Even though he’s not the first hero with the name the Flash at DC Comics—that honor belongs to the Justice Society’s Jay Garrick—many consider Barry Allen as the “prime” Scarlet Speedster of the DCU.

The Flash is one of the most important characters in the history of DC. The Flash has been around in some form or another since 1940, when Jay Garrick first premiered as the Scarlet Speedster. Barry ...

Allen’s return as the Flash was a part of ’00s DC and their mission to bring back the classic DC Multiverse of the pre-Crisis. It was actually pretty exciting at the time, but Allen’s return would ...