| Character Name: | The Golden Glider |
| Real Name: | Lisa Snart |
| Species: | Human |
| Homeworld: | New Earth |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Debut: | The Flash #250 (June 1977) |
| Creators: | Cary Bates Irv Novick |
| Alliances: | Rogues Black Lantern Corps Legion of Zoom |
| Aliases: | Lisa Star, Goldie, Glider |
| Powers: | Olympic-level figure skater Skilled inventor of jewel-themed gadgets and weaponry Wears experimental skates (New 52): Astral form that grants: Flight Ribbon-like tendrils Ability to move at extreme speeds |
Golden Glider (Lisa Snart) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is the younger sister of Captain Cold and enemy of the Flash.
Lisa Snart appeared in the first and second seasons of The Flash, portrayed by Peyton List, as well as the third season of Harley Quinn and the spin-off series , voiced by Cathy Ang and Stephanie Hsu respectively.
Created by Cary Bates and Irv Novick, the character made her first appearance in The Flash #250 (June 1977).[1] Editor Julius Schwartz was also involved in the character's creation, and may have been responsible for the name Golden Glider.[2]
Lisa Snart is a figure skater, known by the alias Lisa Star, who has help in her career from her secret coach and lover, the Top, a foe of Barry Allen / Flash who dies after being injured in a battle with him. Furious over his death, Snart vows revenge, adopting an orange ice-skater's costume, a mask, and ice skates which create their own ice flow, which allow her to effectively skate on air. She also has diamonds and jewels that can be used as explosives or hypnotic devices. The Golden Glider seeks revenge against Allen for several years and frequently collaborates in her heists with her brother, who is very protective of her.
After Barry Allen's death, Snart retires from crime and becomes a mercenary alongside Captain Cold. Eventually she returns to crime, with a series of partners, all code-named Chillblaine, whom she supplies with a replica of her brother's cold gun. The last of these was described as more intelligent and ruthless than his predecessors, and he kills Snart with the weapon she gave him, then holds Keystone City for ransom with the aid of Doctor Polaris.[3] Flash barely manages to defeat them. Chillblaine is then killed by Cold in retaliation. Her death has been a constant source of grief for her older brother.
In Blackest Night, Golden Glider is revived as a Black Lantern before being killed by Cold.[4] [5]
In The New 52 continuity reboot, Lisa Snart's murder is no longer in continuity and she is alive. In this continuity, she is dying of a brain tumor;[6] she survives after the tumor is removed, but expresses shame over her brother's actions.[7] Later, she mysteriously appears in South America, going by the name "Glider" and having gained metahuman abilities. She is shown recruiting Weather Wizard for an unknown purpose after his battle with the Flash.[8] She recruits Heat Wave, the Trickster, and Mirror Master to join her faction to exact revenge on Flash,[9] but is stopped with the help of Pied Piper and her brother.[10]
Lisa and the Rogues later make peace with Snart as they help him stop Gorilla Grodd, which leads the U.S government to pardon them. Lisa is revealed to be in a relationship with Mirror Master, whom she managed to bring back to their dimension at great risk to herself. Afterwards, she ends up in a deep coma until Pied Piper revives her to come to the Rogues' aid when The Secret Society of Super Villains and the Royal Flush Gang attack.
Lisa and the Rogues make their first cameo appearance, in the DC Rebirth storyline, in The Flash (vol. 4) #3 watching a news report about the many newly created speedsters appearing throughout the city. They later make their first full-length appearance in The Flash (vol. 4) #15, attempting to steal a valuable golden statue of the god Mercury from Corto Maltese. The Flash arrives to stop them, but they turn out to be mirror constructs created to distract him.
Golden Glider is an Olympic-level figure skater. Thanks to a pair of experimental skates that create their own ice, she is able to skate on any surface, including mid-air. She also wields jewel-themed gadgets and weaponry.
In The New 52 continuity, Glider gained metahuman abilities in the same incident that gave Mirror Master, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, and Weather Wizard theirs, enabling her to fly, becoming intangible, and generate sharp, ribbon-like tendrils.[11]
The Flash #1 (February 2010)
