Lisa Snart adopted the professional alias of Lisa Star to conceal a dark family secret. The premier champion ice skater performing at various skating shows was secretly the sister of the costumed criminal Captain Cold! And through her brother Len, she met his fellow Central City Rogue, Roscoe Dillion aka the Top! From Dillon, Lisa learned and mastered a spinning technique which she used in her own routines.
Due to this repeated spinning throughout the years, Roscoe gained psionic powers, with the side effect that he sustained a brain disease that ultimately killed him. Seeking revenge on Dillon's foe the Flash of Earth-One, and wanting to make the hero suffer as much as she had with the loss of her love, Lisa adopted the alias of the Golden Glider. Employing illusion-casting gems of her own creation along with specially designed skates allowing her to glide through the air developed by her brother, the Glider persistently tormented the Flash.
Jolly Roger began her criminal career as a henchwoman named Nifty of the pirate Redbeard, infiltrating Holliday College, in order to kidnap one of its teachers Professor Chemico. She and her boss sought to obtain Chemico’s atomic technology, which led to them battling Wonder Woman on three separate encounters. After Redbeard and his pirates were defeated, Nifty seemed to repent of her wicked ways. Still she was consumed with the desire of plundering the riches of men.
On her first caper under her new alias as Jolly Roger, Nifty sought to possess hidden jewels in a hidden lagoon, and kidnapped Hop Harrigan whose friend had mapped this area. On the second occasion, Jolly kidnapped a valuable dignitary and held him hostage in the Saragossa Sea, demanding a million dollars ransom. Each time Hop and his pal Ikky Tinker faced her, they ultimately prevailed against her schemes.
While Jolly Roger used a variety of henchmen during her two known appearances, none ever had a personal connection with her. As for Lisa, she mentally controlled author Beau Baer, motivating him into becoming her crime accomplish the Ringmaster with a scheme to create a love triangle between Beau, the Flash and his wife Iris Allen.
When this failed, Lisa later learned that the Top’s mind had sought refuge in the brain of Doctor Henry Allen. The two hatched a long term scheme to attempt transfer of Roscoe’s mind into Barry’s body. Unlike Roger Romaine who similarly and successfully plagued the Flash of Earth-Two during their repeated battles, Roscoe Dillon lost his grip with Henry and so finally died, body and mind.
A rumored third encounter between her and Hop had been hinted but has thus far never been documented. Shortly after her last appearance, a portly man claimed the Jolly Roger alias for himself and fought Batman and Robin. Apparently, the original lady Jolly retired from crime.
After Henry and his son Barry were reunited, Golden Glider retreated from attacking Barry and his Flash alter ego by herself… leaning more on Captain Cold and the other Rogues of the Flash. She was last seen with fellow Rogues during the Villain War in the midst of the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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I don't know about Harlequin, but Golden Glider was not a bimbo.
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