Who is that masked man?
Doctor Alchemy has been a constant presence, giving citizens the powers they had in the alternate Flashpoint timeline.
Now,with the arrival of Savitar, there are even more questions than answers surrounding TVs Doctor Alchemy.
Right away, Doctor Alchemy was different than the Rogues that would follow.
What made Mister Element so different you ask?
So if you want a super criminal that can convert argon to hydrogen, boom, Desmonds your huckleberry.
But it was the multiple personality angle that made Desmond such a unique foe, particularly for 1958.
So what does Mister Element have to do with Doctor Alchemy?
Desmond seeks out the stone and develops a new criminal persona: Doctor Alchemy.
As Alchemy, Desmondsthirdpersona goes on a magically aided crime spree and this is when things getreallyhiggledy piggledy.
Desmonds good personality reasserts itself and forces Doctor Alchemy to ease his criminal activity.
As a defense, the Philosophers Stone creates thenewidentity ofAlvinDesmond.
Hows that for complex?
Doctor Alchemy, the only super villain more complicated than Euclidian geometry.
At least for a while.
The Alchemist
The heritage of Albert Desmond continues with the Alchemist.
This legacy villain began his life of crime when he stole a fragment of the Philosophers stone from Desmond.
But a dickbag named Dr. Curtis Engstrom stole Desmonds work and adopted the identity of the villainous Alchemist.
Engstrom was defeated by Wally West and Desmond and soon disappeared from Flashs Rogues.
Petrov was a lab assistant in a Keystone City crime lab that wanted to advance his career.
Len Snart wasnt having any of that identity theft nonsense.
Snart froze the Flash and then murdered Petrov as West looked on in horror.
So much for Mister Element II.
