Real name: Sam Scudder
First appearance: The Flash I#105 2/2 (Feb/March 1959)
Abilities: Hypnotism, transportation, lasers, holograms
Worst act: Attempted murder, bank robbery
Quote: "The Flash--used his amazing speed to trail my mirror-image to this house! By the time I get through with him, he'll think he's moving in slow motion!"
Created by: John Bromme (script), Carmine Infantino (pencils), Joe Giella (inks)
Another proper memeber of the Rogues, and man.
The Mirror Master is one of those glorious goofy Silver Age foes that really shouldn't work. His costume is a orange and green union suit, with not one inch of it suggesting mirrors. Even his origin is a bit silly. Sam is just a con who gets fixated on mirrors after he gets chewed out for messing one up in the prison workshop. Yeah, he messes it up when the image refuses to leave, which doesn't seem to be his fault but eh, that is pretty neat.
Did they think mirrors were magic back in the late 50's?
Despite all of this, Mirror Master would go on to become a reoccurring foe for Barry. In fact, he would show up again in issue 109.
Mirror Master, if you seriously think about it, would be utterly terrifying. I mean, he can travel through mirrors and a mirror can be defined pretty broadly. The other powers are a bit much, but I suppose when you're on a roll it can be hard to stop.
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