After witnessing his mother's strange murder and his father's wrongful conviction for the crime, Barry Allen is taken in by Detective Joe West and his family. Allen becomes a brilliant but socially awkward crime scene investigator for the Central City Police Department. His obsession with his tragic past causes him to become an outcast among his peers; he investigates cold cases, paranormal occurrences, and bleeding-edge scientific advancements that may shed light on his mother's murder. No one believes his description of the crime—that a ball of lightning with the face of a man invaded their home that night—and Allen is fiercely driven to vindicate himself and to clear his father's name. Fourteen years after his mother's death, an advanced particle accelerator malfunctions during its public unveiling, bathing the city center with a previously unknown form of radiation during a severe thunderstorm created by the accelerator. Allen is struck by lightning from the storm and doused with chemicals in his lab. Awakening after a nine-month coma, he discovers he has the ability to move at superhuman speeds. Dr. Harrison Wells, the disgraced designer of the failed particle accelerator, describes Barry's special nature as "metahuman"; Allen soon discovers that he is not the only one who was changed by the radiation. Allen vows to use his gifts to protect Central City from the escalating violence of metahuman criminals. He is aided by a few close friends and associates who guard his secrets.
Hero:
The Flash
Supporting Cast:
Iris West
Detective Joe West
Caitlin Snow
Cisco Ramon
Linda Park
Detective Eddie Thawne
Henry Allen
Patty Spivot
Harrison "Harry" Wells (Earth-2)
Harrison "H.R." Wells (Earth-19)
Julian Albert
Cecile Horton
Tracy Brand
Dr. Sharon Finkel
Dominic Lanse
Earl Cox
Harrison Sherloque Wells (Earth-221)
Carla Tannhauser
Kamilla Hwang
Renee Adler
Dr. Tanya Lamden
Vickie Bolen
Kamilla Hwang
Chester P. Runk
Allegra Garcia
Sue Dearbon
Debbie Dibny
Team Flash
Central City Police Department
Central City Citizen
Central City Picture News
Allies:
Green Arrow
Team Arrow
Firestorm I
Plastique
The Flash (Earth-3)
Firestorm II
Supergirl
Jesse Quick (Earth-2)
Gypsy (Earth-19)
Elongated Man
The Fiddler
Melting Point
Folded Man
XS
Villains:
Clyde Mardon
Multiplex
The Mist
Captain Cold
General Wade Eiling
Girder
Blackout
Prism
Captain Boomerang
Reverse-Flash
Heat Wave
Pied Piper
Peek-A-Boo
Weather Wizard
Golden Glider
The Trickster I
The Trickster II
The Bug-Eyed Bandit
Everyman
Grodd
Deathbolt
Zoom (Earth-2)
Atom-Smasher (Earth-2)
Sand Demon (Earth-2)
Tokamak
King Shark (Earth-2)
Doctor Light (Earth-2)
Vandal Savage
The Turtle
Reverb (Earth-2)
Killer Frost (Earth-2)
Deathstorm (Earth-2)
Trajectory
Griffin Grey
Rupture (Earth-2)
Black Siren (Earth-2)
The Rival
Magenta
Mirror Master
The Top
Shade
Savitar
Plunder
Music Meister
Abra Kadabra
Heat Monger
The Thinker
Marlize DeVoe
Samuroid
Kilg%re
Hazard
Anthony Bellows
Amunet Black
Black Bison
Fallout
Prank
Dwarfstar
Gregory Wolfe
Null
Siren-X
Cicada
Gridlock
Block
Spin
Ragdoll
Icicle
Weather Witch
John Deegan
Silver Ghost
Matthew Norvock
Goldface
Cicada II
Godspeed
Bloodwork
Echo (Earth-19)
Remington Meister
Ultraviolet
Joseph Carver
Dr. Light II
John Loring
Villainous Groups:
The Rogues
The Royal Flush Gang
The New Rogues
