The Flash (Barry Allen)

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Do-Gooder

Full Name

Bartholomew Henry Allen

Alias(es)

Flash

Scarlet Speedster
Crimson Comet
Black Racer
Negative Flash
Black Flash
Parallax
Blue Lantern
Trans-visible Man

Origin

Showcase #4 (1956)

Occupation

Forensic Scientist

Vigilante
Adventurer
Member of the Flash Family
Founding member of the Justice League
Blue Lantern Corps Member (formerly)
White Lantern Corps Member (formerly)
Sun City University Student (formerly)

Powers / Skills

Limitless Speed
Superhuman Reflexes
Superhuman Agility
Superhuman Durability
Superhuman Stamina
Superhuman Momentum
Superhuman Strength
Intangibility/Phasing
Electricity Generation
Electric Bolt Projection
Electromagnetism
Enhanced Mind
Enhanced Senses
Air Manipulation
Accelerated Metabolism
Regenerative Healing Factor
Contaminant Immunity
Time Manipulation
Time Travel
Dimensional Travel
High Intelligence
Tactical Analysis
Deduction Skills
Investigation Skills
Hand-to-Hand Combatant
Forensics Specialist

Hobby

Fighting criminals
Working

Goals

Find the man who killed his mother and framed his father (Succeeded).

Family

Henry Allen (father, deceased)
Nora Allen (mother, deceased)
Malcom Thawne (brother)
Darryl Frye (adoptive father)
Iris West (wife)
Don Allen (son)
Dawn Allen (daughter)
Bart Allen (grandson)
Jenni Ognats (granddaughter)
Bartholomew Allen (grandfather)
Wally West (nephew)
Ulysses Sutter (ancestor)
The Allen Family (relatives)

Friends / Allies

Superman
Batman
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (best friend)
Wonder Woman
Green Arrow
Cyborg
Supergirl

Enemies

Reverse-Flash (archenemy)
Captain Cold
Gorilla Grodd
Lex Luthor
Joker
Harley Quinn
Cheetah
Sinestro
Brainiac
Darkseid

Type of Hero

Superhero, Tragic Speedster

“	Do what you have to... we must save the world. We must save the world...	„
	~ The Flash

“	I can't run from it. If it's that important, I'm damned if I'm going to run from it.	„
	~ The Flash

“	Life is locomotion... if you're not moving, you're not living. But there comes a time when you've got to stop running away from things... and you've got to start running towards something, you've got to forge ahead. Keep moving. Even if your path isn't lit... trust that you'll find your way.	„
	~ The Flash

Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is The Flash from the Silver Age and later the Modern Age of comics. He is a superhero and a forensic scientist, who can channel the speed force, allowing him be the fastest man alive. Though there are many iterations of The Flash, Barry Allen is the second iteration, and is considered the most iconic iteration from DC comics.

He was created by the late Robert Kanigher, the late John Broome, and the late Carmine Infantino.

Background

Silver Age

As a boy, Barry Allen idolized the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick, and was inspired by the Scarlet Speedster to do his part to enforce the law, becoming a police criminologist upon graduating college. One night, while preparing for his first date with reporter Iris West, Barry was struck by a bolt of lightning that his the chemicals he was working with. He would later discover that the chemicals had given him the power of super speed, being able to move at velocities exceeding the speed of light. Taking inspiration from Jay, Barry put together his iconic scarlet and yellow uniform, becoming the new Flash.

After several years of protecting Central City, Barry died in Crisis on Infinite Earths when he sacrificed himself to save the Multiverse from the Anti-Monitor's anti-matter cannon...converting to electricity and becoming the very lightning that gave him his powers. During the Final Crisis, Barry returned from the dead, and is once more the Flash.

Flashpoint

Upset over the murder of his mother when he was a child, Barry goes into the timestream and rescues her. When Barry returns, he realizes that the present has been drastically altered. Bruce Wayne is dead, Superman is a government specimen and Wonder Woman is at war with Aquaman. Barry gets Thomas Wayne, the Batman of that reality, Cyborg and Superman and they try to stop the conflict in order to find out who the real villain is.

Barry runs into the Reverse Flash, who tells him that although he's relishing this reality, Barry was the sole culprit. It turns out that any tampering with the timestream through use of the Speed Force will damage and alter the present, even in ways it won't be normally (ex. Barry saving his mom shouldn't have changed Superman's arrival on earth, Bruce's parents being gunned down, etc). Barry decides to go back and stop his past self from saving his mother. The two Barrys get into a fight but the wiser Barry wins out in the end, creating the New 52 reality. When Barry tells Batman about all this, he confirms the events by giving Bruce a letter from his father. Moved by his father's words of comfort, Batman tells Barry he's one hell of a messenger.

Powers

Speed Force Conduit
- limitless Speed
- Superhuman Stamina, Agility, Reflexes, and Durability
- Molecular Vibration/Phasing
- Electrokinesis: Barry can generate and project electricity.
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Velocity Sharpened Perceptions
- Time/Dimension Travel
- Frictionless Aura
- Speed Mind: Following the events of Flashpoint, Barry developed the Speed Force talent to use his brain to calculate multiple probable outcomes and predict the next probable chain of events.
- Air Manipulation
- Nigh Omnipotence: Barry gets this power via the speed force. He is the only one that has a special connection and he eventually becomes the speed force by protecting it. He cannot die as long as he is the savior of the earth.

Quotes

“	We fight, like families do... but I love them all. No matter the mistakes they've made. And you're right... I've hurt them too many times already. I'm done with that. Never again.	„
	~ Barry Allen about the Flash Family.