Franchise / The Flash

The Flash is a character appearing in various DC Comics media. You may be looking for:

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Comic Book Series

Post-Crisis

• The Flash Vol 2 (1987-2009): The longest-running title in the franchise. Focuses on Wally West's journey as The Flash after Barry Allen's death in Crisis. Ran for 250 Issues (#1-247 + #0 + #1000000 + #1/2), 13 Annuals and 8 Specials.
• The Life Story of the Flash
• The Flash (Rebirth) (by Joshua Williamson)
• Flash Forward (by Scott Lobdell)
• The Flash (Infinite Frontier) (by Jeremy Adams)
• The Flash (Dawn of DC) (by Si Spurrier)
• Impulse

Notable Comic Book Stories

• Showcase #4
• The Other Side of Doomsday
• The Trial of the Flash
• The Return of Barry Allen
• Terminal Velocity
• Flash War

Other Versions

• Tangent Comics Flash was a young girl called Lia Nelson who was composed of light.
• A re-imagining of the Flash exists in the Just Imagine... series. This version of the Flash is a college girl called Mary Maxwell who gains super speed after her father attempts to save her from a life-threatening disease that slowly drained her energy, by injecting her with hummingbird DNA.
• DC even has two Funny Animal versions of the Flash:
  • The first was the Terrific Whatzit, a Golden Age comics character who's a turtle. TW had a power set similar to Johnny Quick's (super-speed, some flying ability) plus super-strength; he wore a costume similar to Jay Garrick's. Later stories showed he lived on the parallel world of Earth-C, and was the uncle of the Zoo Crew's speedster Fastback.
  • The second was the Crash, a member of the JLA (Just'a Lotta Animals) of Earth-C-Minus. The Crash was his world's version of the Flash (the Silver Age version), and thus had the same costume and powers as the Flash. In a variation on Barry Allen's backstory as well as the story "The Flash of Two Worlds," it's revealed that the Crash as a child had read his world's "fictional" comics about (Earth-C's) Terrific Whatzit.

Other Non-Comicbook Media

• Jay Garrick
  • Justice League: an Expy of Jay makes an appearance in a world created from in-universe comic books.
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold was his first true appearance in animation, voiced by Andy Milner.
  • Justice League: The New Frontier, seen briefly in the opening credits where he was forced into retirement by the government.
  • Smallville, his first live-action appearance as a cameo in season nine, played by Billy Mitchell.
  • Young Justice (2010) as a retired friend and mentor, voiced by Geoff Pierson.
  • The Flash (2014): Jay is a recurring character in the show beginning in Season 2, played by none other than John Wesley Shipp.
  • Injustice 2, voiced by Travis Willingham.

• Barry Allen
  • The Flash (1990) starring John Wesley Shipp.
  • Arrowverse: First appearing in a two episode arc on Arrow, portrayed by Glee alum Grant Gustin, leading to his Spin-Off solo series.
    • The Flash (2014): Barry received his powers after being struck by lightning during a particle accelerator explosion in Central City, creating other metahumans for him to fight. Shipp and other actors from the first version have appeared in supporting roles, and the 1990 show was fully integrated into the Arrowverse when Shipp's Flash appeared in the Elseworlds (2018) event.
  • DC Extended Universe: Played by Ezra Miller.
    • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Two short cameos to lead into Justice League, one emerging from a dream sequence implying he was time-traveling to warn Bruce of something, and another in security footage listed in secret files on metahumans where he stops a robbery while causing electrical spikes.
    • Suicide Squad: A brief cameo where he catches Captain Boomerang mid-robbery.
    • Justice League: One of the core members of the Justice League.
    • Zack Snyder's Justice League: Revisits the aftermath of Batman v. Superman in a manner different from the above theatrical version.
    • The Flash (2023): Barry's first solo adventure in a theatrical film. To be directed by Andrés Muschietti.
  • DC Super Hero Girls: Supporting character. Voiced by Josh Keaton.
  • Superfriends voiced by Cliff Owen.
  • Justice League: The New Frontier voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
  • Justice League: Doom where he is, confusingly, played by Wally's second DCAU voice actor Michael Rosenbaum.
  • The Batman, played by Wally's first DCAU voice actor, Charlie Schlatter. Not confirmed in the script but by Word of God.
  • Young Justice (2010): Wally's mentor and a core Justice League member. Voiced by George Eads, although James Arnold Taylor played him in the season two finale.
  • Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox played by Justin Chambers and its two follow-ups, Justice League: War and Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, played by Christopher Gorham.
  • Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
  • Justice League of America, a television pilot where he was portrayed by Kenny Johnston.
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold voiced by Alan Tudyk.
  • Injustice: Gods Among Us voiced by Neal McDonough.
    • Injustice 2 voiced by Taliesin Jaffe
  • "The Ballad of Barry Allen", by band Jim's Big Ego (headed by the nephew of Carmine Infantino), examines what life must be like for Barry ("because when things change in an instant it's almost fast enough for me").
  • Teen Titans: The Judas Contract: In a flashback to Dick Grayson's Robin days, Kid Flash is a member of the team. Although voiced by Jason Spisak, this Kid Flash is Barry Allen, not Wally West.
  • DC League of Super-Pets: Supporting role, voiced by John Early.
  • Justice League X RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen voiced by David Errigo Jr.

• Wally West
  • DC Animated Universe, as the Flash: First appeared in Superman: The Animated Series voiced by Charlie Schlatter, only later confirmed to be Wally in Justice League.
    • Justice League: One of the founding seven members of the league, voiced by Michael Rosenbaum. Tie-in comics hinted towards other Flashes existing, but otherwise Wally had many elements unique to Barry grafted on.
  • Filmation's Teen Titans shorts as Kid Flash
  • Teen Titans (2003) as Kid Flash, voiced by Michael Rosenbaum
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Kid Flash, voiced by Hunter Parrish
  • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as the Flash, voiced by Josh Keaton
  • Young Justice (2010) as Kid Flash, voiced by Jason Spisak
  • Superfriends as Kid Flash, voiced by Tommy Cook
  • DC Super Friends short
  • Young Justice: Legacy video game, as Kid Flash
  • Justice League Heroes video game, as the Flash
    • Justice League Heroes: The Flash - a side-story to the above game
  • Arrowverse:
    • The Flash (2014), played by Keiynan Lonsdale. Appearing in the second season, he was reimagined as Joe West's long lost son and Iris' brother (Joe's wife was pregnant when she left him). Following the Race Lift of the West family, Wally is also portrayed as African American. He takes up the role of Kid Flash in the third season.
    • Legends of Tomorrow: Wally briefly switches shows to join the Legends during their third season.

• Bart Allen
  • Smallville as a teenage con artist who has gone by several aliases, including Jay Garrick, Barry Allen and Wally West. He takes on the name Impulse later on. Played by Kyle Gallner.
  • Joined the cast of Young Justice (2010) in season two as Impulse, before becoming Kid Flash in the second season finale.

• Unknown
  • The Flash that appears in JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time, voiced by Jason Spisak (Wally in Young Justice (2010)), is by Word of God left ambiguous — it's up to the viewer to decide if he's Barry or Wally.

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