Tar Pit (comics)

Tarpit
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance The Flash vol. 2 #174 (July 2001)
Created by Geoff Johns
Scott Kolins
In-story information
Alter ego Joseph "Joey" V. Monteleone
Team affiliations Injustice League
Secret Society of Super Villains
Rogues
Abilities could "project" his consciousness to inanimate objects
his mind now dwells in a body of malleable asphalt
can throw pieces of the asphalt at others trap people in his body and is also invulnerable

Tar Pit is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics and one of the new rogues of the current Flash (Wally West).

Fictional character biography

The younger brother of a local drug lord Jack Monteleone, Joey Monteleone was arrested for armed robbery. While serving time, he discovered he had the metahuman ability to inhabit inanimate objects. With this ability, he got his kicks by transferring his mind from object (for example, a fire hydrant which he used to spray the Flash in vol. 73) to object until he couldn't move his mind from, of course, a vat of asphalt. Now he remains in that hot tar pit while his real body remains unconscious and is being abused by his padded-cellmate in Iron Heights.

Now in his new form, Tarpit first caused havok at a Keystone City ice hockey game, trying to steal the Stanley Cup for himself. He was stopped by Flash and Captain Cold, although Cold himself stole the trophy. He has appeared sporadically with the other rogues ever since.

In Infinite Crisis, "Joey" became a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains.

Most recently, he has been seen among the new Injustice League and is one of the villains featured in Salvation Run.

In Blackest Night crossover, Tar Pit is shown with Owen Mercer, visiting his father's grave, accompanying Owen in his search for the Black Lantern version of his father on the grounds that he will be of no interest to the Black Lantern Corps as his tar-based form has no heart for them to take.[1]

Powers and abilities

Tar Pit’s body is made of molten asphalt and burns on touch. He is able to trap people in the substance of his body and can hurl flaming chunks of tar at his enemies. Due to his body being made of tar, Tar Pit is practically invulnerable.

Before becoming Tar Pit, Joey was able to project his consciousness into inanimate objects and animate them.

Other versions

Flashpoint

In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Tar Pit was imprisoned in Iron Heights. Tar Pit is confronted by Mirror Master, who assembles the Rogues.[2] Tar Pit then escaped from Iron Heights and pursued revenge against Citizen Cold for stealing his family's money.[3] Citizen Cold killed Tar Pit revealing that his brother, Jack Monteleone was dealing drugs of their family fortune.[4]

In other media

Tar Pit appears in the episode "Fast Lane" of second season of the CW series Flash, portrayed by Marco Grazzini.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Blackest Night: The Flash #1 (December 2009)
  2. ↑ Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #1 (June 2011)
  3. ↑ Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #2 (July 2011)
  4. ↑ Flashpoint: Citizen Cold #3 (August 2011)
  5. ↑ "THE FLASH Review: "Fast Lane"". Nerdist. February 3, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2018.


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