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The Flash is a DC Comics superhero who has had several incarnations in comics dating back to 1940. His/their appearances in British comics have mostly been restricted to reprint anthologies such as Superadventure Annual and The Super Heroes Monthly and appearances in team titles such as Justice League Legends, but there have been occasional solo reprint series from publishers including Thorpe & Porter and Titan Comics. For character bios, scroll down.

See also Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Justice League of America, Justice Society of America, DC Comics (British Reprints)

The Flash

The Flash
Real name
Barry Allen
Current alias
The Flash
Aliases
The Scarlet Speedster; the Crimson Comet
Identity
Alignment
Relatives
Iris West-Allen (wife); Henry Allen (father); Nora Allen (mother); Don and Dawn Allen (twin children); Bart Allen (grandson); Jenni Ognats (granddaughter); Wally West (nephew by marriage)
Base of operations
Central City

Characteristics
Gender
Status
Marital status
First appearance

Unknown

History[]

Barry Allen was a police scientist infamous for always being late, until the day he was struck by lightning and simultaneously drenched in a mixture of chemicals from his lab. Oddly, instead of killing him, the freak accident gave him the ability to move at superhuman speed! Naming himself after his childhood hero, the Flash (Jay Garrick), Barry became a superhero, sworn to protect Central City and the world from a variety of bizarre menaces, notably including his arch foes, the Rogues (including Captain Cold, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, Captain Boomerang, the Trickster, the Pied Piper and the Rainbow Raider) and others such as the Reverse Flash and Gorilla Grodd. He is a member of the Justice League of America.

Powers and abilities[]

Powers

Superhuman speed

Abilities

Can vibrate through solid objects and break the time barrier

Paraphernalia[]

Equipment

Cosmic Treadmill

Transportation

His feet

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The Flash

The Flash
Real name
Jay Garrick
Current alias
The Flash
Alignment
Relatives
Joan Williams-Garrick (wife)
Base of operations
Keystone City

Characteristics
Gender
Status
Marital status
First appearance

Unknown

History[]

In 1940, chemist Jay Garrick inexplicably gained superhuman speed in a freak accident after he was knocked out in his lab and breathed in fumes from an experimental compound he referred to (for no apparent reason) as "hard water". He used his abilities to fight crime (and Nazis) as the Flash, both solo and with the Justice Society of America, and in the process began a superheroic legacy that continues to this day.

Powers and abilities[]

Powers

Superhuman speed.

Abilities

Can breach dimensional barriers

Paraphernalia[]

Transportation

His feet

Weapons

Doesn't feel the need for them, though he has been known to use his winged helmet as a throwing weapon.

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The Flash

The Flash
Real name
Wally West
Current alias
The Flash
Aliases
Kid Flash
Alignment
Affiliation
Relatives
Linda Park (wife); Jai and Iris (children); Iris West (aunt)
Base of operations
Keystone City

Characteristics
Gender
Hair
Status
Marital status
First appearance

Unknown

History[]

The nephew of Iris West, then the girlfriend of Barry Allen (who was secretly the Flash), Wally West was given a tour of Barry's lab at police headquarters. Predictably, in an amazing freak accident, young Wally was hit by a bolt of lightning and showered with exactly the same mix of chemicals that had transformed Barry into the Flash. Gaining suerhuman speed, Wally became Kid Flash, junior partner of the Flash and founding member of the Teen Titans. Later, after Barry's apparent death, Wally succeeded him as the Flash.

Powers and abilities[]

Powers

Superhuman speed (faster than any other Flash)

Abilities

Breaching dimensional barriers

Paraphernalia[]

Transportation

His feet

Notes[]

Wally West has made far fewer appearances in British comics than his mentor, Barry Allen.

Links[]

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Flash comics[]

The Flash related[]

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