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| Bill Schmitz | |
| Aliases: | Professor Bill Schmitz |
| Continuity: | DC Universe |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Scientist |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Clone |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Flash, Vol. 2 #3 |
| Final: | Flash, Vol. 2 #4 |
Professor William "Bill" Schmitz is a fictional scientist and a minor character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is considered part of the mainstream DC Universe that existed following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths up until the formation of the New 52 reality. The character first appeared in Flash, Volume 2 #3 in August, 1987.
Biography[]
Bill Schmitz was a middle-aged man who worked as a scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs. He worked out of S.T.A.R.'s Salt Lake City facility in Utah and was a colleague of Tina McGee. Shortly after the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" event, Bill and Tina helped monitor Wally West's super-speed. Wally had only recently taken on the mantle of his predecessor, the Flash, but his powers had been greatly reduced and he could not even match the speed of sound.
An electro-metallic being known as the Kilg%re infiltrated S.T.A.R. Labs' computer systems, cutting off Bill Schmitz' finger. After its brief attack at the laboratory, the Kilg%re disappeared. An agent of the National Security Agency arrived to inform the personnel that the creature had taken control of most television stations. Schmitz agreed to go with them to help out. [1]
The Kilg%re used DNA from Schmitz' severed finger to create a clone of him, with which it had hoped to take control of, thereby securing a physical human host form. Before the Kilg%re could transfer its consciousness into the clone, Wally West scooped him up and brought him to safety. [2]
Presumably, the real Professor Schmitz returned to work at S.T.A.R. Labs following the Kilg%re affair.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Bill Schmitz was created by writer Mike Baron and artists Jackson Guice and Larry Mahlstedt.