The Flash is not only the fastest man alive - he's a pillar of DC Comics. He's been racing through the panels and pages since 1940, and his stories are some of the most fast-paced, most nail-biting, ...

The circumstances that led to these two characters happened at the same time. The mid-’50s was a tough time for comics. Congressional hearings were held on the dangers of comic books, several ...

In one of the Flash’s darkest storylines, “The Death of Iris West” concerns the murder of Barry’s wife, Iris. The trauma of Iris’ death sends Barry spiraling as he desperately tries to uncover who ...

Like many Golden Age superheroes, Jay Garrick gained superpowers through apparent dumb luck. The young scientist survived a near-lethal lab accident, which transformed him into the Fastest Man Alive.

The Flash has always been one of DC’s headliners and the hero at the forefront of the company’s major changes. The Flash kick-started the Silver Age, introduced us to the multiverse, stopped the ...

DC Comics’ Scarlet Speedster, the Flash, is one of the publisher’s longest-running characters (no pun intended). The original Flash, Jay Garrick, first appeared in Flash Comics #1 in 1940, only 18 ...

In DC Comics, history tends to be written in capital letters. Crisis, final, and infinite. ‘The Flash’ legacy, specifically, is frequently presented in the context of cosmic disaster. It’s Barry Allen ...