- For other uses of The Flash, see The Flash (Disambiguation).
| “ | Keep trying to break me down... because I am not afraid of the woman that I am today. | ” |
— Iris West-Allen to Eva McCulloch[src]
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Iris Ann West-Allen (née West) is a renowned reporter and the owner of 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 West-Allen.
West's father adopted Barry Allen in 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-Allen soon started her own news media, Central City Citizen, and wrote articles on the unbelievable daily life of Central City.
Biography[edit | hide | hide all]
Early Life[edit | hide]
Iris West was born to Joe and Francine West in Central City.
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.[24]
The Streak[edit | hide]
When a speedster began to defend Central City from rogue Metahumans, West approached the vigilante and named him "The Streak." Unbeknownst to West, the vigilante was, in fact, her childhood friend Barry Allen. The identity was later revealed and West proceeded to work with the vigilante as a member of Team Flash.[25]
In 2017, West married Allen and their wedding was interrupted by a group of time travelling Nazi clones.[26]
Crisis on Infinite Earths[edit | hide]
In January 2020, Iris's Earth-1 counterpart's memories were restored by J'onn J'onzz.
Reflections and Lies[edit | hide]
Black Hole[edit | hide]
In 2020, West-Allen started investigating Joseph Carver and his secret organization. After she discovered the secrets of the organization, Carver sent Doctor Light to assassinate the members of Team Citizen. Luckily, Cecile Horton sensed the attack and protected them. Later, she talked to Carver again to convince him not to sue the Citizen. Soon afterward, West was kidnapped into the Mirrorverse, and she was replaced by a Reflection copy.[27]
A day later, West-Allen met Eva McCulloch in the Mirrorverse, and they worked together to escape. However, she was unaware that McCulloch was merely using her as a method to escape. Weeks later, she discovered a hidden room behind the mirror of the building and realized McCulloch's true intentions. After West-Allen found out the truth, McCulloch tied her up and left the Mirrorverse. West-Allen soon found Kamilla Hwang at S.T.A.R. Labs in the Mirrorverse and tried to escape with her. Eventually, West-Allen disappeared in a refraction of light.[28]
Forced Escape[edit | hide]
After a series of attempts by McCulloch to break her mind, West-Allen was able to overcome the situation[29] and rendezvous with Hwang at Butler Plaza. They both then arrived at S.T.A.R. Labs and met David Singh. However, Singh and Hwang's side effects caused by the Mirror Gun came into effect. While trying to bring the both of them to the med lab, the Portal Machine opened and Allen arrived to bring her out. Despite West-Allen's refusal to return alone, she was eventually forcibly brought to Earth-Prime and immediately fell unconscious.[30]
Restarting the Speed Force[edit | hide]
Traumas[edit | hide]
God Complex[edit | hide]
Relationship with "Nora Allen"[edit | hide]
Search for the Speed Force[edit | hide]
Children[edit | hide]
Family Matters[edit | hide]
Calm Before the Storm[edit | hide]
Goodbye Cisco[edit | hide]
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Psycho-Cecile[edit | hide]
The Godspeed Imperative[edit | hide]
Uncontrollable Powers[edit | hide]
Progenies[edit | hide]
All Hands on Deck[edit | hide]
Leveled Up[edit | hide]
Heroic Choices[edit | hide]
Still Force Treatments[edit | hide]
Being the Boss[edit | hide]
Negative[edit | hide]
Coast City Phantom[edit | hide]
Bad News[edit | hide]
Vanished into Thin Air[edit | hide]
Apparitions[edit | hide]
A Way to Mourn[edit | hide]
Sacrifice[edit | hide]
A Survivor[edit | hide]
Rogue War[edit | hide]
Wednesday Time Loop[edit | hide]
Choices[edit | hide]
Trusting the Rogues[edit | hide]
A Surprise Visit[edit | hide]
True Justice[edit | hide]
Babymoon Adventures[edit | hide]
No Zooping Policy[edit | hide]
Fever Dream[edit | hide]
Trapped in Time[edit | hide]
Bloodwork Returns[edit | hide]
The Final Run[edit | hide]
The Flash Vanishes[edit | hide]
Just in Time[edit | hide]
Believe in the Impossible[edit | hide]
Alternate Versions[edit | hide]
Possible Future[edit | hide]
Erased Timeline[edit | hide]
Armageddon[edit | hide]
Leveled Up[edit | hide]
Despero's Prophecy[edit | hide]
Not Afraid[edit | hide]
Reverse Flashpoint[edit | hide]
Powers and Abilities[edit | hide]
Powers[edit | hide]
- Accelerated Healing Factor: While sharing the oxygen to the embryo in her body, the embryo Nora West-Allen also shares her superhuman abilities of accelerated healing to West-Allen, letting her fight off Bloodwork's infection.[31]
Former Powers[edit | hide]
- Temporal Mutation: When time began fracturing, West-Allen 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-Allen's situation.[23]
- Temporal Awareness: Through the mutation, West-Allen also gains the ability to feel timeline alterations, with her seeing gray particulates floating.[32]
- Time Alteration/Displacement: Affected by the mutation, West-Allen often involuntarily alter time around herself, most notably having episodes and losing time. Additionally, West-Allen also sent objects and individuals away from the present.[33]
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- Connection to the Mirrorverse: After staying in the Mirrorverse for a few months, West-Allen developed powers to connect to the Mirrorverse when McCulloch creates a link between Earth-Prime and the Mirrorverse. As McCulloch returned to the Mirrorverse, West-Allen no longer possesses the powers.[34]
- Vitrikinesis: West-Allen was able to control reflective shards and withstands McCulloch's control.[34]
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- Speed Force Connection: When Matthew Kim accidentally transferred superhuman abilities from Allen to her body, West-Allen gained a connection to the Speed Force.[4] Later, when the Speed Force boosted the speed of Allen, Garrick, Nora and Bart, West-Allen was affected as well and gained a brief connection to the Speed Force.[4]
- Superhuman Speed: West-Allen was able to run at superhuman speed.[4]
- Aerokinesis: By spinning her hands at superhuman speed, West-Allen was capable of creating wind vortexes and blows her opponents away with a strong gust of wind.[4]
- Electrokinesis: West-Allen emitted purple lightning from her body when she ran.[4]
- Speed Force Aura: West-Allen was protected by an aura of invisible energy, protecting her from burning due to extreme friction and from gravitational forces.[4]
- Accelerated Perception: West-Allen was able to perceive actions and words that appeared for a brief moment in time.[4]
- Superhuman Momentum: West-Allen could withstand extreme kinetic energy. She could also stop completely even running at a superhuman speed.[4]
- Superhuman Reflexes: West-Allen was capable of responding to attacks quickly.[4]
- Superhuman Speed: West-Allen was able to run at superhuman speed.[4]
Abilities[edit | hide]
- Bilingualism: West-Allen is fluent in English and French.[35]
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: West-Allen was able to defend herself in a duel against Marlize DeVoe.[36]
- Journalism: West-Allen has been a reporter for a long time and has gathered enough experience.[37]
- Marksmanship: West-Allen is proficient in wielding firearms, having been trained by Joe West at a young age.[38]
Equipment[edit | hide]
Former Equipment[edit | hide]
- The Flash Suit: As The Flash, West-Allen wore a purple and white leather jacket.[4] The suit eventually fell into the hands of her daughter, Nora, who wore it as XS.[39]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Notes[edit | hide]
- West-Allen's phone number is "555-0164".[32]
- In 2005, Iris's appendix burst and her father was able to sense something was wrong despite her being in school and him being in a steak house.[18]
Gallery[edit | hide]
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Iris West-Allen
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West-Allen in the Time Pocket
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The Flash
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Iris West (Reverse Flashpoint)
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West-Allen in 2049
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Captain West-Allen in the Dreaming
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Jitters Manager in the Dreaming
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West-Allen in the Time Anomaly
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Promotional Images[edit | hide]
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"It's the end... of the worlds."
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"The Final Run"
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"No Matter What Worlds Try To Keep Us Apart, I Will Always Be With You."
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"I've Been More Than Just The Fastest Man Alive. I've Been The Luckiest."
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References[edit | hide]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Trap
- ↑ The One with the Nineties
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 When Harry Met Harry...
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Run, Iris, Run
- ↑ Heart of the Matter, Part 2
- ↑ The Once and Future Flash
- ↑ Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three
- ↑ Negative, Part 1
- ↑ Borrowing Problems from the Future
- ↑ Armageddon, Part 5
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Armageddon, Part 4
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Pilot (The Flash: 2014)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 A New World, Part 4: Finale
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Funeral for a Friend
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Dead Man Running
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Negative, Part 2
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Good-Bye Vibrations
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Running to Stand Still
- ↑ The Wrath of Savitar
- ↑ The Man in the Yellow Suit
- ↑ We Are The Flash
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 P.O.W.
- ↑ Growing Pains
- ↑ Phantoms
- ↑ Bored on Board Onboard
- ↑ Marathon
- ↑ Success Is Assured
- ↑ All's Wells That Ends Wells
- ↑ The Speed of Thought
- ↑ It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Armageddon, Part 3
- ↑ Reckless
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Mother
- ↑ Rogues of War
- ↑ Lose Yourself
- ↑ Armageddon, Part 1
- ↑ The Darkness and the Light
- ↑ Nora
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