Hazard (DC Comics)

For the Marvel Comics character, see Hazard (Marvel Comics).

Hazard
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Infinity Inc. #34
Created by	Roy Thomas
In-story information
Alter ego	Rebecca Sharpe
Species	Metahuman
Team affiliations	Injustice Society
Abilities	Psionic powers that can alter probability as she wishes

Hazard (Rebecca "Becky" Sharpe) is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. ^[1] She is the granddaughter of Gambler.

Hazard made her live-action debut on the fourth season of The Flash , portrayed by Sugar Lyn Beard.

Fictional character biography

During the anti-hero mania that was sweeping the U.S. (during the Legends miniseries, 1986), Miss Rebecca Sharpe took the opportunity to avenge the death of her grandfather, Steven Sharpe III alias the Gambler. Rebecca took the name Hazard and joined with the Wizard in his new Injustice Society – which he called Injustice Unlimited. However, she refused to allow anyone to be killed, nor would she cause anyone's death in the process. They overcame the security at the International Trade Conference in Calgary—namely Infinity, Inc. and a contingent of the Global Guardians—and forced the heroes to help in some mayhem. Hazard took Wildcat and the Tasmanian Devil to Las Vegas and, with their help, financially ruined Mr. Taj, proprietor of the Taj Mahal Casino - it had been the crooked games of the casino which were in part to blame for her grandfather's suicide. They all returned to Calgary to share in the stolen wealth which the Wizard had been gathering, but the plan went haywire when Hourman revived and freed himself, as well as when Solomon Grundy was brought in from the Arctic Circle. It was Solomon who incapacitated Hazard, but in the confusion she was able to escape. ^[2]

Only weeks later, Hazard joined again with the villains the Icicle II and Artemis, along with the Harlequin (Marcie Cooper). The Harlequin brought in the Dummy and a duped Solomon Grundy. Under the leadership of the Dummy, their first goal was to murder the members of Infinity, Inc. so that the world and the criminal underworld would know and fear Injustice Unlimited. Though Hazard had previously voiced an unwillingness to take life, she consented to the murder of the super-powered Infinitors. The first target was Skyman, and he was successfully murdered by Harlequin. Within days Hazard joined with Harlequin and the Dummy to murder Pat Dugan working at Stellar Studios (the Infinity, Inc. HQ) outside Los Angeles. When Pat's young son became a collateral target, however, Hazard used her powers of probability manipulation to help save their lives – the Dummy decided instead to use Dugan as bait for the rest of the Infinitors. When the other heroes arrived at their HQ and the battle was begun, Hazard feigned the loss of her dice and did not join in. Afterwards, when the villains were successfully defeated, Hazard voluntarily entered into custody for her role in the criminal events. ^[3]

Hazard last appeared with several other villainesses who were hunting male superheroes who had been turned into animals by Circe. This takes place in a magically entrapped New York City. ^[4]

Powers and abilities

Hazard has psionic powers that she uses in conjunction with special dice to influence probability as she wishes. She can cause good luck or harmful "accidents" to befall someone. The origin of her powers, nature of her dice, and the relationship between them are unknown. In addition, she keeps herself in good physical condition but has no known training in hand-to-hand combat.

Family

• Steven Sharpe III is Rebecca's grandfather and was the original Gambler who vexed the original Justice Society in the late 1940s.
• Steven Sharpe V is Rebecca's cousin. He has taken over their grandfather's criminal mantle as the current Gambler.

Other characters named Hazard

• Manuel Cabral: The head of Rainforest Technology who takes up the name Hazard when he leads the Black Ops. He and the Black Ops have clashed with Steel many times. ^[5]
• Perseus "Percy" Hazard: The grandson of Ulysses Hazard / Gravedigger and leader of Squad K. ^[6]

Other versions

Earth-2

Roger Sharpe of Earth-2 was introduced in "The New 52" and operates in Casablanca under the alias of "Darcy Twain". ^[7]

In other media

• Rebecca "Becky" Sharpe / Hazard appears in The Flash , portrayed by Sugar Lyn Beard. ^[8] Introduced in the fourth season, this version was plagued by bad luck until the Thinker tricks the Flash into exposing her to dark matter. After acquiring the power to create an energy field capable of manipulating probability, she unknowingly expands the field while reaping the benefits of her powers. The Flash attempts to talk her down, but she refuses, seeing her powers as retribution for her previous suffering. Due to the field threatening to engulf Central City and reactivating S.T.A.R. Labs' particle accelerator, Harrison Wells allows it to go off and temporarily negate her powers, allowing the Flash to arrest her and remand her to Iron Heights Penitentiary. After the Thinker arranges for the Flash's incarceration in Iron Heights, the latter joins Sharpe, Kilg%re, Dwarfstar, and Black Bison in mounting an escape attempt before Warden Gregory Wolfe can sell them to Amunet Black. Amidst this, Sharpe confesses to the Flash that she did not wish harm on anyone and that she was afraid of her powers. While he inspires her to use her powers for good, the Thinker immobilizes the Flash so he can kill the inmates for their powers and transfer his mind into Sharpe's body ^[9] to further his plans before transferring his consciousness to the Fiddler's body due to the build-up of dark matter. Following changes made to the multiverse during the events of the crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths", Sharpe was resurrected off-screen as of the ninth season episode "The Good, the Bad, and the Lucky". ^[10]
• A young Rebecca "Becky" Sharpe appears in the Stargirl series finale "Frenemies – Chapter Thirteen: The Reckoning", portrayed by Kelsey Rose Healey.^{[ citation needed ]} This version is the estranged daughter of the Gambler who was put up for adoption when she was two. In the third season premiere "Frenemies – Chapter One: The Murder", the Gambler discovers Becky's existence and writes a letter to her with the intention of making amends until he is killed. Upon discovering the letter, Courtney Whitmore eventually delivers the letter to Becky for him.

References

1. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 141. ISBN   978-1-4654-5357-0.
2. Infinity Inc #35-37 (1987). DC Comics.
3. Infinity Inc #51-53 (1988). DC Comics.
4. Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #175. DC Comics.
5. Steel (vol. 2) #0. DC Comics.
6. Superman #666. DC Comics.
7. Earth 2 #15. DC Comics.
8. "The Flash' Casts Sugar Lyn Beard as Hazard (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
9. "'The Flash' Plans an Unlikely Escape in "True Colors" Preview".
10. "The Flash Finally uses 1 of the Arrowverse's Biggest Crisis Changes".

External links

• Cosmic Teams history page