While the big guns in comic book universes still tend to be men, women are on the rise. The flash family is an informal group centered around the legacy of the flash, a famous speedster and hero who protects central city and keystone city. But things werent always like this for female comic book. She was pressured into the role of superhero by her father, but soon proved her worth as jesse quick, balancing her costumed escapades with running her. While overweight female superheroes are virtually nonexistent in comic books, fat momma burst onto the screen as part of stan lees who wants to be a superhero tv series. Evan valentine breaks down the differences among the flashs many speedsters, where they are in the timeline, and their comic book origins. Kid flash comic books meet fashion week with katrina navarros designs cute costumes, cosplay. Member of soviet speedster team red trinitythe followup to blue trinity, which defected to theu. Speedsters is a loose group of speed endowed individuals who derive their abilities from an extradimensional energy source generated by barry allen and known as the speed force. Like his justice league colleagues wonder woman, superman and batman, the flash has a distinctive cast of. Whether they are fellow speedsters like barry allen or important supporting characters, the show hasnt been shy in using anywhere from alist to dlist characters. Another speedster is headed to cws the flash, as the fastest woman alive. In the comics, trajectory was a female speedster who got her powers from supermans lex luthor when she wanted to become kid flash. My name is tatiana, but my friends and family call me tutta.
Speedster powers are impressive and formidable, which is partly why flash is such a prominent hero. In dc comics, jesse quick is the alterego of jesse chambers, a female speedster. The flash is adding a new female speedster screen rant. The flash or simply flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in american comic. Next season, producers have promised that well see more heroes and villains that can tap into the speed force, the. Being a superhero isnt all about fame and the cool looks, of course. When tracking the legacy of comic book speedsters, its easy to find connections between them. The speedsters he selected were the earth2 flash and earth9tangent flash, both abductees, and the earth3 johnny quick, a willing recruit. Jay garricks legend inspired barry allen, and his heroism continues to inspire today as a stalwart member of the jsa. During the golden age, he sometimes went by the whirlwind of the west, and teamed up with other speedsters from the era, including jay garrick and johnny quick. In honor of the scarlet speedster crossing another finish line, here are the 10 greatest super speedsters of all time. Comic book characters comic strip characters open source characters by year by creator community.
Jay garrick, barry allen new earthbarry alle the flash family is an informal group centered around the legacy of the flash, a famous speedster and hero who protects central city and. There are a lot of dc speedsters who havent come up on this blog, or only in passing. All you need is a cool name, a coordinating costume, and a fearless alter ego, and there you are. Even a handful of speedsters from dcs tv multiverse werent enough to save the day, but the. Speedsters is an unofficial group of users of the speed force that arose out of the flash volume 2. Female superheroes and villains legion of superheroes comics girls dc comics dc speedsters comic art comic books black comics fantasy sword what others are saying jenni ognats, is the granddaughter of the second flash. He adopted the name the scarlet speedster after reading a comic book featuring the golden age flash. Thats the tease dropped in the latest episode of the flash, when barry allen calls upon his speedster friends to save central city in a single second. After the original squadron sinister was defeated by the avengers, the villain known as whizzer went solo as the spiderman rogue, speed demon. Speed demon jerry mcgee tinas husband in the comics trajectory eliza harmon was a member of lex luthors infinity inc group born out of his everyman project. Currently, in its sixth season, the characters have pretty much faced most of the characters in the speedster mythology whether it be from barry, jay, or wallys rogues gallery. Women and comic books have always been in the four color funnies, and better yet, now they are nude. He has a good heart and is a worthy heir of the flash mantle, not just because hes fast, but because hes so much like barry allen, theyre both speedsters that are both smart and kind. Dcs 10 greatest speedsters of all time comic book news.
Since marvel has the equivalent of a speedster in quicksilver, why is he not as prominent in the marvel universe as flash is in the dc universe. The flash is one of the fastest superheroes in all of comics, but there are still plenty of speedsters that can keep pace. The fastest character in flash comics by far is hunter zolomon, no other character comes even close to him. See more ideas about kid flash, dc comics and the flash. Women who conquered the comics world collectors weekly. Nicknamed the scarlet speedster, all incarnations of the flash possess super speed, which includes the. Having the comics code label on the cover meant wide, mainstream distribution, so artists that wanted to make money had to follow it. This article contains spoilers for the flash season 4 episode 15. While eobard thawne and hunter zolomon are far better known and fleshed out, clariss set the stage for them and many of the other villains on this page. Starfire series dc comics age unknown birthday unknown sex female height unknown weight unknown alignment unknown. In dc comics, speedsters play a pretty big part, with flash being one of the better known heroes. Bartholomew bart allen ii is a fictional character in the dc comics.
A secretary at state university, who while reading aloud a sheet of equations accidentally spoke the formula used by johnny quick. After melting the typewriter, she eagerly began exploring her powers, working with the more famous speedster to collect escaped animals. Inspired by the comic books she read, and seeking to avenger her fathers death. Jay garrick appeared as a main character in flash season 2. I love writing articles that bring a little creativity to everyday life.
Primary abilities shared by all speedsters include running at speeds far in excess of human capability to varying degrees and resistance to the side effects air resistance, inability to breathe, dynamic shock resulting from contact with objects at high speed, etc. Garrick is seemingly in the process of returning to comic books as part of the current doomsday clock series. Uh how are wonder woman and aquaman not on this list. The flash or simply flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. In the comics he was easily one of the fastest there is.
Xs female flash of the future, dc comics, legion of superheroes. Female speedster finally cast on the flash but why is. In response, comicbook publishers founded the comics code authority that year to selfregulate their industry, and wonder woman was forced into more traditional feminine roles and eventually stripped of her powers. All her life jesse has felt pressure to live up to her parents legacy. Public domain super heroes is a fandom comics community. The 15 fastest superheroes in comic books screenrant.
Also my favorites, fastback the fastest turtle alive from earthc and his earthcminus counterpart, the. A speedster is a character whose powers primarily relate to superhuman speed also known as superspeed. The original superspeedster, jay garrick is the first to use the name flash. The daughter of golden age superheroes johnny quick and liberty belle, jesse chambers inherited both her parents powersflight, superspeed, and superstrength. Things keep getting faster and faster for barry allen. Recent blog posts forum free universe forums public domain funnies wiki contributor fiction heroes inc a webcomic by contibutor zcotty. Of course, nothing is permanent in comics, and she may rise from the. The fastest mouse in all of mexico made his comic book debut in 1955 and has his own place in the legacy of comic book speedsters. The flashs first season was all about introducing barry allen to viewers. Red trinity and blue trinity, for instance, or doralla kon, or the many future flashes. Blaine allenthe flash century dc speedsters, dr fate, ocean master.
Mercuryhermes has been seen in dc comics on occasion. To celebrate dcs illustrious history of superfast characters and the ongoing flash war, weve decided to take a look at their top 25 speedsters and rank them from slowest to fastest. Member of soviet speedster team blue trinity, altered by scientists to produce russias answer to the flash. Dinah laurel lance new earth bryce wayne earth 11 raven new earth donna troy new earth harleen quinzel prime earth all items 74 2681795 prime earth 500zq new earth ahwiirdhpaana new earth amorr new earth abiesa new earth abigail swamp thing 1990 tv series abigail arcane dc legends abigail arcane new earth. Wonder woman by tyler kirkham by oracle dc comics comic book artwork. Go into a comic book shop or a comic convention while appearing to be a woman. If someone ranked all the speedsters seen in the flash. In terms of both the sheer quantity of speedsters that dc has to offer and the realitysplitting power of those speedsters, marvel just cant keep up. Or then again, maybe you could try to combine the two elements together, in comic book form.
Dc has always had the most popular lady hero of all time with wonder woman, who was always depicted as an equal to batman and superman in the holy trinity. Comic book artists, comic artist, comic books art, joker card tattoo, david finch, black and white comics, comic art community, wonder woman comic, dc. Superman vs wonder woman the eternal debate comic book. I think it would be nora as she was able to chase after barry whose speed was boosted after his time in the speed force.
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