| Snowflame | |
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Snowflame as depicted inCatwoman vol. 5 #24 (October 2020). Art by Cian Tormey (penciler/inker), FCO Plascencia (colorist), and Gabriela Downie (letterer). | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | New Guardians #2, 1988 |
| Created by | |
| Voiced by | James Adomian |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Stefan |
| Abilities | |
Snowflame is asupervillain appearing in comic books published byDC Comics. The character was created bySteve Englehart andCary Bates to serve as a villain for the superhero team theNew Guardians. He also appeared as an enemy ofCatwoman andPeacemaker.
Snowflame first appeared in the 1988 comic bookNew Guardians #2 in a story titledJungle Snow. In it, he meets the New Guardians in Colombia as the leader of a drug cartel. In their first encounter he defeats the superhero team, but is later killed by them in a chemical shed explosion.[1][2]
InCatwoman #23, Catwoman travels to South America where she meets Snowflame, whose real name is revealed to be Stefan. Snowflame reveals that he faked his death in the chemical shed explosion in order to take over the island of Isla Nevada. He then escorts Catwoman to his home where he is auctioning off expensive and dangerous artifacts to other supervillains.[3][4][5] InCatwoman #24, Catwoman sneaks into the jungle and meets Kisin, the island's mythical giant panther and god of death, before returning to do battle with Snowflame. She defeats him with the help of Kisin.[6]
Snowflame later returns during theDawn of DC inPeacemaker Tries Hard! #4, in which he fights against Peacemaker. He is defeated and seemingly killed after choking on apoison dart frog that Peacemaker snuck into his cocaine.[7]
By inhalingcocaine, Snowflame is capable of granting himself superhuman strength, speed, an immunity to pain, pyrokinesis, and the ability to give targets an instantcontact high by touching them.[1][8][9][10]