Flash

## **Jay Garrick(1938-1951)**

   As a boy, Jason Peter Garrick used to read pulp magazine stories of the turn-of-the-century super-hero, Whip Whirlwind. Little did he know that he would be granted the same powers of super speed.

Jay would go to Midwestern University in Keystone, where he would double-major in chemistry and physics. An experiment he was working on during his junior year was to purify hard water without any residual radiation in a cyclotron. He took a smoke break in the laboratory while his Professor Elliot Shapiro was out. When a test tube of the hard water was accidentally spilled, the fumes knocked him out. Shapiro dragged him from the lab. After a week of unconsciousness, during which Jay's metabolism increased and his body rejected nutrients, he discovered that he had been given superhuman speed by the accident(it most likely triggered his latent metahuman gene to surface), After a brief career as a college football star, he donned a red shirt with a lightning bolt and a stylized metal helmet with wings (based on images of the Roman god Mercury). He then began to fight crime as the Flash. The helmet belonged to Jay's father, Joseph, who fought during World War I. He sometimes used the helmet as a weapon or a type of shield.

Garrick was able maintain a secret identity without the use of a mask by constantly "vibrating" his features, making him hard to recognize or clearly photograph. The effectiveness of this is debatable, as he later blamed his girlfriend, Joan, deducing his true identity on his lack of a mask. Garrick ultimately made his identity as the Flash public to the world.

During his career, he would often find himself embroiled in somewhat amusing situations inadvertently initiated by Winky, Blinky, and Noddy, a trio of tramps known as the Three Dimwits, who tried their hand at one job after another, and never successfully. The three eventually became successful film stars, largely due to simply allowing their antics to be recorded.

His first case involved battling the Faultless Four, a group of blackmailers (Sieur Satan, Serge Orloff, Duriel, and Spencer Smythe), who plotted to steal an atomic bombarder and sell it. Professor Edward Clariss discovered a way to grant himself similar Superspeed to Jay Garrick and gained superspeed, becoming the Rival. He briefly took away Jay's speed after capturing him, making him super-slow, but Jay used the gases again, allowing him to regain his superspeed and defeat the Rival.
Two other Speedsters premiered during this time. Quicksilver I, also known as Max Mercury in 1940(actually the older Whip Whirlwind inspired by the Flash to resume super heroics), and Johnny Quick in 1941. Johnny Quick was able to crack the formula for Super Speed. Both heroes would retire after the war. Johnny Quick married another hero, Liberty Belle.
Jay was an active member of the Justice Society of America. Like the Flashes who followed him, Garrick became a close friend of the Green Lantern of his time, Alan Scott, whom he met through the Justice Society during World War II. Comics thought to be based on his exploits began to be produced, presenting the Justice Society of America as the Justice Guild of America and the Flash as the Streak. However, while the public was correct in assuming the comics were based on true heroes, they were actually based on the exploits of a team of heroes on Earth 9.

During the war, he and "Happy" Terrill (The Ray) were in the Philippines during General McCarthy's "initial push" in 1942 when the Nazi super-agent Parsifal showed up.

Aside from the rival, The three main enemies of the Flash were the Fiddler, the Thinker and the Shade.

The Fiddler wielded a violin capable of producing sonic sounds which brought anyone who heard them under his control. He was originally a man named Benjamin Bowe and fought both Bulletman and Vigilante in the 1940’s. The Fiddler would be paralleled by the presence of the Music Maester in the Justice Guild Comics.

The Thinker was Clifford DeVoe, a former lawyer who began to use his intelligence to support mob activity. The Flash had thwarted his schemes. The Thinker also had battles with Batman and Superman(at one point even being knocked out when he, ironically, hit his head on a statue of the Thinker).

The Shade was the most mysterious of the group, but he was Richard Swift. A man who could manipulate Shadows. He appeared to be immortal. There had been a Shade, which was captured by the Vigilante and revealed to be radio announcer Keyhole Carter.

In 1945, Jay Garrick battled a notable villain called the Turtle. The Turtle was able to successfully access a form of energy which allowed him to slow down time. He had battled other heroes such as Green Arrow and Robotman. The Flash's superspeed gave him the perfect counter to the Turtle's ability.

In 1948, Jay Garrick, under the code name Mercury, spent some years in government service, during which he went undercover in Russia under the alias Jakob when Batman summoned all available covert agents to attack Dru-Zod.

In 1950, he attended the rally in Washington, D.C. where all costumed superheroes were to appear by Presidential decree to show their loyalty. During the rally, Joan Dale (Miss America) publicly exposed Tex Thompson as being the Ultra-Humanite and attempted to also expose Dynaman as being Adolf Hitler in Daniel Dunbar’s body when the Ultra-Humanite had Robert Crane (Robotman) silence her by murdering her in public. Rex Tyler (Hourman) took over for Joan Dale in the exposure of both Thompson and Dunbar, causing Dynaman to show his true colors and to attack the various superheroes present.

In 1951, the JSA was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for possible Communist sympathies and asked to reveal their identities. This was later revealed to be partly caused by Per Degaton. The JSA declined, and Garrick, who recently married his longtime girlfriend Joan, retired from superhero life. As a trained scientist, he ran an experimental laboratory and worked at Chemical Research Incorporated before founding the Keystone-based Garrick Laboratories.

In 1953 he attended the funeral of Diana's husband Steve Trevor when he was killed in Hun Chiu at the same time she gave birth to her daughter Stephanie.

No longer fearing Garrick’s association with the Justice Society, the Fiddler, the Thinker and the Shade, all conceived a scheme which resulted in the city of Keystone being transported elsewhere. The devices to do so were created by the Thinker while the Shade’s darkness ability enveloped the city, causing it to disappear. Comic book publishing of Jay Garrick’s exploits stopped as well.​

## **Barry Allen(1956-1986)**

### **Origins**

   Barry Allen and a twin brother were born two weeks late, to Henry and Nora Allen in the small midwestern town of Fallville, Iowa. The brother was pronounced stillborn by Dr.Gilmore. However, in actuality, he had been born healthy, but given to another family, the Thawnes, whose child had died during birth. The lateness of Barry's birth only foreshadowed his bad habit of always being late. Barry grew up reading the adventures of his favorite superhero, Jay Garrick, the original Flash and acted out many of his hero's adventures out with his friend and future actress, Daphne Dean.

When he was a child, his mother was killed and his father was convicted of the crime, but claimed innocence. Unable to believe his father did this, Barry swore that he would find a way to prove his father's innocence. Barry was taken in by his aunt and uncle in Sun City, Florida. Every summer following this, Barry scrounged up enough money to buy a plane ticket to Iowa so that he could visit his father in prison. The drive to prove his father was innocent gave Barry a strong belief in justice.

In high school, Barry had a reputation for being slow and easy-going but committed. On his first date, he went to a carnival. His date had wanted to put a little motion in his life, and they went on the roller-coaster first thing. Because of this, he developed a fear of roller-coasters, a fear that he didn't get rid of until much later in his life.

Barry loved chemistry from an early age, and that helped his skills as a farmer. He won first place in the Fallville County Fair Agricultural Competition, a prize which included a scholarship to Sun City University. He graduated in three years with a major in organic chemistry and a minor in criminology.

While a senior, Barry helped the authorities apprehend a bank robber, and he was offered a job as a police scientist for the Central City Police Department Scientific Detection Bureau. Barry accepted the offer. He celebrated with a flight to Iowa to visit his father and give him a lengthy plan of all the resources to seek exoneration. Barry got through the first hour of his pitch when Henry began to cry. Henry told his son to forget about him and go enjoy his own life with Iris. Barry chuckled this off and continued with his discourse. Angry, Henry smashed the phone and confessed to the murder of Nora, stunning Barry into shocked silence. Henry then ended the visit. Barry poured into his work.
After moving to Central City and getting an apartment with a laboratory in the back, Barry began dating Picture News reporter Iris West, whom he met while examining an apparent murder that she was reporting. She was charmed by his honesty and stability.

Barry Allen was a huge fan of the Flash and outright set out to give himself superpowers. He caused a lightning bolt to strike himself and douse him with chemicals. Barry was in a coma for six months. He awakened. Dazed, he decided to return home in a taxi. However, the taxi started to pull away without noticing him. Barry sprinted after it, only to run straight past it as if it had been standing still. He decided to sit down and recollect his thoughts at a diner. A passing waitress accidentally spilled the items of her tray onto Barry, who amazingly caught them all in mid-air and returns them to the tray. The next day, Barry saved Iris from a stray bullet. There was no question about it: the freak accident had somehow given Barry superhuman speed! He also possessed equally enhanced reflexes, durability, intelligence, senses, and healing.

Barry designed a special costume., sporting a lightning bolt in the chest (reminiscent of the original Captain Marvel). He used a special cold cast polyester he developed in college, which could be molded into miniature outfits from liquid material, that, when submerged in a special liquid, became sensitive to hydrogen, expanding on contact with the hydrogen in the air. A charge from a battery-powered ring he wore on his finger caused the fabric to release the extra hydrogen and shrink into the ring. He later revised the process, making the fabric sensitive to nitrogen instead.

Barry dubbed himself the Flash (after his childhood hero, Jay Garrick), and became Central City's resident costumed crime fighter and protector. Ironically, one of his first foes would be one of Garrick's, the Turtle, who fared no better against the new Flash than he had the old Flash, leading to his retirement from Supervillainy.

In addition, Allen invented the cosmic treadmill, a device that allowed for precise time travel. Allen was warmly received by his superhero colleagues, so much to the extent that nearly all speedsters that came after him were often compared to him. Batman once said "Barry was the kind of man that he would've hoped to become if my parents had not been murdered."

Flash first battled Captain Cold in 1957, a criminal utilizing a prototype Freeze Gun invented by Victor Fries.

In 1959, the Flash faced off against the Mirror Master Also known as Sam Scudder, the father of Nehemiah Scudder. Scudder would be succeeded as Mirror Master by Evan McCulloch in 1989, though he would be battling a different Flash. Another Villain was Hartley Rathaway, who had discovered the magical flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin and used it to commit crimes. Finally there was Mark Mardon, who used a device to alter the weather, calling himself the Weather Wizard.

During one summer, Iris's nephew Wally came to visit her in Central City. He was an incredible Flash fan, and he knew his aunt's boyfriend was a "friend" of the Flash, so a meeting was arranged. The Flash offered to answer all of Wally's questions, so Wally asked how the Flash had gained his powers of super-speed. The Flash explained the events of what had happened, causing Wally to wish out loud that something like that would happen to him. With Iris’s blessing, Barry recreated the same conditions that caused him to gain his superspeed. The experiment was a success. Now possessing the same powers as the Flash, Wally at first donned a smaller-sized copy of Barry Allen's Flash costume, with the Picture News dubbing the young crime fighter 'Kid Flash' in a headline. Wally's original costume was later transformed into a new yellow and red design with which the Flash had been toying with.

Despite being seen as a hero to the public, Flash was still consider to be an unregistered superhuman fugitive by the federal government. In 1959, Barry overheard of Gorilla Grodd threatening Central City, and came to capture the Gorilla. But this turned out to be a trap, and he was subdued by government agents lead by King Faraday. Faraday confronted the Flash and told him that he was "government property". Flash was shocked from hearing Faraday's words and quickly escaped before being almost tranquilized by the agent. This event shook Flash as he became very disappointed of how people viewed him after all he did to help the people he saved and protected. Ultimately, Barry decided to abandon his heroic career, in which he interrupted Walter Kronkite's news report and announced his permanent retirement and reasons for doing so.
However, after the gigantic being known as The Centre, appeared off of Florida's coast, Barry watched the events unfold from his home beside Iris West. In the state of global disaster, Barry was about to reveal his heroic identity to Iris, but his fiancé reveals that she had all ready knew about it a longtime ago, and confessed that she is happy for what he did and convinced him to become the Flash again to fight alongside with the heroes at Cape Canaveral against the Centre.

After Supermanwas believed to be dead, Flash proved crucial in destroying the Centre as his speed is fast enough to cover the creature with Raymond Palmer's smaller matter reduction ray to destabilize and implode the being. Flash succeeded in this and was rescued by Wonder Woman once he jumped off the Centre. Barry would go onto join the Justice League soon after in 1960. Afterwards he would encounter the Villain called the Trickster for the first time.

During the League years, Barry was slightly attracted to Black Canary and Zatanna, but he never pursued a relationship because he felt his real love was Iris West, whom he ultimately married. Allen also became a good friend of Green Lantern (Hal Jordan).

In 1961, Barry Allen attended a children’s party with Iris. When the scheduled magician failed to show up. Barry appeared as the Flash and performed trick. When he attempted an invisible rope trick, he attempted to vibrate his molecules enough to be able to appear invisible but instead found himself phasing through Universes, he was able to find himself in the dimension in which Keystone City had been trapped in. This allowed him to meet his idol Jay Garrick. This was how he discovered he could travel to other Universes. He helped Jay Garrick defeat the villains that had sent the city there and used his scientific mind to undo the effect, bringing Keystone City back to Earth and, along with Jay Garrick, using his Superspeed to rescue people who would have been killed by the city rematerializing. Flash would explore other Universe, including Earth Prime, where he was a fictional character.

In 1962, Citizen Abra from the 64th century arrived in Allen's time and became a Supervillain, using advanced future technology to pose as a Genuine Magician.

In 1963, Allen encountered and battled Mick Rory, AKA Heatwave, who used a Flame gun as a counterpart to Captain Cold's own gun. He also encountered an enemy with superspeed, Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash, for the first time, who’s identity he did not know and would not discover until years later. He did learn through his encounters that Zoom was from the 25th century and had found a way to gain The Flash’s speed for himself.

In 1964, Wally West would join the Teen Titans.

Barry was worried that the accident had made him less human and that they would not be able to have children. However, after performing many tests, he determined that they still could.

In 1967, The Flash and Superman raced for Charity. The race was interrupted by the Weather Wizard. They would race several times but the winner would remain in debate, often tying or Barry allowing Superman to win.

That same year a 5th dimensional imp named Mopee,hearing of the ploys by other 5th dimensional imps such as Mxyzptlk and Bat Mite, pulled a prank on the Flash. He took away Barry Allen’s powers and then told him that he had been responsible for granting the Flash his powers as he caused the Lightning bolt. He told Barry he needed to buy the chemicals he used. Barry did so and Mopee revealed the situation was a hoax.

In 1968, Iris gave birth to twins, the confusedly named Don Allen(male) and Dawn Allen(Female). They became nicknamed the Tornado twins. They would eventually take on different names due to the confusion.

However, Professor Zoom would return. This time with a vengeance.

Reverse Flash has an odd history due to his nature as a time traveller. He was Eobard Thawne from the 25th century. He was essentially a fanboy of the Flash, particularly Barry Allen, however his obsession led to him not only recreating the Flash experiment (Barry had been careful to only trust a few people with it and destroy his notes, which is why it became a trade secret among the Flash Family, yet they had been rediscovered in the future) but also journeying back in time to kill him. His sadistic nature led to him to cause "every bad day Barry Allen ever had" including killing his dog and his mother. Finally he battled the Flash, who followed him back in time to the day his mother was killed. Barry Allen couldn’t resist temptation and saved his mother. He woke up in a very different timeline, one in which he had no powers. Professor Zoom had caused several other changes in the timeline to weaken flash, including changes that were designed to take the Justice League members such as Bruce Wayne(killed as a child by the mobster instead of his parents),Superman( his pod redirected to crash into Metropolis where he would remain in Government custody and not be given the chance for exposure in the sun to be granted superpowers), Aquaman and Wonder Woman(at war due to Wonder Woman being framed for murdering Aquaman’s wife Mera). With the aid of Batman(Thomas Wayne), Barry Allen regained his powers. He fought and battled Reverse Flash, who was wounded by the Thomas Wayne Batman, who was able to stab him in the chest from behind, wounding him by surprise and then shooting Thawne in the head. Thawne in desperation used his abilities to time travel, preserving his existence for a limited time. He attempted to steal an object known tongue in Cheekly as the “Get out of Hell Free” Card, which his knowledge from the future knew the Suicide Squad would go on a mission to find. He attempted to get it in the hopes it would grant him immortality and stave off his death. However he was defeated as his speed was severely limited and Deadshot landed several hits on him. He made one last desperate attempt to run Barry Allen’s life and attacked his home in 1980. The Flash arrived and a hostage situation ensued. Thawne killed Iris. Barry lost it. In one second, Iris Allen was dead. The next second the Reverse Flash was dead.

   The Crisis on Infinite Earths occurred. Allen was captured by the Anti-Monitor in 1985; according to the Anti-Monitor, the Flash was the only being capable of traveling to other universes at will, so the Anti-Monitor could not allow him to stay free. Allen escaped and foiled the Anti-Monitor's plan to destroy the Earth with an anti-matter cannon, creating a speed vortex to draw the power in, but died in the process as the power became too much for his body. It had been said that Allen travelled back through time and became the very same lightning bolt that gives him his powers, but later it was also strongly believed that the soul of Barry resided in the Speed Force, the mystical source and Valhalla open to all dead speedsters, and from which the living ones drew their amazing powers. After Allen's death, Kid Flash Wally West, his nephew and sidekick, took up the mantle of the Flash. He was succeeded by his two children, one of which his daughter, Donna, now going by Carrie, would take the mantle of Kid Flash.

## **Wally West (1986-2005)**

    Wally West, named after his grandfather, was the only son of Rudy and Mary West. As a child, he developed a fascination with the superhero the Flash when he learned his aunt knew the Speedster in Central City. When Wally did meet Barry Allen, Allen was able to conduct a similar experiment to that which created him, granting Wally West superpowers. Barry then invited Wally to become his sidekick - the first Kid Flash.

In 1964, Wally became a founding member of the original incarnation of the Teen Titans, alongside Robin(Bruce Wayne Jr), Aqualad(Garth), Speedy, and Wonder Girl(Stephanie Trevor on the first adventure but then Donna Troy). The team went on multiple adventures together and bonded as friends. After outgrowing the mantle of Kid Flash, Wally West chose the mantle of Impulse, since Barry Allen, possibly as a result of the Speed Force or in general the usefulness of his power regardless of age, continued to operate as the Flash until the 1980’s. Wally would have three children with Reporter Linda Park. Two boys named Jai (sometimes spelled as Jay) and Barry, and a girl named Iris. Barry and Iris were born as twins while Jai was born later.

Following the Death of Barry Allen in the Crisis, Wally West became the new Flash. Wally West as the Flash was initially less powerful than his predecessor. For example, instead of being able to reach the speed of light, he could run just faster than that of sound He also had to eat vast quantities of food to maintain his metabolism. He would grow stronger over time.

West won a lottery, bought a large mansion, and began dating beautiful women. His finances and luck continued to ebb and wane until his fortunes stabilized.

Soviet Scientists Doctor Pytor Orloff and Krulik had been working for years on a way to replicate the speed of the American Superhero, the Flash. The two worked on a serum to provide the speed. Orloff was focusing on the serum’s benefits to society while Krulik saw only military use. Krulik became fed up with Orloff using only animals and demanded human trials. Three children were used. Krulik also attempted to test the serum on himself. However, he failed to take into account the Flash’s added durability to survive his own speed and the friction from the air burned him alive.

Orloff continued without Krulik and granted the three children superspeed. The three children were Gregor Gregorovich, Boleslaw Uminski and Ivana Molotova. The three grew up to be called the Blue Trinity. They were controlled by the army and stationed near Kiev.

The Soviets would continue testing, however the next team created by Dr. Orloff at the Pulseki Institute were less loyal to the Soviet Union. Two of the three, Anatole, and Bebeck wanted to leave but the third, Cassiopiea, did not want to abandon their motherland. Dr.Orloff had become the world’s leading expert in Speedsters so much so that when Dr. Jerry McGee was injured in 1987, the Flash traveled to the Soviet Union to ask for Dr.Orloff’s assistance. Jerry McGee had created a suit to replicate Super Speed. When his abused wife had fled him, she asked the Flash for protection. Due to not having tested the suit, McGee was heavily damaged. This was a new situation for the Flash and he never had to deal with serious injuries due to super Speed, since the other Speedsters usually had the durability to heal in short time. The Flash sought out Dr.Orloff and brought him to the United States, when he agreed. The Red Trinity, out of loyalty to Dr. Orloff went with him. Jerry McGee had suffered near total kidney failure and massive internal hemorrhaging. He had to have a new heart, lung and kidneys transplanted. His blood pressure had damaged his eyes, and his leg joints were messed up due to jolting forward at superspeed and breaking. The operation was also painful for him as his metabolism burned through the anaesthesia. Orloff was able to stabilize McGee, but he remained in a coma for eight months. When he did awake, he was a changed man.

The Red Trinity helped fight off the Blue Trinity. They then spent time in American and enjoyed their time there, officially defecting. They would set up the Kapitalist Kourier Service, inc, a high speed Courier Service. The service quickly grew to overwhelming popularity due to the three employing literal super speed to deliver packages, and the thawing tensions of the Cold War in 1987 following the Adrian Veidt Squid attack on Metropolis. Their only real competition was the Themysciran operated Amazon delivery service.

While the Blue Trinity continued to operate as Soviet and then russian agents, Ivana was coerced via forced addiction to the drug Velocity 9, to become loyal to the villain Vandal Savage, who took over the remnants of the Soviet Union. Savage had a Flash esque costume created for her, which she wore as the proclaimed fourth Flash. After Savage was defeated, she offered to give up the Flash identity but Wally West said she could keep it if she wanted. After going through rehab she chose to modify the costume slightly and went into active duty as Lady Flash.

The 1990s also saw further modifications to the look of the Costume, with a modified uniform appearing in 1991. This modified costume altered the visual appearance of the traditional Flash costume, with a belt made of two connecting lightning bolts meeting in a "V" at the front (where Allen's costume had a single bolt in a horizontal band), removal of the wings from the top of his boots, a change in the material of his costume, and opaque lenses added to the eyes of his cowl.

In 1992, Jesse Chambers, daughter of Johnny Quick, a World War II era Speedster, became a superhero known simply as Jesse Quick, also possessing Super Speed. She had originally held off starting a career until finishing her education as per the wishes of her mother, the former superheroine Liberty Belle. She wrote her thesis on “The Impact of Superheroes on Society”.

A difficult encounter was made with a vicious foe, the first Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne). Thawne had been killed by Barry Allen before Allen's own death, but this Thawne was from a time period before he originally became Allen's enemy). This battle also served to increase Wally West's speed, forcing him to push past a psychological block he had placed on his powers. To prevent himself from truly "replacing" Barry, Wally had subconsciously limited his speed so that he could never become his mentor's equal, but when Thawne arrived in the present and briefly posed as Barry Allen, his bragging that he would become the true Flash forced Wally past this block, as he feared Thawne replacing Barry more than he feared himself doing so. After this encounter, he was again Barry Allen's equal in speed, and eventually became even faster. Though he still had not been able to recover Barry's vibrational/phasing abilities for a time (he could vibrate through objects but this would cause the object to explode), he gained several new powers that Barry never had. He was able to share/steal speed, use his speed to kinetically upgrade his attacks, and super heal others.

It was Wally West who discovered the Speed Force, an energy source that the Flashes had been using and tapping into. It was quite possibly created by Barry Allen after his death. Wally West was now able to lend speed to other objects and people and create a costume directly out of Speed Force energy. Traditional powers such as the ability to vibrate through solid objects were also restored. Because of this, the Flash felt pressured into having to constantly be heroic 24/7. The death of another Flash, Jay Garrick, only convinced him further to carry out the legacy of the two. Wally had discovered the ability to siphon speed and used this on the dying Jay. He then took up Jay’s helmet as his own, modified it to handle greater speeds and became a Flash with the body of the new and the spirit of the old. The Flash remained a hero, but he stopped... stopping. He began running instantly from crime scene to crime scene, disaster to disaster, until he became a gale force, patrolling Keystone City at speeds no human could follow. His speed alienated him towards his family. He clearly expected his son Barry to continue his legacy. However, Barry chose not to use his powers for anything but for his own personal pleasure, preferring to take it easy and plant his rear end on the couch. Despite disappointing his father, Barry was still favored by him to the point where he chose Barry to deliver messages to Iris West, Barry's sister, instead of delivering them to her personally. Iris West on the other hand took Superheroics very seriously and operated as Kid Flash.

Barry Allen’s children had inherited his speed. After their mother’s death, they were brought to the 30th Century by their father for their own protection. Barry Allen could visit them when he wished and so they remained safe(in fact he checked on them just as the Crisis was beginning to make sure they were safe).

Because of the policies of the Earthgov, which was known for exploiting metahumans, and the rampant xenophobia that existed on Earth prior to the the establishment of the United Planets, Barry encouraged his children to hide their powers, which would in turn protect them from Zoom, who could still attack them earlier in his own timeline.

When Wally arrived in their century after being lost in time following a battle with Savitar, he was shocked to discover the twins and that they were not using their speed to fight crime. They sprang into action to save Wally from a mob he had unsuccessfully tried to stop from lynching an alien. The twins subsequently lent some of their Speed Force energy to Wally to help him get back to his own time. Wally's visit no doubt had an effect on the Allen children, as they later began operating as the super hero duo known as the Tornado Twins.

Dawn eventually married Jeven Ognats, and had one daughter, Jenni Ognats, who became a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes as XS.

Don eventually married Meloni Thawne, daughter of the Earthgov President Thaddeus Thawne, whose family had been mortal enemies of the Allens for centuries. They had one son, Bart Allen, who would eventually travel to the 21st Century to become Impulse, and later, Kid Flash.

Bart was born with his grandfather's speed. He had an incredibly high metabolism and also aged at hyperspeed. When he was chronologically 2 years old, physically, he appeared 12 years old. The Allens and their families were attacked by the villainous Professor Zoom, a Thawne who wished to end the union of the rival families( and who had yet to have been killed by Barry Allen in his personal timeline). The Allen children and their families attempted to flee to a parallel Earth using the Cosmic Treadmill, However, Zoom sabotaged the device, causing an explosion. Don, Dawn, Bart and Jenni Ognats were not transported and remained on Earth. Earthgov President Thaddeus Thawne made a deal with the Dominators which resulted in metahumans being hunted down by the alien species. The twins Don and Dawn Allen were killed. The Dominators then abducted Bart, who was later captured by Earthgov for observation and experimentation, including the creation of the clone, Inertia. The scientists of Earthgov raised him in a virtual reality environment so that he aged as swiftly mentally as he did physically. Jenni Ognats was able to rescue him and take him to Wally West, the third Flash, in the past. Wally would show him how to control his speed. Bart later adopted the superheroic identity of Impulse. His name was strangely fitting, as he was impulsive and somewhat full of himself. This on its own was not unusual for Speedsters (as evidenced by the likes of Wally West himself, Quicksilver, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Rainbow Dash). This was likely the result of both belonging to a heroic lineage, coming from living in a future which deemed the current era people as primitive, and the fact that Speedsters were rarely ever matched in power. These traits would cost Bart Allen dearly.

Bart helped Wally defeat the organization Kobra, by infiltrating and helping to disband their attempt to recruit the youth into their organization through a Karate Dojo.

Bart moved to Manchester, Alabama to live with the West family. The Wests used their connections to supply Bart with a birth certificate and anything else he needed. Bart began the ninth grade at Manchester Junior High School. He managed to make quite a few friends, chief among them Carole Bucklen The Speedster Max Mercury(who traveled forward in time) agreed to train him in the art of superspeed, having him run obstacle courses while dodging axes and knives, solve jigsaw puzzles in mid-air, etc., ultimately enlisting his aid to battle his old foe, Savitar During this time, Bart served a brief stint with the New Titans before becoming one of the founding members of Young Justice.

Bart Allen chronologically encountered one of his first major enemies Thaddeus Thawne, then known as Inertia. His clone. Inertia would eventually grow up to become the Earthgov President, ironically causing the events which led to both Bart Allen’s genesis as the Flash and his own creation as a clone of Bart. There was also the arrival of another Speedster nemesis in Savitar.

Savitar was a cold war era pilot from India, who gained Superspeed during a test flight of a specialized plane. He gained a cult following in India, taking the name Savitar as it is Hindu for “God of Motion”. He constantly used his speed for time travel purposes, such as obtaining an advanced technological suit of armor, gaining more followers in different times, and antagonizing multiple Speedsters throughout history, including Johnny Quick, Max Mercury, Lady Flash, Impulse, Jay Garrick, Jessie Quick and XS.

In 1996, Wally West joined the newly reformed Justice League under Superman. Iris West instead joined Batman’s outsiders in infiltrating and thwarting a group of villains known as the Mankind Liberation front.

Tragedy struck in 2000, when an adult Thaddeus Thawne, was able to strip Wally West of his Superspeed and frame him for the murder of his wife Linda Park, though Wally realized what was happening and was able to expel most of it rather than allow it to be taken by Thawne. Thawne in fact ended up powerless, only having enough Speed to escape the scene. He would murder and impersonate a man named Harrison Wells as he conceived of a complex plan to regain his speed. He never learned the secrets of replicating the Super Speed. Any sources he could have gotten it from would be on high alert and he ran the risk of being recognized.

While everyone doubted Wally West had murdered his wife, finding evidence proving his innocence was difficult and he would be sent to jail, though he would live comfortably there for years.

## **Jay West(2001-)**

However, the death did have an unexpected reaction in Wally’s son Barry, who, now motivated by the loss, set out to fight crime in his father’s place, as Wally had wanted of him. Unfortunately he did this his own way, instead of taking on the Flash Mantle, which was taken by Wally West's second son and Barry's brother Jay West, Barry would go a different path. Still seeking a way to be lazy with his speed, he joined the Vought Sponsored Superhero team the Seven under the (legally distinct) codename of Mister Marathon.​

In 2001, former FBI Agent Hunter Zolomon was injured by Gorilla Grodd at Iron Heights Penitentiary and was paralyzed from the waist down. Jay West refused to use time travel to prevent his fate out of fear of what this could cause to the time stream. Zolomon then went to Barry West, who used his connections to have Hunter Zolomon granted superhuman speed. This succeeded though, Zolomon turned out to become far more villainous than heroic once he became a Speedster. Zolomon became a true villain and directly attacked Jay West and his family. He justified his actions to himself by claiming that he was helping Jay West to become a better hero. He enforced this approach towards the lazy Barry in his identity of Marathon Man. His attacks on West’s families were attempts to cause a personal tragedy, which Zolomon believed the Wests needed to be better heroes like Barry Allen. He was dubbed the Second Reverse Flash. Jay West was captured briefly by President Luthor’s regime and used to power a city before being freed by Carrie Kelly under Batman’s orders.

As it happened, tragedy would strike Barry West, but if he would have become a better hero from it the world will never know, as he himself did not survive it. On September 11, the Justice League, including Jay West, were occupied by both a conflict with Lex Luthor and Brainiac, and then a forced partnership to combat the threat of Imperiex. The Vought Sponsored Super team, the Seven, which included Barry West, set out to stop one of the terrorist planes as a publicity stunt. The event quickly went horribly wrong due to the Seven’s inexperience as heroes in hostage situations. Homelander broke into the plane, causing people to get sucked out and accidentally burned the controls with his heat vision while killing the terrorists, who also killed the pilots. Homelander wanted to abandon the plane but Marathon Man convinced him otherwise. Barry could not fly on his own and required Homelander to carry him. Homelander did try to save the plane but he rammed into it too quickly, destroying the tail and decapitating Marathon Man. Homelander had no experience with planes like the jet, unlike Superman, who had seen the evolution of the plane and became familiar enough with the intricacies required in saving one, something which he passed onto his children. The attempt to stop the plane by the Seven caused it to crash into the Brooklyn bridge. Ironically another hero would have better success that day, the technopath Mitchell Hundred, who was able to lessen the damage so that only one plane struck one of the Twin Towers. He was primarily saddened by the destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge as his secret identity was a Civil Engineer who was said to know more about that Bridge than any man alive. The Seven would replace Marathon Man with another Speedster, A-Train.

In 2002, Mary Maxwell was injected with the Speedster formula based more on Hummingbird DNA(and so not capable of reaching the Speed force but still quite fast by human standards) and became a Heroine based on the Flash.

Bart Allen became Kid Flash in 2003, however his career was not limited to this era thanks to his ability to Time Travel. His favorite era to visit seemed to be the 1980's, where he battled members of H.I.V.E., having something of a crush on the member Jinx. He would join the 2003 Teen Titans, but very early on would run into a warehouse while in pursuit of the criminal. Deathstroke. was ambushed by him and shot in the leg, ending his career as Kid Flash until his leg could heal.

A war broke out between the Rogues in 2005. Jay West attempted to contain the battle. Zolomon arrived and took Bart Allen hostage, threatening to kill him. Eobard Thawne, Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, and Wally West arrived in this time to aid in fighting Zolomon and Thawne. However, Bart Allen and Wally revealed that Thawne had been responsible for several tragedies in Zolomon’s life in order to manipulate him into becoming his successor. Zolomon, seeking atonement, sacrificed himself to restore a temporal anomaly he and Thawne had caused.

After gaining a prosthetic leg Bart Allen joined Jay West, and all living Speedsters to battle an out of control Superboy Prime. They attempted to imprison him in the Speed Force. Bart saw the image of Barry Allen appear to help him from within the Speed Force, along with other deceased Speedsters including Jay Garrick, Johnny Quick and Max Mercury. This effort succeeded but proved to only be temporary. While Bart Allen proved his worth, even returning from the future to aid in fighting Superboy Prime. He would not take up the role of the Flash.

In 2008, Jay West found himself dealing with a Lex Luthor whose brain was put into a robot who was already confronting Samuel Kent. However, his superspeed proved only to be effective in getting Victor Stone (Cyborg) to safety after he lost the use of his arms and legs due to an electromagnetic pulse generated by the robot.

Jay West would meet a tragic but heroic death. Inertia, believing the Flash to be Bart Allen, created a device that would strip a speedster of the Speed Force. Inertia gathered several former aged Flash Villains including Abra Kadabra, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, the Pied Piper, the Trickster, Weather Wizard, and Captain Cold to get revenge.

When the Rogues used the device on the Flash, Jay's powers were stripped away from him, leaving him surrounded by the Rogues and leading to the appearance of the Black Flash, essentially the spirit of death for Speedsters. Inertia's machine proved unstable, however, and would destroy the West Coast if the Speed Force energy was not safely released from it. Jay fought the Rogues before chasing after Inertia, distracting them while Valerie Perez released the Speed Force energy. In a panic, Captain Cold, Heatwave, and Weather Wizard killed Jay just as he regained his powers.

In 2008, the genetically modified alien S’kidds’kakoth arrived on Earth, having been created by the Savothian Scientist Gorflack. He was sent to Earth after having familiarized himself with the exploits of the Flash. He found and helped Bart Allen free his creator.

Iris’s West’s aged brother Daniel West attempted to kill their father, for the abuse caused by him, granting himself superspeed in 2012 and travelling back in time, he was prevented from doing so by Barry Allen and sent back powerless to his own time. His Super speed would begin to return slowly and he would be recruited by the Suicide Squad, being killed on a Mission.

Jay's death changed Bart, possibly as Inertia had believed the Flash he was planning to kill was him. He not only became the New Flash after recovering from his injury, but he also stopped using the nickname of "Bart". Instead he would call himself Barry Allen Jr, or simply Barry Allen. Wally West pointed out that this would draw comparisons between him and Barry Allen. Barry Allen Jr commented that he wouldn't be living in Barry Allen's shadow. He'll be living in mine ". Barry Allen Jr would take to introducing himself with: "My name is Barry Allen. I'm the Fastest Man Alive".​

## **Jay West(2006-2009)**

Jay West was the son of Wally West and his second wife Magda, who inherited his superspeed powers from his father. He took over after Bart Allen's injury. In 2008, he found himself dealing with a Lex Luthor whose brain was put into a robot who was already confronting Samuel Kent. However, his superspeed proved only to be effective in getting Victor Stone (Cyborg) to safety after he lost the use of his arms and legs due to an electromagnetic pulse generated by the robot.

Jay West would meet a tragic but heroic death. Inertia, believing the Flash to be Bart Allen, created a device that would strip a speedster of the Speed Force. Inertia gathered several former aged Flash Villains including Abra Kadabra, Mirror Master, Heat Wave, the Pied Piper, the Trickster, Weather Wizard, and Captain Cold.

When the Rogues used it on the Flash, Jay's powers were stripped away from him, leaving him surrounded by the Rogues and leading to the appearance of the Black Flash. Inertia's machine proved unstable, however, and would destroy the West Coast if the Speed Force was not safely released from it. Jay fought the Rogues before chasing after Inertia, distracting them while Valerie Perez released the Speed Force energy. In a panic, Captain Cold, Heatwave, and Weather Wizard killed Jay just as he regained his powers.

## **Barry Allen Jr(2014-)**

In 2014, a particle accelerator explosion went off at STAR Labs, causing several people to develop superpowers. This event was engineered by Thaddeus Thawne, now an adult and going by the moniker of Reverse Flash. Thawne had killed and impersonated Scientist Harrison Wells in 2000. Allen Jr worked with STAR Labs to thwart rogue metahumans. He even battled Reverse Flash while not knowing Thawne was disguised as Wells. Wells pretended to help the Flash along with the genuine aid of FBI Agent Olivia Sparling and the former hero Cisco Ramon, who had difficulty regaining his abilities at this time, using STAR Labs as a base. Among Allen Jr’s foes were some old enemies such as the aforementioned New Reverse Flash but also an alliance between both the old Trickster and a copycat. There was also a pair of brothers: Lincoln Burrows and Michael Scofield, who stole technology belonging to the deceased villains of Captain Cold and Heatwave.

Barry Allen Jr also befriended other heroes, such as the current Green Arrow and Supergirl.

Allen Jr also began to run into other evil speedsters fought by other members of the Flash family. The first of these was Reverse Flash III. Thaddeus Thawne attempted to persuade Barry Allen Jr to use time travel to rescue his mother. He was tempted but was told by the Wally West of the past not to do so. Returning to the present, Reverse Flash was killed when his own ancestor Eddie Thawne, shot and killed him from behind. He would continue to antagonize Barry Allen jr from earlier in his timestream.

There was also Hunter Zolomon AKA Professor Zoom using similar technology to impersonate a time displaced Jay Garrick, and claiming to be fighting Zolomon in his own time (something supported by Zolomon having fought Jay Garrick). However, this became a ploy to trap Barry Allen Jr on Earth Three, which fortunately failed. There was also old foes in Savitar and the aged Supervillain Clifford Devoe, also known as the Mad Thinker. Barry Allen Jr also joined a new incarnation of the Justice League in combating Steppenwolf in 2015. Unfortunately, while Wally West was released, Hunter Zolomon would attempt to kill him. West however was able to get through to Zolomon and the villain only wounded him before fleeing, later sacrificing himself to return Wally West’s speed. Barry Allen Jr still attempted time travel to prevent the death of Linda Park, before restoring the timeline to something close to normal.

In 2016, Dr.Joseph Carver, attempting to study the Speed Force, caused a Speed Force Storm over Central City, which granted superspeed to several people including Walter “Wally” West (who was often confused for Wally West in name but was distinct from him in appearance due to belonging to an african american side of the West family), Dr.Meen Dhawan, and Avery Ho, the latter of whom would go onto join the Justice League of China. Given that there were now two speedsters nicknamed Wally West, the older Wally took the name “Wallace”.

In 2018, Russia debuted a new Lady Flash among the ranks of their Superheroes.

Hardened by the return of a revived Kobra, Wallace West became more bitter and embarked on a life of brutal enforcement against criminals, crippling many. As a result he sided with the clone of his old friend Dick Grayson, and aided him in searching for his son Jake in 2040.

In the 2040s, a new Flash would emerge. Danica Williams lived with her mother and father. Her father was a transportation engineer at S.T.A.R. Labs who studied meta-human technology in an attempt to integrate it for everyday use. His boss was the former Teen Titan and League member Cyborg. She and her parents jumped from town to town, helping to improve the transportation system. At one point they lived in Metropolis, and at another, Gotham City. However, they quickly moved out of Gotham as a result of the crime rate, at last settling permanently in Central City.

Although Dani had lofty goals of being a track star, she had complications which limited her physical exertion. She was diagnosed with multiple conditions before the doctors at last settled on asthma, and she was prescribed an inhaler. In addition, she was thought to have some form of mental illness as she often spoke to figures nobody else could see or hear. As it turned out, she was communicating via the Speed Force to figures from alternate realities who took on the mantle of the Flash. One day, she was urged by the voices to save a man from a train. It was then that she discovered she could run at an incredible speed, and managed to save the man's life.

Dani learned her way around her newfound powers quickly, even mastering the ability to run on air molecules within hours of discovering her powers. This impressed even Bart Allen, the most skeptical of the Flashes, who himself was never able to master this ability. Dani used her inhaler to protect her identity as the newest Flash. That summer, every Flash up to that point trained her in the Speed Force. She also took up training with a parkour group. She eventually came clean to her parents, showing them her abilities, and her father designed a suit that would enable her abilities while also protecting her from harm. She fought various crime and eventually sought a job at the Flash museum, where she convinced the owner to give her a job using the Flash ring, which contained her suit.

The Invasion of the Malazza Ram was devastating. Wally was one of the few Super Heroes who dared continue to fight after humanity turned their backs on Meta-Humans after the invasion. In a riot, his legs were nearly destroyed. He then moved to Seattle Washington under the name Jay Allen. He was eventually found by Superman (Samuel Kent), Wonder Woman, Batman (Terry McGinnis), and Green Lantern, who tried to convince him to join them in a last stand against the Malazza-Rem. Wally was reluctant and fearful due to him being unable to run. He revealed that he destroyed the Flash suit, but wore the Kid Flash's ring. He finally decided to join them on the grounds that he had never ran away from a fight. They then headed for Metropolis, and along the way picked up the Meta-Human Superboy. When they reached Metropolis, they joined Metallex’s resistance and formed the Super Seven.

The Super Seven were led into a trap by Lana Ling, and they were forced to fight hundreds of Malazza-Rem. In the fight, Wonder Woman was wounded, and after a small regrouping continued the fight. Eventually, Wally saw a spear heading for Green Lantern's back and he ran toward it and it hit his side, killing him instantly. The Malaza-Rem were eventually defeated.

Bart Allen joined the Titans, formerly the Teen Titans, which had split into two groups on the East and West coasts along with the US itself. Bart was a spy for the Titans East. He was even in a relationship with eastern Titan Ravager. In anticipation for the arrival of the time-displaced Teen Titans, they hired Deathstroke to locate the Cosmic Treadmill. The Titans realized Bart's deception and attacked him when he was visiting Titans Tower in Jump City. Titans East and the Teen Titans came to his aid. The two teams then broke into the Batcave and overpowered the Titans West enough to get to the Cosmic Treadmill and send the Teen Titans back to their native time. Although this caused subtle changes in the future timeline, it did not erase it as the Titans had hoped. Not long afterwards, Bart believed that Rose had just been using him. He left her and the Titans East, realigning himself with the Titans.

When the Nukes fell, several accidental activation of devices caused several Speed Force Storms to break out across the planet. The faces of the Jay Garrick, Barry Allen and Wally West could be seen in the Speed Force Storms, as the three had been merged into the storms themselves. Bart Allen was a confirmed casualty of the battle with the Brother Eye OMAC drones.

Prior to his capture and death, the Martian Manhunter delivered a book concerning how to harness the Speed Force to the Mallory Family and it became their duty to pass it down the line to the eldest born son. Bryan received the gift from his father before him, Steven Mallory. Their worship of his life and the speed force allowed them access to "the light", the power from which would save and sustain their people. It was eventually returned to the Allen family.

## **Future Flashes**

There is an unknown Allen in the 23rd Century who operated as the Flash. His wife and daughter were captured by the villain Cobalt Blue. He was forced to watch his wife die and his daughter become crippled. As he and the time travelling Max Mercury killed Cobalt Blue, a child took Cobalt Blue's power gem and killed Allen. This Flash was one of the two destined Flashes to be killed by Cobalt Blue.

Sela Allen was an ordinary human in the 23rd century until Cobalt Blue stole electrical impulses away from her, causing her to become as slow to the world as the world was to the Flash. Hoping to restore her, her father took her into the Speed Force. When her father was killed, she appeared as a living manifestation of the Speed Force, able to lend speed to various people and objects, but unable to physically interact with the world.

The 25th Century is the native time from which Eobard Thawne originates. Thawne was madly obsessed with Barry Allen and upon finding a way to grant himself Super speed, began killing all those who stood in his way. He would eventually travel back in time to antagonize Barry Allen, who was remembered as the most famous Flash.

John Fox was a historian for the National Academy of Science in Central City in the 27th Century. He was going out with reporter Kim Fryer of Spectrum News. When the radioactive villain, Manfred Mota, brought death and destruction to the Central City of 2645, He was sent back in time to get the help of one or more of three Flashes (Garrick, Allen, West), in order to defeat the radioactive villain Mota back in Fox's own time period. (Each Flash had individually fought Mota over the course of several years in the 20th century.) Fox's mission was a failure, but during his return trip, the tachyon radiation that sent him through the time stream gave him superspeed. He defeated Mota as a new iteration of the Flash. He subsequently sent Mota through the timestream to the year 50 billion AD.

John set up an identity as the Flash, even changing his hair color to protect his secret identity. His glory lasted a very short while, because he was assigned to guard duty at the Time Institute after super fast robots known as Speed Metal had been introduced.

After a time-tossed Wally West came to his era, hinting that he may not have been able to get home, John remembered something from history. At the end of the twentieth century, an ice age occurred, setting back human civilization. He was afraid that if Wally had been able to get home, he would have stopped it. So John took some chronal gauntlets designed by Rel Vidar Rel Vidar from the Institute and set off for 1996.

There, John designed a new costume for himself and began operating as the Flash in Wally's absence. He soon fell in love with Wally's wife Linda Park. He was unable to stop the beginning of the Ice Age, which had been set off by Abra Kadabra and Polaris, but after Wally returned, they stopped it together.

However, Speed Metal soon caught on to his absence. They followed him to the 20th century, accusing him of violating the Time Travel Accord of 2659 and the theft of government-related time travel technologies. Again, he and Wally worked together to stop them. Speed Metal would know to look for him in the 20th century after their operatives never returned, so John decided to leave for another era. John joined the Justice Legion A of the 853rd century.

Blaine Allen and his son lived on the colony world of Petrus in the 28th century. In an attempt to end the Allen blood line, Cobalt Blue injected Allen's son Jace with a virus. Lacking super speed, Jace was unable to shake off the virus. In despair, Blaine took his son to the Speed Force in the hopes that it would accept him. It took Blaine instead and granted super speed to Jace so that he could shake off the sickness. In memory of his father, Jace assumed the mantle of the Flash and continued the feud against Cobalt Blue.
In the 31st Century, Ariel Masters and the Wonder Twins (Teri and Terry Magnus) cloned the original Justice League members the Flash Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern. The original intent for this being, to combat against the five, a ruthless group, who were seemingly unstoppable. Using the bodies of various volunteers, they used the DNA to override the volunteer's body. This resulted in imperfect versions of the league, with incorrect physical characteristics, shortage of certain powers, as well as memory loss for the entire team.

With the team resurrected, the Twins took the role of team management and sent them on a series of missions against the Five, the criminal organisation controlling the universe. The first few confrontations with members of the Five left the League damaged with Five Member Locus killing the Flash, whom the Twins re-resurrected later - and splitting up the team.

All seemed dire for the heroes, especially when Teri's twin, Terry, revealed himself to be the founder of the Five and he snapped Teri's neck to prove his point.
Ariel - having found the team earlier - surrendered herself to Terry and secretly resurrected Teri using the Flash's DNA and therefore imbuing Teri with his super speed, which she used to fight her brother and ultimately the Leaguers took down the Five.

Although nervous, Teri found herself settling in on the team and even began to date Superman and befriend Wonder Woman- though Diana was reluctant to admit it.
After an alien creature invaded Earth, a history buff named Kriyad travelled back in time from the 98th century to acquire a Green Lantern power ring. He failed, so he tried to capture the Flash's speed instead. After being beaten by Barry Allen in 1982, he travelled back further in time and used the chemicals from the clothes Barry Allen was wearing when he gained his powers to give himself super speed. Kryiad later sacrificed his life to defeat the alien creature.

John Fox acted as the Flash of the 853rd Century.​