Captain Cold
Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in Showcase #8 (June 1957).
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Captain Cold as depicted in The Flash vol. 2 #182 (March 2002). Art by Brian Bolland. | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Showcase #8 (June 1957) |
| Created by | John Broome Carmine Infantino |
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| Alter ego | Leonard "Len" Snart |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Legion of Doom Secret Society of Super Villains Injustice League Rogues Suicide Squad Justice League Freedom Fighters Legends Legion of Zoom |
| Notable aliases | The Man who Mastered Absolute Zero, Leonard Wynters, Blue Iceman, Citizen Cold |
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In his comic book appearances, Captain Cold is depicted as an adversary of various superheroes known as the Flash, most notably Barry Allen, and serves as the leader of the Rogues, a loose criminal association. As part of 2011's The New 52 reboot, Captain Cold and his team live by a code to never kill.
The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including television series and video games. Actor Wentworth Miller portrayed Captain Cold in The CW's Arrowverse television series The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. In 2009, Captain Cold was ranked as IGN’s 27th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.