Cobalt Blue
Barry Allen's older twin brother who was stolen at birth and raised by the Thawnes, an abusive family of crooks.
Name:
Cobalt Blue
Publisher:
Real name:
Malcolm Thawne
Aliases:
- Malcolm Thawne
- Malcolm Allen
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Energy Based Constructs
- Fire Control
- Magic
- Power Item
- Reality Manpulation
- Siphon Abilities
- Stamina
- Stealth
- Super Speed
- Swordsmanship
- Unarmed Combat
First issue:
Origin
One stormy night, two couples burst in upon the same doctor, ready to deliver babies. Nora Allen was carrying twins, and Charlene Thawne one child—but the drunken doctor accidentally strangled the Thawnes' child. Attempting to make up for the mistake, he handed one of the Allen’s children to the Thawnes, convincing the Allens that one of their twins had been stillborn.
Story Arc
Malcolm learned of Barry's existence and the loving family that fate had decreed he would never know and used his gift for sorcery to give vent to his jealous rage.
He empowered himself with a mystic blue flame that was capable of stealing Barry Allen's superspeed. Barry's death during the Crisis on Infinite Earths appeared to have cheated Malcolm out of his dreams of revenge on his brother; instead, Malcolm focused on Allen's descendants traveling through time in a bid to exterminate them. The cold flame of his vicious alter ego, Cobalt Blue, ignited a family feud that endured for a millennium.
In the end, Wally West, the third Flash, ended the menace of Cobalt Blue by running so fast that Thawne's mystic gem overloaded from excess energy. Thawne was presumably destroyed; however, his gem, which contained Thawne's commanding consciousness, would be passed down to his hate-filled progeny.
Powers and Abilities
The Blue Flame Gem empowers Malcolm with various abilities as it feeds off his hate.
- Energy Projection:
- Energy Construct Creation: Malcolm can create objects out of his flame, his favorite being a flaming sword.
- Power Absorption: Malcolm used his hatred to channel the Blue Flame to steal objects and power from his enemies. On most occasions he uses this power to steal speed from the Flashes.
- Superhuman Speed: Malcolm can reach incredible amounts of speed by using his Blue Flame to steal speed from opponents. He can steal multiple levels of speed from different sources and achieve speeds to assault even Wally West.
Alternate Versions
Future State
Cobalt Blue makes a brief appearance in Future State as a member of the Legion of Doom, and says that his family will finally have their revenge against the Flash Legacy, but when the new Justice League finds them, they were all brutally murdered by the Hyperclan.
