Jay Garrick

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Jay Garrick is the original Flash, a Golden Age DC Comics superhero known for his super-speed and founding role in early superhero teams.

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instanceOf DC Comics character
fictional superhero
metahuman
speedster
alterEgoOf The Flash (Jay Garrick) NERFINISHED
appearsIn All-Star Comics NERFINISHED
Flash Comics NERFINISHED
Justice Society of America (various series) NERFINISHED
baseOfOperations Keystone City NERFINISHED
comicBookEra Golden Age of Comic Books NERFINISHED
costumeFeature blue pants
red shirt with lightning bolt emblem
winged metal helmet
yellow boots
countryOfFictionalCitizenship United States NERFINISHED
creators Gardner Fox NERFINISHED
Harry Lampert NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy chemistry
firstAppearance Flash Comics #1 NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceDate January 1940
fullName Jason Peter Garrick NERFINISHED
hairColor brown
hairFeature often depicted with gray temples
homeEarth Earth-Two NERFINISHED
inspirationFor later versions of The Flash
loveInterest Joan Williams NERFINISHED
medium comic books
notableAlias Jay Garrick Flash NERFINISHED
The Flash of Earth-Two NERFINISHED
notableTeamRole founding member of the Justice Society of America
notableTrait one of the first mainstream comic-book superheroes with super-speed
occupation scientist
superhero
originOfPowers laboratory accident involving hard water fumes
powers accelerated healing
enhanced reflexes
enhanced stamina
super-speed
time travel (via Speed Force)
vibrational phasing
publisher DC Comics
sharesMantleWith Barry Allen NERFINISHED
Bart Allen NERFINISHED
Wally West NERFINISHED
sourceOfPowers Speed Force NERFINISHED
spouse Joan Garrick NERFINISHED
superheroName The Flash NERFINISHED
teamAffiliation All-Star Squadron NERFINISHED
Justice League (ally) NERFINISHED
Justice Society of America NERFINISHED
universe DC Multiverse NERFINISHED

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DC Comics character The Flash hasVersion Jay Garrick
subject surface form: The Flash
Barry Allen inspiredBy Jay Garrick
Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow loveInterest Jay Garrick
this entity surface form: Jay Garrick (Hunter Zolomon impersonation)
Golden Age of Comic Books notableCharacterDebut Jay Garrick
this entity surface form: The Flash (Jay Garrick)
Justice Society of America teamLeader Jay Garrick
this entity surface form: Flash (Jay Garrick)