The Speed Force is a fictional concept presented in various comic books published by DC Comics. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company
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Source of all speed
The Speed Force is a vaguely-defined extradimensional energy force from which most superspeed-powered heroes, such as the multiple heroes named the Flash (Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and Bart Allen), Johnny Quick, Jesse Quick/Liberty Belle and Max Mercury draw their powers. Jay Garrick is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the first to use the name Bartholomew "Barry" Allen is a Fictional character, a Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the second Flash Wally West is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the Bartholomew "Bart" Allen is a superhero in the. Allen first appeared as the superhero Impulse. Johnny Quick is the name of two DC Comics characters each with the power of Superhuman speed Jesse Chambers is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Max Mercury is a Fictional character, a DC Comics superhero based on Quality Comics ' Quicksilver. [1] The Speed Force is also seen as a quasi-location to which speedsters can travel. Max Mercury travelled through time as a result of his efforts to enter the Speed Force and ended up several decades into the future every time he made an attempt. Max Mercury is a Fictional character, a DC Comics superhero based on Quality Comics ' Quicksilver. Bart Allen could control the Speed Force and could "commune" with the spirits in the Speed Force through meditation. Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the conditioned "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness When speedsters die, they become one with the Speed Force as it is an afterlife for them. Max Mercury's own spirit is trapped inside following his possession by The Rival. Reverse-Flash is a title that has been taken by three Supervillains in DC Comics.
Black Flash
The Black Flash is the representation of Death associated with the Speed Force, and the entity responsible for claiming speedsters when they die. The Black Flash is a Fictional Comic book character from DC Comics. Death is a Fictional character from the DC Comic book series The Sandman (1988 - 1996 It appears as a rotting corpse wearing a black version (with red trim) of the Flash costume. Wally West has escaped its advances on at least one occasion. It appeared to Bart Allen shortly before his death, without luring him into the Speed Force, but witnessing his brutal beating at the Rogues' hands. This article is about a specific group of comic-book villains
Status and future
During the events of Infinite Crisis, most of the speedsters in the DC Universe combined their powers to push Superboy-Prime into the Speed Force. Infinite Crisis is a seven-issue Limited series of Comic books written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Aided by Max Mercury, Barry Allen and Johnny Quick from within the Speed Force, several Flashes vanished in the attempt, and, according to Jay Garrick, the Speed Force itself was gone. Jay Garrick is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the first to use the name [2]
Bart Allen, dressed as the Flash, later appeared in Tokyo to warn that the speedsters could not hold Superboy-Prime, and corroborated Jay Garrick's claim that the Speed Force no longer existed. Bartholomew "Bart" Allen is a superhero in the. Allen first appeared as the superhero Impulse. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Jay Garrick is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics universe and the first to use the name [3]
One year after the end of Infinite Crisis, the Speed Force was still believed to be missing, and Jay Garrick was the sole Flash due to his metagene compensating for the loss of the Speed Force. However, it was soon revealed that the Speed Force still existed. The Speed Force was now unstable and Bart was afraid it would kill him. According to tests ran by S.T.A.R. Labs, the entirety of the Speed Force was now within Bart, who was now the only person who could use it. This article is about the fictional organization in DC Comics [4] Despite this, Owen Mercer (Bart's half brother) still displayed occasional access to the Speed Force, before[5] and after[6] Bart's death, which caused his body to generate a "background bio-electric field. Owen Mercer is a Fictional character existing in the. He is the son of the original Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness and Meloni Thawne. "[5]
When Bart died, Wally West reclaimed the mantle as the Flash and is freely using the Speed Force at will. Wally West is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the Wally's return prevented Bart from accessing the Speed Force, inadvertently causing his death. With the Speed Force released from Bart, it returned and Jay Garrick can use it to go beyond the speed of sound as he was limited to before,[7] and Jesse Chambers' speed has returned. Jesse Chambers is a Fictional character in the DC Comics universe.
The Speed Force had been seen in the future a number of times. A future Flash, Blaine Allen, was struck by a dilemma. His son, Jace, was infected with a virus by a future Cobalt Blue. Cobalt blue is a cool slightly desaturated blue Color, historically made using Cobalt salts Unlike many others in the Allen family, Jace was not gifted with super speed by the Speed Force and his metabolism would not be able to handle it. Blaine removed all speed from all of the molecules on Petrus, effectively freezing the planet. Cobalt Blue pointed out that she liked the idea. "No one dies that way, it’s true. . . but no one lives either. " He thought this over and decided to take Jace to the Speed Force. As he ran Jace to the Speed Force, he was sucked in instead. [8]
Abilities
The Speed Force serves as the ultimate measure of velocity in the DC Universe. It introduced several "new" powers/implications to Flash and other Speed Force-powered persons. Some already existed during the Silver Age, but were either unexplained or rationalized as molecular/vibrational control and later retconned into manifestations of the Speed Force. The Silver Age of Comic Books was a period of artistic advancement and commercial success in mainstream American comic books predominantly those featuring the Superhero Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction
- Infinite Mass Punch - Introduced in Grant Morrison's JLA title, Flash (Wally West), travelling near the speed of light acquired the relativistic mass of such speed to impart blows which could hit with the force of "a white dwarf star", enabling him to knock down such powerful foes as the White Martians with a single punch; Flash's own durability is regulated by the Speed Force in such cases. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Wally West is a Fictional character, a Comic book Superhero in the DC Comics Universe, the first Kid Flash and the The White Martians are a fictional extraterrestrial race native to Mars in the DC Comics universe
- Speed Lend/Steal - Perhaps his most versatile new power; because the Speed Force governed all motion, Wally could rob objects of their kinetic energy, motion, or momentum - for example, bullets in flight or turning a supervillain into a statue - and use the energy to accelerate himself even faster. He could similarly lend speed to inanimate objects or allies, enabling them to temporarily travel nearly as fast as himself.
- Metabolize Wounds - Accelerating his healing factor while using the Speed Force to sustain him, he could heal from grievous injury, without prematurely aging like his counterpart from another reality, Walter West. Related to the ability above, Wally would serve as "team medic", healing other team members by accelerating their healing-factors (without prematurely aging them).
- Constructs - Wally discovered if he concentrated, the Speed Force could be used to create solid constructs. The first time he used this ability was to create a solid armor enabling him to run despite having broken legs. Later examples included sealing up the openings of his costume against disease, creating pockets for holding things, etc. In JLA, when shot by Prometheus, the suit displayed bullet-resistant properties. Prometheus is the name of two fictional Supervillains published by DC Comics.
- Shield - Exhibited by Savitar, whose mastery of the Speed Force allowed him to reflect objects away from himself.
- Flight - Exhibited by Johnny Quick and his daughter Jesse Quick, the only speedsters known to exhibit this ability (however, all speedsters travelling faster than exit velocity exhibit "inverse flight").
- ESP - Exhibited by Max Mercury, whose communion with the Speed Force allows him to detect the motion of any object in the world and especially to perceive other speedsters. Wally West exhibited a similar ability which allowed him to perceive Linda across time and space due to the strength of their bond.
- Total Recall - Exhibited by Bart Allen, who can retain everything he speed-reads (in contrast to other speedsters) via the Speed Force, the only source of his powers. Bartholomew "Bart" Allen is a superhero in the. Allen first appeared as the superhero Impulse.
- Speed Scouts - Exhibited by Bart Allen, who can create Speed Force duplicates of himself that - due to the timeless nature of the Speed Force - can travel forwards and backwards through time, manipulating objects or merging their consciousness with Bart, informing him of their actions. When a Speed Scout was killed, Bart was thrown into a coma and hasn't used the ability since.
- Muscle Growth - Exhibited by Jai West who has the power to speed up growth of his muscles temporary giving him super strength but causes him to be exhausted after a short time.
- Walk through solid objects - Exhibited by Barry Allen, Bart Allen and Iris West. Their total control on kinetic energy at a molecular level allows them to match the vibrational frequency needed to travel easily into and through solid matter. Wally West has this ability too, but with less control, so solid matter usually explodes coming in contact with him. When Bart Allen has internalized the Speed Force into himself, he too shows issues with this ability, melting matter into "molecular taffy" if not concentrated enough. Iris' control is as effortless as Barry's, but unlike Barry's it is somewhat unstable.
JLA/Avengers
During the JLA/Avengers crossover limited series, the Flash was unable to use his speed in the Marvel Universe as the Speed Force didn't exist there, requiring artificial means to maintain a link to the Speed Force; however, this link was clearly not as powerful as his natural one, as he was still outpaced by Quicksilver, who normally tops out around the speed of sound, when the two raced to acquire one of the twelve items they sought to collect. JLA/Avengers (Issues 2 and 4 are titled Avengers/JLA) is a crossover Limited series published by DC Comics and The Marvel Universe is the fictional Shared universe where most of the comic stories published by Marvel Comics take place Quicksilver ( Pietro Django Maximoff) is a Fictional character that appears in the Comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Other media
The Speed Force was shown in the Justice League Unlimited episode "Divided We Fall". Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on The Flash is forced to run faster than he ever has before to defeat the fused Brainiac/Lex Luthor. Brainiac is a DC Comics Supervillain that appears in the Comic books published by DC Comics. Lex Luthor is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. In doing so, he achieved a different state of existence he called the Speed Force. Achieving this state caused him to phase out of reality, appearing only as a fleeting flicker that Hawkgirl was able to grasp hold of. Hawkgirl is the name of several fictional Superheroines all owned by DC Comics and existing in that company's DC Universe. It took her efforts along with the help of the rest of the senior Leaguers to pull him back into their plane.
Upon coming back, the Flash stated that he could never go that fast again, or he'll never come back.
See also
References
- ^ The Flash: Terminal Velocity trade paperback
- ^ Infinite Crisis #3 (2005)
- ^ Infinite Crisis #5 (2005)
- ^ The Flash The Fastest Man Alive: Lightning in a Bottle trade paperback
- ^ a b Checkmate #15
- ^ Outsiders: Five of a Kind: Nightwing/Captain Boomerang
- ^ Justice Society of America (vol. This list encompases fictional characters who can move faster than anyone from their species in real life Checkmate is a fictional Covert operations agency within the DC Comics universe. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history 3) #8
- ^ Speed Force #1 (1998)
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