DC Comics’ Scarlet Speedster, the Flash, is one of the publisher’s longest-running characters (no pun intended). The original Flash, Jay Garrick, first appeared in Flash Comics #1 in 1940 ...

When it comes to how fast the Flash can run, though, it depends on which hero we're talking about. Though Jay Garrick was the first Fastest Man Alive, Barry Allen and Wally West have traditionally ...

Jay Garrick debuted in Flash Comics #1 back in 1940, created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert. As a college student studying chemistry, Jay gained super speed after an experiment gone wrong.