The Flash (Jay Garrick)

Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics. Like Barry Allen, he gained super speed due to a lab accident and became the first individual who took up the mantle as The Flash, wearing his father's helmet from World War I. Jay has made numerous appearances throughout media, and portrayed as a member of the Justice Society of America, the All-Star Squadron and the Justice League. He later became a member of the Flash Family after helping fellow speedsters such as Barry Allen and Wally West.
His live-action debut was a cameo in Smallville, played by Billy Mitchell, and recurring in the Arrowverse show The Flash, portrayed by John Wesley Shipp, who also portrayed Barry Allen in the 1990 The Flash television series. 
==History==
Originally conceived as a Flash from another Earth so Barry Allen could exist in "Flash of Two Worlds" it was later established Jay came from an alternate Earth, Earth-2. 
== Powers and abilities==
==Possessions==
*Helmet: Jay wears a helmet that once belonged to his father during World War I. He wears it as the Flash and lets it reflect as a sign of hope.
==Trivia==
* Wally's son, Jai West was named after him. 
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