Beyond the Rainbow Flash (Flash Travelers Book 1)

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Both of them are defeated by Batman and Flash. He later becomes a minor enemy of the Justice League , appearing briefly at a villains gathering [4] and later taking part in the riot in the super-hero prison of Belle Reve Penitentiary he is quickly defeated by a single punch from Zauriel. Roy is slain by the villainess Blacksmith when she impaled him with his latest work of art.

In this new timeline, Roy uses the alias of Chroma , rather than Rainbow Raider. Gorilla Grodd later kills Chroma to serve as a warning to the other villains that the Gem Cities are his. Upon Solovar being chained up, the heads of Chroma and the Mayor of Central City are placed around him. Chroma later appears somehow alive and intact. He and Tar Pit are robbing jewelry stores until they are stopped by Flash. Since Rainbow Raider's death, a team of color-themed supervillains have dubbed themselves the Rainbow Raiders in his honor.

After the death of the first Captain Boomerang , a funeral was held that every villain ever to face Flash attended.

Among the large crowd was an eclectic group of metahumans calling themselves the "Rainbow Raiders," in honor of the late Flash villain. Their sentiments, expressed during the service, seemed to denote that the group was relatively new to the scene, and had little exposure, standing, or experience working together.

The battle goes badly for the two, but thanks to the help of nearby civilians, believing that their beloved heroes are in trouble, attack the Raiders and allow Power Ring and Johnny Quick to rally and subdue the group. The fate of the Rainbow Raiders was intended for the pages of Blackest Night , and was soon after released as a "deleted page" segment in Untold Tales of the Blackest Night.

Believing that, with the dead attacking, it was best to be on the 'winning side', the Raiders committed mass suicide in order to join the Black Lantern Corps. However they remained dead, because they lacked any emotional ties sufficient to draw the attention of the black rings, which focused on resurrecting people who would inspire certain emotions in Earth's heroes and villains, such as Lex Luthor 's various murder victims, or fallen villains and heroes like Maxwell Lord and Elongated Man. Rainbow Raider's powers are derived entirely from the special goggles he wears, which allow him to project solid beams of rainbow-colored light he can either use offensively or as a slide for travel.

In addition, he can coat people in certain colors of light to induce emotions coating someone in blue light, for instance, would make them sad. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Art by Ty Templeton. Retrieved 14 April Cosmic treadmill " Flash of Two Worlds ". Although he failed, he ended up gaining powers from the radiation he was exposed to during his journey.

Fox defeated Mota and took on the Flash codename. Aside from the fact that he is the Flash of his timeline, Fox is what is known as a Speed Force Conduit — meaning that he has a strong link to the force that gives the top speedsters their powers. Mercury fought with the likes of Dr. Morlo and Savitar — a villain that would antagonize speedsters for generations to come.

Mercury popped up a couple of decades later and took on the responsibility of mentoring Impulse. After a run-in with Rival, Mercury found himself imprisoned in the speed force. This has to count for something. Johnny is the evil Earth 3 counterpart of the Flash. They went around capturing and imprisoning members of the Justice League but were eventually stopped by the Injustice League. Then, the New 52 version of Johnny Quick met his end at the hands of Mazahs.

Johnny played an instrumental role in Forever Evil. His super speed helped a lot in rounding up members of the Justice League. Walter came from a different timeline than Wally West, and much of their two lives were the same. The part where the two timelines diverged occurred when Linda Park was killed by Kobra.

Losing Linda drove Walter half-mad. Eventually, Walter has to head home.

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Dark Flash is an older and darker version of Wally West. Given how fast Wally is, we have to assume that Dark Flash is up there with his less battle-scarred counterpart. Edward Clariss, aka Rival, made his first appearance in Flash Comics way back in His work was rejected by the skeptical scientific community, motivating him to test the formula out on himself and express his resentment through criminal acts.

Rival has been enough to cause speedsters some serious trouble, especially Jay Garrick. Her family relocated to another Earth before Zoom was defeated the Legion of Superheroes.

Years later, after her powers had emerged in response to a crisis situation, Jenni joined the Legion of Superheroes, going by the codename XS. Eventually, she met up with her cousin, Bart Allen, and the two became great friends. Cut off from the main timeline where the Flash family primarily operates, XS is often seen within the context of the Legion of Superheroes. However, the fact that she does have some of that Allen blood running through her does ensure that she can run with the best of them, even if she has yet to have the opportunity to really push her limits.

The Black Flash made his first appearance in Flash Vol. Whenever a speedster is close to death, they will catch a glimpse of the Black Flash as he prepares to whisk them away into the speed force. His most notable conflict with Wally involved a team of speedsters trying to help Wally against Death. Wally managed to defeat the Black Flash by racing it to a point beyond time where death became meaningless.

It was rumored that the Black Flash had appeared before Barry Allen right before his death in Crisis on Infinite Earths and that he had also shown himself before Max Mercury during several near-death experiences. Jesse is the daughter of the Golden Age speedster Johhny Quick, who taught her how to tap into and utilize the energy from the Speed Force. Jessie helped out the Justice Society for a while before developing a feud with Wally West. Jesse regained her powers but lost something much more precious during the battle.

Her father sacrificed his life to protect her from Savitar. After a laboratory experiment at his University went wrong, Garrick found himself with superpowers. Among his early exploits, Garrick fought as a core member of the Justice Society of America and battled with the likes of the Shade, the Fiddler, and the Thinker. He faded from the public eye once Barry Allen took on the role of Flash but later resurfaced to help out the younger generations of heroes. Garrick, as we see him most of the time, is an old man.

Imagine how fast he was when he was younger.

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Wally, the son of Daniel West, received his powers of super-speed from a future version of himself. With his new powers, Wally decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Flash, and fight crime. Barry mentors Wally, and the two stop Godspeed. After the event, Wally finally adopts the codename Kid Flash. Recently, he had a short run with the Teen Titans, before being tricked by Deathstroke, which resulted in him abruptly being kicked off the team by Robin.

However, given his namesake, we have reason to think that he has untapped reserves of speed just waiting for the right moment to emerge. Bart Allen has played several roles throughout his time in comics, including Impulse, Kid Flash, and Flash.

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He made his debut in Flash Vol. Bart was born with super-speed and aged at an accelerated rate. He was brought back in time so that Wally West could teach him how to master his power. From there, Bart took on the codename Impulse, worked alongside Max Mercury, and founded the team of super-powered youths called Young Justice. Bart Allen had done it all. He started out as Impulse, graduated to Kid Flash, proceeded to become Flash, died, and then became the Black Flash for a period.

Superman has a laundry list of super-abilities, which, as made evident by his multiple races with Flash throughout the years, includes super-speed. However, his power has fluctuated from era to era. In the Golden Age, his powers were relatively modest. He was actually much closer to the super soldier Captain America than future versions of himself. Superman was super strong, could leap small buildings, and could run faster than a train — but by no means was he god-like. As the years went on though, his powers grew and new ones sprouted. He developed heat vision, ice breath and the ability to fly.

During the peak of his powers, he was a veritable god, so invulnerable that many fans found him boring. It stands to reason that at this time he was also at his fastest. Years later, in World Finest Comics , Barry finally beat Superman and has consistently done so ever since.

In fact, Barry admits to holding back against Superman in Flash: Sometime later, Heart received his own powers after a Speed Force storm hovered over his city and lightning struck him. Only time will tell if Godspeed can actually outrun Barry. Savitar made his first appearance in Flash Vol.

He received his powers after his plane was struck by lightning. Savitar hones his powers and achieved abilities that no other speedster had yet to master. He learned how to transfer speed into objects and people, as well as how to almost instantaneously heal his injuries.

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About a decade ago in Flash: Rebirth 1, it looked like Savitar met his end when he suddenly disintegrated after the recently returned Barry Allen touched him. Considering how fast and formidable Savitar appears to be, the baddie is fairly underused. We hope that changes soon. The fact that he is more of a student of the speed force than his academic-minded adversaries sets him apart from many evil speedsters.

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