The Trickster Legacy

2 heroes have worn the Trickster mantle.

The originalheld the mantle from 1960

Giovanni Giuseppe (stage name: James Jesse)

The Flash #113 (1960) · 51 appearances

Powers. No metahuman powers; master con artist/trickster using gimmicked gadgets and his trademark air-walking shoes that let him walk and run on air.

Origin

Circus-born acrobat Giovanni Giuseppe reinvented himself as master con man James Jesse, crafting an arsenal of trick gadgets — most notably specially engineered shoes that let him literally walk on air — to menace the Flash as the Trickster, eventually becoming a founding member of the Rogues.

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Successorheld the mantle from 2002

Axel Walker

Flash #183 (2002) · 32 appearances

Powers. No metahuman powers; uses gadgets and weaponized toys stolen from James Jesse, including air-walking shoes, exploding gimmicks, and other trick devices.

Origin

Axel Walker is a young thief who stole the gadgets and gimmicks of the original Trickster, James Jesse, and used them to claim the villainous identity for himself, clashing with the Flash as a brash newcomer to Central City's rogues.

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