Originally Posted by
Zeeguy91
A lot of people have compared the Flash's rogues to Batman's or at least have said that they are the second best collection of rogues in the DCU after Batman's. However, does everyone believe that to be a fair assessment. Of course there are some great Flash villains. I frankly like a lot of them. Captain Cold, Eobard Thawne, Hunter Zolomon, and Grodd are some of the better and more iconic villains in DC's roster of characters. I also have a soft spot for Abra Kadabra (mostly cuz he popped up a lot in Mark Waid's Flash run).
HOWEVER, as a collection of villains, do you really believe them to be as good as people make them out to be? Or do you think they could stand for some new additions to round them out?
Personally, I like them, but I'm not sold on the "they're the best rogues since Batman's" mantra. I think when it comes to Flash's villains, there's one thing crucially missing: DIVERSITY.
For the longest time, it seems that, whenever writers want to craft a new villain for Barry or Wally or Bart, they simply make a new speedster character, whether that was Reverse Flash or Zoom or Savitar or Inertia or Godspeed. Additionally, a lot of the Flash's rogues have historically depended on trick gadgets and specialized guns: Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Weather Wizard, Captain Boomerang, Trickster, Heatwave, Pied Piper, Golden Glider, Chillblaine, etc. I'm not knocking those guys, but the commonality of those two things makes it seem like most of the main Flash villains fall into two main camps: speedsters and guys with cool toys...and then there's Grodd.