he’s the fastest man alive
but there’s a lot more to him than that
little tidbit welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down the top 10
facts about the flash
berry-berry check this out we’ve seen an
electric one like this since I was a kid
number 10 there’s more than one flash
but what are you doing you’re retired
you could have died yeah Jones gonna
kill me just for putting on the tin hat
so far four different people have had
extended careers as the flash Jay
Garrick and his winged helmet started at
all during a smoke break in 1940 Barry
Allen who managed to hide his costume
inside his ring came along in 1956
wally west moved up from being Kid Flash
to the main man himself in 1986 and Bart
Allen who was actually Barry Allen’s
grandson came to our time from the
future and Dawn the Scarlet outfit for a
year or so katha Oldham have had a
legitimate claim to the title but Barry
Allen is the one most identified with
the name anyway it’s big crash but the
future awaits I got a run number nine
the first flash got his powers from hard
water
no really Barry Allen is famous for
getting his SuperSpeed thanks to an
accident involved in lightning and
chemicals college student Jay Garrick
got his from an accident as well but it
was slightly different trying to find a
way to purify hard water in a cyclotron
Garrick accidentally spilled some of the
water the fumes knocked him unconscious
when he awoke he had somehow gained the
ability to move at amazing rates of
speed
not a bad reward for being clumsy said
kit where’s the John in this joint down
the hall on the left
number eight bazinga why is it shaped
like a lightning bolt it’s not boring
Cisco Raymond is Barry Allen’s close
friend mechanical engineer comic relief
and walking geek stereotype it’s no
surprise that Cisco is also a big fan of
the Big Bang Theory as much as the gang
from Big Bang are fans of comic books
and the flash see this is why I wanted
to have a costume meeting Cisco shows
off his nerd cred a few times throughout
the series by wearing Big Bang Theory
t-shirts including bazinga and
rock-paper-scissors- lizard-spock I
thought if STAR Labs could do something
nice for the community maybe people
wouldn’t be so angry natural oils
anymore
number seven his nemesis has messed up
his whole life I’m gonna bring this
shrine to your ego down on your head
there’s a lot of time travel and flash
stories which is responsible for one of
the biggest tragedies in his life the
reverse-flash
eobard thawne is a maniac from the 25th
century who hero-worshipped Barry Allen
Thawne managed to recreate the accident
that created the flash and subsequently
gave himself the same powers then my
life is a small price to pay
unfortunately the on grew to hate flash
and decided to make his life miserable
cutting through the time barrier he did
everything he could to ruin Barry’s life
including killing Barry’s mother when he
was just a boy
that’s much thought I just wanted to
save her
her hero how noble number six frictions
no problem when you have an aura one of
the things that science e-types bring up
with the flash is the problem of
friction a guy that can move faster than
the speed of light is going to be
dealing with a massive amount of
friction it’s made of a reinforced
tripolymer it’s heat and abrasive
resistance so it should withstand your
moving at high-velocity speed running
that that’s beam should burn up Flash’s
clothes not to mention his skin
you can even carry objects and people
without damaging or hurting them flashes
creators decided early on that a special
energy aura surrounds the super
speedster and this aura protects both
him and anyone near him from the effects
of friction how convenient
number five the flash is his own father
are you doing here is barri alright he’s
fun most people won’t remember the 1990
flash television series but those who do
might recognize the 2014 Flash’s father
Henry Allen as actor John Wesley Shipp
the 1990s Barry Allen while comic book
characters may be timeless after super
Trey these characters are but near
mortals and can’t often reprise their
roles as series our rebooted and
resurrected I’m so sorry
doesn’t matter the chute didn’t open
however bringing ship back to play
modern Barry Allen’s father was a great
nod to the 1990 series as actress Amanda
paise plays researcher Tina McGee on
both the 90 series and the 2014 reboot
if you’re one of a kind Barry and I’m
only human but I can’t let you go after
pike not know you could be killed and I
cannot let that happen again their
appearance on the show may have been
short but were greatly appreciated and a
fantastic tribute to a show that was
ahead of its time remember me
number four his success jump-started the
superhero revival with the 1950s my name
is Barry Allen I am the fastest man
alive
Superman and Batman kicked off the
Golden Age of superheroes in the 1930s
and 40s but by 1950 superheroes were
practically dead it’s time to send in
the real heroes son the military and
they’d have remained that way if DC
hadn’t brought the flash back in the
form of Barry Allen in 1956 have we met
no he’s new super speed goes by the
flash his success reinvigorated the
genre and made comic book buyers excited
all over again about the boys with the
tights and the capes Flash’s success not
only set the stage for Green Lantern
Hawkman and the Justice League but also
made Marvel’s bolder 1960s experiments
possible oh that is cool number three
the flash created himself
okay so stay with us here the flash was
created when a bolt of lightning struck
Barry Allen and a bunch of chemicals
giving him SuperSpeed almost 30 years
later the flash was fighting a nasty
piece of work called the anti-monitor to
defeat the villain the flash had to move
at a speed far greater than any he had
achieved before he ran so fast that he
became a being of pure energy who
travelled back in time and became the
lightning bolt that struck Barry Allen
in the first place so basically flash
created himself it’s not that crazy
number 2 DC’s whole multiverse started
with the flash you have to hold that
speed precisely got it for many years DC
Comics told tales of heroes who lived on
many different earths another dimension
may be out of our jurisdiction I can’t
believe we’re having this discussion of
course we’re going to help each was in a
different dimension part of a near
infinite number of parallel universes
called the multiverse the only thing
that can hurt you
destroyed the last peace on earth true
but I’ve been visiting other Earth’s
this concept eventually got a little
unwieldy but it all started with the
flash in a 1961 story Barry Allen
vibrates so fast that he crosses a
dimensional barrier into a parallel
earth where he meets Jay Garrick the
crisis on Infinite Earths got rid of the
multiverse in the 1980s but in recent
years parallel Earth’s have reemerged
more things change I’m going to finish
the job that jester started
but not just yet before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
number one he can outrun Superman that
do slow
he’s called the fastest man alive and
there’s a reason for that
not only can the dude punch out bad guys
at the speed of light but he can even
outrun the almighty Superman
in the 1970s Superman and flash entered
into a number of races to prove who is
the fastest
but these races either ended in a tie or
were discounted due to extenuating
circumstances but in 2009 the two
engaged in a run that proved that when
Barry Allen sets his mind to it he can
outrun any other hero of his time no
matter how iconic they may be hot now if
you’re ready agree with our choices what
other facts about the super speedster
should we have included for more
enthralling top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com stay
put I’ll be back in a flash
ah back in a flash
Wow does he say that often too often
but there’s a lot more to him than that
little tidbit welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down the top 10
facts about the flash
berry-berry check this out we’ve seen an
electric one like this since I was a kid
number 10 there’s more than one flash
but what are you doing you’re retired
you could have died yeah Jones gonna
kill me just for putting on the tin hat
so far four different people have had
extended careers as the flash Jay
Garrick and his winged helmet started at
all during a smoke break in 1940 Barry
Allen who managed to hide his costume
inside his ring came along in 1956
wally west moved up from being Kid Flash
to the main man himself in 1986 and Bart
Allen who was actually Barry Allen’s
grandson came to our time from the
future and Dawn the Scarlet outfit for a
year or so katha Oldham have had a
legitimate claim to the title but Barry
Allen is the one most identified with
the name anyway it’s big crash but the
future awaits I got a run number nine
the first flash got his powers from hard
water
no really Barry Allen is famous for
getting his SuperSpeed thanks to an
accident involved in lightning and
chemicals college student Jay Garrick
got his from an accident as well but it
was slightly different trying to find a
way to purify hard water in a cyclotron
Garrick accidentally spilled some of the
water the fumes knocked him unconscious
when he awoke he had somehow gained the
ability to move at amazing rates of
speed
not a bad reward for being clumsy said
kit where’s the John in this joint down
the hall on the left
number eight bazinga why is it shaped
like a lightning bolt it’s not boring
Cisco Raymond is Barry Allen’s close
friend mechanical engineer comic relief
and walking geek stereotype it’s no
surprise that Cisco is also a big fan of
the Big Bang Theory as much as the gang
from Big Bang are fans of comic books
and the flash see this is why I wanted
to have a costume meeting Cisco shows
off his nerd cred a few times throughout
the series by wearing Big Bang Theory
t-shirts including bazinga and
rock-paper-scissors- lizard-spock I
thought if STAR Labs could do something
nice for the community maybe people
wouldn’t be so angry natural oils
anymore
number seven his nemesis has messed up
his whole life I’m gonna bring this
shrine to your ego down on your head
there’s a lot of time travel and flash
stories which is responsible for one of
the biggest tragedies in his life the
reverse-flash
eobard thawne is a maniac from the 25th
century who hero-worshipped Barry Allen
Thawne managed to recreate the accident
that created the flash and subsequently
gave himself the same powers then my
life is a small price to pay
unfortunately the on grew to hate flash
and decided to make his life miserable
cutting through the time barrier he did
everything he could to ruin Barry’s life
including killing Barry’s mother when he
was just a boy
that’s much thought I just wanted to
save her
her hero how noble number six frictions
no problem when you have an aura one of
the things that science e-types bring up
with the flash is the problem of
friction a guy that can move faster than
the speed of light is going to be
dealing with a massive amount of
friction it’s made of a reinforced
tripolymer it’s heat and abrasive
resistance so it should withstand your
moving at high-velocity speed running
that that’s beam should burn up Flash’s
clothes not to mention his skin
you can even carry objects and people
without damaging or hurting them flashes
creators decided early on that a special
energy aura surrounds the super
speedster and this aura protects both
him and anyone near him from the effects
of friction how convenient
number five the flash is his own father
are you doing here is barri alright he’s
fun most people won’t remember the 1990
flash television series but those who do
might recognize the 2014 Flash’s father
Henry Allen as actor John Wesley Shipp
the 1990s Barry Allen while comic book
characters may be timeless after super
Trey these characters are but near
mortals and can’t often reprise their
roles as series our rebooted and
resurrected I’m so sorry
doesn’t matter the chute didn’t open
however bringing ship back to play
modern Barry Allen’s father was a great
nod to the 1990 series as actress Amanda
paise plays researcher Tina McGee on
both the 90 series and the 2014 reboot
if you’re one of a kind Barry and I’m
only human but I can’t let you go after
pike not know you could be killed and I
cannot let that happen again their
appearance on the show may have been
short but were greatly appreciated and a
fantastic tribute to a show that was
ahead of its time remember me
number four his success jump-started the
superhero revival with the 1950s my name
is Barry Allen I am the fastest man
alive
Superman and Batman kicked off the
Golden Age of superheroes in the 1930s
and 40s but by 1950 superheroes were
practically dead it’s time to send in
the real heroes son the military and
they’d have remained that way if DC
hadn’t brought the flash back in the
form of Barry Allen in 1956 have we met
no he’s new super speed goes by the
flash his success reinvigorated the
genre and made comic book buyers excited
all over again about the boys with the
tights and the capes Flash’s success not
only set the stage for Green Lantern
Hawkman and the Justice League but also
made Marvel’s bolder 1960s experiments
possible oh that is cool number three
the flash created himself
okay so stay with us here the flash was
created when a bolt of lightning struck
Barry Allen and a bunch of chemicals
giving him SuperSpeed almost 30 years
later the flash was fighting a nasty
piece of work called the anti-monitor to
defeat the villain the flash had to move
at a speed far greater than any he had
achieved before he ran so fast that he
became a being of pure energy who
travelled back in time and became the
lightning bolt that struck Barry Allen
in the first place so basically flash
created himself it’s not that crazy
number 2 DC’s whole multiverse started
with the flash you have to hold that
speed precisely got it for many years DC
Comics told tales of heroes who lived on
many different earths another dimension
may be out of our jurisdiction I can’t
believe we’re having this discussion of
course we’re going to help each was in a
different dimension part of a near
infinite number of parallel universes
called the multiverse the only thing
that can hurt you
destroyed the last peace on earth true
but I’ve been visiting other Earth’s
this concept eventually got a little
unwieldy but it all started with the
flash in a 1961 story Barry Allen
vibrates so fast that he crosses a
dimensional barrier into a parallel
earth where he meets Jay Garrick the
crisis on Infinite Earths got rid of the
multiverse in the 1980s but in recent
years parallel Earth’s have reemerged
more things change I’m going to finish
the job that jester started
but not just yet before we reveal our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
number one he can outrun Superman that
do slow
he’s called the fastest man alive and
there’s a reason for that
not only can the dude punch out bad guys
at the speed of light but he can even
outrun the almighty Superman
in the 1970s Superman and flash entered
into a number of races to prove who is
the fastest
but these races either ended in a tie or
were discounted due to extenuating
circumstances but in 2009 the two
engaged in a run that proved that when
Barry Allen sets his mind to it he can
outrun any other hero of his time no
matter how iconic they may be hot now if
you’re ready agree with our choices what
other facts about the super speedster
should we have included for more
enthralling top 10s published daily be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com stay
put I’ll be back in a flash
ah back in a flash
Wow does he say that often too often
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