The Flash(Jay Garrick)(1459)

**Jay Garrick** was the first **Flash**, a member of the Justice Society of America.

## History

A freak lab accident gave Jay Garrick super-speed. he assumed the identity of "the Flash" and began operating as a costumed crime fighter was active in the 40s and 50s. He became a member of the Justice Society

However, his identity was exposed by US Goverment, which wanted Jay and the other members of the JSA to work for them. When Jay refused, they framed him and the others for crimes and had him arrested. Breaking his leg, to prevent him from moving at super speed. But, the charges against Jay didn't hold up and he was released.

For Several Decades Jay stayed hidden and became a hermit in Utah

## Powers

* **Speed Force Conduit**: Jay possesses a connection to the Speed Force, a mysterious cosmic force that pushes time and space itself forward. As a conduit of the Speed Force, all aspects of Jay's physiology are accelerated and enhanced.
	+ **Accelerated Healing**: By having a connection to the speed force, Jay has an incredibly fast healing factor and can heal from most injuries in seconds and devastating injuries in minutes.
	+ **Enhanced Senses**: The Speed Force enhances Jay's senses, allowing him to perceive and process thoughts faster than the normal person.
	+ **Phasing**: Jay can tap into the Speed Force to vibrate his molecules in a way to achieve intangibility for short bursts, allowing him to phase through objects.
	+ **Speed Force Aura**: The Speed Force manifests an aura around Jay and whatever he is carrying, protecting him from adverse effects of his speed, such as friction with the air.
		- **Superhuman Durability**: The Speed Force Aura also protects Jay from kinetic impacts, which in turn, makes him much more durable and resistant to injury than any normal human.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: The Speed Force grants Jay with a great increase of stamina, allowing him to fight or run much longer than the average person. Although a great increase, it is not unlimited.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: The universal factor of being a Speed Force conduit grants Jay with imperceptible amounts of speed. All powers that Jay possesses derives from his speed.. This also confers:
		- **Superhuman Agility**: Jay's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows him to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speed.
		- **Superhuman Reflexes**: In conjunction with his enhanced senses, Jay's reflexes are heightened immesurably, allowing him to dodge or react faster than normal.
	+ **Vortex Creations**: Jay is able to create vortices of air by running in circles or rotating his extremities at super-speed. These vortices can be used for a number of effects.

* + **Speed Steal**: Jay can steal the momentum of any moving object or being, such as Superman. This gives him a boost in speed and slows the person or object he stole the kinetic energy from.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: The Speed Force enhances Jay's physical strength to levels superior than the average human being. Jay has lifted and carried pieces of concrete from stone columns, over his head.
	+ **Invisibility**: By vibrating his atoms and molecules at the right frequency, Jay can turn invisible, even when confided in shackles that he can't escape with his speed.
	+ **Decelerated Aging**: Along with every speedster that draws from the speed force, the loved ones of the speedsters will gain eternal youth like Jay's wife and Barry's wife ages have shown.
	+ **Speed Force Empathy**: Jay can sense when another Speed Force Conduit is troubled, and can be drawn to the location of that speedster.
	+ **Dimensional Travel**: Jay was shown capable of breaking the dimensional barrier with his speed to traverse between dimensions, after meeting The Flash.