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.png) Tar Pit as depicted inThe Flash Secret Files #3 (September 2001). Art byLiam Sharp. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Flash (vol. 2) #174 (July 2001) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Scott Kolins |
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| Alter ego | Joseph "Joey" V. Monteleone |
| Species | Metahuman |
| Team affiliations | Injustice League Secret Society of Super Villains Rogues Legion of Zoom |
| Abilities | Object possession In asphalt form: Superhuman strength and durability Malleability Ability to trap people inside his body |
Tar Pit (Joseph "Joey"V. Monteleone) is asupervillain in theDC Comics universe, primarily as an enemy ofthe Flash (Wally West). Created byGeoff Johns andScott Kolins, the character first appeared inThe Flash (vol. 2) #174 (July 2001).[1][2]
Tar Pit made his live-action debut on thesecond season of theArrowverse seriesThe Flash, portrayed byMarco Grazzini. Josh Chambers portrayed the character in theninth season.
The younger brother of drug lord Jack Monteleone, Joey Monteleone was arrested for armed robbery. While serving time atIron Heights Penitentiary, Joey discovered he was ametahuman with the ability to inhabit inanimate objects. Eventually, he became trapped in the form of anthropomorphic asphalt, while his real body remains unconscious in Iron Heights.[3]
InInfinite Crisis, Tar Pit joins theSecret Society of Super Villains.[4] He later joins theInjustice League and is one of the villains featured inSalvation Run, where he is exiled to the planet Cygnus 4017.[5]
In theBlackest Night crossover, Tar Pit accompaniesOwen Mercer in searching for his fatherGeorge Harkness, who was resurrected as aBlack Lantern. Tar Pit reasons that he will be of no interest to the Black Lanterns as his tar-based form has no heart for them to take.[6]
In "The New 52", Tar Pit is shown about to attackIris West following her defeatingFolded Man whenFlash appears. He thaws out the guards and sends the melted ice towards the villains.[7]
During the "Forever Evil" storyline, Tar Pit is among the villains driven out ofCentral City byGorilla Grodd at the time when theCrime Syndicate of America supposedly killed theJustice League.[8] This led to Tar Pit joining up with the Secret Society of Super Villains as he is sent to deal with the rebellion of theRogues. He and many other villains were sucked into the Mirror World byMirror Master.[9]
On the night before Christmas, Tar Pit's nephew and niece were kidnapped by criminals. Tar Pit had to rob a toy store to pay their ransom only to be defeated byKid Flash. As Tar Pit is taken to Iron Heights, Kid Flash rescued the children and defeated the criminals.[10]
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Tar Pit's body is made of molten asphalt and burns on touch. He is able to trap people in the substance of his body and can hurl flaming chunks of tar at his enemies. Due to his body being made of tar, Tar Pit is practically invulnerable.
Before becoming Tar Pit, Joey was able to project his consciousness into inanimate objects and animate them.
An alternate timeline variant of Tar Pit appears in theFlashpoint tie-inFlashpoint: Citizen Cold.[citation needed] Initially imprisoned inIron Heights Penitentiary, he joinsMirror Master's Rogues and breaks out of prison to pursue revenge againstCitizen Cold for seemingly stealing his family's money,[11][12] only to be killed by him.[13]
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