider" and apparently wielding metahuman abilities. She is shown recruiting Weather Wizard for an unknown purpose after his battle with the Flash. ^[9] She recruits Heat Wave, the Trickster and Mirror Master to join her faction to exact revenge on Flash, ^[10] but is stopped with the help of Pied Piper and her brother. ^[11]

Lisa and the Rogues later make their peace with Snart as they help him stop Gorilla Grodd, which leads the U.S government to pardon them. Lisa is revealed to be in a relationship with Mirror Master, whom she managed to bring back to their dimension at great risk to herself. Afterwards she ends up in a deep coma until Pied Piper revives her, to come to the Rogues' aid when The Secret Society of Super Villains and the Royal Flush Gang attack.

Lisa and the Rogues make their first cameo appearance, in the DC Rebirth storyline, in The Flash (vol. 4) #3 watching a news report about the many newly created speedsters appearing throughout the city. They later make their first full-length appearance in The Flash (vol. 4) #15, attempting to steal a valuable golden statue of the god Mercury from Corto Maltese. The Flash arrives to stop them, but they turn out to be mirror constructs created to distract him.

Powers and abilities

The Golden Glider is an Olympic-level figure skater. Thanks to a pair of experimental skates that create their own ice, she is able to skate on any surface, including mid-air. She also wields jewel-themed gadgets and weaponry. ^[3]

In the New 52, Glider gained metahuman abilities in the same incident that gave Mirror Master, Captain Cold, Heat Wave and Weather Wizard theirs, enabling her to fly, becoming intangible, and generate sharp, ribbon-like tendrils. ^[12]

Other versions

• Golden Glider makes a minor appearance in The Flash (vol. 2) Annual #4. ^[13]
• An alternate timeline variant of Lisa Snart appears in the Flashpoint tie-in Citizen Cold. After killing her abusive father, she was arrested and incarcerated in Iron Heights Penitentiary, ^[14] where she is kidnapped by the Rogues. Her brother Citizen Cold tries to save her, only to learn that Rogues member Fallout had killed her. ^[15]

In other media

Television

Peyton List as Lisa Snart / Golden Glider on The Flash.

• Lisa Snart / Golden Glider appears in The Flash , portrayed by Peyton List. This version is a wild child who is eager to prove herself to her older brother Leonard Snart / Captain Cold and wields a "gold gun" capable of transmuting anything into gold. ^[16]
• Golden Glider appears in Harley Quinn , voiced by Cathy Ang. ^[17] This version is Kite Man's new love interest and possesses the New 52 incarnation's powers. ^[18] In her most notable appearance in the episode "The 83rd Annual Villy Awards", she and Kite Man encounter Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy at the titular award show, where Glider later bonds with Ivy over their social anxiety.
  • Golden Glider appears in Kite Man: Hell Yeah! , voiced by Stephanie Hsu as an adult ^{[19] [20] [21]} and Araceli Prasarttongosoth as a child.

Video games

• Golden Glider appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . ^[22]
• Golden Glider appears as an unlockable playable character in Lego DC Super-Villains , voiced by Catherine Taber. ^{[23] [17]}

Miscellaneous

• A teenage supervillain inspired by Golden Glider named Ice Kate appears in Teen Titans Go! #53. ^[24]
• Golden Glider appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic as a member of the Rogues, who work with Batman's Insurgency to stop High Councilor Superman by attacking the latter's bases, and is in a relationship with Mirror Master. During one of their missions, they are intercepted by Bizarro, who kills Heat Wave and Weather Wizard. Glider's abilities help her survive until the Trickster distracts Bizarro long enough for Glider and Mirror Master to escape. The pair later hold an informal memorial service for the fallen Rogues and allow the Flash to join them after he promises not to turn them in to Superman.

References

1. Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 144. ISBN   0-8160-1356-X.
2. Dallas, Keith. (2008). The Flash Companion (p. 77). Raleigh, NC: TwoMorrows Pub.
3. Beatty, Scott (2008), "Golden Glider", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 140, ISBN   978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC   213309017
4. The Flash (vol. 2) #113 (May 1996)
5. Blackest Night: The Flash #1 (February 2010)
6. Blackest Night: The Flash #2 (March 2010)
7. The Flash (vol. 4) #6 (April 2012)
8. The Flash (vol. 4) #7 (May 2012)
9. The Flash (vol. 4) #10 (August 2012)
10. The Flash (vol. 4) #11 (September 2012)
11. The Flash (vol. 4) Annual #1 (October 2012)
12. The Flash (vol. 4) #52 (July 2016)
13. The Flash (vol. 2) Annual #4 (1991)
14. Flashpoint: Captain Cold #1 (June 2011)
15. Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #2 (July 2011)
16. Dyce, Andrew (November 17, 2014). "The Flash Casts Mad Men Actress as Villain Golden Glider". TVLine . Retrieved November 17, 2014.
17. "Golden Glider Voices (DC Universe)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 2, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
18. Morrison, Matt (July 28, 2022). "Harley Quinn Season 3 Cast & Character Guide". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
19. Flook, Ray (April 27, 2022). "Harley Quinn: Kite Man Spinoff Noonan's Gets HBO Max Green Light". Bleeding Cool.
20. "Annecy: Max Unveils New Animation Slate, Including Young Love, Ten Year Old Tom and Fionna and Cake". Animation Magazine . June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
21. Milligan, Mercedes (September 14, 2023). "Harley Quinn Spin-Off Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Ready to Soar with New Teaser". Animation Magazine. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
22. Eisen, Andrew (October 2, 2013). "DC Characters and Objects - Scribblenauts Unmasked Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
23. Michael, Jon; Veness, John (November 2, 2018). "Characters - LEGO DC Super-Villains Guide". IGN. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
24. "Teen Titans Go! #53 - Wacky Wednesday & Hot & Cold (Issue)". Comic Vine. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

External links

• Arrowverse entry for Golden Glider