The character was created by Steve Englehart and Cary Bates to serve as a villain for the superhero team the New Guardians.

Snowflame first appeared in the 1988 comic book New Guardians #2 in a story titled Jungle Snow.

Snowflame reveals that he faked his death in the chemical shed explosion in order to take over the island of Isla Nevada.

He is defeated and seemingly killed after choking on a poison dart frog that Peacemaker snuck into his cocaine.

[7] Snowflame is capable of granting himself superhuman strength, speed, an immunity to pain, pyrokinesis, and the ability to give targets an instant contact high, all by inhaling cocaine.