Mardon took Clyde's notes and used them to make a wand to generate weather and embarked on a criminal career as the Weather Wizard, sometimes using his powers on a small scale (such as zapping someone with lightning) and sometimes a larger scale (imprisoning a town in winter), almost always facing defeat by the Flash ( Barry Allen). Mardon's brother, Clyde, a scientist, had just discovered a way to control the weather before dying of a heart attack (although recent evidence implies that Mardon murdered his brother and either lied about or blocked out the memory of finding his body ). Art by Carmine Infantino (pencils) and Murphy Anderson (inks) Early life Įscaping a prison transport by leaping from the window, Mark Mardon fled to his brother's house only to find him dead. The Weather Wizard, in his original costume, on the cover of The Flash #145 (June 1964). In the fifth and sixth seasons, a female version called the Weather Witch is played by Reina Hardesty and is the estranged daughter of Mark Mardon.Ĭreated by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character made his first appearance in The Flash #110 (December 1959). Clyde Mardon appeared in the pilot episode of The Flash, played by actor Chad Rook. He appeared in the first, second and fifth season of the series. The character latter appeared in the television series The Flash, played by actor Liam McIntyre, who played Mark Mardon. Weather Wizard made his first live-action appearance in the television specials Legends of the Superheroes, played by Jeff Altman. Weather Wizard (Mark Mardon) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.

Wizard Weather by Janet E. Morris