He is a recurring foe of the Flash with considerable technical expertise and skills involving the use of mirrors.

In 2009, Mirror Master was ranked as IGN's 79th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.

The Sam Scudder version of Mirror Master first appeared in The Flash #105, and was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino.

[3] The Evan McCulloch version of Mirror Master first appeared in Animal Man #8, and was created by Grant Morrison and Chas Truog.

Samuel Joseph Scudder is a simple convict, but has the goal to learn how to get inside the reflection of a mirror.

It is revealed that a year prior he, Captain Cold, Heat Wave and Weather Wizard underwent a procedure at an unknown facility to gain their weapons' powers innately.

Stricken with grief at the loss of both parents, Evan decides to turn himself in but is instead picked up by a consortium of U.S. government and big business interests, who offer him the costume and weapons of the original Mirror Master in exchange for his services.

[11] His first assignment is to scare Animal Man into abandoning his animal-rights stance, a mission he fails thanks to the hero's wife.

[17] Mirror Master is one of the exiled villains in the Salvation Run along with his fellow Rogues Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, and Abra Kadabra.

[18] Evan and the rest of the Rogues reject Libra's offer, wanting to stay out of the game, and take their revenge on Inertia.