Jay Garrick

## Mercury

Jay as Mercury (Created by Phil Cho for Roy Westerman)

Streak, Crimson Comet, Jay (Nicknames)

Diana, Cassie Sandsmark, Athena, Artemis, Hebe (Aunts)

Ares, Apollo, Hephaestus (Uncles)

Aresia Lukos, Jason Trevor, Stephanie Trevor (Cousins)

Justice League (Honorary Member)

### Education

Bachelor's in Teaching, Master's in Philosophy, Doctorate in Chemistry, Master's in Physics (Keystone University)

### Occupation

Teacher (Keystone University)Best-Selling Author

### Base of Operations

Brownstone, Blue Valley, NA (Formerly)S.T.A.R Labs Cortex, Central City, MO

## Biography: (Written by Reverb)

### Childhood: 1918 - 1942

Born April 3rd, 1918 to a World War 1 veteran and a nurse as Jason Peter Garrick in Keystone City. His father disappeared when he was a little boy. After his father left, Jay felt that a part of him was missing. Jay loved to read (especially Greek mythology) and study. He also went on to be a star athlete in high school.

In 1936, Jay was admitted into Midwestern University. In 1939, World War 2 started. Jay continued to study and chose to find out how to purify heavy water without residual radiation. Jay continued to research this problem as a way to help the Allies during the war. In 1942, Jay discovered a breakthrough. So he decided to test this breakthrough. Little did he know that that day would change his life forever.

### The Streak: 1942 - 1945

Once he conducted the experiment, he was knocked out by the gas. When he came to, he found himself in a strange place, laying down in a bed with some food near him. There, his father appeared. Jay was dumbfounded at his father's appearance and immediately questioned if it was really him. Jay's father told him that it really was him... and revealed that he was the messenger of the Greek gods, Hermes!

Hermes explained to Jay that he couldn't stay on Earth with Jay as he wanted to and had to leave Jay and his mother by themselves but he kept a close eye on Jay. And Jay had a connection with the Speed Force since he was a young child but Hermes had blocked that connection for Jay's sake.

But when Jay did that experiment, something happened that unlocked his connection with the Speed Force. After their conversation, Hermes handed Jay his coveted war helmet telling Jay to be a hero and keep his legacy. Jay accepted and Hermes transported him back to his lab.

After this, Jay tried out his powers and felt amazing. Jay would then fashioned himself a make-shift suit and became The Streak, working in secret as a vigilante. After a few months of being a hero, Franklin Roosevelt approached him to help the Allies win the war. Jay agreed and fought in the war. He fought alongside a few other heroes and they succeeded in helping the Allies win the war. Jay would then become a vigilante working in the shadows.

### The Flash: 1967 - 1973

In 1967, when the world needed heroes the most, Jay decided to emerge and became the hero: The Flash (he also updated his suit). Jay would go on to do many acts of heroism and quickly rose to fame.

Two years later, on July 4th, 1969, a villain named Dragon King terrorized Washington D.C and Jay rushed to the scene of the crime. Once there, he encountered other heroes who wanted to help fight against the villain. Once Dragon King was defeated, the President congratulated the heroes and declared them the Justice Society of America.

They would go on many battles against multiple villains, notable among the villains were Wotan, Wizard, Vandal Savage, Solomon Grundy, Brainwave, and others. In 1971, Jay encountered another speedster named The Rival. Jay would defeat him but the Rival disappeared.

In 1973, the government would work on shutting down the JSA. During this, a man named the Fiddler attacked Jay but Jay was able to defeat him using vibrations. After the final battle of the JSA against the Injustice Society, the world forgot about them and they would retire.

### Professor Garrick: 1973 - 2000

Soon after this, Jay went on to get a degree in teaching. During this time, Jay met a woman named Joan Williams. Jay and Joan would become very close and eventually develop a relationship. After Jay finished his degree, he proposed to Joan. Later that year, they would get married.

Jay went on to teach at Midwestern University as a professor of physics. And during this time, he began to write books. His books would be about superheroes (he wrote of the JSA making them out as sci-fi characters). His career as an author took off when he published his first book.

In 1996 he had met a young Barry Allen when he had appeared in his class. They bonded over Jay's books and Jay had noticed Barry would be something special. As the years passed by, the sales of his books would decrease, but once heroes emerged in the early 2000s, the sales of his books again skyrocketed.

### Mercury: 2000 - Present (2016)

When Barry had woken up from his coma with powers he had gone to Jay for help as Jay wrote a speedster character. This was when Jay revealed to Barry that he is a speedster as well. Barry was shocked at this and asked if the speedster character was based on him. Jay answered yes to which Barry had more questions but Jay said nothing. Jay then let Barry use the codename "The Flash" and Barry was honored.

Jay would help Barry with the basics before deciding to step back and let Barry learn on his own. When I asked if he would stay and help Barry against villains Jay decided against and said it was time to visit old friends. Before he left I gave him the codename of Mercury.

The first of his old JSA friends that he visited was Alan Scott. When Alan refused to see him, he knew something was wrong. He used his powers and broke into Alan's penthouse and tried to have a conversation with him but he crudely told Jay to go away. Jay did as he wished and ran off to visit Ted Grant.

While at Ted's gym, Jay asked Ted how Dinah was doing and Ted silenced. Jay kept asking when Ted gave Jay a right hook that would've easily knocked a normal human down. Afterwards, Ted said sorry and that he and Dinah split up shortly after the JSA disbanded. Jay then decided to have a sparring match with Ted to cheer him up.

The next day he left for Star City to see Dinah but after seeing her with her family, he chose not to disturb her. The next of his friends he went to see was Rex Tyler. When he reached Rex's house, a young boy had answered the door. When Jay asked the young boy if Rex was there when Rick called his dad. This made Jay assume that Rick was Sandra Knight's son but when Rex saw that it was Jay, he slammed the door in Jay's face.

Jay knocked on the door again and asked for just five minutes of his time. Rex looked at his clock and waited a few seconds and said "They start now". Jay asked what was wrong and Rex did not answer. Jay then asked where Sandra was but Rex again did not answer. Jay noticed a ring on Rex's finger and asked about that. Rex once more did not answer. Jay asked if Rex could just answer the following question: "Is Rick Sandra's son?" Rex answered no and said time was up to which he then closed the door on him.

After this meeting, Jay decided to set up a meeting between Rex and Sandra with neither of them knowing his involvement in this "accidental meeting". After witnessing the two Jay decided to put a pause on revisiting his friends to spend time with Joan. He learned that his old friend Wesley Dodds was on a trip with his wife (who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier that year) so he decided to not disturb the two.

Jay was there when Barry and Iris married and was also there when Iris gave birth to Bart and Jenni where he was named godfather of Bart. Jay knew the kids would be special since the pregnancy only lasted 4 months. During winter break of 2001, he went to check up on Rex and was glad he was doing fine. In 2002, he went to the funeral of Wesley and it was there that he had learned of the death of Al Pratt, Lee Travis, Greg Saunders, and Justin.

Shortly after this a black blur had appeared a few times. Jay thought this was the Black Flash, a mythological being sent from the Speed Force to appear before speedsters near their death. We later learned that this was a ruse from Savitar. Jay had come to Barry to ask for his help in defeating Savitar. Barry and Jay worked together and tried to defeat Savitar. Savitar then said that the test was done and that he was better than Jay's rival before disappearing.

In 2003, when Barry's nephew Wally West gained powers, Jay helped train the young boy. In 2005, Jay attended Alan's wedding to Molly Mayne. In 2006, Jay helped Barry against the Rogues. In 2007, Alan asked Jay for help in finding his children to which Jay gladly assisted. While searching for the kids he found Pat Dugan, an old friend of his. Pat invited Jay to his wedding and Jay attended it in 2008.

Back in 2007 Jay helped Barry against the Reverse-Flash. He also assisted Superman and the League stop Doomsday. In 2008 Jay helped the League against Steppenwolf. In 2010, Jay had a lead on Alan's kids and had found them, he led Alan to them and then left them alone. He also attended the wedding of Rex and Sandra. Later that year Bart gained powers but was rapidly aging. Caitlin found a way a to stop the aging but it caused Bart to release bursts of energy, which Jay helped Wally and Barry absorb.

He also helped train the newly made speedster. He would go on to assist Barry against Abra Kadabra. In 2012, Savitar had returned and Jay had defeated him. But then he randomly disappeared in agony. Afterwards, Jay would bond with Bart, seeing him as a grandson. In 2013, Jay would help Barry teach Max to hone his powers. In 2014, Jay helped the League stop the OMACs. He also helped Bart investigate Inertia. In 2015, he helped Barry against the Rogues. He also helped Bart defeat Inertia. In 2016, he helped the League battle Darkseid.

## Strengths

* **Speedster**:
	+ **Enhanced Speed:** The Speed Force allows him to move at supersonic speeds. Jay is one of the fastest beings in the world. So fast, that he can perform extraordinary feats. He has been clocked at Mach 17.
		- **Time Travel:** Jay's speed allows him to travel through time. Though he doesn't utilize this ability because of the ramifications it could cause on the timeline
		- **Dimensional Travel:** Jay's speed also allows him to travel through dimensions. One of the dimensions he has travelled to is the Speed Force.
	+ **Speed Force Aura:** The Speed Force gives him an aura to protect him from the dangers of supersonic speed.
	+ **Hyper-Healing:** His Speedster abilities include regenerating at immense speed. He can heal from a broken limb in a span of a hour.
	+ **Flashtime:** This ability allows him to view the world as if everything was frozen.
	+ **Enhanced Agility and Reflexes:** His speed and Flashtime ability allows him to react to the world faster than normal
	+ **Enhanced Thinking:** His speed and Flashtime ability allows him to process the world around him faster than normal.
	+ **Enhanced Stamina and Durability:** The Speed Force allows him to take more hits and the stress of being a Speedster.
	+ **Phasing:** His enhanced speed allows him to vibrate so fast, he can shift through solid objects.
	+ **Electrokinesis:** All Speedsters generate electricity and can manipulate it.
* **Physics:** Jay has a good knowledge of Physics after studying it in college.

## Weaknesses

* **Metabolism:** All Speedsters have this problem. Due to their enhanced speed and hyper-healing, the metabolism of Speedsters has been accelerated and they need at least 20,000 calories a day.

## Tech

* **Costume:**
	+ **Material:** The costume is made of a special material that reduces friction so it doesn't burn up
	+ **GPS:** The suit has a GPS that could track him, especially if he gets lost or kidnapped.

## Fun Facts (Flash Facts)

* Jay is a skilled writer.
* Jay's book series is one of the most famous book series'.
* It was Jay who suggested that Wally live in Keystone City.

## Notes

* Jay being the son of Hermes is influenced by Roy Westerman's Earth-27 take on Jay.
* Jay's birthday is his actual birthday in the comics.