Barry Allen

## The Flash

* Civilian
* The Flash

### Family

Henry Allen (father), Nora Allen (mother), Iris West-Allen (wife), Rudolph West (brother-in-law), Wally West (nephew), Bart Allen (grandson)

### Voiced by

Midgettoe2000

"*I want it known that you are the only known hero I come close to respecting on any level, and yes, that is saying a lot. I barely respect my butler.*"
—Batman
**Barry Allen** aka **The Flash** is a metahuman speedster superhero, protector of Central City, and a founding member of the Justice League.

## Physical appearance

Barry has short blond hair and blue eyes. His superhero costume is a full-body suit that is all red but has two small yellow lightning bolts across the waist and wrists. He has the yellow lightning bolt logo on his chest and boots. As for normal clothing, he wears an olive green shirt with a red sweater vest and a black tie with khaki pants and black shoes.

## History

### Formation of the Justice League

After investigating strange sightings of Parademons, the Flash delivered a Mother Box he found to Silas Stone at S.T.A.R. Labs. Sometime later, all the Mother Boxes in the country became active without warning, launch an invasion of the alien monsters across America. The Flash joined forces with Batman, Green Lantern, and Superman to battle the creatures in Metropolis. Barry was extremely excited to meet the Dark Knight, who commended the speedster for his good work as the Flash. The heroes were joined by Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, and Cyborg.

They learned that the ruler of Apokolips, Darkseid, was behind the invasion of Parademons. The heroes battled the monsters as Darkseid arrived on Earth to complete his invasion. He revealed that the only reason he was there was to kidnap Justin Timberlake. Batman refused to let anyone die, despite the fact that Darkseid only wished to lock the singer in a birdcage to entertain him.

Superman was taken by the aliens. Green Lantern tried to rush in and save him, but Batman stopped him, telling the hero that his "lone hotshot maverick" act was going to cost everyone their lives. Inspiring leadership in Hal, Batman headed up to the mothership to rescue the Man of Steel while he left Lantern to take command of the heroes.

Green Lantern was able to rally the other heroes, and they decided that the best way to take out Darkseid was to disable his eyes and thus his omega beams, which they did. Cyborg was able to send the Parademons back to Apokolips with his Mother Box tech. Batman and Superman arrived to help finish Darkseid and they managed to finally rid Earth of the New God. However, the citizens of Metropolis were very upset by the property damage, causing the heroes to run from the mob.

The President thanked the heroes for their service. Convinced that the world needed a group of heroes that could inspire people, the seven decided to form a team. Superman announced them as the Justice League of America, despite the heroes' complaints.

### Atlantean Invasion

Flash continued to work alongside the Justice League. When Cyborg received word of a strange submarine attack, Flash went to go find Green Lantern. When his friend asked Barry if he was a slut, Flash very quickly told him yes. Back at the Hall of Justice, the League's new base, the heroes determined that the strange water-breathing soldiers who had attacked the submarine were from the lost city of Atlantis. Batman and Superman discovered evidence of a half-Atlantean man named Arthur Curry and unrest in Atlantis. The heroes managed to track down Curry and helped save him and his companion Mera from some underwater monsters. Flash stayed behind with Batman and Captain Marvel while the rest of the team went below the surface to see what the state of things was in Atlantis. It turned out that Arthur's half-brother Orm had become the King of Atlantis and was marching on the surface world. Flash and the others rushed to stop them and battled with the Atlantean army. In the end, they won by Batman and Cyborg projecting footage of Orm admitting to killing his mother, the previous queen, to the army. They turned on their king and eventually pledged loyalty to Arthur after he impressed them with his singing ability, an important trait in Atlantean customs. Flash and the other Leaguers determined that Arthur was way too cool for them and would make the heroes look bad, thus conspiring to make him out to be a joke on the surface world. Arthur and Mera joined the Justice League as part-timers, known as Aquaman and Aquawoman.

### Legion of Doom

In 2008, Vandal Savage used plans he'd stolen from Batman to exploit the weaknesses of the various members of the Justice League. He assembled his Legion of Doom, a team of six other villains who could each take out a hero in turn. Mirror Master forced the Flash to trap a bomb on his hand that forced him to keep running forever lest he explode. Batman saved by instructing him to run through an iceberg, leaving the bomb behind. The Justice League then attacked Savage and his Legion at their headquarters. As a last-ditch effort to defeat the heroes and assert his control over humanity, Savage decided to kill the whole race and start over. He launched a missile into the sun to destabilize the human species. Superman begged God to save them... which He did (in reality, this was Doctor Manhattan). In the aftermath of these events, the members of the League voted on whether or not to kick Batman out since he'd betrayed their trust so harshly. They decided to keep him on since he paid the bills.

### Young Justice

On July 4th, 2010, the Flash and Kid Flash fought Captain Cold, who was trying to rob a Central City jewelry store. They ran literal circles around the villain until Kid Flash grew impatient enough to take Cold down. The duo then went to meet up with other heroes at the Hall of Justice. The Justice League had prepared the Young Justice initiative, a team that would comprise the sidekicks of the League: Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Speedy. However, upon seeing that the League spent most of their time partying, Speedy left. The heroes then had to go help Kevin Smith, after he was kicked out of a plane due to his 'proportions.' When the Flash and his allies returned, they found that the teen heroes had left the Hall of Justice and broken into a Cadmus facility, where they discovered a Russian clone of Superman called Superboy. With the teens having disobeyed direct orders, Batman attempted to shut down the Young Justice initiative, but they managed to convince him otherwise. Batman set them up at Mount Justice under the condition that they would carry out strictly covert ops. The Flash stayed on good terms with his young partner.

### Crisis on Two Earths

The Justice League later interrogated a mysterious version of Lex Luthor, who was obviously not their new President. He revealed that he was from an alternate universe called Earth-3 where the traditional good guys were generally evil and the traditional bad guys were generally good. Luthor needed the heroes' help in stopping the Crime Syndicate, a twisted version of the Justice League from his home that was trying to take over the world. The heroes begrudgingly agreed to travel with Luthor, but Batman stayed behind.

On Earth-3, Flash and the League ran up against the team of villains, notably Owlman and Superwoman. The heroes ultimately fleed from the Syndicate, with Owlman briefly pursuing them. He mysteriously implied that he'd met the League before. President Slade Wilson had a meeting with the heroes, eager to have a group willing and capable of stopping the dictatorial Crime Syndicate. Superman and Luthor went to stop Ultraman, the Man of Steel's Earth-3 doppelganger as well as a member of the Crime Syndicate. The League also met up with Batman, who had ended up in the alternate universe after being kidnapped by Superwoman. Through these efforts, the heroes learned that Owlman was in the possession of a universe-destroying bomb called the Godkiller, which Luthor had designed (though not as a weapon).

Superwoman agreed to take the League to where Owlman was keeping the weapon. The two teams clashed, with everyone ultimately turning against Owlman when they learn of his weapon's multiverse-destroying capabilities. If brought to the very first universe ever created and detonated, the bomb would send out a ripple effect that would obliterate everything in existence. Johnny Quick used his speed to create a portal for Batman to travel through, though it killed the speedster. The Dark Knight followed Owlman and his Godkiller to Earth-Prime and was able to stop the villain. Back on Earth-3, President Wilson and the United States military arrested the Crime Syndicate. The heroes returned home, and everyone was happy to see that the experience has convinced Superman to strive for true heroism.

## Resources

### Powers

* **Super speed:** Barry can run at superhuman speeds.

## Appearances

* *Justice League War Abridged*
* *Throne of Atlantis Abridged*
* *Wonder Woman Abridged* (no lines)
* *Justice League Doom Abridged*
* *Green Arrow Abridged* (mentioned)
* *Suicide Squad Abridged 2: Ticket to Heck*
* *Young Justice Abridged*
	+ "Don't Call Us Sidekicks"
	+ "Guerrilla Warfare" (offscreen)
	+ "Reservoir Heroes" (no lines)
	+ "Civvies"
	+ "Eyes of Fate" (flash-forward, no lines)
	+ "Identity Crisis" (Earth-16B, no lines)
	+ "Seeing Red" (no lines)
	+ "Father's Day"
* *Crisis on Two Earths Abridged*
* *DC Abridged Confidential* (mentioned)

## Quotes

* *"Never fear, Flash is here!"*
* *"Am I Speedy fucking Gonsalez?"*
* *"I carry grudges."*

## Trivia

* During his first time having sex, Barry's speedster abilities somehow damaged his partner, causing there to be "blood everywhere."