Jay Palmer

Dr. **Jay Palmer** is a veteran speedster from Earth-3 and a vigilante known as **The Blur** and later as **OG Blur**, stylised as the **Crimson Comet**. Jay was found by Surge, an evil meta-human speedster from Earth-2, and held as a prisoner in Jason’s lair on Earth-2, forced to wear an iron mask that dampened his powers. His name and mantle as the Blur were taken by Mewes to carry out facades as part of a plan to inspire false hope in Central City. After being rescued by Team Blur, Jay found his way back to Earth-3 with the help of Harry and Jesse Davies.

Jay would work with Grant Watson, the Blur of Earth-1, in his fight against the speedster known as Surge. He subsequently sacrificed himself and took Jordan's place in the Speed Force prison after Jordan was tricked into freeing the God of Speed, thereby taking his place in said prison. Thanks to Leo Ramon and Lumos, he was later freed from the Speed Force, returning and aiding Team Blur in Sharpe’s final defeat. Grant later voluntarily took his place in the Speed Force, as the Speed Force prison had become unstable without an occupant.

Jay would go on to remain as the Blur for another year until 2020 when a mission to help save Grant’s Central City made him realise that it was time for him to retire and train a new Blur on his Earth to take over for him.

At some point, Jay met and married Joan Rivers after feeling a special connection with her.

In a potential future, he is affectionately known as **Uncle Jay** to the McLance-Williams children and acted as a mentor to Charles' son, Jordan Williams. At some point in this potential future, Jay was killed by the God of Speed in front of Jordan, causing Jordan to seek revenge.

## Jay Palmer

### Affiliation

Team BlurTeam Saltire

Society of Justice

Knights of Justice

## Biography

### Early life

Little is known of Jay Palmer's early life, but given that his surname is Palmer rather than McLance like his Earth-1 doppelgänger, it's implied that Jay's father didn't play any role in his upbringing.

### Activities as the Blur

At some point, Jay Palmer was given the power of superhuman speed through a connection to the Speed Force. Sometime after he gained his power, Jay began helping the public as a hero known as the Blur, stylised as the Crimson Comet. Jay also witnessed a personal tragedy at some point in his life and traveled back in time to stop it occurring, but only succeeded in making the situation worse. Sometime after this, Jay learned to live with the consequences of his decision and decided to never use time travel for personal reasons ever again.

### Consequences of Time Travel

During his stay on Earth-2 Harry informed Jay, still confused as to why Charles was especially shocked to see him, that Jay's Earth-1 doppelgänger was Angus McLance, Charles’ deceased father. Fearing Charles' inexperience as a speedster may lead him to time traveling to forge a better life for himself, Jay kept an eye on Charles. His suspicions proved correct, as before Jay could return to Charles’ dimension, the younger speedster decided to undo Angus’ death, and created the alt timeline, before having Carter Matthews restore the event, creating yet another altered timeline. After Charles discovered some horrifying changes to reality, He attempted to go back and alter time yet again. This time, however, Jay intercepted him in the Speed Force, pulling the young speedster out and landing them both in 1998. Taking Charles to a diner, Jay had a heart-to-heart talk with Charles. He revealed he is aware he is the late Angus’ doppelgänger, Jay offered his sympathies and explained how he understood Charles’ reasons for wanting to save his parents. However, Jay stressed the consequences of time travel and that once an event is altered, it cannot be restored to exactly as it was before. Jay told Charles that he would need to learn how to live with the consequences of his actions and keep moving forward. Charles, though frustrated, eventually agreed as both Jay and Charles returned to their homes.

## Powers

* **Speed Force connection/Meta-humanphysiology:** Jay possesses a natural connection to the Speed Force, allowing him to perform physical feats well-beyond normal human capabilities. Despite his relatively advanced age, Jay's conditioning is similar to the much younger Rosie’s, able to continue battling for long durations.
* **Accelerated healing factor:** As a speedster, Jay's cells are capable of regenerating at an accelerated rate, allowing him to heal rapidly from injuries and resist disease.
* **Electrokinesis:** Jay produces orange electricity from his body when he taps into the Speed Force highlighting his natural, unaltered connection to it.
* **Superhuman agility**: Jay possesses far greater balance and bodily coordination than a normal human, allowing him to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speeds.
* **Superhuman durability:** Jay possesses far greater resilience and stamina than humanly possible (especially considering his older age), allowing him to easily withstand extreme exertion and impact forces, allowing him to easily survive with being savagely thrown around and beaten about by God of Speed with only minor injuries.
* **Superhuman perception:** Jay is easily capable of visually keeping up with and perceiving the movements and actions of other speedsters when they are moving at super-speed.
* **Superhuman reflexes:** Jay's reaction time is augmented to superhuman levels, allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than normal humans.
* **Superhuman speed:** Jay is able to run at phenomenal superhuman speeds, as shown when he ran through a breach back to Earth-2 with Harry and Jesse. He was fast enough to intercept Charles in the Speed Force when he tried to change the timeline again. Despite his immense speed, Jay Palmer was swiftly defeated by God of Speed.
* **Interdimensional travel:** Through the opening of a dimensional breach, Jay is able to push through the fabric of reality with his super-speed, letting him travel to different dimensions.
* **Superhuman momentum:** Jay is able to generate great amounts of physical force through kinetic energy, simulating superhuman strength, notably allowing him to grab Charles while he was time traveling, and yank him out into 1998, causing Charles to be sent flying through the air and into a truck when he appeared. He was also able to send God of Speed tumbling across the floor by striking him at super-speed, while the latter was freed from the Speed Force and was caught by surprise.
* **Time travel:** Jay has proven to be adept regarding time travel, capable of intertwining between the past, present, and future at will. Jay has told Charles that he is able to travel through time as he has done it before, and has proven to be highly proficient in this ability, to where he can intercept other speedsters attempting to time travel through the Speed Force, and pull them from different points in time. He also seems to be aware what time he arrives at when time traveling, as he told Charles that they were in the 1990s, possibly from bringing themselves to that time on his own. In addition, Jay seems capable of locating where other speedsters are in time as he found Rosie Williams, who was five months in the future, and pulled him back to the present after she had been there for only a few minutes.

### Abilities

* **Genius-level intellect/Physicist:** Jay has shown to have knowledge of the 5 by 5 tap code as he used it to communicate with Grant Watson and Jesse Davies when the mask Surge had locked onto Jay's head prevented him from talking. Jay is also an exceptional scientist and engineer, working in a personal lab. He was noted by Jacosta to be the foremost expert on antimatter, a substance that no member of Team Blur had knowledge of, proven by how he effortlessly realised Grant's wound was hit by a pure dose of antimatter, which he noted would have killed him had it not been for his speed-healing. He was also able to analyse that antimatter signatures have been occurring over multiple Earths. Jay also developed a device called the neural hyper-collider and knew he could not use it but Grant could and that it would be able to project his consciousness past the antimatter wall of the speed force. Being a veteran speedster, Jay has extensive knowledge of the Speed Force and its capabilities, such as how to send objects into the dimension itself to keep them from being found by anyone. Jay also possesses a great deal of knowledge about the Speed Force's lore, legends, and the culture of Speedsters.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* ”The Society of Justice”
* ” The Calm Before the Storm”
* “Flashback”
* ”Little Runner”
* ” The Present”
* ”The Reign of Reverse-Blur”

### Season 4

* “Reminiscence”
* “A Flash of the Lightning”
* "Purgatory"
* "Rewriting Certain Inequities"
* "Cause and Effect"
* "Annihilation"
* "Multiversal War pt 2"