Albert Desmond as Doctor Alchemy, as he appeared on a splash page of The Flash # 764 (October, 2020)
Art by Will Conrad
Publication information
Publisher
DC Comics
First appearance
(Albert Desmond) Showcase #13 (April 1958) (as Mr. Element) Showcase #14 (June 1958) (as Dr. Alchemy) (Curtis Engstrom) The Flash (vol. 2) #71 (Feb. 1992) (Alexander Petrov) The Flash (vol. 2) #202 (Nov. 2003)
Created by
(Albert Desmond) John Broome Carmine Infantino
In-story information
Full name
Albert Desmond Dr. Curtis Engstrom Alexander Petrov
Species
Metahuman
Notable aliases
(Albert Desmond and Alexander Petrov) Mr. Element (Curtis Engstrom) Alchemist
Abilities
Transmute any substance into any other substance Transform the molecular structure of the human body
Doctor Alchemy is a name used by three different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most notable was Albert Desmond, who originally used the name of Mister Element.
The character appeared as a recurring cast member on The CW television series third season of The Flash played by Tom Felton. The character makes his cinematic debut in the DC Extended Universe film The Flash, played by Rudy Mancuso.
DoctorAlchemy is a name used by three different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most notable was Albert Desmond...
speedster abilities (which originated from the Flashpoint timeline) through DoctorAlchemy and begins assisting Barry as Kid Flash. Lonsdale also stars as the...
premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. He portrayed DoctorAlchemy on The CW's The Flash, based on the comic books of the same name. Felton...
Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific...
From 2016 and 2017, he guest starred as the voices of the villain DoctorAlchemy and the malicious speed god and main antagonist Savitar on the third...
and Henry Allen Tom Felton as Julian Albert / DoctorAlchemy Tobin Bell voices Savitar and DoctorAlchemy Violett Beane as Jesse Chambers Wells / Jesse...
Alchemy has had a long-standing relationship with art, seen both in alchemical texts and in mainstream entertainment. Literary alchemy appears throughout...
for being the co-creator of Marvel superhero Spider-Man and creator of Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man...
Villain First appearance Description DoctorAlchemy Showcase #13 (April 1958) Enemy of the Flash, Dr. Alchemy began to target Kord Industries for their...
to Barry Allen creating and undoing the "Flashpoint" timeline before DoctorAlchemy restores the former's powers to free his master Savitar from the Speed...
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He also has a sense of loyalty to his team and watches out for them. DoctorAlchemy Showcase #14 (June 1958) Albert Desmond suffered from a split personality...
Wizard, Felix Faust, and Chronos. The group would reform later with DoctorAlchemy in place of the Shade. Eclipso House of Secrets #61 (August 1963) The...
dimensions of time. Dee searches for a way to find gold and create gold with alchemy, but becomes self-centered in the process. Matthew Palmer doesn't care...
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his town. Faust renounces his many years of hard travail and studies in alchemy. In his despair, he hauls all his bound volumes by armloads onto a growing...
vestige of the Roman convention remains in the English name Saturday. In alchemy, each classical planet (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)...
the Madmen retired until they were paid to attack Kord Industries by DoctorAlchemy. Once again they were jailed. The Madmen became a more persistent annoyance...
Earth-Two's Wizard, Icicle, and Fiddler aligned with Earth-One’s Felix Faust, DoctorAlchemy, and Chronos, the Crime Champions exchanged identities in order to defeat...
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