List of DC Comics characters: P
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Paco
Violet Paige
Paintball
Paintball (Paul Deisinger) is a DC Comics supervillain. He first appeared in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #2 (September 1999), and was created by Geoff Johns and Leo Moder.
Paintball is an art teacher who was transformed into a paint-themed criminal and became a minion of Dragon King.
Paintball in other media
Paul Deisinger appears in Stargirl, portrayed by Randy Havens. This version is an art teacher at Blue Valley High School who was transformed into a paint monster by Cindy Burman and Eclipso. After Stargirl frees and cures him, Deisinger undergoes a psych evaluation before being killed by Icicle's mother Lily Mahkent.
Sussa Paka
Ray Palmer
Pandora
Pantha
Papercut
Papercut (Benedict Booker) is a criminal who can manipulate wood, but has a harder time manipulating actual wood than things made of wood, like paper. Any attempts at manipulating actual wood can give him a nosebleed. He went on a crime spree where he tried to rob people in the park, only to be defeated by Kid Flash.
Papercut is among the Flash villains recruited by Professor Zoom to join the Legion of Zoom.
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