Murmur (DC Comics)
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- Not to be confused with the Alpha Flight character
Murmur is a supervillain in the DC Comics universe. He is one of new rogues to Flash III (Wally West) first appearing in Flash: Iron Heights (2001).
[edit] Character history
Dr. Michael Amar, once a respected surgeon, succumbed to madness and started a killing spree to stop the voices in his head. This spree went through Central and Keystone City and caught the eye of police officers Fred Chyre and Joe Jackam. They later tracked Amar down with help from Barry Allen (Flash II). Part of Amar's psychosis was the inability to stop himself from blurting out his crimes. Because of these outbursts, he was quickly convicted and sentenced to death.
It was soon discovered that Amar's blood was so abnormal that lethal injection could not kill him. While incarcerated in Iron Heights prison, Amar cut out his own tongue and sewed his mouth shut so he would be unable to incriminate himself ever again. Wearing a thin mask of his own design, Amar became known as Murmur.
While in prison, Murmur created a virus that was killing the guards and prisoners and escaped during the riots it had caused. He then joined Blacksmith, who helped him with creating the virus, and her rogues. Afterwards, Murmur struck out on his own.
[edit] Infinite Crisis
In Infinite Crisis #1, Murmur was seen working in Gotham City with the Riddler. He has also teamed up with another Batman villain - Hush - in the Man-Bat miniseries, which takes place before Infinite Crisis (as proven by the fact that in the series Michael Akins is still police commissioner, as well as Black Mask being alive).
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