Matt Lazorwitz
Aug 20, 2004, 09:06 pm
<img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/images/headshots/dc/jaygarrick.gif" align="left" hspace=10>Real name: Jason “Jay” Garrick
First Appearance: Flash Comics # 1
Know relatives: Joan Williams Garrick(wife), Major Arthur Williams (father in law, deceased)
Group Affiliation: JSA, formerly Justice Society of America (chairman), All-Star Squadron, Justice League International: Justice League America (field leader)
Known Allies: Flash II, Flash III, Kid Flash II (Impulse), Johnny Quick, Jesse Quick, Max Mercury, Mr Terrific I, Green Lantern I, Wildcat I, Starman I, Hourman I
Major Enemies: Rival, Thinker, Shade, Fiddler, Rag Doll, Spirit King, Reverse Flash
Height: 5’11’’
Weight: 165 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown, grey at temples
Jay Garrick was just your average college student, studying chemistry and physics at Midwestern University. He dreamed of being a football star, but his coach and teammates called him, “Leadfoot.” No matter what Jay did, he couldn’t be as fast as he wanted to be. Jay spent his afternoons at practice, being harassed by his coach, and his nights in his lab, trying to analyze a heavy water compound. One night, the fumes from the compound overtook him, and Jay passed out.
He awoke three weeks later, having been pulled out of his lab before any serious damage could be done by his friend Eliot. Jay realized that, somehow, he had been granted super speed abilities, and used them to show up his coach one time before quitting the football team. He transferred to Keystone University, where he received a masters in his chosen fields, and became the defender of Keystone City, the Flash.
After graduation, he took a job as a chemist at Keystone Labs. Jay began developing his own rogues gallery, and began seeing the war in Europe develop. One day, he met another of the world’s new defenders, Green Lantern, and the two became friends. They drew in other heroes, and they formed the Justice Society of America, where Jay served as the first chairman.
After the war, Jay stayed active as a super hero until HUAC demanded the members of the super hero community reveal their identities. Unlike many others, Jay did reveal his true name, but retired anyway. Jay married his college sweetheart Joan Williams, but the retirement didn’t stick, and he became active again in less then a year. One of his greatest regrets occurred when the evil Spirit King possessed him, using his body to kill fellow Society Member, Mister Terrific. Although the Spectre told Jay he was free of guilt, it took Jay years to actually believe it.
It was shortly after this time that three of his more powerful enemies, the Thinker, the Fiddler, and the Shade used their powers to wipe the knowledge of Keystone City from the world, and hide the city. A few years later, a new Flash, Barry Allen, found the hidden city and he and Jay saved it, returning it to the world. Jay and this new Flash became close friends, Jay acting as a mentor of sorts for Barry and his young partner, Wally West, and he even joined up with his old friends from the Justice Society to check on these new heroes in their Justice League.
Jay continued working with the Justice Society occasionally, up until the Crisis, when the death of Barry Allen saddened him deeply. He came out of retirement to aid Starman in the battle against his old foe, the Ragdoll, who had gathered a mad cult around himself, and again to join his teammates in their extra dimensional conflict with the Norse Gods managing to prevent Ragnarok. Jay disappeared for years, and when he returned he had a tearful and joyous reunion with Joan.
Jay worked with Wally West, who was now the Flash, when Barry Allen supposedly returned from the dead. Along with Johnny Quick, another speedster from the golden age of heroes, he tracked down Max Mercury, the zen master of speed, to aid them against a Barry they believed had gone mad. In the end, it was revealed that “Barry” was really Eobard Thawne, The Reverse Flash, Barry’s arch-foe, and Thawne broke Jay’s leg before he could be stopped. Jay’s speedy metabolism helped heal him quickly, and he came out running as fast as ever.
When the rest of the JSA was aged to their full ages by Extant during the Zero Hour crisis, Jay was one of the few who remained active. He helped Wally West defend Keystone City against the forces of Kobra, and when Wally disappeared into the Speed Force a second time, he helped new speedster John Fox learn the ropes. All along he served as the father figure to Wally, helping him through all the problems of being a super hero and all the problems that come with living.
When many members of the old Justice Society were called to aid the JLA in a battle involving Johnny Thunder’s old Thunderbolt/genie, Jay answered the call. Shortly after, he joined with the rest of the active old time heroes to help form the new JSA, one that would honor the legacy of the heroes that came before it, and teach the next generation. Jay served as the team’s heart, the kind voice that stood in contrast to the harsher one of his old friend Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern. When a new Injustice Society appeared, Jay was thrust into battle with Rival, an old foe with super speed he thought long gone. Jay defeated him again, and Rival was thrust into the Speed Force, thought gone forever.
Jay was struck another blow when he found out that his beloved Joan had cancer. The two moved to Denver, where she could get treatment, and they took with them Bart Allen, the young speedster called Impulse, who they would come to love and raise as the son they never had. In Denver, Jay and Impulse found out that Rival was not gone, but had instead been disguising himself, hiding as Joan’s doctor to prolong her treatment, keeping Jay out of the superhero game, and that he had taken possession of Max Mercury’s body. Impulse defeated Rival, but at the cost of Max, whose body was lost in the timestream. However Joan made a full recovery, and they all moved back to Keystone happily.
Jay has remained active with the JSA, helping them against the unified forces of Mordru and Green Lantern’s mad son, Obsidian, as well as Black Adam’s rogue heroes in Khandaq. When the Spectre, now tied to the soul of Earth’s second Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, agreed to strip the world of the memories of Wally West and Barry Allen’s secret identities, he made an exception for Jay and his family. Since Wally’s return to heroing, he has not spent much time with Jay, but Jay is still there, waiting for when his young friend needs his support.
Jay Garrick is tied to the extra dimensional energy source, called the Speed Force, allowing him many powers. He can run well beyond the speed of sound, is able to vibrate at a rate that allows him to pass through objects and obscure his face. While he’s not as fast as he was in his prime, he is still one of the fastest men on Earth. He is also one of the senior statesmen of the super-hero community, respected by all, and sought out for his council by many.
APPEARANCES:
Adventure Comics #460-463, 465-466
All-American Comics #74
All-Flash #1-32
All-Star Comics #1-7, 10, 24-74
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1
All Star Squadron #1-4, 26-27,31-32, 36-37, 45-46, 54, 58-60, 65
All Star Squadron Annual #1-3
America vs. the Justice Society #1-4
Aquaman (5th series) #44
Armageddon: Inferno #3-4
Big All-American Comic Book #1
Comic Cavalcade #1-29
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5-7, 9, 10-12
DC Special #29
DC 2000 #1-2
Final Night #2
Flash Comics #1-104
Flash Comics Miniature
Flash (1st series) #123, 129, 137, 151, 170, 173, 201, 214-215, 229, 235-237, 247, 305
Flash (2nd series) #73-79, 89-90, 92, 95-97, 100, 108-112, 114, 122, 126-128, 130-132, 134, 136- 141-143, 145-149, 152, 157-159, 161, 181-183, 189, 198-200, 208
Flash Annual (2nd series) #11-12
Flash 80-Page Giant #1-2
Flash/ Green Lantern: Brave and the Bold #3
Flash: Iron Heights #1
Flash: The Life Story of the Flash GN
Flash 50th Anniversary Special
Flash Spectacular
Golden Age Secret Files #1
Green Lantern/ Flash: Faster Friends #1
Hawkman (4th series) #23-25
Hawkworld Annual #1
Identity Crisis #1
Impulse #10-11, 84, 88-89
Infinity, Inc. #1-2, 5-6, 8, 19, 21
Infinity, Inc. Annual #1
JLA #28-31
JLA: Incarnations #1, 5
JLA/ JSA: Virtue and Vice GN
JLA/ JSA Secret Files #1
JSA #1-4, 7-9, 11, 13-17, 19-25, 29, 35, 37, 44-55, 57-65
JSA: All-Stars #1, 8
JSA: Our Worlds at War #1
JSA Secret Files & Origins #1-2
JSA: Strange Adventures #1
Justice League of America #21-22, 29, 37-38, 64-65, 82-83, 91-92, 107-108, 113, 135, 137, 147-148, 159-160, 171-172, 183, 193, 195-197, 219-220, 244
Justice Society of America (1st series) #1, 4-8
Justice Society of America (2nd series) #1-7, 9-10
Justice Society Returns: All-Star Comics #1-2
Justice Society Returns: National Comics #1
Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1
National Comics (2nd series) #1
Secret Origins #50
Shade #3
Showcase #98-99
Spectre (3rd series) #20, 54
Speed Force #1
Starman (2nd series) #11, 73
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0
Superman: The Man of Steel #57
War of the Gods #2
World’s Finest: Our Worlds at War #1
Young All-Stars #3, 9, 27, 30-31
Young All-Stars Annual #1
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4-0
First Appearance: Flash Comics # 1
Know relatives: Joan Williams Garrick(wife), Major Arthur Williams (father in law, deceased)
Group Affiliation: JSA, formerly Justice Society of America (chairman), All-Star Squadron, Justice League International: Justice League America (field leader)
Known Allies: Flash II, Flash III, Kid Flash II (Impulse), Johnny Quick, Jesse Quick, Max Mercury, Mr Terrific I, Green Lantern I, Wildcat I, Starman I, Hourman I
Major Enemies: Rival, Thinker, Shade, Fiddler, Rag Doll, Spirit King, Reverse Flash
Height: 5’11’’
Weight: 165 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown, grey at temples
Jay Garrick was just your average college student, studying chemistry and physics at Midwestern University. He dreamed of being a football star, but his coach and teammates called him, “Leadfoot.” No matter what Jay did, he couldn’t be as fast as he wanted to be. Jay spent his afternoons at practice, being harassed by his coach, and his nights in his lab, trying to analyze a heavy water compound. One night, the fumes from the compound overtook him, and Jay passed out.
He awoke three weeks later, having been pulled out of his lab before any serious damage could be done by his friend Eliot. Jay realized that, somehow, he had been granted super speed abilities, and used them to show up his coach one time before quitting the football team. He transferred to Keystone University, where he received a masters in his chosen fields, and became the defender of Keystone City, the Flash.
After graduation, he took a job as a chemist at Keystone Labs. Jay began developing his own rogues gallery, and began seeing the war in Europe develop. One day, he met another of the world’s new defenders, Green Lantern, and the two became friends. They drew in other heroes, and they formed the Justice Society of America, where Jay served as the first chairman.
After the war, Jay stayed active as a super hero until HUAC demanded the members of the super hero community reveal their identities. Unlike many others, Jay did reveal his true name, but retired anyway. Jay married his college sweetheart Joan Williams, but the retirement didn’t stick, and he became active again in less then a year. One of his greatest regrets occurred when the evil Spirit King possessed him, using his body to kill fellow Society Member, Mister Terrific. Although the Spectre told Jay he was free of guilt, it took Jay years to actually believe it.
It was shortly after this time that three of his more powerful enemies, the Thinker, the Fiddler, and the Shade used their powers to wipe the knowledge of Keystone City from the world, and hide the city. A few years later, a new Flash, Barry Allen, found the hidden city and he and Jay saved it, returning it to the world. Jay and this new Flash became close friends, Jay acting as a mentor of sorts for Barry and his young partner, Wally West, and he even joined up with his old friends from the Justice Society to check on these new heroes in their Justice League.
Jay continued working with the Justice Society occasionally, up until the Crisis, when the death of Barry Allen saddened him deeply. He came out of retirement to aid Starman in the battle against his old foe, the Ragdoll, who had gathered a mad cult around himself, and again to join his teammates in their extra dimensional conflict with the Norse Gods managing to prevent Ragnarok. Jay disappeared for years, and when he returned he had a tearful and joyous reunion with Joan.
Jay worked with Wally West, who was now the Flash, when Barry Allen supposedly returned from the dead. Along with Johnny Quick, another speedster from the golden age of heroes, he tracked down Max Mercury, the zen master of speed, to aid them against a Barry they believed had gone mad. In the end, it was revealed that “Barry” was really Eobard Thawne, The Reverse Flash, Barry’s arch-foe, and Thawne broke Jay’s leg before he could be stopped. Jay’s speedy metabolism helped heal him quickly, and he came out running as fast as ever.
When the rest of the JSA was aged to their full ages by Extant during the Zero Hour crisis, Jay was one of the few who remained active. He helped Wally West defend Keystone City against the forces of Kobra, and when Wally disappeared into the Speed Force a second time, he helped new speedster John Fox learn the ropes. All along he served as the father figure to Wally, helping him through all the problems of being a super hero and all the problems that come with living.
When many members of the old Justice Society were called to aid the JLA in a battle involving Johnny Thunder’s old Thunderbolt/genie, Jay answered the call. Shortly after, he joined with the rest of the active old time heroes to help form the new JSA, one that would honor the legacy of the heroes that came before it, and teach the next generation. Jay served as the team’s heart, the kind voice that stood in contrast to the harsher one of his old friend Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern. When a new Injustice Society appeared, Jay was thrust into battle with Rival, an old foe with super speed he thought long gone. Jay defeated him again, and Rival was thrust into the Speed Force, thought gone forever.
Jay was struck another blow when he found out that his beloved Joan had cancer. The two moved to Denver, where she could get treatment, and they took with them Bart Allen, the young speedster called Impulse, who they would come to love and raise as the son they never had. In Denver, Jay and Impulse found out that Rival was not gone, but had instead been disguising himself, hiding as Joan’s doctor to prolong her treatment, keeping Jay out of the superhero game, and that he had taken possession of Max Mercury’s body. Impulse defeated Rival, but at the cost of Max, whose body was lost in the timestream. However Joan made a full recovery, and they all moved back to Keystone happily.
Jay has remained active with the JSA, helping them against the unified forces of Mordru and Green Lantern’s mad son, Obsidian, as well as Black Adam’s rogue heroes in Khandaq. When the Spectre, now tied to the soul of Earth’s second Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, agreed to strip the world of the memories of Wally West and Barry Allen’s secret identities, he made an exception for Jay and his family. Since Wally’s return to heroing, he has not spent much time with Jay, but Jay is still there, waiting for when his young friend needs his support.
Jay Garrick is tied to the extra dimensional energy source, called the Speed Force, allowing him many powers. He can run well beyond the speed of sound, is able to vibrate at a rate that allows him to pass through objects and obscure his face. While he’s not as fast as he was in his prime, he is still one of the fastest men on Earth. He is also one of the senior statesmen of the super-hero community, respected by all, and sought out for his council by many.
APPEARANCES:
Adventure Comics #460-463, 465-466
All-American Comics #74
All-Flash #1-32
All-Star Comics #1-7, 10, 24-74
All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant #1
All Star Squadron #1-4, 26-27,31-32, 36-37, 45-46, 54, 58-60, 65
All Star Squadron Annual #1-3
America vs. the Justice Society #1-4
Aquaman (5th series) #44
Armageddon: Inferno #3-4
Big All-American Comic Book #1
Comic Cavalcade #1-29
Crisis on Infinite Earths #5-7, 9, 10-12
DC Special #29
DC 2000 #1-2
Final Night #2
Flash Comics #1-104
Flash Comics Miniature
Flash (1st series) #123, 129, 137, 151, 170, 173, 201, 214-215, 229, 235-237, 247, 305
Flash (2nd series) #73-79, 89-90, 92, 95-97, 100, 108-112, 114, 122, 126-128, 130-132, 134, 136- 141-143, 145-149, 152, 157-159, 161, 181-183, 189, 198-200, 208
Flash Annual (2nd series) #11-12
Flash 80-Page Giant #1-2
Flash/ Green Lantern: Brave and the Bold #3
Flash: Iron Heights #1
Flash: The Life Story of the Flash GN
Flash 50th Anniversary Special
Flash Spectacular
Golden Age Secret Files #1
Green Lantern/ Flash: Faster Friends #1
Hawkman (4th series) #23-25
Hawkworld Annual #1
Identity Crisis #1
Impulse #10-11, 84, 88-89
Infinity, Inc. #1-2, 5-6, 8, 19, 21
Infinity, Inc. Annual #1
JLA #28-31
JLA: Incarnations #1, 5
JLA/ JSA: Virtue and Vice GN
JLA/ JSA Secret Files #1
JSA #1-4, 7-9, 11, 13-17, 19-25, 29, 35, 37, 44-55, 57-65
JSA: All-Stars #1, 8
JSA: Our Worlds at War #1
JSA Secret Files & Origins #1-2
JSA: Strange Adventures #1
Justice League of America #21-22, 29, 37-38, 64-65, 82-83, 91-92, 107-108, 113, 135, 137, 147-148, 159-160, 171-172, 183, 193, 195-197, 219-220, 244
Justice Society of America (1st series) #1, 4-8
Justice Society of America (2nd series) #1-7, 9-10
Justice Society Returns: All-Star Comics #1-2
Justice Society Returns: National Comics #1
Last Days of the Justice Society Special #1
National Comics (2nd series) #1
Secret Origins #50
Shade #3
Showcase #98-99
Spectre (3rd series) #20, 54
Speed Force #1
Starman (2nd series) #11, 73
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #0
Superman: The Man of Steel #57
War of the Gods #2
World’s Finest: Our Worlds at War #1
Young All-Stars #3, 9, 27, 30-31
Young All-Stars Annual #1
Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! #4-0