The Flash is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero of the same name. Throughout its publication, the series has primarily focused on two characters who have worn the mantle of the Flash: Barry Allen, the second Flash, and Wally West, the third Flash. The series began at issue #105, picking up its issue numbering from the anthology series Flash Comics which had featured Jay Garrick as the first Flash.
Cover of The Flash #105 (February–March 1959), the first number of the series. Art by Carmine Infantino and Joe Giella
Variant incentive cover for The Flash (vol. 3) #1 (June 2010). Art by Tony Harris.
Flash (DC Comics character)
The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1. Nicknamed "the Scarlet Speedster", all incarnations of the Flash possess "superspeed", which includes the ability to run, move, and think extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes, and seemingly violate certain laws of physics.
Characters who have associated with the name "The Flash": Barry Allen at the center, and counterclockwise from upper left are Iris West II, Bart Allen, Jesse Chambers, Wally West, Jay Garrick, and Max Mercury. Art by Ethan Van Sciver.
Wally West as The Flash, on the cover of The Flash (vol. 2) #207 (April 2004). Art by Michael Turner.
Bart Allen, grandson of Barry Allen, takes on the role as The Flash, on the cover of The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #1 (June 2006). Art by Ken Lashley, Andy Kubert, Dave Stewart, and Joe Kubert
Lia Nelson, the Tangent reality's Flash