Five Lame Villains We Don’t Need To See On The Flash

2. The Top

Most of Flash’s villains are the result of technology used for evil or science gone awry in some way. Not The Top. Nope, this gentleman just taught himself to spin around really fast. See kids, you don’t need to wish for a radioactive accident, just go out in the backyard and turn in a circle until you get dizzy and vomit!

(Note to kids: don’t actually do this.)

But wait, we’re not done here. Not only was the top able to spin fast enough to deflect bullets and cause all kinds of damage, he also discovered that spinning in circles made him smarter. The late John Broome definitely took some liberties with science in the name of creating memorable bad guys, but this was a step too far. Wikipedia pretty much sums this up by saying, “The spinning for some reason also gave him increased intelligence.”

Naturally, the Top used his super intellect to create gimmicked tops to help him commit crimes, because why not? It says a lot that when Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato wanted to create a New 52 version of this character, they named him Turbine instead. This is a villain too lame to update, so leaving him in the past is the only correct course of action.

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