Anthony DeanToday’s the birthday of Mark Mardon, aka Flash villain the Weather Wizard.
(Art by Carmine Infantino and Scott Shaw.)
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The Weather Wizard owns a wand that lets him control/generate weather, and is one of Flash's major villains (or "rogues"). Of course, he could make a fortune legitimately (between droughts, climate change, etc.), but using advanced, world-altering tech to rob banks and engage in repeated fights against some guy in spandex is clearly a much better use. 😉
DC's "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew" series, set on the funny animal parallel Earth of "Earth-C", eventually introduced "Earth-C Minus" (yes, a parallel Earth name that's a pun), which had funny animal versions of the main DCU characters.
As such, it had as their top team the "Justa Lotta Animals" ("JLA"), including "the Crash," a speedy turtle with Barry's costume/powers. His foe here's the "Weather Weasel."
For the record, DC has *three* turtle characters with super-speed: this guy, Fastback of the Zoo Crew, and the Terrific Whatzit (Fastback's uncle, a turtle with Jay Garrick's costume/powers). Apparently the Crash's favorite comic character as a kid was the Terrific Whatzit (a la Barry being a fan of Jay's comics)...
But back to the Weather Wizard, he could've made a fortune just from generating water for Phoenix alone. IRL, Phoenix is now restricting housing construction due to ongoing water shortages:
Drought, water overuse prompt Arizona to limit construction in some fast-growing parts of Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping its water supply.
Though guess it's an ongoing thing in superhero comics: middle-tier or low-tier villains using tech that in real life would make them famous *and* vastly wealthy. See this famous Spider-Man panel (turned meme):
