DC Barry Allen

was the superhero known as The Flash and the founder of the Justice League. Barry Allen is a muscular male with blonde hair. As The Flash, he wears a red skintight bodysuit with golden boots, and white circle with a gold lightning bolt on his chest. When Barry was a boy, his parents' relationship wasn't going well, and while he prepared to participate in a spelling bee at school, his mother Nora was struggling to encourage him despite working double shifts and trying to get a divorce from his father Henry. He received the divorce papers on the day of the spelling bee, and because Nora had to work, he seethed and took Barry to school. When Nora returned from work, she was happy to see that her son had won the competition, but she was obligated to speak to Henry about their relationship, and so Barry was sent to the bookstore in the meantime. By the time Barry returned, however, his mother had been murdered, and his father had been placed under arrest, though he professed his innocence.

Fortunately, Darryl Frye, who had secretly been involved romantically with Nora, pulled some strings and was able to take Barry in. For years, Barry visited his father in prison, promising to look over all of the evidence of his mother's murder case until he found a way to prove his innocence. As an adult, Barry's life of searching for answers about his mother lead him to becoming a forensic scientist for the Central City Police Department. Because the years in prison had worn on him, Henry gave up hope, broke down in tears, and admitted to his son that he had committed the crime. The shock of realizing that all of his efforts had been for nothing depressed Barry. On the night of a storm, Barry angrily tore his lab apart. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning crashed through his lab's window and struck him in the chest, causing him to drop the chemical vials he was carrying and douse himself.

On the night that Barry Allen would be struck by lightning, Iris West offered Barry a meet-up, an offer Barry's friend, August Heart advised him to take. Barry would ultimately be unable to attend as a result of the lightning strike sending him into a months-long coma. After four long months in a coma after the accident, Barry was stunned to regain consciousness only to discover he'd gained super-speed abilities. Struggling to gain control over his new powers, he first stumbled from the hospital to his apartment, and then from his apartment to his old CSI lab, where he quickly clothed himself and was confronted by August Heart, who thought somebody was in the lab who wasn't allowed only to discover his best friend's presence, to his elation. August offered to inform Director Singh that Barry had returned, but Barry turned him down, telling him that he had a personal case he wanted to investigate first. Over the next month, he began experimenting with his newfound powers, testing the limits of his capabilities; in the process, he quickly discovered that regular shoes and clothing didn't stand up to his super-speed very well. In order to combat this problem, he special created friction-resistant boots using material salvaged from fireproof jackets Wayne Enterprises had donated to the Central City Fire Department. With his new equipment, he made an attempt to discover his top speed, an attempt that resulted in Barry inadvertently being thrown into the future, where he encountered a future version of himself in a version of Central City ruled with an iron fist by the Turtle. Barry quickly started to panic, but the future version of himself calmed him down. Together, they fought the Turtle's minions, before Barry's future iteration introduced him to the Cosmic Treadmill and sent him on his way back to his own time. In shock, he declared that he'd never run again, returning to his lab. While there, he received a text message from Iris, who wanted to arrange a coffee date. However, this was interrupted by the sudden attack of the Turtle. Before confronting the Turtle, Barry quickly saved Iris from an oncoming police car.[5] After Barry defeated the Turtle, he returned to Iris, who chastised him for keeping her waiting. However, he won her over, and they ended up heading to dinner at a nearby diner. Afterwards, they began a romance. Over the course of the next few months, they go on a number of dates and become very close. Iris' influence would later push Barry to make the Flash more of a public figure and a symbol for the city. Later, Iris tracked down the criminal Clive Yorkin, confronting him in public. The situation went south quickly, and Iris had to be saved by the Flash, who was shot in the process. Afterwards, Iris sought out Barry, hoping to confess and talk it out with him; unbeknownst to her, he in the process of trying to remove a bullet from his chest. She spoke to him through the door for some time before deciding that his lack of response meant he probably wasn't at home; he promptly opened the door, telling her that he'd been in the shower and hadn't been able to respond while he was clothing himself. Afterwards, they kissed and spent the night together.[7] Afterward, their relationship would become strained as Barry's obsession with solving his mother's case and defeating the Turtle worsened.

During a temporal incident, Iris was taken hostage by a future version of the Turtle, who was teaming up with his present-day incarnation.[8] While the Flash, donning his iconic costume for the first time, confronted the Turtles, Iris managed to disable the Turtles' technology, freeing the citizens of the city. Inspired, the citizens rose up against Turtle's minions and the Flash was able to defeat both Turtles, sending the future version back to his correct place in the timeline. Later that night, Barry and Iris had dinner. While investigating a series of kidnappings, Barry met Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who was investigating the same crimes. In the process, they discovered that the kids were being turned into gladiators. While Flash took the children back to their homes, unbeknownst to him, Green Lantern made a deal that the two of them would return and fight for the team that the children were representing in the "Arena World."[10]

Months later, Iris introduced her visiting nephews Wally and Wallace to Barry during the town's annual Flash Day celebration. Iris, however, was called away for work, and though she took the very young Wallace with her, leaving Wally with Barry. Wally and Barry's subsequent day together resulted in Wally being struck by lightning, just like Barry, and becoming Kid Flash. ETC. Continue reading on the Internet.