Rainbow Raiders
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| Rainbow Raiders | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Flash v2, #217 (2005) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Howard Porter |
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| Member(s) | Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet Computron |
The Rainbow Raiders are a group of characters in the Flash comicbook.
[edit] History
After the death of the first Captain Boomerang, a funeral was held that every villain ever to face the Flash attended. Among the large crowd was an eclectic group of metahumans calling themselves the "Rainbow Raiders," in honor of the late Flash villain, the Rainbow Raider. Their sentiments, expressed during the service, seemed to denote that the group is relatively new to the scene, had little exposure, standing, or experience working together.
It was during the Crime Syndicate's second invasion of Earth that the Raiders got to see some heavy action. They fought Johnny Quick and Power Ring while the two were disguised as the Flash and Green Lantern.
[edit] Members
Like the original Rainbow Raider, the team's members are named after the colors of the visible spectrum, each one having powers and appearance symbolically linked to their color.
- Red: a super strong brawler.
- Orange: a fire-wielder.
- Yellow: an electricity-wielding speedster.
- Green: a plant manipulator.
- Blue: a water-based shapeshifter.
- Indigo: a shadow-wielder.
- Violet: a wind manipulator.
The group also seems to work with a floating head named "Computron," though whether this villain is tied to the Flash villain Colonel Computron, one of Blacksmith's robotic guards, or an entirely new entity, remains to be seen.
