Flash

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The Flash
Information
Real name:	Barry Allen not revealed in series
AKA:	The Scarlett Speedster
Species:	Metahuman
Home Planet:	Earth
Relatives:	Wally West (nephew)
Base:	Central City
Affiliations:	SuperFriends
Rogue of:	Gorilla Grodd Captain Cold Mirror Master
Abilities:	Super Speed
Voiced by:	Season 1: Ted Knight Season 3-6: Jack Angel

The Flash is the fastest man alive. He comes from Central City and he's a member of the Justice League of America. His powers are his speed. Flash can run so fast he can break the time barrier, vibrate through solid objects, run on top of bodies of water and up the side of buildings, and actually travel through time.

Contents 1 SuperFriends Team Member 2 Background Information 3 Powers and Abilities 3.1 Powers 3.2 Abilities 4 Episode Appearances 5 Notes 6 External Links 7 Appearances in Other Media 8 References

[edit] Background Information

Barry Allen and a twin brother were born on May 13, 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 Thawne's, whose child had died during birth. When he was a child, his mother was killed and his father was convicted. The drive to prove his father was innocent gave Barry a strong belief in justice. As an adult, Barry Allen is a police / forensic scientist with a reputation for being very slow, deliberate, and frequently late, which frustrates his fiancee, Iris West. One night, as he is preparing to leave work, a lightning bolt shatters a case full of chemicals and spills them all over Allen. As a result, Allen finds that he can run extremely fast and has matching reflexes. He dons a set of red tights sporting a lightning bolt, dubs himself the Flash, and becomes Central City's resident costumed crimefighter. Central City University professor Ira West (Iris' adoptive father) designed Allen's uniform and the ring which stores it while Allen is in his civilian identity. The ring can eject the compressed clothing when Allen needs it and suck it back in with the aid of a special gas that shrinks the suit. In addition, Allen invented the cosmic treadmill, a device that allowed for precise time-travel.^[1]

[edit] Powers and Abilities

[edit] Powers

• He can "Lend" velocity to objects or people already in motion.
• He can neutralize (steal) speed and/or momentum from anyone or anything.
• Speed Force Aura: This aura protects him and anyone who is running with him or carried by him, from the effects of using his speed.
• Superhuman Endurance
• Superhuman Speed
• Able to impart blows which could hit with a force greater than that of "a white dwarf star".
• Time & Dimensional Travel
• Regeneration
• Able to pass through solid objects
• Limited Flight: By spinning like a helicopter, he can even perform a limited kind of flight.
• Vortex Creation: By running in a circle at a certain speed, Flash is able to create a vortex with a variety of affects.

[edit] Abilities

Master Detective: Is skilled as a forensic scientist

[edit] Episode Appearances

Coming soon!

[edit] Notes

• Barry Allen / The Flash first appeared in Showcase vol.1 #4^[2] (Oct. 1956).
• Created by writers Robert Kanigher and John Broome and penciler Carmine Infantino.
• Around the time the last season aired in 1985, the Barry Allen version of the Flash had died and his nephew and former sidekick Wally West had become the third Flash.^[?]

[edit] External Links

• See Barry Allen at wikipedia.org
• Alan Kistler's Profile On: The Flash - An analysis of the history of the Flash by comic book historian Alan Kistler.
• The Flash: Those Who Ride The Lightning - Fan site with information about the super-speed characters of the DC Universe.

[edit] Appearances in Other Media

Barry Allen Barry Allen appears in the animated adaptation of a Darwyn Cooke graphic novel entitled Justice League: The New Frontier. He is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris. The film (set from 1953-1960) begins the end of the Korean War, with United States Air Force pilot Hal Jordan. Justice League: The New Frontier is a direct-to-video animated film adaptation of the DC Comics limited series DC: The New Frontier. The film was written by Justice League writer Stan Berkowitz, with Darwyn Cooke, the writer and artist of The New Frontier, serving as story and visual consultant. The video has received a rating of PG-13 for violent content/images and was released on February 26, 2008. - See Official Website: Justice League: The New Frontier - Official Movie Site.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Background Information is from Earth-One continuity.
2. ↑ Go to the DC Database for more on Showcase vol.1 #4