Top (comics)
| Top (or The Top) | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Flash #122 (August 1961) |
| Created by |
John Broome Carmine Infantino |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Roscoe Neyle Dillon |
| Team affiliations |
The Rogues Black Lantern Corps |
| Notable aliases | Thomas O'Neill |
| Abilities | Increased intelligence Mental powers Use of gimmicked tops Ability to spin at incredible speeds and induce vertigo in others |
The Top (Roscoe Dillon) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Top first appeared in The Flash #122 (August 1961) and was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino.
Roscoe Dillon is a small-time crook who turns his childhood obsession with tops into a criminal persona. Roscoe taught himself how to spin around fast enough to deflect bullets and produce other semi-useful effects. Top soon discovers that the spinning somehow increased his intelligence as well, allowing him to create a variety of trick tops. He tried to blackmail the world with an Atomic Top that would destroy half the world when it slowed down and imprisoned the Flash inside it, but the Flash vibrated out of it and sent it into space. His unique gimmick and moderate success in crime soon makes him a respected member of the Flash's rogues gallery. He dates Golden Glider, Captain Cold's sister, while coaching her on ice skating. Eventually, Top develops immense psionic powers, as years of spinning moves dormant brain cells to the outer areas of his brain, endowing him with mental powers.
Unfortunately, the newly activated brain cells are destroyed by close proximity to the Flash's superspeed vibrations. Top dies within days from the injuries sustained by his brain, but not before he plants a series of powerful bombs to destroy Central City as a final revenge. In addition, he prepared a recording explaining his terminal condition and scheme to spitefully challenge his comrades to attempt to find and defuse the explosives which must be done by gathering them all and stacking them on top of each other, knowing that The Flash would surely stop at least one of the attempts and doom the city. Knowing that neither the superhero nor the police would believe them if they tried to warn either of the crisis, the Rogues desperately attempt to find the bombs despite the Flash's unwitting opposition. Fortunately, the Flash eventually realizes the situation and aids in stopping the scheme in time.
When Barry Allen's parents were in a car accident, Dillon's spirit is somehow able to take possession of the vacant body of his father, Henry. Realizing who Barry Allen is, he, along with Golden Glider, plot to kill the Flash and take over his body. He fails when he tries to take over the Flash's body while he is alive, leaving Henry's spirit to repossess his body.
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