Iris West-Allen (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)

"Keep trying to break me down...because I am not afraid of the woman that I am today."

- Iris West-Allen

Iris West-Allen (née West) is renowned reporter and the owner of The Central City Citizen. West is also the daughter of Joe and Francine West, the sister of Wally and Jenna West, the wife of Barry Allen and the mother of Nora West-Allen and Bart Allen.

West' father adopted Barry Allen on 2000 and they created a strong bond. Unbeknownst to West, Allen developed a crush on her and later revealed his identity as The Flash. West joined Allen's team and assisted his vigilantism. The two later fell in love and married to each other.

West soon started her own news media, The Central City Citizen, and wrote articles on the unbelievable daily life of Central City.

Early Life
"Do you remember when I first came back from college after freshman year? Yeah, I was living in my own apartment, and you moved back in with Joe. Yeah, it was great, for a while. I was waitressing and, um, making tips, trying to write my dissertation, but, after about a week, me and Dad started butting heads over the stupidest things. Me coming in late at night, him watching sports all day Saturday when I was trying to study. I mean, all we did was argue. I remember, Joe told me how bad he felt through all that. Yeah. And do you want to know why? Because when I left that fall, I really was his baby girl. But, when I got back, we were both adults. Different habits, different schedules. We weren't just... father and daughter anymore. Finding a new normal, between the two of you, is gonna take some time, and it may get pretty painful along the way. That's how relationships grow."

- West and Allen

After college freshmen year, West returned to her childhood home with her father and spent a fall together. They then started arguing over small things such as watching sports on Saturday while studying. She then realized it was due to her different habits after becoming an adult, which allowed the time with Joe to find a normal between them again.

In 2017, West married Allen and their wedding was interrupted by a group of time travelling Nazis.

Black Hole
In 2020, West started investigating Joseph Carver and his secret organization. After she discovered the secrets of the organization, Joseph sent Doctor Light to assassinate the members of Team Citizen. Luckily, Cecile Horton sensed the attack and protected them. Later, she talked to Joseph again to convince him not to sue the Citizen. Soon afterwards, West was kidnapped into the Mirrorverse and she was replaced by a Reflection copy.

A day later, West met Eva McCulloch in the Mirrorverse and they worked together to escape. However, she was unaware that Eva was using her to escape as well. Few weeks later, she discovered a small room behind the mirror of the building and realized Eva's true intentions. After West found out the truth, Eva tied her up and left the Mirrorverse. West soon found Kamilla Hwang in S.T.A.R. Labs in Mirrorverse and tried to escape with her. Eventually, West disappeared in a refraction of light.

Forced Escape
After a series of attempts by Eva to break her mind, West was able to overcome the situation and rendezvous with Kamilla in Butler Plaza. The both then arrived in S.T.A.R. Labs and met David Singh. However, Singh and Kamilla's side effects caused by the Mirror Gun comes into effect. While trying to bring the both to the med lab, the Portal Machine opens and Allen arrives to bring her out. Despite West' refusal to return alone, she was eventually brought back and immediately fell unconscious.

Powers

 * Temporal Illness: Under unknown circumstances, West started jumping in and out of her timeline. She was then released back to Earth by Deon Owens, who used his connection to the Still Force to regularly stabilize West' situation. Through the illness, West also gains the ability to feel timeline alterations, with her seeing grey particulates floating.

Former Powers

 * Connection to the Mirrorverse: After staying in the Mirrorverse for few months, West developed powers to connect to the Mirrorverse when Eva creates a link between Earth-Prime and the Mirrorverse. As Eva returned to the Mirrorverse, West no longer has the powers.
 * Vitrikinesis: West was able to control reflective shards and withstands Eva McCulloch's control.
 * Speed Force Connection: When the Speed Force boosted the speed in Allen, Jay, Nora and Bart, West was affected as well and gained a brief connection to the Speed Force.
 * Superhuman Speed: West is able to run at superhuman speed.
 * Aerokinesis: By spinning her hands at superhuman speed, West is able to create wind vortexes and blows her opponents away with a strong gust of wind.
 * Electrokinesis: West emitted purple lightning from her body when she ran.
 * Speed Force Aura: West is protected by an aura of invisible energy, protecting her from burning due to extreme friction and from gravitational forces.
 * Accelerated Perception: West is able to perceive actions and words that appeared for a brief moment in time.
 * Superhuman Momentum: West is able to withstand extreme kinetic energy. She is also able to stop completely even running at a superhuman speed.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: West is able to respond to attacks quickly.

Abilities

 * Journalism: West has been a reporter for a long time and has gathered enough experience.

Trivia

 * West' phone number is "555-0164".