“
I burned my family alive, and I like to light things on fire.
”
Mick Rory, also known as Heat Wave and Chronos, is a world-class thief from Central City working with his partner in crime, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold. He is a minor antagonist within season 1 of The Flash and a major protagonist within season 1-6 of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, set within the Arrowverse.
He is portrayed by Dominic Purcell.
Victims[]
The Flash[]
Season 1[]
Revenge of the Rogues[]
- None
Rogue Time[]
- None
Season 3[]
Invasion![]
- None
DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]
Season 1[]
Pilot, Part 1[]
- Two Unnamed Civilians - Vaporized by Mick Rory/Chronos with a blaster rifle.
- Professor Aldus Boardman - Died of his injuries on the Waverider after being shot by Mick Rory/Chronos with a blaster rifle.
- Total - 3
Star City 2046[]
- Andre - Burned by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Total - 1
Left Behind[]
- Five Unnamed Members of the League of Assassins - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Chronos with a blaster rifle.
- Total - 5
The Magnificent Eight[]
- Unnamed Hunter - Stabbed in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with a knife.
- Total - 1
Last Refuge[]
- Dick Rory - Burned alive by Mick Rory when he set fire to their house.
- Mick Rory's Mother - Burned alive by Mick Rory when he set fire to their house.
- The Pilgrim - Incinerated by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold with his cold gun, Ray Palmer/The Atom with energy projections, and Rip Hunter with an energy gun.
- Total - 3
Destiny[]
- Time Master Declan - Skull crushed when Mick Rory/Chronos stomped on his head.
- Total - 1
Legendary[]
- Carmine Broome - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Two Unnamed Nazi Soldiers - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Hath-Set/Vandal Savage (Time Remnant) - Burned alive by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun while in close proximity to a Thanagarian meteorite.
- Total - 3
Season 2[]
Out of Time[]
- Two Unnamed Damien Darhk Henchmen - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Total - 2
Shogun[]
- Unnamed Samurai - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Total - 1
Abominations[]
- Zombie - Neck broken by Mick Rory/Heat Wave.
- Zombie - Head crushed by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with a rock.
- Total - 2
Outlaw Country[]
- Three Unnamed Quentin Turnbull Henchmen - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave.
- Three Unnamed Quentin Turnbull Henchmen - Blown up by Mick Rory/Heat Wave when he blew up a mine with TNT.
- Total - 6
Turncoat[]
- Two Unnamed British Soldiers - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Three Unnamed British Soldiers - Blown up by Mick Rory/Heat Wave when he shot TNT.
- Total - 5
Season 3[]
Zari[]
- Four Unnamed A.R.G.U.S. Guards - Burned alive by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Total - 4
Welcome to the Jungle[]
- Four Unnamed Gorilla Grodd Soldiers - Burned alive by Mick Rory/Heat Wave and Dick Rory with a heat gun and a flamethrower.
- Total - 4
Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4[]
- Metallo (Earth-X) - Blown up by Killer Frost, Cisco Ramon/Vibe, Dinah Drake/Black Canary, Mick Rory/Heat Wave, Ray Terrill/The Ray, Martin Stein/Firestorm, Jefferson Jackson/Firestorm, and Amaya Jiwe/Vixen. Resurrected by Nyxlygsptlnx.
- Unnamed Nazi Soldier - Burned by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Total - 2
The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly[]
- Voltron - Incinerated by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Four Unnamed Roman Soldiers - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory with a revolver.
- Mallus - Slammed into the ground by Sara Lance, Mick Rory, Wally West/Kid Flash, Amaya Jiwe, Zari Tomaz, and Nate Haywood/Steel while controlling of Beebo.
- Total - 6
Season 5[]
I Am Legends[]
- Zombie - Punched in the head by Mick Rory/Heat Wave.
- Two Zombies - Beaten by Mick Rory/Heat Wave.
- Zombie - Burned by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Three Zombies - Burned by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Total - 7
Swan Thong[]
- Unnamed Encore - Stabbed in the stomach by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with a Hell sword.
- Total - 1
Season 6[]
The Ex-Factor[]
- Lord Knoxicrillion - Crushed by Mick Rory/Heat Wave when he stood on him.
- Total - 1
Back to the Finale: Part II[]
- Bishop Clone - Incinerated by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun. His consciousness was transferred into a clone.
- Total - 1
Supergirl[]
Season 3[]
Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1[]
- None
Arrow[]
Season 6[]
Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2[]
- None
Kill Count[]
- Total - 59
- The Flash - 0
- Season 1 - 0
- Season 3 - 0
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow - 59
- Season 1 - 17
- Season 2 - 16
- Season 3 - 16
- Season 4 - 0
- Season 5 - 8
- Season 6 - 2
- Season 7 - 0
- The Flash - 0
Characters Killed by Heat Wave[]
- Professor Aldus Boardman - Died of his injuries on the Waverider after being shot by Mick Rory/Chronos with a blaster rifle.
- Andre - Burned by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Dick Rory - Burned alive by Mick Rory when he set fire to their house.
- The Pilgrim - Incinerated by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold with his cold gun, Ray Palmer/The Atom with energy projections, and Rip Hunter with an energy gun.
- Time Master Declan - Skull crushed when Mick Rory/Chronos stomped on his head.
- Carmine Broome - Shot in the chest by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Hath-Set/Vandal Savage (Time Remnant) - Burned alive by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun while in close proximity to a Thanagarian meteorite.
- Metallo (Earth-X) - Blown up by Killer Frost, Cisco Ramon/Vibe, Dinah Drake/Black Canary, Mick Rory/Heat Wave, Ray Terrill/The Ray, Martin Stein/Firestorm, Jefferson Jackson/Firestorm, and Amaya Jiwe/Vixen. Resurrected by Nyxlygsptlnx.
- Voltron - Incinerated by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun.
- Mallus - Slammed into the ground by Sara Lance, Mick Rory, Wally West/Kid Flash, Amaya Jiwe, Zari Tomaz, and Nate Haywood/Steel while controlling of Beebo.
- Lord Knoxicrillion - Crushed by Mick Rory/Heat Wave when he stood on him.
- Bishop Clone - Incinerated by Mick Rory/Heat Wave with his heat gun. His consciousness was transferred into a clone.
Deaths[]
- Impaled through the chest by Leonard Snart/Captain Cold with an icicle using his cold gun. His younger self survived. (Aruba)
- Shot in the back by an unknown Time Bureau agent. This alternate reality was erased by the Legends. (Legends of To-Meow-Meow)
- Killed by Tabitha/Fairy Godmother off-screen, mentioned. This alternate reality was erased by the Legends. (Legends of To-Meow-Meow)
- Burned alive by Kathy Meyers/Prom Night Slasher using telekinesis. This future was erased by the Legends. (Slay Anything)
- Dragged to Hell by Gary Green using magic. Resurrected when Gary Green returned his soul. (The Great British Fake Off)
- Stabbed in the chest by Sara Lance with a knife while under the control of Marchosias. This timeline was erased by the Legends. (Ship Broken)
- Mauled by Marchosias. This timeline was erased by the Legends. (Ship Broken)
