Allen's Flash has been around since 1956, when he ushered DC Comics into its celebrated Silver Age. However, it did take him more than fifty years to finally change his costume.

The Flash is one of the most important characters in the history of DC. The Flash has been around in some form or another ...

Like most big superheroes at DC, Barry Allen had a teen sidekick. When his nephew Wally West gained powers identical to his, the 13-year-old boy from Blue Valley Nebraska became Kid Flash. He and ...

The Barry fans that were running DC at the time, namely Johns and Dan DiDio, didn’t like the fact that their favorite Flash wasn’t the best anymore, so they changed it.

Barry Allen has even had a few brief flings with criminals like Golden Glider and Negative Flash, though he almost always returns to his long-time love in any continuity of the DC Universe.

Even though he’s the second hero named the Flash, for years, DC Comics has positioned Barry Allen as the “Prime Flash.” He set the stage for DC Comics’ Silver Age revival, and carried his ...

7. The Flash (Vol.4) by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato DC Comics After the events of 2011’s Flashpoint, Barry Allen changed the past, resulting in a new present with a new continuity. This ...

Showcase #4 could hit $1M, a first for Silver Age DC comics. Flash's debut in 1956 marks the start of the Silver Age. No copy above CGC 9.0 for Showcase #4 has publicly sold in nearly a decade.

The Flash is currently speeding its way into cinemas worldwide. The film, which finds Ezra Miller's Barry Allen teaming up with Michael Keaton's Batman and Sasha Calle's Supergirl, is a ...

After seemingly being killed during the Crisis on Infinite Earths event in the mid-80s, Wally West became the Flash of note for over two decades. In 2009, Barry Allen returned with The Flash: Rebirth.

DC Comics/Warner Bros. And for Flash’s three live-action media incarnations, the 1990 and 2014 TV series, and the current film The Flash, the man behind the mask has always been Barry Allen.