Flash – Barry Allen
Character’s Code Name : Flash
Real Name: Barry Allen
Alias(es): Scarlet Speedster, Fastest Man Alive
Identity: Secret
Species: Human
Appearance: Caucasian Humanoid
Gender: Male
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 180lbs.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Unusual Distinctive Traits: None
Birthplace: Fallville, Iowa
Citizenship: United States of America
Occupation: Police Forensics Scientist
Wealth Level: Lower Middle Class
Popularity Level: Flash was very popular in Central City until The Trial of the Flash occurred, and then his popularity took a nosedive. After the trial he left Central City to live in the 30th Century.
Area of Typical Operations: Central City
Time/Era of Typical Operations: Current Day 20th-21st Century.
Planet/Specific Earth: Earth-One
Known Relatives & Their Statuses: Iris Allen, wife; Henry Allen, father; Nora Allen, mother; Eric Russell, father-in-law; Fran Russell, mother-in-law; Professor Ira West, stepfather-in-law; Wallace West, nephew; Linda Park, niece-in-law; Jai West, great nephew; Iris West, great niece; Don Allen, son; Dawn Allen, daughter; Jeven Ognatz,, son-in law; Jenni Ognatz, granddaughter;
Marital Status: Married
Current Romantic Relationship(s): Iris Allen
Past Romantic Relationship(s): Fiona Webb, Zatanna
Religious Affiliation: Unspecified Christian denomination.
First Appearance: Showcase Comics #4
Date: October 1956
Creator(s): Robert Kaniger, John Broome, and Carmine Infantino
Head/Face/Mask: A cardinal red cowl with eye holes covering his entire head and cutting off just below the nose line. There are metal wings on the side of his cowl which contains a radio transmitter to pick up JLA signals and police band radio.
Arms/Chest: Cardinal red tights.
Emblem/Symbol: A lightning bolt inside a circle outlined in white and gold.
Hands/Gloves: Sleek gold gloves.
Waist/Belt: Golden lightning bolt design “belt” it appears this is part of his tights and not a “belt” in the traditional sense.
Pants: Cardinal red tights.
Footwear: Golden boots with two stylized wings off the tops of them on the sides of the Flash’s shin.
Cape: None
Other: Flash’s costume can shrink down and fit into his Flash Costume Ring and then expands upon contact with air.
Dexterity: Extreme Metahuman
Strength: Normal Human
Stamina: Enhanced Metahuman
Intelligence: Enhanced Human
Wisdom: Normal Human
Charisma: Normal Human
Battle Role in a Group: Scrapper
Alignment: Lawful Good
Motivation: Responsibility of Power
Air Control - Barry can use his arms to create vortexes of air similar to mini cyclones. He can also run in a way to create a vacuum or a buffet of wind to catch falling individuals.
Fast Metabolism - Flash’s metabolism runs very quick which helps him to heal from injuries quicker than normal.
Intangibility - Controlling his molecules, Barry can pass through solid objects.
Molecular Control - The ability to control one’s own molecules. Barry can speed up or slow down his molecules. He can do a lot of different things with this power which people think of as individual powers, but really, it all comes down to his molecular control ability.
Run on Walls- Barry can run up a vertical surface, typically the outside of a building, before gravity has a chance to take effect.
Super-Speed - Barry is the Fastest Man Alive.. literally. In races between him and Superman, it has almost always been extremely close, and even that has been suggested because Barry is too nice to rub Superman’s face in how fast he really is.
Walk on Water - Barry can run so fast that he can cross an ocean before he has time to sink.
Vulnerabilities
Normal Human - Aside from his speed, Barry is a normal human and vulnerable to all the same things that can affect you or I.
Speed - The downside of having super speed is that you sometimes can react too quickly without a full assessment of what is occurring.
Skills
Acrobatics – None noted.
Allies – Flash is connected with the Justice League and is close friends with Green Lantern – Hal Jordan and Elongated Man. He has a sidekick in Wally West, Kid Flash.
Animals – None noted.
Artist - None noted.
Charisma - None noted.
Connections – Flash has high level access to the Justice League, the Justice Society’s Flash, and Gorilla City. As Barry Allen, Flash has high level access to the Central City Police Department.
Detective – Flash is a competent detective, though not on a par with Batman or Elongated Man.
Education – Flash is a college educated chemistry/forensics scientist.
Gadgetry - Flash is able to build gadgets that assist him in traveling to other dimensions, see: Cosmic Treadmill
Martial Artist – Batman is a competent hand-to-hand combatant.
Medicine – None noted.
Military Science – None noted.
Occultist - None noted.
Scientist - Flash is a noted police forensics scientist and also has learned a great deal about the physics of how his powers work.
Survival – None noted.
Thief – Flash’s speed gives him a big advantage to stealth missions, though this is rarely his M.O.
Vehicles – None noted.
Weaponry – None noted.
Allies -
Justice League of America
Kid Flash – sidekick
Headquarters – None Noted
Pets – None Noted
Vehicles – None Noted
Weaponry – None Noted
Other -
Cosmic Treadmill - Barry uses a scientific treadmill to travel from one Earth to another. Mostly he uses this invention to visit Earth-2 and their Flash, Jay Garrick.
Flash Ring - Barry wears a ring with the Flash insignia on it that he can press to open that exposes his friction resistant costume.
Barry Allen is one of Central City’s finest police forensic scientists. He is also habitually late. A true Midwestern man with a bit of a throwback wardrobe (hmmm bowties) and a very patient, by necessity, girlfriend/fiancee Iris West, Barry seems to have it all and is quite content in his life.
One night while staying late catching up on some work Barry was holding some chemicals in his hand as a storm raged outside. Barry turned to face the row of chemicals on the wall as lightning came through the window and electrified the chemicals on the wall, the ones in his hand, and Barry himself.
He woke up later, having been bathed in electrified chemicals he found himself with the ability to move at insanely super-human speeds. Barry was able to use his scientific know how to create a costume that would fit inside a ring that he wears allowing his changes from civilian to hero to take place in the blink of an eye.
Barry is frequently the charter Justice Leaguer who is named responsible for suggesting the group in the first place after their adventure with the Appellaxian aliens.
Flash stayed in Central City for quite a while and became the hero of the city while his rogues became equally as infamous. Flash’s life turned dark when one of his villains managed to kill his new wife Iris Allen. Flash suffered another defeat when he was placed on trial for the murder of the villain who had killed Iris. Flash was acquitted and discovered that Iris was still alive and living in the 30th Century. Barry left the 20th Century and went off with Iris to live happily ever after. For a while.