Supervillain Origins: Captain Cold

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[@Operation_Bagel]

"I'm a criminal, and a liar, and I hurt people, and I rob them."

[@KingDafy]

You should be arrested then

[@123Oogie]

He was quoting Captain Cold... do you not know how apostrophes work?

[@Operation_Bagel]

+Insomniac Sleepyhead it was a quote

[@plasticweapon]

@@Operation_Bagel captain douche

[@JonnySuite13]

He is a rather cool character.

[@mrsimmons9451]

+JonnySuite13 i liked him in forever evil where he froze johnny quick's leg and kicked it to pieces.

[@Nothing_serious]

+JonnySuite13 Cool story bro

[@mobsta163]

+Mr Simmons hands down best moment in Forever evil

[@stevensosa5995]

I see what u did there!

[@JonnySuite13]

Steven Sosa I was hoping somebody would point that out. LOL

[@Sara-it9se]

Captain Cold is one of my favorite villains in comics. The respect he and Flash have for each other is not something you see everyday in comics. Can't wait for LOT. :)

[@hectornerio4335]

yeah he's my favorite there respect is kind of like joker and batman

[@DraphEnjoyer]

I like how old comic book villains origins were "I have super powers and I want to steal shit" instead of "I had a bad childhood, please feel bad for me"

[@shadowstorm2.099]

MrZurata XD

[@prometheusstarr5103]

MrZurata I'd probably do the same if I got superpowers lol

[@mrboerger1620]

Honestly... True

[@NerfedGamer]

Make the plan Execute the plan Expect the plan to go off the rails Throw away the plan

[@Bobbybillybillbob]

Such an underrated villain! Wentworth Miller is doing a great job as Cold on CW's The Flash, would love to see someone like Tom Hardy or Guy Pearce take on the role in the DC Cinematic Film Universe!

[@DCMarvelFanGuy]

Why do people always hate on Flash villians? The best I can guess is because they have goofy names and costumes. Flash's villians are so interesting though. The Rogues have had so many good stories. Captain Cold in particular has a mutual respect with the Flash. They have been enemies and allies on many occasions. Also to the people saying villians Captain Cold and Heatwave are rip-offs of Batman villians Mr. Freeze and Firefly: Captain Cold was created on June 1957 where as Mr. Freeze (at the time named Mr. Zero) was created on February 1959. Firefly was created a decade before Heatwave, but was nothing like the Firefly you know today. Instead of being a flamethrowing pyromaniac like Heatwave always was, Firefly was "The master of a thousand lights" and would shoot rainbow colors. He didn't become a pyromaniac until decades later. I'm not knocking Mr. Freeze or Firefly. But Mr. Freeze was way less intersting than Cold prior to the Animated Series. I don't know, it's just kind of sad to see people always hating on Flash's villians. They are really cool in their own cheesy charm. I love Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as Cold and Heatwave. They compliment each other so well.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

DCMarvelFanGuy. I definitely appreciate your opinion because you're the only person who's convinced me to have another look at flash villains. And for that I thank you

[@jhoslinpena4310]

You're right

[@jhoslinpena4310]

@@LowellLucasJr. Yeah I also like Flash villains My favorite are Captain Cold and Godspeed

[@jtparker6286]

DCMarvelFanGuy 👏

[@xaviercolon9124]

The flash had introduced me to my most favorite DC villians

[@garettsmith8370]

Watch mojo better cool it with the cold puns

[@scottkirkwood3645]

ayy lamo

[@darkservantofheaven]

thats an ice way to put it

[@emeraldboy7565]

+darkservantofheaven Very Corny!

[@Zz_Dreamer]

Porn right there

[@Nothing_serious]

+Garett Smith This totally gives me chills

[@kryptark6330]

Captain Cold is one of those villians that isn't really that bad or evil he just wants to make a buck he isn't Evil or a psychopath like others who want total destruction or domination he'll also help people out like he did in Forever Evil series while others helped fir personal reasons he was the only villian who was concerned for central city and helped out

[@sjmhadsock4586]

He's an example of the trope even evil has standards

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

Yes he is. He got busted for having "deleted scenes" of Cuties on his computer.

[@mazadancoseben4818]

@@uppercutgrandma4425 , gotcha

[@Iron8127]

@@sjmhadsock4586 yeah, you have a point. He is a criminal, sure. But he actually has morals and standards. Yes, he steals, destroys, and has killed a few people (never innocent bystanders), but he does so with restraint. He has also gone pretty far out of his way to actually HELP people on many occasions.

[@sjmhadsock4586]

@@Iron8127 yep

[@LazyCanadian]

New 52 they turned him into Subzero.

[@maraudershields116]

I didn't mind that! He was still true to the Captain Cold character.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

I liked that! Have him and the rogues more character. Especially the part about him being the only one that really got his powers in a good way. the rest were totally screwed.

[@LazyCanadian]

Marquis de Restam I don't mind it either, just odd to see them turn him from a guy who's basically a smaller time Mr.Freeze to a less ninja Sub Zero.

[@ZMowlcher]

He lost those powers not long ago.

[@emototheexstreemo4705]

Hey deuce how dose it feel not being in Hollywood undead anymore

[@MrGeekFreek]

If my last name was Snart I'd totally become a villain.

[@KyleOgilvie1]

+MrGeekFreek if my first name was Leonard i would become a villain. xD

[@peeboe]

And if I had a father who's last name was Snart and my name was Lisa then I'd love to learn ice skating.

[@coffeelover0876]

Snart & Lisa.....Bart & Lisa!

[@Valorhammer]

He's a Lawful evil(almost neutral) villain with cool ice gear/powers. How is he not likable? I mean the man if nudge a bit could have been a superhero.

[@literatureandfilmaremyjam4592]

In DC's Legends of Tomorrow he turned from the path of the villain and became a hero...and he also fell in love with Sara Lance.

[@Burning-Twilight]

Fun fact captain cold is one of the few villains to create subzero based technology. Something even the likes of Mr.Freeze is unable to do. While he might not be the greatest ice themed villain (mainly because there are a few villains like say killer frost who can use and manipulate ice to a greater extent.) But he is one of the best in the supervillain community.

[@bbtfan4617]

Yeah, another thing is that about the only other thing that can achieve absolute zero in DC is Kryptonian arctic breath.

[@Burning-Twilight]

BBT Fan Really? When has it ever been shown to reach temperatures that low before?

[@v2099]

i think it's cute that they gave him the name "Citizen Cold" as a good guy in the animated movie

[@Burning-Twilight]

+v2099 IT was the same thing for the flashpoint comic.

[@obsidian5146]

@@Burning-Twilight yep I have the book it's really good

[@unkeptmoss3285]

This is an ice topic!

[@SANinja72]

+UnkeptMoss328 *an ice

[@SANinja72]

+UnkeptMoss328 *an ice

[@Zz_Dreamer]

No porn

[@unkeptmoss3285]

HlekeTon Y What?

[@normanlee6609]

Who else knows the 1990s Flash was John Wesley Shipp who is playing the role of Earth-3's Flash aka Jay Garrick and the late Henry Allen in the current CW The Flash series?

[@reashark3987]

yeah i found that out a while ago. it’s a really cool Easter egg

[@PurpleRanger]

He's definitely an awesome villain! And the fact that Heat Wave is his frequent partner in crime/best friend, makes it even more interesting.

[@killjoysenpai5311]

4:20 nice watchmojo

[@rhombussquare6738]

I thought I was the only one

[@killjoysenpai5311]

+pie for win kekekek

[@MotaShotta]

I was about to comment that

[@crowmech223]

What?????

[@gjtrue]

Did I miss something at 4:20?

[@chikowashere]

Can I request Mirror Master next? Or in the future at least

[@chikowashere]

And Grodd and that Brain thing too

[@TickedOffPriest]

+Chiko was here .taht od uoy kniht I

[@chikowashere]

.tnedicca na saw ti wonk I

[@TickedOffPriest]

Chiko was here ?uoy era woH

[@chikowashere]

?uoy ,citsatnaF

[@unsaltedsalt8208]

I've always liked the rogues (heatwave, mirror master, captain cold, captain boomerang)

[@Random30276]

The way Wentworth Miller portrays Captain Cold is just amazing as both villain and hero

[@LMVStudios]

Mr. Freeze has even stated that Snart's knowledge on sub-zero temperatures and his cold gun are more advanced than his own. Captain Cold can build a cold gun from scratch using simplae materials from in hardware store in just 30 minutes. That's impressive.

[@ylisvauhdis1270]

Can somebody explain how old Captain Cold caused The Flash any troubles? Couldn't Flash just run really fast and grab his cold gun before he even noticed?

[@worshipexplicit]

why should it make any logical sense? here we are talking about superheroes pal. thats enough on its own.

[@ylisvauhdis1270]

Well I'm kinda new to Flash comics so I just wondered if there was some kind of explanation to this. Does that gun like radiate cold beam sphearically so that when Flash comes close he becomes more slow? If not, then why the hell Flash underutilizes his powers?

[@parkourfreak114]

+Ylis Vauhdis The gun can cool things on a molecular level. Even if the flash is fast, the second Snart pulls the trigger, anything around it begins to freeze. When the gun is shot directly at the Flash or around him, it slows him down. That's why he's such a threat. Snart can literally slow down, or stop the Flash.

[@timoyr2954]

+C. Crave The thing is, that when Flash is fighting characters who are not just normal humans, he runs faster than the human eye can register. Like when he's fighting someone like Darkseid, Superman or Reverse Flash. So he easily could run and take the gun before Captain Cold even realizes what has happened, he doesn't because that wouldn't make for an interesting fight for the readers.

[@parkourfreak114]

XD fuck logic lol

[@noramohamadnasir1971]

me: i have a cold ;-; what should i do brother: you shouls play injustice 2 if your cold me: good thinking brother

[@PetersaberHD]

3:23 - later that ability was removed during the Forever Evil arc, and he had to rebuild his cold gun

[@pmj16]

At last, thank you so much keep adding more villains of the flash.

[@greengiant994]

You could say he's pretty, COOL!! I need to go outside....

[@yolecake2922]

and COOL down

[@kalvingoodlaxson]

+greengiant994 Like the Otto Preminger version of Mr. Freeze from the live action 1960s series says: "COOL!"

[@craigcage6]

greengiant994 lol

[@TheHknight99]

What is it with ice characters and puns? Captain Cold, Mr. Freeze, Sub-Zero etc. "Now you will feel death's COLD embrace." "ICE to meet you." "I'm gonna put you on ICE."

[@goobernater8186]

Captain Cold.... Don't worry he sounds way cooler than you think.

[@goobernater8186]

Pun not intended

[@ayyylmao101]

+GOOBERNATER GOOB Of course it wasn't XD

[@Irvine_Blogger17]

This is were I came for every research to know more about the whole origins. It really helps a lot for me to get to know them better.

[@Spongebrain97]

I hate his hood in the Flash tv show. It looks so goofy

[@carlrudd1858]

+jefferson steelflex Yeah,,, they really cheaped-out on CC's outfit. Missed a great opportunity to make him look super coold.

[@4getfulness16]

+Carl Rudd Yeah because it's not like they have budget restrictions or anything like that. Oh wait...

[@peeboe]

Dude, DC takes over 5 shows. They dont have that much money since their expenses mostly go for thr CGI. Plus, I think its pretty cool. The parka is a great accessory, it shows that he's afraid of showing his scars. That no matter what, he's still scared of his father.

[@bbtfan4617]

They could have him wear a hoodie like he does in New 52.

[@knife650]

I think it looks cool 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@xET3RNALxEVOx]

[@ermatthe]

I've never understood how anyone with any kind of gun could ever pose a serious threat to the Flash. Especially a guy who seems to like to talk a lot before he pulls the trigger.

[@bbtfan4617]

His gun emits a 'Cold Field' that will stop bullets, cause a normal human full body frostbite, and reduce the Flash to a much slower pace.

[@kai_winchester_66]

I love The Flash's version of Captain Cold, Wentworth is amazing at playing him and he's my favourite character he's very cool :D

[@rgue1217]

Wentworth Miller the best Captain Cold ever

[@urdnotstark8270]

can you do an origins on captain boomerang?

[@ellnats]

he's a villain, but he does have a code of arms, not hurting innocent civilians, i can respect that

[@laurenwagner9925]

Captain Cold (in the Flash and legends of tommorow at least) turns good and actually sacrifices himself for the legends.

[@hectornerio4335]

yeah but then he turns evil when he comes back

[@zero1188]

can someone explain how is he a threat to flash. shouldn't flash be able to take the gun out his hand before he even shoots. even in the tv series it look improbable

[@ZOMBIETH44]

+zero they explain it, that cold makes molecules more dense, so the closer Flash gets to the cold gun, the slower he gets. So by the time he's right in front of Snart he would in theory be as slow as anyone else. Why he can't just grab Heatwave's gun is anyone's guess though. (maybe because he's still standing close to snart.)

[@zero1188]

ZOMBIETH44 ok that makes sense thank you

[@NeroSeries]

I just find it cool that he is not willing to kill anyone

[@bbtfan4617]

Actually, he has killed a crooked police officer who was using a similar weapon to kill of rivals for a promotion and framing Cold for the crimes and the copycat Chillblaine, who murdered Snart's sister Lisa/Golden Glider.

[@minhtyfresh6771]

"He died a hero"- Ray Palmer "A Legend"- Barry Allen

[@daxes9365]

These freezing cold ice puns make me shiver with distaste.

[@Snavels]

Mr freeze used to be called Mr cold, but fries didn't think it was cool enough.

[@ivangomez123]

Please do the origins of: The Shadow, Captain Boomerang, Mirror Master, Vandal Savage, Firestorm, Killer Frost, Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfireclub, Vigilante, Black Knight andShining Knight

[@Fortify2030]

poor man's mr. freeze

[@AngelXO96]

Hell no lol dude is fucking badass

[@DCMarvelFanGuy]

I love both but Cold was created two years before Freeze, so it's technically the other way around.

[@redmi5088]

+DCMarvelFanGuy Too bad both have said "The ice man cometh."

[@awobbie.3140]

RedWorkerKZ: Except better than Mr. Freeze.

[@irvinmorales1409]

He's beaten Mr. Freeze in the past. His weaponry is far superior compared to Freeze

[@isaiahcarter8848]

Captain cold: I'm the COOLEST supervillain! Mr. Freeze: hold my beer.

[@techattack6803]

In fact I am a very big fan of Captain Cold. I even went as him to the Dutch Comic con and Im planning to do the same this year.

[@PKR0CKIN]

uh, I'm sure he's a villain

[@devonbrockhaus6554]

A sketch from Robot Chicken had Mr. Frieze wondering how highschool dropouts were able to duplicate what took a Ph.D. scientist like him years to create.

[@BrandonKohout]

You don’t want to give this Flash bad guy the cold shoulder.

[@IBrowneeI]

I do enjoy the performance his actor gives in the newer Flash TV series. He overacts to an enjoyable degree.

[@100Hasake]

"capable of obtaining temperatures of absolute zero and slowing things down to a molecular level" Those two are the same thing

[@fvillag1]

Thank you Watchmojo but don't forget about the other rogues Captain Boomerang, The trickster, and Gorilla Grodd.

[@deathstrokeclanrules8562]

I get why they call him "Captain" Cold (Leader of the Rogues), but i still like to call him "Cold Chill" (sounds cooler (no pun intended)) because the name seems to sync with his sometime partner Heat Wave. Cold Chill and Heat Wave. Catchy, like Bebop and Rocksteady.

[@erickvelasquez6445]

THE ICE MAN COMETH -Arnie lmao

[@nerdvanacomics1164]

Yet no mention of how he became sort of friends with Wally West the third Flash once he realised he wasn't Barry nor the fact he murdered the fourth Flash Bart Allen

[@isaiahsanders9418]

This Expert Thief And One Of The Flash's Rouges Totally Puts The Cold In His Name Captain Cold

[@That80sGuy1972]

I imagine Captain Cold, Mr. Freeze and Captain Cold all breaking into a vault or a lab at the same time, from different locations (different walls, ceiling, floor, etc). They then look at each other and say "Cold powers got you this far too, right?" Then they bicker on how to divide the loot as Catwoman or some cold power virtual unknown comes in and snatches it from under them.

[@isaiahsanders9418]

This Cold Themed Criminal Is The Icy Nemesis Of The Scarlett Speedster Leader And One Of The Main Members Of The Rouges

[@MikeJr9284]

This sure gave me chills. Ok I'll stop

[@AndrewDoesStopMotion]

For New 52 powers, It wasn't actually an EM explosion. Dr Elias, a new Flash villain, fused the Rogues with their weapons. Now Captain Cold, Heatwave, Weather Wizard, and Mirror Master have their powers infused and Golden Glider is now basically a ghost.

[@PictureProductStudio]

Michael Champion was great as Captain Cold in 1990 series. I wish they bring him for cameo/supporting role in the new one, like they did with John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, Vito D'Ambrosio and Mark Hammil. Wentworth Miller is good in the role, as well, though. He makes a great duo with Purcell's Heatwave.

[@lukepraisner1327]

Captain cold became a hero after joining the legends of tomorrow

[@archer3597]

watchmojo it was technically the DNA splicer that all the rogues used to make them all meta spliced with their respective weapons.

[@nathankwan4714]

Stop with the ice cold puns

[@marcosrufino1939]

Robber of ATMs

[@isaiahsanders9418]

He Is A Worthy Nemesis Of The Flash So It’s No Wonder Wentworth Miller Plays The Villain So Well In CW’s The Flash TV Series

[@MADBD619]

Now that is one C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD origin tale here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pipthegooner]

Who do you think will win in a fight: Captain Cold or IceMan?

[@BrandonKohout]

Captain Cold is one of my favorite DC Comics villains.

[@moeali7368]

So he’s just a guy with a freeze gun...

[@athe99]

SO Captain Cold's initial is CC,which also stand for "Crowd Control" in gaming language.And he specialise in snaring and slowing his enemies,that a wierd coincidence.

[@isaacgr7314]

cool ;D alot of the flashes eniemes have CC based ablility

[@arzn253]

More puns than mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin

[@Gojiro7]

Steve Martin.........played Captain Cold........that goes on the list of things I didn't know before XD

[@LyleVSXyle]

I think it's pretty cool that he has teamed up with the Flash's new team (I forgot the name, has Green Arrow in it).

[@nathankwan4714]

Allow me to break the ice

[@isaiahsanders9418]

Leonard Snart’s Captain Cold’s My Second Favorite Of The Flash’s Rogues Cause Like All The Other Rogues He’s An Expert Thief And He’s Leader Of The Team Plus His Handy Cold Gun’s The Perfect Signature Weapon To Use As An Advantage For His Crimes Cause The Freezing Ice Blasts Are The Perfect Weakness Against The Flash Due To The Zero Temperature Causing The Oscillating Atoms In The Flash’s Super Speed To Become Absolute Zero Rendering Him Vulnerable Which Makes Him The Perfect Adversary For The Scarlet Speedster Also Wentworth Miller’s The Perfect Casting Choice For Villain In CW’s Arrowverse’s The Flash TV Series He Portrayed Snart Awesomely And Brings Out The Character’s Snarky And Sarcastic Personality Really Well And He’s The Perfect Opposite To Grant Gustin’s Portrayal Barry Allen Flash That’s Why Captain Cold’s One Of My All Time Favorite Villains In The Flash Comics And TV Series

[@niallsheehan2370]

That's cold man, cold.

[@benshort9825]

Poor Captain cold but he's my favorite bad guy

[@isaiahsanders9418]

Snart:I Love This Game And I'm Very Good At It

[@AndrewSun15]

I love Captain Cold!!! You guys forgot to mention that he's in the justice league and he helped save the world from the crime syndicate

[@Ice_2192]

"Someone better call 911"

[@luedriver]

I can understand a guy living in a ice suit, because reasons, but a guy sticking to a theme and even dressing up in way warmer than needed clothes just for a gun, is kinda silly

[@lordsodiumking1414]

Captain cold is amazing probably my second favourite villain after in DC after reverse flash

[@jeffzbacnikjr5119]

Mos Def my fav Flash Rogue

[@Amp1771]

I hate that they gave him the ability without the gun. I think the Gun's part of his personality. Without the gun he just looks like subzero.

[@harddeal6097]

I think he should have been a Captain in the Air Force with a last name of Cold.

[@googlybuttful]

oh comicstorian's got a large competitor

[@seb_zombie2008]

"there are no strings on me"

[@itachiuchiha667ful]

the real question is Captain cold or mister freeze?

[@lerooyjenkins7763]

Mister Freeze definitely

[@ProDeedZ]

Captain Cold no competition. But both are good.

[@neo84401]

ice man.

[@lerooyjenkins7763]

ProDeedZ FREEZE

[@lerooyjenkins7763]

Anthony Ross FREEZE

[@THEFLASH-oi5bb]

Awesome character

[@toniohumes3082]

I Think Captain Cold is great name for a superhero

[@SteddieMurphy]

Icy that not many people are enjoying the cold puns.

[@ianballoun6821]

Nobody Gives This Bad Guy On The❄Shoulder!

[@knguyen1421]

"the ice man cometh" classic.

[@wolvie667]

So captain Cold first was in essence Mr, Freez from Batman and then became Sub-Zero from MK?

[@Ghostone11]

i dont understand how a guy like captain cold can give the flash any problems whatsoever

[@DCMarvelFanGuy]

The Cold Gun is Flash's weakness: comicnewbies.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/captain-cold-vs-bullet-3.jpg imgur.com/RHbFprR i.stack.imgur.com/a0KTv.jpg

[@Blackwing2040]

Best Rogue ever and my favorite

[@Wilkins1933]

Finally thankyou

[@ashutoshprakash3017]

this guy is basically flash's mr freeze

[@henrysmith893]

Captain cold with no gun is mr freeze.

[@maskedgamerjoker6148]

Captain Cold is the coolest villain ever (ha get it the COOLEST :D ha)