| Alias |
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| Tar Pit | |
| Nick Name | |
| | | |
| Civilian ID | |
| Joseph (Joey) V. Monteleone | |
| Occupation | |
| Criminal | |
| Legal Status | |
| Citizen of the United States with a criminal record. | |
| Nation or Planet of Origin | |
| Keystone City, Kansas | |
| Group Affiliation | |
|
Monteleone Crime Family |
|
| Base of Operations | |
| Keystone City, Kansas | |
| Height | |
| Unknown, now 7' 9" | |
| Weight | |
| Unknown, now 325 lbs. | |
| Eye Color | |
| Unknown, now Flame | |
| Hair Color | |
| Black, now none | |
| Skin Tone | |
| Caucasian, now tar black. | |
| Known Powers | |
| Meta-human
with the ability to project his astral form into inanimate objects and
take on their properties. Note: Monteleone appears to have become stuck in his present form after projecting into asphalt from Iron Heights Prison. |
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| Accessories | |
| Inanimate objects to project into. | |
| Common Enemies | |
| Regularly Appearing | |
| Flash Vol. 2 | |
| First Appearance | |
| Flash Vol. 2 #174 (July, 2001) | |
| Creator | |
| Geoff Johns & Scott Kolins | |
| Origin | |
| The
brother of
Keystone
City's drug czar known as the "Candy Man," Joey Monteleone
used his powers of astral projection to escape his cell in
Iron
Heights Prison. For reasons unknown he was unable to return to his body still in lockup, and now remains a walking pile of asphalt known as Tar Pit. |
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