His name and mantle as the Flash were taken by Hunter to carry out facades as part of a plan to inspire false hope in Central City. After being rescued by Team Flash, Jay found his way back to Earth Three with the help of Harry and Jesse. Despite Hunter's deception, Jay took his helmet, which had originally been a symbol of hope for the citizens of Earth Two so he could make the symbol of hope his own, as well as take a small piece of revenge against Zoom. Jay Garrick would work with Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth One, in his fight against the speedster known as Savitar. He subsequently sacrificed himself and took Wally's place in the Speed Force prison after Wally was tricked into freeing Savitar, thereby taking Savitar's place in said prison.
Publication Information
- Flash : Jay Garrick
- Version : The Flash Series
- Multiverse : Earth Three
- Known As :
- Type : Vigilante
- Relative : Unnamed : Mother
- Affiliation :
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth Three
- Season : The Flash
- First Appeareance : The Flash Season 2 Episod 13 : Welcome to Earth-2
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : John Wesley Shipp
- Main View : Full Episod
Thanks to Cisco Ramon, he was later freed from the Speed Force, returning and aid Team Flash in Savitar's final defeat. Barry later voluntarily took his place in the Speed Force, as the Speed Force prison had become unstable without an occupant, creating a storm that threatened to destroy Earth One. Jay would go on to remain as the Flash for another year until 2018 when a mission to help save Barry's Central City made him realize that it was time for him to go into retirement and train a new Flash on his Earth to take over for him.
Early life
Little is known of his early life, though given his surname is Garrick rather than Allen like his Earth One doppelgänger it's implied that Jay's father never played a role in his upbringing.
Activities as the Flash
At some point, Jay Garrick was given the power of superhuman speed through connection to the Speed Force. He began helping the public as a hero known as The Flash. Jay also witnessed a personal tragedy at some point in his life and traveled back in time to stop it occurring, but only succeeded in making the situation worse. Sometime after this Jay learned to live with the consequences of his decision and decided to never use time travel for personal reasons ever again.
Helping Barry Allen
He was eventually joined by Jesse Wells, and later, speedster Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth One. He attempted to continually knock on the glass. Barry soon realized that he was trying to communicate, but Jesse urged him to let it go. Barry and Jesse eventually realized he was not using Morse code, but a 5x5 tap code commonly used by POWs. The two began to work together and started to decipher his message.
New inmates
Jay encountered a new temporary inmate, Wally West, who was asking where he was. He attempted to use the same tap code, but Wally didn't understand it. Zoom then spoke to the new prisoner, before speeding off and taking Wally with him, leaving him alone once more. Caitlin Snow had an encounter with Jay while he was tapping the glass, but was cut off by her doppelgänger noticing her. Killer Frost said if she could get her powers to work through the wall the first thing she would do would be shutting him up.
Finally escaping Zoom
After Joe was taken prisoner and imprisoned on Earth Two by Hunter, following a botched attempt to stop him without Barry, Hunter revealed Jay's identity to Joe and the circumstances of his capture. After Zoom's defeat Jay was rescued and taken to Earth One where Cisco and Harry removed the mask. However, Jay was confused as to why they all looked shocked towards him, especially Barry. After reclaiming his uniform and destroying the mask he noticed Hunter's helmet.
Consequences of time travel
During his stay on Earth Two Harry informed Jay, still confused as to why Barry was especially shocked to see him, that Jay's Earth One doppelgänger was Henry Allen, Barry's deceased father. He also told him that Barry's mother was murdered when he was 11 by the Reverse-Flash. Fearing Barry's inexperience may lead him to time traveling to forge a better life for himself, Jay kept an eye on Barry.
Joining forces with Barry Allen
His job done, Jay returned to Earth Three and resumed his Flash activities. One day, while foiling a bank robbery by The Trickster, Jay received some unexpected aid from Barry Allen, who asked Jay for his help in defeating Savitar. Jay returned with Barry to Earth One and enlightened him on the history of Savitar. Barry went to do some extensive research but found nothing. Jay instead prompted him to go and spend time with his loved ones until something came up.
Imprisonment in the Speed Force
A while after his return to his home, Jay was contacted by Vibe who informed him that Barry had become trapped in the Speed Force in his efforts to rescue Wally West from Savitar's prison. Jay immediately entered the Speed Force and found Barry being confronted by a Speed Force avatar in the form of Leonard Snart, whom Jay promptly hurled away with a speed-tackle. The avatar however countered with a blast from its Cold Gun, snidely declaring that Garrick was getting slow in his 'Golden Age'.
Averting a nuclear explosion
Jay arrived on Earth One after Jesse Quick brought him over because a nuclear bomb was going off. Jay was surprised to learn that Barry was able to interact with non-speedsters when in "Flashtime", calling it "a hell of a new trick" as didn't know how Barry was able to do that. Jay refused to send the bomb into the Speed Force after Barry mentioned Harry suggested that is what he should do. He explained that not only would that risk destroying the Speed Force forever but also every speedster throughout space, time and the multiverse would lose their speed instantly. Jay argued that Harry didn't know anything about the Speed Force and that no one really knew about its nature and that the Speed Force was an essential part of the multiverse and no one knew what the consequences of destroying it would be.
Abilities
Speed Force connection / Meta-human physiology : Jay possesses a natural connection to the Speed Force, allowing him to perform physical feats well beyond normal human capabilities. Despite his relatively advanced age, Jay's conditioning is similar to the much younger Barry's, able to continue battling for long durations.
- Accelerated healing factor : As a speedster, Jay's cells are capable of regenerating at an accelerated rate, allowing him to heal rapidly from injuries and resist disease.
- Bodily vibration : Jay has the ability to vibrate his cells and overall parts of his body on command for various effects, as shown when he vibrated his hand to split the iron mask that was put on him by Zoom, destroying it. He had enough control of this ability to break only a piece of a mug to demonstrate how once time was changed it could not be truly turned back the way it was.
- Electrokinesis : As a speedster, Jay produces orange electricity from his body when he taps into the Speed Force highlighting his natural, unaltered connection to it.
- Superhuman agility : Jay possesses far greater balance and bodily coordination than a normal human, allowing him to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speeds.
- Superhuman durability : Jay possesses far greater resilience and stamina than humanly possible, allowing him to easily withstand extreme exertion and impact forces, allowing him to easily survive with being savagely thrown around and beaten about by Savitar with only minor injuries.
- Superhuman perception : Jay is easily capable of visually keeping up with and perceiving the movements and actions of other speedsters when they are moving at super-speed.
- Superhuman reflexes : Jay's reaction time is augmented to superhuman levels, allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than normal humans.
- Superhuman speed : Jay is able to run at phenomenal superhuman speeds, as shown when he ran through a breach back to Earth Two with Harry and Jesse. He was fast enough to intercept Barry in the Speed Force when he tried to change the timeline again. Despite his immense speed, Jay Garrick was swiftly defeated by Savitar.
- Interdimensional travel : Through the opening of a dimensional breach, Jay is able to push through the fabric of reality with his super speed, letting him travel to different dimensions.
- Superhuman momentum : Jay is able to generate great amounts of physical force through kinetic energy, simulating superhuman strength, notably allowing him to grab Barry while he was time traveling, and yank him out into 1998, causing Barry to be sent flying through the air and into a truck when he appeared. He was also able to send Savitar tumbling across the floor by striking him at super-speed, while the latter was freed from the Speed Force and was caught by surprise.
- Time travel : Jay has proven to be adept regarding time travel, capable of intertwining between the past, present and future at will. Jay has told Barry that he is able to travel through time as he has done it before, and has proven to be highly proficient in this ability, to where he can intercept other speedsters attempting to time travel through the Speed Force, and pull them from different points in time. He also seems to be aware what time he arrives at when time traveling, as he told Barry that they were in the 1990s, possibly from bringing themselves to that time on his own. In addition, Jay seems capable of locating where other speedsters are in time as he found Barry Allen, who was five months in the future, and pulled him back to the present after Barry had been there for only a few minutes.
- Superhuman stamina : Jay is able to withstand the stress of moving at superhuman speeds, without showing signs of weakness or fatigue. However, when in motion for extended periods, he would get fatigued due to his age. This was highlighted by his only being able to operate at Flash time for a short while before succumbing to exhaustion.
- Speed Force expert : Being a veteran speedster, Jay has extensive knowledge of the Speed Force and its capabilities, such as how to send objects into the dimension itself to keep them from being found by anyone. Jay also possesses a great deal of knowledge about the Speed Force's lore, legends, and the culture of Speedsters.
- 5 by 5 tap code : Jay has knowledge with the 5 by 5 tap code as he used it to communicate with Barry Allen and Jesse Wells when the mask Zoom had locked onto Jay's head prevented him from talking.
- Power-dampening tech : When Jay was held captive by Zoom, he had a mask locked onto his face, equipped with a dampener that kept Jay from using his powers.
- Age : Jay has stated that his legs don't work as well as they once did, as shown when his legs gave out when attempting to throw a lightning bolt alongside Barry and Jesse in an attempt to stop a nuclear explosion. This ultimately kept him from helping them with that task any further.
- The Flash suit : Jay wears a protective suit as his superhero alter-ego, The Flash. It is similar to Hunter Zolomon's Flash suit but when he stole his identity, Hunter switched up the colors and designs of Jay's.
- Helmet : The helmet, originally from Hunter Zolomon, now belongs to Jay Garrick. After the defeat of Zoom, Jay got his suit back and decided to wear Hunter's helmet as it originally symbolized hope to the people of Earth Two and as a bit of revenge for stealing his identity.
- Speed-dampening mask : During his imprisonment, Jay was forced to wear an iron full faced mask that not only prevented him from speaking, but also temporarily severed his connection to the Speed Force. After the combined efforts of Harry and Cisco removed it on Earth One, Jay took great pride in destroying it, saying he never wanted to see it again.
Jay Garrick (Earth Twenty)
Publication Information
- Flash : Jay Garrick
- Version : The Flash Series
- Multiverse : Earth Twenty
- Known As : The Flash
- Type :
- Meta-human
- Speedsters
- Member of the Justice Society of America
- Relative :
- Joan Garrick : Wife
- Jay Garrick : Father
- Nora Allen : Daughter-In-law
- Barry Allen : Son
- Affiliation : Member of the Justice Society of America
- Gender : Male
- Origin : Earth Twenty
- Season : The Flash
- First Appeareance :
- Last Appeareance :
- Number of Appeareance :
- Potrayer : John Wesley Shipp
- Main View :
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