Flash (Jay Garrick)

Jay Garrick
Jay Garrick as depicted on the variant cover of The Flash #750 (March 2020). Art by Nicola Scott and Annette Kwok.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Flash Comics #1 (January 10th 1940)
Created by	Gardner Fox Harry Lampert
In-story information
Alter ego	Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick
Species	Metahuman
Team affiliations	Justice Society of America All-Star Squadron Justice League International Justice League
Partnerships	Speedster partners: Barry Allen Wally West Bart Allen Max Mercury Other hero partners: Wildcat (Ted Grant) Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
Abilities	See list Immense superhuman speed, agility, reflexes, and stamina via speed force aura conduit Vortex creations Decelerated aging Speed force empathy Dimensional travel Augmented by the extra-dimensional Speed Force Frictionless aura Intangibility via molecular vibration Electrokinesis Accelerated healing process Speed theft/granting Expert combatant

Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first character known as the Flash.^[1] The character first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (January 1940), created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert.

In the original Golden Age comics, Jay Garrick gained his speed-enhancing abilities by inhaling hard water vapor during a lab experiment. This accident granted him superhuman speed and agility, allowing him to become the Flash and fight crime.

Jay Garrick has made numerous appearances in other media. For television series on The CW, John Wesley Shipp portrayed the character as a recurring character in The Flash and in a guest capacity in Stargirl. Additionally, Billy Mitchell played the character's live-action debut as a cameo in Smallville, with a cameo appearance in The Flash (2023) portrayed via CGI and modeled after editor Jason Ballantine.^[2]