The Flash

Real Name: Wally West

Location: Keystone City

First Appearance: Current Flash – The Flash #110
Historical Flash – Flash Comics #1

Created By: Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert

Publisher: DC Comics

Powers:
Super Speed
Time Travel
Dimensional Travel
Enhanced Reflexes

Team Affiliations: Justice League of America (JLA)

Currently Seen In : Justice League of America (JLA), The Flash

Interesting Facts: There are no less than five heroes with access to the Speed Force, the energy that gives The Flash his powers; leaving room for others to take up the mantle should Wally West fall.

Origin: Wally West idolized The Flash, then Barry Allen. During a visit to his cousins Barry’s crime lab where Barry got his speed force powers, lightning struck again, exploding the chemicals and dousing Wally in the same electrified way that Barry had. Wally became Kid Flash, and was Barry’s sidekick through many adventures. During The Crisis of Infinite Earths, a comic series used to clean up DC comics confusing history, Barry sacrificed his life saving the Earth from villain Anti-Monitor. Later, Wally West took up the mantle of his mentor, and The Flash was reborn.