Jason Garrick (Earth-2)

**Jason "Jay" Peter Garrick** (born April 3, 1974) is a scientist who is secretly the vigilante known as **The Flash** who operates at Keystone City. He serves as the mentor to many speedsters in the New Multiverse.

## General Information

### Family

Joseph Garrick (Father), Joan Williams (Wife), Arthur Williams (Father-in-law), unnamed adopted son (deceased)

## Biography

### Original Multiverse

#### Origins

##### Early Life

Jay Garrick was born at Keystone City on April 3rd, 1974. As a child he grew up reading Pulp Magazines.

##### University

Garrick attended Midwestern University from 1992 to 1996 and studied Science as a major and Chemistry as a minor. He had to work part-time at a lab in order to pay for his degree, which would lead him down the path which would grant him powers, which he would late become The Flash.

##### The Accident

In 1994, Garrick was working late overtime at the lab when he fell asleep, and he later inhaled radiation which would give him powers that would allow him to run faster than the speed of light and enter the Speed Force.

##### Becoming The Flash

After graduating from university in 1996, Garrick would become the vigilante known as The Flash sometime during 1996. He would later adapt a costume with a helmet based on the Greek god Mercury, with a red shirt with a lightning bolt and blue pants.

#### Career

##### Protecting Keystone City

As The Flash, he fought many villains, including the Fiddler, the Thinker, and Shade in his time at Keystone City.

##### Joining the Justice Society

In 1998, the heroes, Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Hourman, Wildcat, Dr. Midnight, and Garrick formed the Justice Society of America to fight crime, their original base was Gotham City, home of The Batman. The Superman, Wonder-Woman, and Batman of Earth-2 were all honorary members of the Justice Society. The Justice Society was later forced to stop crime fighting in 2004 due to Government aggression against the JSA during the War on Terror. In 2007, the Justice Society officially disbanded, with its members retiring, along with Garrick.

#### Retirement

##### Engagement and Marriage

After retiring from crime-fighting, he proposes to Joan Williams, she accepts, the two later get married.

#### Returning as the Flash

##### Kidnapped by Hunter Zolomon

During 2015 or 2016, Hunter Zolomon kidnapped Jay Garrick and impersonated the speedster, going around Central City and claiming to be the Flash.

##### The Resonator

In 2017, three of Jay's enemies, Thinker, Fiddler, and Shade built a resonator at Keystone City, which caused people to forget the city existed, this later led to Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth-1 to travel to Earth-2.

##### Meeting Barry Allen

After Barry Allen has unknowingly traveled to Earth-2, he was confused, but he realized that it was still 2017. Allen originally met Zolomon and believed that he was the real Jay Garrick, until it was later revealed that Zolomon had kidnapped Garrick and was impersonated the speedster. Allen later met the real Jay Garrick.

### New Multiverse

#### Passing on the mantle

##### Training Barry Allen

Garrick's life was about the same as it was in the old multiverse until 2012, when he trained Barry Allen to be the new Flash.

##### Forming the Flash Family

In 2017, many speedsters who were affiliated with the Flash joined the Flash Family.

## Abilities

Speed Force

Superhuman-speed