The Flash (Jay Garrick)

Background

Real Name: Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick

Powers & Abilities

• Speed Force Conduit: Jay possesses a connection to the Speed Force, a mysterious cosmic force that pushes time and space itself forward. As it does this, the Speed Force creates excess energy that builds up and needs to be released. Jay, along with all speedsters connected to the Force, acts as a release valve for the Speed Force. When Jay uses his powers, he taps into that built up energy. As a conduit of the Speed Force, all aspects of Jay's physiology are accelerated and enhanced.
  • Superhuman Speed: Jay is capable of moving at incredible superhuman speeds. He is fast enough to easily run across water, as well as keep up with Barry Allen.
    • Superhuman Reflexes: Jay possesses reflexes far greater than a normal human being. This allows him to easily react to danger and events, and perceive the world in slow motion.
    • Superhuman Agility: Jay's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows him to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speed.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Jay's body can handle the stress of moving at superhuman speeds for long periods of time without out getting tired or weak.
  • Speed Force Aura: Jay's body is surrounded by a Speed Force Aura, or "friction cushion" - a bubble of space-time accelerated to the same velocity as Jay. This aura allows Jay to breathe and hear sounds while moving at immense speeds, as well as protects him and anyone who he is running with from the rigorous effects of using his speed, including friction, airborne particulate matter, kinetic impacts, G-Force and the like.
    • Superhuman Durability: Thanks to his protective Speed Force aura, Jay is capable of resisting tremendous kinetic impact forces that could easily crush or kill a human, without suffering any serious external or internal injuries. He was hardly effected by the impact of a large explosion at point blank range.
  • Accelerated Healing: Like all conduits of the Speed Force, Jay is capable of regenerating from injuries much faster than any normal human. This is due to his Speed Force Aura accelerating space-time around him, closing his wounds almost instantly.
  • Phasing: Jay can tap into the Speed Force to vibrate his molecules in a way to achieve intangibility for short bursts, allowing him to phase through objects.
  • Vortex Creations: Jay is able to create vortices of air by running in circles or rotating his extremities at super-speed. These vortices can be used for a number of effects.
  • Speed Force Empathy: Jay can sense when another Speed Force Conduit is troubled, and can be drawn to the location of that speedster.
  • Speed Steal: Jay can steal the momentum of any moving object or being, such as Superman. This gives him a boost in speed and slows the person or object he stole the kinetic energy from.
  • Invisibility: By vibrating his atoms and molecules at the right frequency, Jay can turn invisible, even when confided in shackles that he can't escape with his speed.
  • Aerokinesis: By rotating his arms at super speed or running in a circular motion, Jay can manipulate the airflow around him for various effects, such as creating strong vortexes of wind.
  • Decelerated Aging: Jay ages at a much slower rate than any normal human, due to the Speed Force halting his cells from degrading over time. Jay is nearly 100 years old if not older, as he was shown to already be an adult in the year 1941. Despite his age, Jay remains in peak physical condition.
  • Electrokinesis: As a conduit of the Speed Force, Jay's body generates large amounts of the electrical energy that he draws from the Speed Force. This Speed Force lightning emanates off of him, especially when moving at superhuman speed.
  • Enhanced Senses: The Speed Force grants Jay enhanced senses that allow him to perceive the world at a rate attuned to his reaction speed.
  • Thermokinesis: Jay can use the friction generated by his super speed to create immense heat for various purposes. He once was able to melt the cracks in a large stone wall by rapidly running across it, in order to keep them from spreading and stop the wall from collapsing.
  • Dimensional Travel: Jay was shown capable of breaking the dimensional barrier with his speed to traverse between dimensions, after meeting The Flash.
  • Time Travel: Jay is able to use his speed to travel throughout the timestream. He used this ability to bring Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne out of hypertime and back in time before they had entered the timestream.
• Expert Combatant: While Jay and Barry were temporarily turned against each other, Jay managed to hold his own against Barry in a fight, for a while. Jay managed to briefly get the upper hand on Eobard Thawne in combat. Jay has also fought off an army of speed enhanced assassins alongside the rest of the Flash Family. Jay has even briefly held his own against Black Adam in a fight. Before Adam broke the stalemate by releasing a thunder clap, forcing Jay to go rescue innocent people, instead.
  • Swordsmanship: Singlehandedly bested three Samuroids, where one was adapting to him. While admitting that he dueled with Sportsmaster, prior. With the aid of Wally and Bart, they fought off speed assassins with swords.
  • Throwing: Jay is able to throw his signature winged helmet with pinpoint accuracy and utilize it as a ranged weapon during combat. It can even ricochet it off of multiple opponents.
• Indomitable Will:
• Science: Jay Garrick is a expert in the fields of chemistry and physics.
  • Chemistry:
  • Physics:
  • Gadgetry:
  • Mechanical Engineering:
• Business Management
• Firearms:

Equipment

• Hermes' Helmet:
• Lightning Rod: Early in his career as the Flash, Garrick briefly carried an over foot-long yellow metal rod in the shape of a jagged lightning bolt which he would toss across a room either to announce his presence or to disarm an adversary.