Flash (comics)

The Flash is a DC Comics superhero possessing "super-speed", nicknamed the Scarlet Speedster. Created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (1940).

Related characters

As the first super-speed hero in comic books, the Flash was inspired by or has spawned a variety of imitators and conceptual descendants. These include:

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• Hermes, the messenger of the Greek Gods, who appears in both the DC universe and Marvel universe (including the Justice League Unlimited television series)
• Quicksilver, a member of the Avengers
• Johnny Quick, another Golden Age superhero, and his modern daughter Jesse Quick
• Johnny Quick, a Silver Age supervillain from a parallel world
• Lightning, a member of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
• Max Mercury, another Golden Age superhero
• The Whizzer, the name of two super-speed heroes from Marvel Comics: one is from the Golden Age and the other is a member of the Squadron Supreme
• The Blur, an updated version of the Whizzer in Supreme Power, J. Michael Straczynski's re-imagined version of Squadron Supreme
• Johnny Bukowski, a.k.a. "Johnny B", a character from the short-lived television series, The Misfits of Science
• Más y Menos, extremely short twin brothers who can only tap their super-speed powers when touching. They only speak in Spanish and almost always in unison. They have only appeared in the Teen Titans animated series on Cartoon Network
• Velocity, a member of the Top Cow Comics, Cyberforce team.
• The Terrific Whatzit, DC's first funny animal superhero, who appeared in Golden Age comics; he wore a costume identical to that of Jay Garrick's, and had powers that included superstrength and flight in addition to superspeed.
• Fastback, a DC funny animal turtle (and the nephew of the Terrific Whatzit) with superspeed powers; he lived on a parallel Earth.
• The Crash, a DC funny animal turtle with superspeed powers, who hailed from another parallel Earth; he was an analog of the Silver Age Flash.