When Jason Peter Jay Garrick was quiteas a boy, he read many comics about a superhero nicknamed Whirlwind. Did young Jay Garrick know that he would one day get the same superpowers as his childhood hero, Whirlwind?
После странного происшествия в лаборатории Jason discovered that he had amazing abilities - he can move at superhuman speed. Wearing a suit and a metal helmet like what the Roman god Mercury wore, Jay uses his strength to fight crime and protect the inhabitants of Keystone City. Now he is the Fastest Man in the world, the hero of Earth-2, Flash!
Creature
The Golden Age Flash, by Jay Garrick, was coined by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert. His first appearance in the comic book took place in January 1940 on the pages of the Flash Comics series.
Origin
Jay Garrick attended Midwest University atKeystone City. He specialized in the study of physics and chemistry, was truly a big football star. During the third year of study, Jay conducted an experiment: he tried to clean hard water in a cyclotron without any residual radiation. Jay worked late into the night and gradually began to tire. He sat down on a chair and lit a cigarette. But when he sat back in his chair, he accidentally knocked over the apparatus, releasing dangerous toxic fumes. These couples put Jay out of action. For many weeks he lain in bed in a state close to death. Shortly after waking up, Jay saw a girl in the window, Joan Williams, with whom he had been in love for some time. Madly wanting to meet with her, he rushes like a hurricane through the staircase past other hospital patients. Later, he learned from the doctors that his movement was the fastest ever occurring on Earth.
First thing
When Jay Garrick found out about his newabilities, he found them worthy of use on the football field. At this time, he also courted Joan Williams, and one day he witnessed an assassination attempt on her. Jay cleverly catches a bullet and thus saves the girl's life.
Jay finds out later that this shot was onlypart of the Flawless Four scheme, designed to get close to the girl's father in order to find out from him information about the whereabouts of the secret base of atomic warheads. Jay tracks down the refuge of the Immaculate Four and rescues his father Joan.
Justice Society of America
Jay Garrick is one of the foundersJustice Society of America (JSA). For several years he was chairman of the superhero team until he left her. The US government began to check the JSA for communist activism. They asked the members of the Society to reveal their identities, but they refused. Jay could not cope with all this distrust and ended his career as a superhero. He settled down, married his longtime friend Joan Williams. Jay continues to work in the Chemical Corporation and soon creates his own laboratory in Keystone City. Ten years later, Jay returns to JSA.
Flash Evolution
Jay Garrick was the first of a series of heroes whomwe call flashham. Appearing on the pages of magazines in 1940, he became one of the most beloved superheroes of the Golden Age of comics. However, after the Second World War, the popularity of superheroes fell, and in 1949 the comic was closed, marking the last appearance of Garrick in the Golden Age. For ten years he did not appear on the pages of comics.
In 1956, Flash was restarted, markingNew, Silver Age Comic. The new hero was called Barry Allen. Like Jay Garrick, Barry got his superpowers from a lab accident. The first own release of Flash with Barry Allen comes out at number 105, continuing the original series.
After the heroic death of Allen, his nephew Kid Flash takes the role of Flash. Wally West is the name of the third and last Flash that appeared on the pages of comics in 1986.
To date, the role of the main Flash again belongs to Barry Allen. He returned to the Flash post in 2009.
