The Turtle | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | All Flash #21 (Winter 1945) |
Created by | Gardner Fox Martin Naydel |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Unknown Jai West |
Team affiliations | (Unknown) Secret Society of Super Villains Legion of Doom Legion of Zoom |
The Turtle is the name of two supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, who were primarily enemies of the Flash.
Two original incarnations of the Turtle appeared in The Flash , portrayed by Aaron Douglas and Vanessa Walsh.
The first Turtle debuted in All-Flash #21 (December 1945), and was created by Gardner Fox and Martin Naydel. [1]
The second Turtle (the Turtle Man) first appeared in Showcase #4 (October 1956), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino.
The original Turtle is an old man and enemy of the Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick) who lacks powers and primarily relies on methodical planning. [2] He later resurfaces to battle the third Flash (Wally West), seemingly being killed in the process. [3]
The Turtle Man (also simply known as "the Turtle") was one of the first villains fought by the second Flash (Barry Allen), and appeared in Central City shortly after he became a superhero. He later works with the original Turtle and is crippled in a lab accident. [3] However, he eventually recovers and develops the ability to steal speed, slowing others to a crawl no matter how fast they are moving. During Infinite Crisis , he joins Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. [4]
In Scott Snyder's Justice League series, the Turtle is re-imagined as using the Still Force, the embodiment of inertia and entropy and the Speed Force's opposite. Its power aged him into an old man, but prevented him from aging beyond that. [5] [6] Realizing that he would outlive his family, he killed them and became a criminal.
A possible future version of Wally West's son Jai West who became a superhero called the Turtle appears in Doomsday Clock . [7]
The second Turtle wears a device that can project force fields and has small jets built into his armor. He additionally wields two guns that respectively slow movement and make others perceive the world faster.
The third Turtle wields the Still Force, enabling him to negate motion, drain life force, and create energy constructs.
There have been other villains who called themselves the Turtle:
An original incarnation of the Turtle, Victor Vesp, was planned to appear in David S. Goyer's cancelled Flash film. [11]
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