The Flash
Jay Garrick
Post-Crisis
History
As a boy, Jay 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 City 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. When a test tube of the hard water was accidentally spilled, the fumes knocked him out. His friend Elliot 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, and he used this speed as the superhero, Flash . read more
Super Powers
Accelerated HealingAcrobaticsAdaptationAfterimage CreationAgilityBullet TimeDanger SenseDimensional TravelDurabilityEnduranceEnergy ManipulationEnergy ResistanceEnhanced ConditionEnhanced TouchExtrasensory PerceptionIndomitable WillIntangibilityIntelligenceInterstellar TravelNon-Physical InteractionPhasingPortal CreationReflexesSpatial AwarenessSpeed ForceStaminaStatistics AmplificationSuper SpeedSuper StrengthTime TravelVibration ManipulationAttack ReflectionAuraCold ResistanceCorruption ResistanceDensity ControlDexterityDurability NegationElectrical TransportElectricity AbsorptionElectricity ResistanceElectrokinesisEmotional Power UpEmpathyEnergy AbsorptionEnergy ArmorEnergy BlastsEnhanced HearingEnhanced MemoryEnhanced SightEnhanced ThieveryFire ResistanceFlightForce FieldsHeat GenerationHeat ResistanceIlluminationIllusion ResistanceInvulnerabilityJumpLongevityMarksmanshipMaster Martial ArtistMaster TacticianMind Control ResistancePossession ResistancePower AbsorptionPower NullifierPressure PointsRadiation ImmunityReactive Power LevelSelf-SustenanceStealthSupernatural ConditionSurface ScalingTeleportationTime ManipulationTime Manipulation ResistanceToxin and Disease ResistanceTransmutation ImmunityVision - NightVortex CreationWeapons MasterWind ControlCausality ResistanceChi ManipulationCosmic AwarenessDamage BoostDimensional AwarenessElemental TransformationExistence Erasure ResistanceInvisibilityMolecular ManipulationPower AugmentationPower BestowalPower SenseProjectionReality Warping ResistanceRegenerationSealingShockwaves GenerationSwordsmanshipOrigin
| Creator | DC Comics |
| Universe | New Earth - Post-Crisis |
| Character Tier | 6++ (Universal+) |
| Full name | Jason Peter Garrick |
| Alter Egos | No alter egos found. |
| Aliases | Jay Garrick, Siegfreid the Speedster, Man of Speed, The Flash |
| Place of birth | Hibbardsville, Kansas |
| First appearance | Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) |
| Alignment | Good |
Appearance
| Gender | Male |
| Species // Type | Human |
| Height | 180.3 cm • 5'11" |
| Weight | 81.2 kg • 179.02 lbs |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Brown / White |
Connections
| Occupation | Research Scientist, part-time Director of Garrick Laboratories |
| Base | Keystone City, Kansas |
| Relatives | Joseph Garrick (father), Joan Williams (wife), Arthur Williams (father-in-law), unnamed adopted son (deceased), Bart Allen (Flash II, ward) |
| Teams | Leader: Justice Society of AmericaMember: Flash FamilyAll-Star SquadronJustice Legion AlphaFormerly: Justice League |
| Hub | Flash |