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| − | Music-themed supervillain who was the nemesis of the "Silver Age" version of superhero The Flash. He first appeared in the story "The Pied Piper of Peril!" in [http://www.comics.org/issue/14961/ ''The Flash'' vol. 1 #106] (May 1959). | + | [[Image:Pied_Piper_The_Flash_Detective_Comics_480.jpg|right|300px]]Music-themed supervillain who was the nemesis of the "Silver Age" version of superhero The Flash. He first appeared in the story "The Pied Piper of Peril!" in [http://www.comics.org/issue/14961/ ''The Flash'' vol. 1 #106] (May 1959). |
His real name is Hartley Rathaway. He was born deaf to wealthy parents who funded a cure for his deafness. He became obsessed with sound, learned how to hypnotize people with music, created a hideous polka-dotted costume, and turned to crime. | His real name is Hartley Rathaway. He was born deaf to wealthy parents who funded a cure for his deafness. He became obsessed with sound, learned how to hypnotize people with music, created a hideous polka-dotted costume, and turned to crime. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Pied_Piper_(DC) | ||
| + | *https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Hartley_Rathaway_(New_Earth) | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20111025051710/http://scrimbrown.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/marching-to-the-beat-of-an-evil-drummer/ Mitchell. "Marching to the Beat of an Evil Drummer." ''A Dispensable List of Comic Book Lists'' (blog). October 8, 2010.] | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20111025051710/http://scrimbrown.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/marching-to-the-beat-of-an-evil-drummer/ Mitchell. "Marching to the Beat of an Evil Drummer." ''A Dispensable List of Comic Book Lists'' (blog). October 8, 2010.] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 28 March 2023
Music-themed supervillain who was the nemesis of the "Silver Age" version of superhero The Flash. He first appeared in the story "The Pied Piper of Peril!" in The Flash vol. 1 #106 (May 1959).
His real name is Hartley Rathaway. He was born deaf to wealthy parents who funded a cure for his deafness. He became obsessed with sound, learned how to hypnotize people with music, created a hideous polka-dotted costume, and turned to crime.
