A freak lab accident transformed Central City police scientist Barry Allen into the Fastest Man Alive, The Flash. One of the "founding five" members of the first Justice League of America, The Flash could move at superhuman speed; so great he could generate internal vibration and project himself through time and other dimensions via a "cosmic treadmill" of his own design. Although he fought in the Battle of All Time, he wasn't killed in the nuclear explosion, caused by the death of Captain Atom because he was inside Visharon's hidden ship above Coast City. However during the Crisis, the Scarlet Speedster gave his life to prevent the Anti-Monitor from destroying Earth A, but Allen's legacy has endured, continuing today through his nephew, current Flash: Wally West.
