Doctor Alchemy

Doctor Alchemy is a Flash villain who wields the Philosopher's Stone, a powerful artifact that grants him the ability to transmute any substance into another element, making him one of the most scientifically dangerous members of the Flash's Rogues Gallery.

A creature of the DC reference shelves before anything else, Doctor Alchemy made their catalog entrance in 1985's Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, that beloved Bronze Age compendium that codified so much of DC's rich mythology. With a presence spanning across Flash-adjacent corners of the DC Universe, this character keeps some genuinely compelling company — sharing pages with speedsters like The Flash and Wally West, and fellow rogues-gallery-adjacent figures like Doctor Light. A modest but intriguing footnote in DC's Bronze Age tapestry, Doctor Alchemy is the kind of character that rewards the dedicated reader who loves digging into the deeper catalog.