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“ | Being a hero isn't about being honored. It's about taking the gifts we've been given and helping as many people as we can. | „ |
~ Barry Allen |
Summary
Barry Allen is The Flash. His position is a legacy in the Flash Family, a successor to the original Flash, Jay Garrick, and predecessor to Wally West. He is a founding member of the Justice League of America.
Barry was struck by a lightning bolt in his lab on a stormy night, the event would lead him to gain powers from the Speed Force, a cosmic force that grants its users super speed and many other physics defying powers. Barry is the conduit to the Speed Force as the Speed Force was created when Barry was struck, creating a paradox and becoming the power source of all speedsters. Barry would become The Flash, the fastest man alive, and become one of the world's greatest heroes, before sacrificing his life to foil the Anti-Monitor's plans.
Following the events of Final Crisis, Barry would finally return from the dead and would return to the role of Central City's Flash. After finding out Professor Zoom had murdered his mother and toyed with Barry's history as vengeance, out of paranoia and grief, Barry ran back in time to stop Professor Zoom from killing his mother, creating the Flashpoint and altering history into a nightmarish reality. Barry would then force himself to let his mother die in order to save the world and reset the timeline again.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Varies with Speed, up to 2-C. Low 1-C with the Entire Speed Force
Name: Flash/Barry Allen
Origin: DC Comics
Gender: Male
Age: 30s
Classification: Human
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Intangibility (Phasing, Phased through Hal Jordan's construct[1] and a road thrown at him by Deathstorm[2]), Invisibility (Can change the way light and sound bend around him, Time Travel (Time-Traveled two-seconds into the future to evade Black Lantern Rings[3] and Traveled back in time to save his mother[4]), and Vibration Manipulation (can change his vibrational frequency[5])
Barry should be capable of the same powers as Wally which includes the following: Durability Negation, Kinetic Energy Manipulation (Speed stealing and lending), Regeneration (High-Low), Limited Air Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2; Should be comparable to Wally West, who saved his children by taking the Death Aspect of the speed force from them[6]), Matter Manipulation, Statistics Amplification, Limited Immortality (Type 2), Energy Manipulation, Extrasensory Perception, Power Bestowal, Biological Manipulation, Absorption, Paralysis Inducement, Explosion Manipulation, BFR, Non-Physical Interaction, Data Manipulation, and Instinctive Reaction
Barry should be capable of the same resistances as Wally which includes the following: Resistance to Existence Erasure and Death Manipulation, Black Hole Creation, Power Absorption, Mind Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation and Time Manipulation, Illusion Creation and Perception Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Intangibility, Limited Body Puppetry, and Dimensional Travel
Attack Potency: Varies with Speed (A Speedster's power varies depending on how[7] fast[8] they're[9] moving.[10] Flashes often hold back their full speed, otherwise they may kill someone while going too fast[11]), up to Low Multiverse level (Consistently fought on par with Professor Zoom, as well as being compared to him by Wally West.[12] Harmed Hal Jordan with punches meant for Black Lantern Martian Manhunter.[13] Ran over a Black Lantern Guardian alongside Wally West.[14] Capable of fighting and holding off Black Lantern versions of Firestorm, Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, and Aquaman.[15] Superior to Jay Garrick, who can briefly fight Black Adam[16][Note 1]). Low Complex Multiverse level with the Entire Speed Force (The Speed Force is one of the main multiversal forces, on a similar level to the Sphere of the Gods[17]. Assisted Pandora in merging the New Earth, Wildstorm, and Vertigo universes.[18] Should be comparable to Wally West when absorbing the entire Speed Force[Note 2])
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Faster than before. Can perceive events that last for less than an attosecond.[19] Far faster than the likes of Superman and the Green Lanterns), Immeasurable via running through time, the Speed Force and at his peak, higher with the Entire Speed Force (Should be comparable to Bart Allen who volunteered to absorb the entire Speed Force so that he would be fast enough to stop Superboy-Prime.[20] Absorbed the entire Speed Force in order to stop Professor Zoom in time[21])
Lifting Strength: At least Peak Human, possibly higher with the Speed Force
Striking Strength: Varies with Speed, up to Low Multiverse level. Low Complex Multiverse level with the Entire Speed Force
Durability: Varies with Speed, up to Low Multiverse level (Can tank the recoil of his own punches). Low Complex Multiverse level with the Entire Speed Force
Stamina: Nigh-Infinite (Comparable to Wally West)
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, higher with vortexes; at least Low Multiversal, possibly Multiversal with the entire Speed Force
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (As smart as his Pre-Crisis era. A forensic scientist with great deductive skills, and constructed his Cosmic Treadmill[22])
Weaknesses: Can get easily overwhelmed, emotional, and depressed. Barry can also get cut off from the Speed Force.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Energy Construct Creation: Speed Force conduits can use the matter generated by their speed to create solid objects such as walls or bridges. This power requires constant concentration and reapplication of the construct for it to remain stable. Flash's afterimages are also created constructs.
- Flight: Speed Force conduits can rotate their arms and spin their bodies like tops to achieve something of a kind of helicopter flight. However, with practice conduits can even achieve controllable flight if launched at high speeds. Despite their flight abilities, they are always faster on their feet.
- Phasing: Speed Force conduits can vibrate their molecules so quickly that they can achieve intangibility for short bursts allowing them to phase through objects.
- Sharing the Force: Speed Force conduits can allow their friends or family members to run alongside them at their equaled speeds. Certain conduits who may only have minor access to the Force may achieve full levels of the Force due to the main conduit's association with it.
- Speed Force Aura: People who are propelled by the conduits during high-speed situations can survive the harsh conditions associated with mach speeds. When the conduit must rescue an individual from a burning building these individuals will be protected while within the aura.
- Vortex Creations: Speed Force conduits that plant themselves on the ground and rotate their extremities can cause an incredible amount of wind to burst through their focused funnel. Most Speedsters use this ability automatically when they run, reducing the air currents around their body to low enough levels to no longer inhibit their speed. Creatively, Speedsters can create tornadoes and gusts with their arms.
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Others
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
References
- ↑ The Flash: Rebirth #3
- ↑ Blackest Night: The Flash #3
- ↑ Blackest Night #6
- ↑ Flaspoint #5
- ↑ Blackest Night: The Flash #1
- ↑ The Flash Vol 2 #243
- ↑ Dark Crisis: Big Bang, December 2022
- ↑ JLA Vol 1 #3
- ↑ The Flash Vol 2 #148 May 1999
- ↑ Convergence: Speed Force #2
- ↑ DC Rebirth, The Flash Vol 5 #7, November 2016
- ↑ The Flash Vol. 2 #224, September 2005
- ↑ Green Lantern Vol. 4 #44, September 2009
- ↑ Blackest Night Vol. 1 #5, January 2010
- ↑ Blackest Night Vol. 1 #4, December 2009
- ↑ JSA (1999) #6
- ↑ Justice League (2018) #37
- ↑ Flashpoint Vol 2 #5, October 2011
- ↑ Superman Vol 1 #709, May 2011
- ↑ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive Vol 1 #6, January 2007
- ↑ Flashpoint Vol 2 #5, October 2011
- ↑ The Flash #125
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