In broad strokes, the story is enjoyable, moving somewhat predictably from beat to beat origin to conclusion. The Flash rescuing Major Williams – Flash Comics #1, DC Comics The vapours enhanced Jay’s speed, allowing him to run, move, speak, and think at superhuman speeds. Late one night, while working in his lab, Jay accidentally knocks over his experiment, inhaling the hard water fumes and passing out. He made up for his failures on the field as a promising scientist experimenting with “hard water vapours”. A student at Midwestern University, Jay was a lead-footed football player trying to win the heart of Joan Williams. As promised, Fox takes the reader through the events that allowed Jay Garrick to become the “fastest thing on Earth”. Penned by Gardner Fox, Jay Garrick made his debut as the feature story in Flash Comics #1, in the somewhat obviously titled story “Origin of the Flash”. In fact, throughout the first 16 years of the character’s run, Flash Comics followed the exploits of Jay Garrick, otherwise known as the Golden Age Flash.
Long before the red and yellow one piece suit, before the Cosmic Treadmill and well before the existence of the Speed Force, there was another speedster who began it all. And though many are now familiar with Barry Allen thanks to the critical success of The Flash television show and his inclusion in the upcoming cinematic universe, it was not Barry that originated the mantle of the iconic hero. This year marks the 75th anniversary of a number of characters across the DC Universe, but arguably the most iconic among them is the Flash. Retro Review takes a look at influential issues of DC Comics books and measures their artistic integrity against their cultural and symbolic importance to the DC Universe and comic books in general.įlash Comics #1 (1940) – “Origin of the Flash”
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