Actor Dominic Purcell has portrayed Heat Wave in The CW's Arrowverse television series The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
It was these events that made him desperate to fight his fire obsession and after seeing the Rogues in action in Central City, he decided to use his mania to become a villain.
[4] The five Rogues each possessed incredible powers and wreaked havoc, death, and destruction before Neron was forced by Flash to halt their actions and return their souls to their bodies.
[6] Afterwards, he worked for Project Cadmus as a backup agent, but eventually quit that too and moved to the Quad Cities, Illinois, area.
Heat Wave is one of the exiled villains featured in Salvation Run along with his fellow Rogues Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Mirror Master, and Abra Kadabra.
While Libra tries to hypnotize the Rogues, Captain Cold tells Rory to watch a nearby fire to retain his focus.
Once the crisis is over, the unarmed Human Flame seeks out Heat Wave, hoping to purchase one of his signature flamethrower guns after his own equipment was lost in a confrontation with the Mafia.
[7] Heat Wave and the Rogues visit Sam Scudder's old hideout and unveil a giant mirror with the words In Case of Flash: Break Glass written on it.
In this timeline, Heat Wave possesses innate fire abilities and is a rival of Captain Cold, blaming him for the breakup of the Rogues.
[10] In Doomsday Clock, Heat Wave and his fellow Rogues are among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler to discuss the Superman Theory.
In "The New 52" continuity, Heat Wave did an unknown method to merge his DNA with his flamethrower, thus granting him the ability to project and manipulate fire from his own body.
Heat Wave carries a hand-held flamethrower that allows him to project a concentrated stream of fire at opponents.
Mick Rory / Heat Wave appears in media set in The CW's Arrowverse, portrayed by Dominic Purcell.
Heat Wave makes a non-speaking appearance in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as a member of the Rogues.