This article is about the JSA member Jay Garrick. For the article about the member of Oliver Queen's team of heroes, see Bart Allen.

Jay Garrick
Family	Joan Garrick (wife)
Occupation	Research Scientist, Super-hero (Justice Society of America)
Powers and Abilities	Super speed, Super stamina
Played By	Billy Mitchell
Status	Alive

Jason "Jay" Garrick is a member of the Justice Society of America known as The Flash.

Contents 1 Physical Appearance 2 Early life 3 Season Four 4 Season Nine 5 Season Eleven 6 Appearances 7 In the Comics 8 External links

Physical AppearanceEdit

Jay Garrick was shown as a well built, tall and handsome middle aged man with red hair partially graying, sky-blue eyes and an unshaved beard.

As The Flash, he used to wear a metal hat with golden wings on it similar to that of the Greek God Hermes. Both in his superhero and in his civilian persona he was seen wear almost always a red tight shirt with a gold lightning bolt on it, blue jeans, a black belt, and some brown shoes.

Early lifeEdit

Very little is known about Jay Garrick's early life. At some point in his youth, he gained the ability to move at speeds far greater, than an ordinary man. Eventually, he assumed the identity of the Flash and became a founding member of the Justice Society of America.

He was later framed by a government agency and charged for fraud and resisting arrest. Jay and the rest of his JSA teammates were arrested in their civilian identities and sent to jail. Neither Jay nor anyone else in the group was convicted due to a massive lack of evidence and was later released. Unfortunately the arrests caused the JSA to split up and go into retirement. The Government proceeds to break his leg and his refusal to have his leg repaired as a means to incapacitate his Super speed abilities to prevent the "Speed Demon" from haunting him which caused him to move down to a house in the middle of Utah.

Season FourEdit

Jay Garrick (alongside Wally West and Barry Allen) was one of the aliases used by Bart Allen during his carrer as a courier and petty thief.

Later Bart explains he doesn't know why he did it, and that all he knows is that, after a flash of light, he woke up with his abilities along with the names of Garrick, West, and Barry just appearing in his head.

Season NineEdit

Black and white footage of Jay Garrick was found, together with his criminal record, by Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan, in 2010.

Later Jay's winged WWI helmet, was showed in a display case at the JSA Brownstone. After Icicle was brought down, for having murdered Sylvester Pemberton, Wesley Dodds and Kent Nelson, Carter Hall tracked Jay down with the intention of reunite the Society, but is later revealed that the man refused the offer.

Season ElevenEdit

In an attempt to help Bart find a way to keep his speed demon from stalking him, Clark takes his friend to the JSA Brownstone, saying they must find Jay because, as a fellow speedster, he might have answers they need.

Arriving at an old residence in the outskirts of Utah, Superman and Impulse encounter an old withered appearance of Jay Garrick equipped with a cane. At first Jay isn't thrilled at meeting the punk who had stolen his identity a few years back. Superman informs Jay of Carter Hall's initial plan prior to his untimely death to reinstate the Justice Society of America with the remaining living members to help guide the new generation of Heroes. Impulse asked Jay to reveal all that he knows about the Black Flash. Jay shows signs of fear at the mention of that name and beings to reveal the reason behind his handicap as a result of the Government breaking his leg a decade ago and his own refusal to have his leg repaired as a means to incapacitate his Super speed abilities to prevent the black flash from haunting him. Although he can still feel it's presence and realize it's got it sights on Impulse and the only way to stop it is for Impulse to die.

As the speed storm crackles in Utah, Clark tries to reason with Jay Garrick that there must be another option to help Bart. Garrick asserts that there is no choice in the matter and that by using the Speed Force, the demon is there to collect the debt. Clark asks why there were no records of speed storms while Garrick was with the JSA. The old man surmises that Bart is so fast that it has made the creature hungry and desperate. Picking up on the thought, Clark reasons that it is sending out the speed storms to try to create a new speedster to take on as its prey. Bart realizes that the biology of the speedsters is special and that's why so many have died in the attempts.

Bart asks Garrick how many speedsters there are. The old man gives a mealy answer about not being the first and Bart not being the last. Bart confronts him about not having raced the demon himself to stop to have possibly stopped it, and Garrick denounces their abilities as a curse. Clark offers that curses can be blessings if they don't let their powers control their lives. Garrick likens Clark to Carter Hall and Bart jumps on the moment to call him out for not having stayed in touch with his team, mentioning that even though he didn't know Carter he still attended his funeral. The old man owns up to not being proud of how he acted, but it's not good enough for Bart. Riled up, he starts tapping into the Speed Force before Clark manages to stop him.

Clark fields communication from Chloe at Watchtower. He asks how she is and she tells him she's coping. She alerts him to a speed storm brewing in Las Vegas, a huge one that isn't slowing down and many dying. Clark relays the message to Bart, who tries running off on his own. Clark grabs him and Bart argues that the racer is waiting for him there and is calling to him. Clark tells Chloe that they didn't come up with a solution. She responds that S.T.A.R. Labs might have something. Patched to Emil Hamilton, the doctor explains they took the concept of sending Clark into the sun to remove his irradiation to fashion a containment suit. He states that they modified the suit to collect speed energy and that Clark might be able to use it to constantly move fast enough to confront the demon.

The scientists at S.T.A.R. fire a pod into the atmosphere and it quickly rockets its way to the young heroes' location in Utah. The pod opens to reveal the new suit, a black and silver affair with a glowing S-Shield. Clark quickly puts on the suit and speeds to the massive storm in Las Vegas. Boldly, Clark proclaims to the demon that it's "time for round two."

AppearancesEdit

• Season Four: Run (Mentioned only)
• Season Nine: Absolute Justice, Part 1 (Flashbacks)
• Season Eleven: Haunted

In the ComicsEdit

In the comics Jay Garrick was the first Flash. He was given the power of amazing speed, by accidental exposure to a substance known as "heavy water" (in the earliest comics it was labeled "hard water"). He was a founding member of the Justice Society of America (JSA) along with Green Lantern, the Atom, Sandman, Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Hourman and the Spectre. He is part of a group that gets their powers from the vibrational field known as the Speed Force, which was created by Barry Allen (the second Flash).

Jay's early adventures took place mainly during the 1940s, fighting alongside the JSA. But he retired in the early 1950s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee demanded that he and the other JSA members reveal their identities. He refused, and joined the other Justice Society heroes in disbanding the organization.

During the 1960s, Jay met the second Flash, in a comic titled "The Flash of Two Worlds." The issue explained

that, along with the other Justice Society of America members, Jay lived on a parallel universe known as Earth-Two. Barry Allen, the Silver-Age Flash of Earth-One, accidentally vibrated onto Earth-Two's dimensional plane. There, he met Jay (who had been Barry's idol since childhood.) Shortly afterward, Jay became active as the Flash again (now known as the Golden-Age Flash.)

During an event known as the Crisis on Infinite Earths, history was altered. In the revised timeline, there was only one Earth. In this new history, Jay and Barry lived on the same world, and often worked together.

Though he is in his 80s, physically, Jay is middle-aged. He absorbed an energy shortly after the Crisis that restored his youth, and though some of it has worn off, he is still far more vigorous than most men his age.

Jay is still active in the modern JSA, and serves as a mentor. Along with Ted and Alan Scott (Green Lantern), they run the JSA.

F

ollowing DC Comics' rejuvenation of its fictional universe, the character of Jay Garrick has been reintroduced in the first issue of the Earth 2 comic book. Portrayed as a 21 year-old recent college graduate, this version of Garrick is spurned by his girlfriend, Joan, and possesses very little in terms of career prospects. The character receives his "superspeed" from Mercury, a dying Olympian god who sees bravery in Jay, and is also the last god to fall following a war with Apokolips. He claims he has been held for the past 10 years by a greater threat than Apokolips. He told him that he is dying and that Earth will face even bigger menace than Darkseid and gave him his powers.Jay escapes a World Army Helicopter that sees the event as Mercury dies and tells Jay to run. After gaining his powers, he tried testing it out. He saves a couple from Apokorats, saying he will do it in 'a Flash', the man then mentions he heard the hero say something, which soon gave Jay Garrick his name. and went on a tour around the world but one day he was stopped by Kendra Munoz-Saunders a.k.a. Hawkgirl. After they had a little conversation between them two, all kind of nature around them started dying and they found out that the reason for that is the guy that is attacking the capital. Finding out that Grundy is the attacker and they try to stop him, but he can regenerate and Hawkgirl sends Jay to save people and she will be the one that would fight with Grundy. The media has dubbed him "The Flash." Along with Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and Atom who had previously been at odds with them they defeated Grundy and Hawkgirl suggested forming a team but Green Lantern refused while the fate of Hawkgirl and Jay will be seen soon.

External linksEdit

• Flash (Jay Garrick) on Wikipedia
• The Flash on Wikipedia
• the Flash on DC database
• Jay Garrick on DC database
• The Streak on Wikia DC Animated Universe
• Jay Garrick on Young Justice Wikia
• Jay Garrick on Super Friends Wikia
• Flash (Jay Garrick) on Batman: the Brave and the Bold Wikia
• Jay Garrick on ComicVine
• Jay Garrick on Flash: Those who ride the lightning