History
Police detective Barry Allen was working in the crime lab at Central City Police Department headquarters when a lightning bolt struck his lab, dousing him in electrified chemicals. He discovered that from this accident he developed the ability to move at superhuman speed. With the help of S.T.A.R. Labs scientist Dr. Christina McGee, Barry learned how to control this ability with the help of a special suit originally made as a prototype deep-sea diving suit. When Barry's brother Jay was murdered by criminal gang leader Nicholas Pike, Barry donned a modified masked version of the suit and called himself the Flash, capturing Pike and bringing him to justice, and then later helping to bring other kinds of criminals such as the Trickster, Captain Cold, and Mirror Master to justice.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Abilities
- Science
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic): Barry was able to grapple with, and hold his own against several skilled fighters, such as Pollux, or multiple people at once.
Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series The Flash and is an adaptation of Barry Allen/Flash. The original character was created by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino and first appeared in Showcase #4.
- The Flash was portrayed by John Wesley Shipp.
- Barry's suit is actually a Soviet diving suit.[1]
Related
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- 3 Quotations by or about Barry Allen (Flash 1990 TV Series)
- Character Gallery: Barry Allen (Flash 1990 TV Series)
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Footnotes
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