Captain Horace “Black” Flagg was a modern-day pirate until he was boiled alive by the Flame.
References: [The Flame #2] [1940] [modern pirate Captain Horace “Black” Flagg; “Batten your hatch, me snivelling bucko! I’m skipper her and I’ve no time to argue the point!”; foiled and burned alive by the Flame; ]