Barry Allen (Earth-1: Post-Crisis)

"Make your own future. Make your own past. It's all...right...now."

- Barry Allen

Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is the son of Henry Allen and the late Nora Allen.

As a child, Allen witnessed the murder of his mother and his father's imprisonment over the crime. Growing up without his parents, Allen grew up to study forensics and criminology in order solve the suspicious crime.

Years later, Allen was struck by lightning and gained a connection to the Speed Force, becoming the speedster vigilante of Central City with a red protective suit. Soon afterwards, Allen was discovered by the U.S. government and recorded on the A.R.G.U.S. Metahuman list.

During Steppenwolf's attack on Earth in search of the Mother Boxes, Allen was recruited by Bruce Wayne to join a team of powered individuals. Allen gladly accepted the offer and successfully thwarted the invasion.

During the Crisis, Allen, with the help of Victor Stone, entered the Speed Force and met a counterpart of himself. Both Allens confronted each other and showed appreciation on each other's outfit before Allen was inspired by and adopted his counterpart's alter ego of The Flash.

Early Life
Bartholomew Henry Allen was born on September 30, 1992 in Central City, in Ohio, to Henry and Nora Allen. When Allen was 9 years old, his mother was murdered and his father was arrested for her murder despite Allen's protest.

Getting Powers
One night, Allen was struck by lightning which gave him super speed, becoming a Metahuman.

Monitored by Lex Luthor
At some point, Allen witnessed an armed robbery and used his speed to stop the criminal. Unbeknownst to him, Lex Luthor caught him on camera and kept him in his files with other Metahumans.

Stopping Captain Boomerang
When Captain Boomerang tried to rob the Central City Diamond Exchange, Allen disguised in a red suit appeared and stopped him.

Battle of Pozharnov

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Crisis on Infinite Earths
During the Crisis, Allen was present in the Speed Force and was not aware of the event. Later, his Earth-1 doppelgänger met him and Allen thought he was a cosplayer. Allen of Earth-1 told him that they are both the Flash, an alias he has not yet used in his universe. They both were impressed by each other's suit and introduced themselves as Barry Allen. Allen of Earth-1 claimed that this is not possible now, which confused Allen as he was not aware of the Crisis. Allen slowly faded away saying he told Victor it was possible.

Butterfly Invasion
In January 2022, Allen, alongside the Justice League, was contacted by Amanda Waller to assist the 11th Street Kids in thwarting the Butterfly Invasion. However, the team arrived after the battle concluded, with Peacemaker carrying the unconscious body of Emilia Harcourt away while emphasizing the rumor of Aquaman having sex with fish. He expressed his annoyance with the rumor and Allen claimed that it was not a rumor, which enraged Arthur in swearing at him. The two then laughed at their joke and looked at the leaving task force.

Powers
"It's like this layer of dimensional reality that seems to manipulate spacetime. I call it the Speed Force."

- Allen on Speed Force


 * Speed Force Connection: Allen was struck by lightning and gained connection to the Speed Force.
 * Accelerated Healing Factor: Despite being attacked by Superman, Allen is able to recover from the injuries in a short period of time.
 * Electrokinesis: When Allen runs, a series of blue lightning bolts follows him and flickers on his body.
 * Speed Force Aura: Allen is protected by an aura of invisible energy, protecting them from burning due to extreme friction and from gravitational forces. The aura was also shown to be able to protect those being carried by speedsters, protecting them from the extreme friction produced from superhuman speed.
 * Superhuman Agility: Allen is able to balance off unstable constructs while running at superhuman speed, allowing him to easily maneuver obstacles.
 * Superhuman Durability: Allen can survive attacks by Superman.
 * Superhuman Momentum: Allen is able to generate and withstand extreme kinetic energy.
 * Superhuman Speed: With the connection to the Speed Force, Allen is able to run at superhuman speed and able to run faster than the speed of light.
 * Accelerated Perception: Allen is able to perceive actions and words that appeared for a brief moment in time.
 * Bodily Vibration: Allen is able to vibrate at superhuman speed.
 * Intangibility: Also known as "phasing", Allen was shown to vibrate his molecules to survive an explosive blast.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: Allen can respond to attacks quickly, including a speeding bullet and physical contacts.
 * Time Travel: By running faster than the speed of light, Allen can reverse time and ultimately travel through time.
 * Temporal Regression: While running to return to a point prior to Earth's destruction, Allen briefly reverse time and rebuilt the destroyed fragments of Earth before he could run to the center of the explosion.
 * Superhuman Senses: Allen has enhanced senses and able to hear sounds even after exceeding the speed of sound, which no sounds can be heard normally.
 * Superhuman Stamina: Despite running for a long distance, Allen is able to not get out of breath. However, he requires a high amount of food in order to compensate for the tremendous number of calories being burnt.
 * Superhuman Strength: By running at superhuman speed, Allen is capable of moving heavy objects and breaking a glass window with a touch.

Abilities
"My special skills include viola, web design, fluent in sign language, gorilla sign language..."
 * High-level Intellect: Allen entered the CSI division of Central City Police Department, which has a high standard of understanding of science.
 * Science: As a trained forensic scientist, while not experienced, Allen is familiar with a variety of scientific knowledge, allowing him to complete his tasks in forensics efficiently.
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Allen is able to fight several Parademons easily and apprehend multiple criminals in Central City.

- Barry Allen to Bruce Wayne


 * Violist: Allen is skilled at playing violas.
 * Web Design: Among the skills Allen told Bruce Wayne, web design was one of them.
 * Sign Language: Allen is fluent in sign language and can communicate through it. Allen is also fluent in gorilla sign language, which he could use while communicating with gorillas.

Current Equipment

 * The Flash Suit: Allen wears a red protective suit while operating as a vigilante.
 * Flash Ring: The Flash Ring was created by Alfred Pennyworth to allow Allen to have a quicker and simpler suit up process.
 * Batarang: When Bruce Wayne threw his Batarang at Allen to test his power, Allen kept it as a "souvenir".