Barry eventually realizes that some tragedies cannot be undone without destroying the future. In a heartbreaking sacrifice, he allows his mother to die to restore the timeline, though the world is never quite the same again. Iconic Foes and Allies
: The original Flash of the 1940s, who gained his powers from "hard water fumes" and wore a winged helmet inspired by the god Mercury.
One night, a stray bolt of lightning struck a shelf of chemicals in his lab, drenching Barry in the electrified mixture. He emerged with a connection to the , an extra-dimensional energy source that allows him to move, think, and react at superhuman speeds. Heroes Across Time
The story of " The Flash " is an epic spanning multiple generations of heroes, though it is most famously defined by the life of , a forensic scientist who became the "Fastest Man Alive". The Origin of the Scarlet Speedster