Roscoe Dillon (Prime Earth)

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Mainstream Universe‎‎, 2011‎-present
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Real Name	Roscoe Dillon
Main Alias	Top
Affiliation	League of Villainy, formerly Rogues, Acolytes of Zoom, Legion of Zoom
Base Of Operations	Central City
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Public Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	Prime Earth
Creators	John Broome · Carmine Infantino
First Appearance	The Flash Annual Vol 4 #4 (September, 2015)

Roscoe Dillon is The Top. He was initially a time-displaced Acolyte of Zoom, but became a member of the Rogues of Central City after alterations to the timeline.

History

Origin

Roscoe Dillon was born a normal boy in the late 20th Century. However, his life changed when he was struck by lightning at the age of 5. Gaining the power to turn himself into a living tornado, Roscoe was bounced from orphanage to orphanage, seen as a burden for being unable to control his powers.

Though he took medications to control his powers, in 1982, the medicine one day stopped working, causing Roscoe to fly off the handle and destroy the town of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, over the course of 3 days. Roscoe was contacted by the time travelling speedster Eobard Thawne, who promised to train him with his powers if he'd come into the future and help him fight the speedster known as the Flash. Roscoe agreed, not realizing that Thawne was the one who had stolen his medicine, causing him to think it wasn't working in the first place.

Rebirth

Due to fluctuations of the timeline because of Dr. Manhattan's interference, Roscoe's past was altered; he was once again born in the modern era. He became a costumed criminal known as Top and a member of the Rogues.

Top was invited to join the Reverse Flash's Legion of Zoom, an attempt to organize the Flash's greatest foes to finally defeat him.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Speed Force Conduit
  • Superhuman Spinning
    • Aerokinesis

Weaknesses

• Power Instability: Roscoe's powers used to be controlled by taking medications. However, Eobard Thawne secretly got Roscoe off his meds before recruiting him through time to fight the Flash.

Other Characteristics

• Mental Disorder

Notes

• Roscoe Dillon was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, first appearing in The Flash #122. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Roscoe Dillon first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in The Flash Annual (Volume 4) #4 by Van Jensen and Bong Dazo.

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• Character Gallery: Roscoe Dillon (Prime Earth)

Footnotes

Rogues Gallery This character is or was a member of the Rogues, a loose collection of enemies to the Flash, in any of its various incarnations. They are a team of highly effective super-villains with their own internal code that prevents them from killing speedsters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Rogues Gallery members category."

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