Kid Flash is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics , originally created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino , as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero The Flash . The first version of the character, Wally West , debuted in The Flash #110 (1959). The character, along with others like the first Wonder Girl , Aqualad , and Speedy , was created in response to the success of Batman 's young sidekick Robin . These young heroes would later be spun off into their own superhero team, the Teen Titans . As Kid Flash, Wally West made regular appearances in Flash related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1959 through the mid-1980s until the character was reinvented as the new version of The Flash.
131-659: Later, well after Wally West had made a name for himself as the new Flash, the character of Bart Allen , grandson of the Flash Barry Allen , was brought into the past from his home in the future and served as the young hero Impulse . In 2003, with writer Geoff Johns ' relaunch of a new Teen Titans volume, Bart donned the mantle of Kid Flash after being nearly killed by the assassin Deathstroke . As Kid Flash, Bart appeared in Teen Titans and The Flash (vol. 2) regularly until
262-503: A Boom Tube , Gothamites Harley, Holly, and Jason return home while Mary Marvel is once again corrupted by Darkseid who captures Jimmy, who holds the power of all the deceased New Gods . Freed from Darkseid's control by Atom's microscopic rewiring, Jimmy and Darkseid duke it out until Orion descends from the heavens (following his interrupted battle with the killer of the New Gods in Death of
393-740: A battle is chosen by Zeus to replace the Fates, making Donna a new embodiment of Fate. In the last issue of Titans Hunt , Donna confirms that she is "the Fate of the Gods", but does not reconcile her history depicted in Titans Hunt with her creation depicted in Wonder Woman . Titans Hunt led into the DC Rebirth initiative, which brought back more popular elements of past continuity after former Titan Wally West returns to
524-484: A benevolent Monitor, whom Jason calls Bob, and recruited to locate Ray Palmer . They soon learn that Palmer is hiding in the Multiverse. The group is joined by Kyle Rayner ; Jason and Kyle bicker during the journey and Donna is annoyed. Ray Palmer is located on Earth-51 and Bob attacks him, betraying the group. Donna and the others escape, and are caught in the crossfire when Monarch 's forces attack Earth-51. Donna
655-539: A costume based on Wonder Woman's and helped form the Teen Titans. In her last adventure as Wonder Woman, Donna battles The Cheetah , Giganta , and Doctor Psycho . The trio attacks Donna as a means of finding the then-missing Diana. This eventually happens with the revelation that Circe is the mastermind behind the attacks and capture. After Donna is freed from Circe, she dons her old red Wonder Girl jumpsuit and aids her sister in battle telling Diana that she wants to give
786-513: A dictator known as Lord Chaos . The Team Titans travel back to the past to kill Donna before her son can be born. Donna eventually gives birth to Robert; to prevent him from becoming Lord Chaos, she sacrifices her powers and becomes a normal human. Eventually, Donna rethinks her decision and asks the Titans of Myth to grant her powers again; her request is rejected. She then joins the Darkstars . During
917-484: A discrete character with her own identity: Donna Troy. Writer Marv Wolfman established that Donna had been rescued from an apartment fire as an infant by Wonder Woman. Unable to find the baby's birth family, Wonder Woman brings her to Paradise Island to be raised by her mother Hippolyta, eventually enlisting the Amazon scientist Paula von Gunther (herself an expatriate from "Man's World") to use advanced technology to grant
1048-446: A family. Additionally, Wonder Girl is temporarily promoted to the book's headliner, receiving three full-length solo stories, including top-billing with her own logo predominating Wonder Woman's on the covers of issues #152 and #153. July 1965 was a significant and somewhat puzzling month in the history of Wonder Girl, concluding her regular presence in the Wonder Woman comic book with issue #155 while simultaneously seeing her appear as
1179-580: A full-blown romance. Once accepting the mantle of the Flash, Bart moved to Los Angeles, California and enrolled in the Police Academy. Robin asked him to join the Titans but Bart declined, saying he'd rather work towards membership in the Justice League of America . Shortly after resuming the mantle, Iris Allen warned Bart that if he fought the newly formed league of Rogues, he would not survive. Inertia , in
1310-689: A high end apartment in New York City and Donna became more active in life on Themyscira. While the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall saw Diana as an official moderator between the Themyscirian Amazons and themselves, Donna made strides in becoming an accepted member of both tribes in their eyes. While aiding the Amazons, Donna also came into contact with the villain Angle Man who immediately became enamored with her. After their awkward yet flirtatious first meeting,
1441-526: A member of both superhero teams. As first conceived by writers, Bart was born in the 30th century to Meloni Thawne and Don Allen, and is part of a complex family tree of superheroes and supervillains. His father, Don, is one of the Tornado Twins and his paternal grandfather is Barry Allen , the second Flash. His paternal grandmother, Iris West , is also the adoptive aunt of the third Flash, Wally West (Bart's first cousin once removed ). Additionally, Bart
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#17328545327391572-557: A member of the newly-formed Teen Titans in The Brave and the Bold #60, written by Bob Haney and illustrated by Bruno Premiani . Though The Brave and the Bold #60 is commonly accepted as Donna Troy's debut, the Wonder Girl it depicts is indistinguishable from the Wonder Girl appearing synchronously that month in Wonder Woman #155 – the same Wonder Girl featured regularly in that book during
1703-480: A mysterious and menacing rip in space caused by Alexander Luthor, Jr. (as a part of his plan), which has sparked an intergalactic war . Donna's team contributes to the resolution of the conflict, but things take a dangerous turn when Alexander uses the inter-dimensional tear to recreate Earth-Two and, later, the Multiverse. Donna, along with Kyle (now called Ion), leads the team to attack Alexander Luthor through his space rift, giving Nightwing, Superboy, and Wonder Girl
1834-573: A new hairstyle and costume incorporating mystical gifts from the Titans of Myth. During the "Titans Hunt" storyline, Donna discovers she is pregnant; in The New Titans Annual #7 (1991), a group calling themselves the Team Titans appears, intent on killing her. They come from a future in which Donna's son is born with the full powers of a god and full awareness of them, which drives him mad. He instantly ages himself, kills his mother, and becomes
1965-400: A normal life. As it happened, he left his crime-fighting career behind even before that, when he retired from the third incarnation of the Teen Titans for personal reasons, including a desire to devote more time to studying, to his new girlfriend Frances Kane, and because, as a result of his changing metabolism, he was beginning to lose his powers. Kid Flash came out of retirement to fight in
2096-609: A plan to steal the speed force energy for himself, manipulated the Rogues into battle with Bart. As a depowered Bart fought valiantly against the combined might of the Rogues, he saw the spectre of the Black Flash , and died as Iris Allen and Valerie Perez were left to mourn him. Later on New Earth, during the Final Crisis story line, Superman was called to the thirty-first century to assist
2227-462: A reconstituted Earth-51 by Solomon, now a world similar to New Earth with the absence of the now much-expanded Challengers team. It is here that Karate Kid dies, and his Morticoccus virus transforms the world almost entirely to violent animal-human hybrids, losing Una to the feral natives and leaving that Earth's Buddy Blank's grandson as the Last Boy on Earth. Returned to New Earth by Jimmy Olsen via
2358-587: A ring forced on her. Donna is freed by the power of white light. In the aftermath of this, Donna is told by Wonder Woman that she could benefit from being a part of the JLA. To that end, she officially joins the team, even recruiting Cyborg, Dick Grayson (now Batman), and Starfire as well. Donna remains with the League and battles such foes as Superwoman , Wonder Woman's counterpart from the Crime Syndicate of Amerika , and
2489-523: A seriously wounded Angle Man later teleported himself to Donna seeking her help after being attacked by The Cheetah . In a separate battle, Donna was apparently killed by a rogue Superman robot in the Titans/ Young Justice crossover "Graduation Day" , but was later shown to be alive on another world. The Return of Donna Troy , a four-issue miniseries written by Phil Jimenez with art by José Luis García-López and George Pérez , expanded upon
2620-416: Is Donna Troy?" Robin investigates the events surrounding the long ago fire after finding Donna's doll in a box from a coal bin. He learns that Donna's birth mother was Dorothy Hinckley, a dying unwed teen who had placed her for adoption. After Donna's adoptive father Carl Stacey had been killed in a work-related accident, her adoptive mother Fay Stacey was forced to place her for adoption again, unable to raise
2751-466: Is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . She is the original Wonder Girl and later temporarily adopts another identity, Troia . Created by Bob Haney and Bruno Premiani , she first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #60 (July 1965). Donna has been commonly featured in stories involving the Teen Titans , which she originally joined during their second adventure and
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#17328545327392882-727: Is also seen in the Flash Museum in the 25th century. The original Bart Allen returns to the main DC universe after Wally West and Barry Allen break the Force Barrier. Once again wearing the Impulse costume, he emerges from the Speed Force and races through a city street triumphantly declaring that he is back. Shortly afterward, he reunites with his former Young Justice and Teen Titans teammates Robin (Tim Drake) and Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark). Bart
3013-603: Is attacked by Hot Pursuit . Barry arrives too late, when Hot Pursuit discharges electricity at Bart with his baton and is engulfed in lightning. However, Hot Pursuit mistakenly believes that Bart is not one of the anomalies that are affecting the timeline, known as the Flashpoint . The Earth is a changed alternate timeline, where Bart Allen wakes up in the 31st century in Brainiac 's stasis pod chamber and has lost his super-speed. After failing to avoid being re-captured by Brainiac, he
3144-415: Is attacked by an alternate version of herself wearing a Wonder Girl costume, and overcomes her doppelganger and escapes. She takes the doppelganger's costume, defeats one of Monarch's lieutenants, and is acclaimed leader of an insect army by right of conquest. She leads the force of Myrmidons into the battle against Monarch's forces. Superboy-Prime confronts Monarch, and the insect warriors are killed in
3275-453: Is confronted by a female Hot Pursuit and with her help, pulls away from Brainiac. This Hot Pursuit reveals herself to be Patty Spivot , Barry Allen's assistant. Bart must find a way to get his super-speed back before being erased from existence. Bart learns that Patty stole Hot Pursuit's motorcycle and has taken his place. Bart allows himself to be recaptured by Brainiac and is placed into a stasis pod, destroying Brainiac's security program from
3406-575: Is considered for membership in the Justice League . In The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13, Bart is killed in battle with the Rogues . Writer Marc Guggenheim stated that Bart's death was an editorial mandate. In Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds , Brainiac 5 and the Legion of Super-Heroes resurrect Bart and Superboy to help them defeat Superboy-Prime and the Legion of Super-Villains . In The Flash: Rebirth , Bart discovers that Barry Allen
3537-411: Is fond. He has also displayed the ability to create powerful radio waves by rotating his arms at high speeds and using the resulting vibrations in conjunction with his teammate Static 's electromagnetic abilities. After Infinite Crisis , Bart's connection to the Speed Force is more difficult to control because he now contains the Speed Force and, in essence, is the Speed Force. When he taps into
3668-480: Is made to relive her past lives. After Donna Troy is killed by a fleet of Superman androids reprogrammed by Brainiac , she is resurrected by the Titans of Myth , who seek to exploit her status as an "anomaly" from the world that existed before Crisis on Infinite Earths to escape the coming cataclysm of Infinite Crisis . This story establishes Donna's status as an anomaly of the timeline, explaining that she survived
3799-474: Is no longer referred to as an "impossible" younger variant of Wonder Woman, however no other in-story cues explaining her existence are provided. This looser narrative identification allowed her a new status as an entity entirely distinct from Wonder Woman, a character unto herself. Though Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman do not directly call one another "sister" in these issues, Hippolyta does refer to them as her daughters, and all three repeatedly identify themselves as
3930-468: Is not clear how this ties in with later revelations. Realizing that Donna was created from a portion of Diana's soul, Queen Hippolyta accepted Donna as a blood-related daughter and held a coronation on Themyscira to formally introduce Donna as the second princess of Paradise Island. This aspect brought Donna more in-line with her Pre-Crisis Themyscirian origins. After her coronation, Donna and Diana's bond as sisters grew stronger. The two Amazons shared
4061-560: Is not the case. Shortly afterwards, the Titans gathered together to save their friend Cyborg . They came into conflict with the JLA , but they saved their friend. During this incident Donna was seemingly reunited with her son via virtual reality, but with the aid of Nightwing , realized it was not real. After that, the original five Teen Titans, including Troia, decided to reform the team. A subsequent battle with Dark Angel suggested her constant rewriting of Donna's history involved Hypertime . It
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4192-421: Is recreated as a golem, drawing from Wally's incomplete, Pollyanna -esque memories of her. Later, Dark Angel attempts to erase all memories of Donna from the various Hypertime realities, drawing Dark Angel into conflict with Donna, the Titans, and their alternate reality counterparts from the story Kingdom Come . During the battle, Donna is mindwiped and then reprogrammed with all of her old memories after she
4323-480: Is shown in flashback having adventures as a little girl. Twelve years later in April 1959's Wonder Woman #105, writer Robert Kanigher reprised the formula, this time featuring a flashback tale of Wonder Woman when she was a teen. Playfully dubbed " Wonder Girl " by another character, this teenaged version would return several times in flashback stories over the next several years, paralleling similar exploits of Superboy ,
4454-488: Is since depicted as a founding member of the team. Donna has appeared in numerous cartoon television shows and films. She made her live adaptation debut in the DC Universe and HBO Max series Titans , played by Conor Leslie in the first , second , and third seasons. In May 1947's Wonder Woman #23 written by William Moulton Marston and illustrated by Harry G. Peter , the titular heroine (also known as Diana)
4585-591: Is the daughter of Wonder Woman and Steppenwolf and is also known as Fury . An alternate universe variant of Donna Troy from Earth-Three appears in Infinite Frontier. This version is the biological daughter of Hippolyta and a member of the Crime Syndicate who is also known as Superwoman . An alternate universe variant of Donna Troy from Earth-24 appears in DC Comics Bombshells . This version
4716-487: Is the first cousin of XS , a Legionnaire and daughter of Dawn Allen. On his mother's side, he is a descendant of supervillains Professor Zoom and Cobalt Blue as well as the half-brother of Owen Mercer , the second Captain Boomerang . In addition to these relatives, he had a supervillain clone known as Inertia . For most of his superhero career, Bart was the teenage sidekick to Wally West. After West's apparent death in
4847-853: Is the main driving force behind the revival of the Young Justice team; after being transported to Gemworld and reunited with Superboy (Kon-El), the team officially re-forms. In The New Golden Age , Jay Garrick allows Judy Garrick to bunk in Bart's room while he is away with Max Mercury. He later attended a party that was held by the Flash family. Bart's primary power is speed, along with abilities that are common to comics speedsters, such as creating whirlwinds, running on water, and vibrating through matter. The latter ability results in "molecular taffy" if Bart does not concentrate; he also possesses an aura, that prevents air friction while running. Bart does possess some abilities that other speedsters do not have. He has
4978-614: Is the third Kid Flash of the main DC Comics Universe. He first appeared in The Flash (Vol. 4) Annual #3. He is the son of the fifth Reverse Flash, Daniel West , and cousin of the first Kid Flash and third Flash, Wally West. Originally intended as a reinterpretation of Wally for the New 52, he was established as a separate character in DC Rebirth . A character based on Wally and Wallace West named Wallace F. "Wally" West appears in media set in
5109-527: The Crisis on Infinite Earths , and was hit harder than anyone when the heroes found Flash's costume and ring and realized that their compatriot was dead. However, even though a blast from the Anti-Monitor reduced Wally's top speed to that of sound, it cured him of his metabolic malady. This, combined with the desire to honor his mentor and friend, caused Wally West to discard his Kid Flash identity and, instead, adopt
5240-463: The Infinite Crisis crossover event in 2006, Allen grew up and became the Flash. His tenure as the Flash was brief and concluded with his death in issue 13 of The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive . Allen was subsequently absent for nearly two years after his apparent death, but resurfaced—young again—as Kid Flash, in 2009's Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds . During DC's The New 52 era, Bart Allen
5371-401: The Infinite Crisis event, where he became the fourth Flash after Wally West's disappearance. Apparently killed by the Rogues , Bart was resurrected in the 31st century by Legion of Super-Heroes member Brainiac 5 and retook the mantle of Kid Flash. Following a 2011 reboot , DC introduced a new interpretation of Wally West as its latest Kid Flash in 2014, who was later established as being
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5502-534: The Anti-Monitor , and raised to be his harbinger of doom, Dark Angel. But Dark Angel was uncontrollable, and vanished". Within a short time after 2011's The New 52 reboot that followed the Flashpoint story, DC had already presented two conflicting new origins for Donna Troy in the pages of Wonder Woman and Titans Hunt . In the first case, she is introduced as a new character: magical golem, ruthless warrior, and challenger to Wonder Woman's status as leader of
5633-663: The Arrowverse , portrayed by Keiynan Lonsdale . Introduced in and primarily appearing in The Flash , he also appears in the third season of Legends of Tomorrow and the crossover " Crisis on Earth-X ". The Bart Allen incarnation of Kid Flash appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. Bart Allen Bartholomew Henry " Bart " Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . A speedster , he first appeared under
5764-478: The JLA Watchtower alongside Starfire and Animal Man , only to discover that Red Arrow has been mutilated by Prometheus. During the ensuing battle, Donna is impaled through the wrists, but frees herself. Prometheus projects a hologram around her, causing Green Arrow to shoot her in the leg, which somehow penetrates her super-tough skin and causes her to fall unconscious. She takes down Prometheus after he defeats
5895-459: The Legion of Super-Heroes in fending off Superboy-Prime, who was thrown to the future in the aftermath of the destruction of Earth-51 and the Sinestro Corps War . Prime, raging about his minor place in history as a Superman rival, released the entire Legion of Super-Villains from the prison planet Takron-Galtos and waged war on Earth and the Legion. In response to this, Brainiac 5 summoned
6026-497: The Titans Hunt storyline which seeks to retroactively reestablish the history of the Teen Titans in the New 52, Donna is shown as having been a Teen Titan, working alongside Titans co-founders such as Dick Grayson and Garth, until an encounter with the telepathic supervillain Mister Twister resulted in the Titans' memories being erased. In the Wonder Woman series, Donna struggles with her rage and anger and after being killed in
6157-729: The Zero Hour crisis, her farm in New Jersey is destroyed and all the Team Titans are wiped out of existence except for Terra and Mirage . Her marriage in ruins, Donna loses custody of her son to her now ex-husband Terry. Donna rejoins the New Titans for a time, with her Darkstar suit giving her the ability to aid them. She dates Kyle Rayner for a while and retires from the Darkstars, leaving her powerless. Donna and Kyle break up immediately following
6288-527: The Amazon Magala and intended as a playmate for the lonely princess. Donna was later captured by Hippolyta's enemy—Dark Angel who mistook her for Diana and placed her in suspended animation for several years. Years later, the grown up Diana, now Wonder Woman, eventually freed Donna and returned her to Themyscira. Donna was then trained by both the Amazons and the Titans of Myth. A few years later, Donna followed Diana into Man's World and became Wonder Girl, wearing
6419-418: The Amazons. Donna's superhuman powers have changed several times over the years, but in all of her various incarnations, they have always consisted of considerable superhuman strength, endurance, speed, and the power of flight. Donna also retains her magical abilities to control darkness, the cold, and the essence of night itself. However, it is heavily implied Donna has a lot of magical potential to due being
6550-627: The Amazons. In the storyline "Who is Wonder Girl?" featured in The New Titans #50–54 (December 1988–March 1989), the Titans of Myth enlist Donna's aid against the murderous Sparta of Synriannaq . It is revealed that the Titan Rhea had rescued a young Donna from a fire; Donna and Sparta were one of 12 orphans who had been raised on New Cronus by the Titans as "Titan Seeds", their eventual saviors. The Seeds had been given superhuman powers, and named after ancient Greek cities. Called "Troy", Donna (like
6681-462: The Amazons. She later goes on a journey of discovery. In Titans Hunt , this same Donna, alongside other former Teen Titans, rediscovers memories of childhood heroism with the Teen Titans, which should be impossible for her. In the DC Rebirth relaunch, Donna has a fuller set of childhood memories restored to her after meeting the pre- Flashpoint Wally West. In the DC Rebirth relaunch of Wonder Woman,
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#17328545327396812-554: The Black Lantern's power. Donna, along with Superboy, Kid Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and several other resurrected heroes, began to be targeted by Nekron , the being responsible for the Black Lanterns. Donna's previous status as a deceased allowed for her to be transformed into a Black Lantern. However, unlike the other heroes, Donna was converted by being infected with the Black Lantern's power rather than having
6943-501: The Crisis and was later subjected to multiple alternate origins as the universe tried to fit her into the new timeline created following the collapse of the Multiverse . This makes Donna in effect "a living key to the lost Multiverse". This same storyline also reveals that Dark Angel is an evil alternate universe version of Donna from Earth-Seven. Another pre-Crisis survivor, she "was saved by
7074-633: The DC Universe and reunites his friends. He explains to his fellow Titans how 10 years were stolen from their lives as a result of unknown forces, partially accounting for the discrepancies. Donna and her friends then reform the Titans. On touching Wally in Titans Rebirth #1, Donna has her childhood memories of Wally restored. Later, the Titans (vol. 2) Annual #1 (May 2017) reconciles the two accounts of Donna's history — recent magical creation or longtime ally of Wonder Woman — revealing that Donna was, as in
7205-492: The DC Universe's history, both the artificial intelligence and one of the new Monitors revealed to her that the current timeline has diverged from its rightful path, in which Donna herself, instead of Jade , should have sacrificed herself for Kyle. During the World War III storyline, Donna goes into battle as Wonder Woman against a rampaging Black Adam . During the " One Year Later " storyline event, Donna Troy has assumed
7336-454: The Flash costume, fighting alongside Barry Allen and his grandson, Bart Allen (Impulse or for a time Kid Flash). Bart, the child from the future known as the hero Impulse . After Max Mercury disappeared in the timestream, Bart took up residence in Keystone City with Jay Garrick , the original Flash, and Jay's wife Joan. When a mysterious android from the future known as Indigo attacked
7467-458: The Flash's shadow, Bart even says that "the Flash will be in mine". Numerous versions of Bart have appeared throughout comics. Bar Torr , a character based on Bart Allen, appears in The New 52 continuity reboot. He is a reactionary from a dystopian planet Altros Prime in the far future who was sent to the 21st century as part of a witness protection program and sustained amnesia. Following
7598-512: The Legions of Three Worlds (alternate earths) to combat Prime's forces. Revealing that the Legion had captured "living lightning" in the Legion's last trip to present Earth in The Lightning Saga , Brainiac 5 had Legionnaire XS run on the cosmic treadmill while the three Lightning Lads activated the "lightning rod" to release the living lightning. Although he tried to stop them, Superboy-Prime
7729-428: The New 52 story, created out of clay to destroy Wonder Woman, but the Amazons later gave her false memories of being an orphan rescued by Wonder Woman. This allowed Donna to be more than a living weapon, and to establish a stable life. Though Donna was heartbroken by the revelation, she was supported by her Titans colleagues, who affirmed their friendship. Donna remains a main character in the Titans series at DC after
7860-587: The New Gods ), and slays his father. In the aftermath of these events, the remaining party of Donna, Kyle, Ray, and Forager announce to the Monitors they will serve as bodyguards for the New Multiverse, and depart to places unknown. Returning to Earth after her adventures in the Multiverse with Kyle, Donna and other former and present Titans are targeted by a mysterious foe who is later revealed to be Trigon . The Titans reform to fend off Trigon's assault and avenge
7991-459: The Speed Force is encased for him. Bart is to be absorbed into the living embodiment of the Speed Force's light that gives Barry his power and tells him to save the world. Prior to Bart Allen's reappearance, the Titans Tomorrow alternate-future version of Bart Allen reappears in the 2018 crossover storyline “Super-Sons of Tomorrow”. A shattered figure of Bart Allen wearing his Impulse costume
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#17328545327398122-602: The Speed Force, Bart appears to have electricity crackling around him, and the Speed Force inside him becomes so lethal that he initially wears the Flash suit while running to prevent it from killing him. After remembering his experiences on an alternate Earth during a fight with Griffin, he began to gain a measure of control over the Speed Force before it was released from his body just prior to his death. Since his first appearance in The Flash #91, Bart had been trained by several speed-endowed heroes such as Jay Garrick, Johnny Quick , and Max Mercury . Prior to his reluctance to don
8253-509: The Teen Titans. After Prime escapes prison, Bart follows him, spends four years in an alternate universe, and temporarily gains amnesia. After returning to the main universe, Bart claims to have used all of his speed, leaving him powerless. Bart retains his powers, but keeps them secret. When his roommate Griffin Grey gains superpowers and becomes Griffin , Bart becomes the Flash, moves to Los Angeles, and begins studying forensics. During this time, he
8384-634: The Titan of the Sun, revealed Donna's true origins to her and ordered her to open a passageway into another reality by means of a dimensional nexus that once served as a gateway to the Multiverse itself, within the Sun-Eater factory's core. This turned out to be the Titans of Myth's real target. Donna did so, but, fearing that they would simply continue with their power-mad ambitions, she banished most of them into Tartarus . However, Hyperion and his wife, Thia , were warned of
8515-475: The Titans and Young Justice, it resulted in the apparent deaths of Donna Troy and Omen. At Donna's funeral, Nightwing disbanded the Titans. The members of Young Justice, especially Wonder Girl , felt responsible for the tragic deaths. This led Wonder Girl, Robin, Impulse and Superboy to form a new group of Teen Titans under the guidance of the more experienced Cyborg , Starfire and Beast Boy . Despite Wally West's misgivings, Bart accepted an invitation to join
8646-469: The Titans of Myth's royal military. She was sacrificed by the Titans of Myth in an attempt to lay siege to the planet Minosyss, which housed a Sun-Eater factory miles beneath its surface. Sparta's death had inadvertently helped trigger Donna's memory restoration. Athyns had also reappeared by this time and aided the heroes and the Mynossian resistance in battling the Titans of Myth. It was then that Hyperion ,
8777-580: The Wonder Woman title back to her as she was never really comfortable using that name and would rather just be called Donna Troy. Donna later works alongside ex-boyfriend Kyle Rayner, who has taken up the powers and title of Ion again. They go up against one of the Monitors who attempts to remove them from the newly rebuilt Multiverse, claiming the two are unwanted anomalies. Donna returns to Earth with Ion in time for him to say goodbye to his dying mother. After that event, Donna joins several former Teen Titans in
8908-440: The ability to generate energy clones. Following Mercury's disappearance, Bart is adopted by Jay Garrick , the first Flash, and his wife Joan . After Young Justice disbands, Bart joins some of his former teammates in the Teen Titans . Shortly after Bart joins the Teen Titans, he is shot in the knee by a Jericho -possessed Deathstroke and receives a prosthetic. In Infinite Crisis , Superboy-Prime attacks Superboy and
9039-617: The ability to produce "scouts", Speed Force avatars that he can send through the timestream, but has used it infrequently since the death of one avatar put him in a coma during the " Our Worlds at War " storyline that crossed over among the Impulse , Superboy , and Young Justice titles. After being forced to use it during the "World Without Young Justice" crossover event, he was able and willing to use them with ease, up until he became Kid Flash. He has been shown to move faster than light as Impulse, while now he has an artificial knee which limits his speed as Kid Flash. He now can only travel close to
9170-431: The alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash . Created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo , Bart first made a cameo in The Flash (vol. 2) #91 in 1994 before his full debut in issue #92. He has since been featured as the lead character in Impulse (1995–2002) and The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006–2007). Bart also appears in the series Young Justice and Teen Titans as
9301-447: The building. He retained that knowledge and balanced it with lack of experience. With a renewed sense of confidence, Bart left his impulsive rep behind and returned to the team as Kid Flash. When Superboy-Prime ran amok during the Infinite Crisis , Kid Flash and the super-speedsters raced to stop his rampage. While running to subdue the deranged Teen of Steel, Wally West disappeared in a burst of lightning (later to return). Meanwhile,
9432-461: The child of magic, Amazon witches, and possibly goddesses that are tied to night and magic like Hekate, Selene, and Nyx. Donna also wields a magical sword and sometimes a shield. She carries the Lasso of Persuasion gifted to her by the gods. It glows blue and can force anyone bound by it to obey every command of the wielder. It is field by the essence of willpower and as long as Donna's willpower overpowers
9563-510: The city and confronts Hippolyta, advising her to end the invasion, but Hippolyta informs her that she will only consider a withdrawal if Donna will include Diana in their talks. Donna leaves to find her sister. Jason, who has followed Donna to Washington, tells her that the Monitors are responsible for Duela's death. Donna and Jason are attacked by the Monitor's warrior, Forerunner . They are saved by
9694-460: The combined power of their collective faith to open a passageway into another reality, where they would be safe from destruction. Donna was another means to that end until she was found by the Titans and the Outsiders , who restored her true memories. This was not without casualties, however. Sparta (who was restored to full mental health and stripped of the bulk of her power) had been made an officer in
9825-417: The compression of every Donna Troy into one single person in the new Earth, sought to kill her (every life she forced her to relive was in fact an aspect of an alternate Donna as a way to avoid the merging and remain the last one standing). When she was defeated, Donna became the real sum of every Donna Troy that existed on every Earth, a living key to the lost Multiverse. Her role in Infinite Crisis is, at
9956-469: The current team's battle against Deathstroke and his Titans East team. Donna attends Duela Dent 's funeral with the Teen Titans. She is confronted by Jason Todd , who seeks her out as a kindred spirit; the two cross paths while investigating Duela's murder. Donna places her investigation on hold when the Amazons invade Washington, D.C. during the events depicted in Amazons Attack! She travels to
10087-478: The death of Max Mercury and Helen Claiborne, Bart returns to the future to be with his mother, while his girlfriend Carol Bucklen came along. Carol begins studying the Speed Force to use it for the benefit of humanity. The corrupt President Thawne, Bart's grandfather, takes their research and forms the Hyperguard , a group of soldiers with superhuman speed. The adult Carol managed to pull her younger self and Bart into
10218-403: The death of her son, stepdaughter and ex-husband in a car accident. Her post-Crisis origin was updated in the late 1990s. This version had it that she was originally created by the Amazon sorceress Magala as a magical duplicate of the young Princess Diana of Themyscira (a nod to the original Wonder Girl) to be a playmate for Diana, who was previously the only child on the island. However, Donna
10349-511: The deception at the last moment. Enraged, they turned on Donna, intending to kill her for the betrayal, but Coeus activated the Sun-Eater to save her and Arsenal . As the Sun-Eater began absorbing their vast solar energies, Hyperion and Thia tried to escape through the Nexus, but they were both torn apart by the combined forces of the Nexus' dimensional pull and the Sun-Eater's power. Coeus, who had learned humility and compassion from Donna, vowed to guard
10480-425: The demonic entity Eclipso . Donna eventually resigns from the team after coming to peace with her inner turmoil, and Dick disbands the team shortly after. In 2011, following the Flashpoint storyline, DC revised its continuity, relaunching with a suite of new #1 comics as part of an initiative called The New 52 . Donna does not initially appear in this continuity at all; the Teen Titans are first established in
10611-612: The end of The Return of Donna Troy , fully stated: Donna had been reborn after her death at the hands of the Superman android . The Titans of Myth, realizing that she was the child who was destined to save them from some impending threat, brought her to New Cronus and implanted false memories within her mind to make her believe she was the original Goddess of the Moon and wife of Coeus . The Titans of Myth incited war between other worlds near New Cronus in order to gain new worshipers. They would then use
10742-491: The end of the battle on Mogo . In the series 52 , Cyborg, Herald, Alan Scott, Bumblebee, Hawkgirl, and Firestorm were all returned to Earth although gravely injured, while other heroes such as Supergirl, Starfire, Animal Man, and Adam Strange were lost in space. In the History of the DC Universe backup feature, when Donna and the artificial intelligence in charge of Harbinger's historical records finished her task of reviewing
10873-493: The events of Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! miniseries. In post- Zero Hour continuity, Bart Allen is the son of Don Allen and Meloni Thawne (a descendant of Eobard Thawne ). He is additionally the cousin of Jenni Ognats, also known as XS . Due to his Speed Force abilities, Bart undergoes rapid aging, causing him to appear to be twelve when he is only two years old. He is raised in a virtual reality world and eventually brought to
11004-425: The fallout. Following the battle, Donna alone is able to discern a message directing the group to Apokolips , where the team are witness to its destruction as they first meet the other Countdown characters: Jimmy Olsen , Forager , Pied Piper , Mary Marvel , Holly Robinson , Harley Quinn , Karate Kid , and Una . Witnessing Apokolips near-destruction at the hands of Brother Eye , the team are later sent to
11135-440: The first Titans run. She had never had one and was, in fact, not a "real" character (if you can call any of them real). She was a computer simulation of Wonder Woman as a girl. That story also named her Donna Troy and set up everything that followed. Unfortunately, after Crisis on Infinite Earths and the Wonder Woman revamp, we had to go back and redo it again as a brand new Wonder Woman being born on Earth could not have rescued
11266-430: The formation of the Teen Titans shortly thereafter. Kid Flash remained a member in good standing of that team, though his participation limited his involvement in solo adventures considerably. At 18 Wally revealed his alter-ego to his parents Bob and Mary for the first time, chose his university (Taggart), and confided to the Flash his intentions to retire from superheroing upon graduation from college so that he might live
11397-471: The future, he went through records concerning technology from the era. He also tells Conner that he is losing his memories of this future information due to the time stream being corrected, and that he is writing down everything he can remember. When Iris West Allen calls Barry home, she, Jay Garrick, Wally West, and Bart Allen are all troubled by the way that he has been isolating himself from everyone. Bart believes that Barry dislikes him and runs off until he
11528-538: The future. Bart ended up preventing Max's and Helen's death, thus preventing this reality from happening. This reality appeared in Impulse #73–75. In an alternate timeline depicted in Titans Tomorrow , Bart assumes the mantle of the Flash after the current Flash is killed. Another alternate future is showcased in The Ray (vol. 2) #25–26. Here Bart, Ray Terrill , and Triumph were "three rich guys with superpowers". Bart
11659-974: The gateway to make certain the other Titans of Myth remained imprisoned forever. Donna returns to the now-barren New Cronus where she shares a joyful reunion with Wonder Woman. Donna, charged with the guardianship of the Universe Orb containing the Multiverse Chronicles collected by Harbinger , makes the startling discovery that an impending doom is facing the DC Universe, a doom she cannot avert alone. Leaving Nightwing behind on Earth , Donna brings several heroes to New Cronus, including Animal Man ; Cyborg ; Firestorm ; Herald ; Bumblebee ; Red Tornado ; Shift ; Green Lanterns Alan Scott , Kyle Rayner , and Kilowog ; Jade ; Starfire ; Supergirl and Captain Marvel Junior (in Outsiders 30). The heroes confront
11790-407: The girl from the burning building. I wish we had been able to keep it as I think it's gone insane now. I just wanted a simple origin story. I came up with the original, and then [in "Who is Donna Troy?"] George [Pérez] and I simply elaborated on what had been done, giving her real knowledge of who she was. I would love to say that everything after "Who is Donna Troy?" should be forgotten, but that's not
11921-508: The girl powers like Wonder Woman's. Donna remains with the Teen Titans until the series' cancellation with issue #43 in February 1973. She is still part of the team when the comic picks up again with #44 in November 1976. Teen Titans is canceled again in February 1978 with issue #53, with Donna and the others, no longer "teens", going their separate ways. Marv Wolfman and George Pérez revived
12052-504: The government of Earth, which had fallen under the covert control of the Dominators . Following a one-day trial on trumped-up charges of treason, the Twins were executed. According to a Daily Planet news report, Don Allen is survived by his wife Carmen Johnson (whose real name was Meloni Thawne), his mother Iris West Allen, and his two-year-old son Barry Allen II. This timeline was wiped out by
12183-595: The guilt over Superboy-Prime's escape, he initially decided to retire his costume. He took a job as a factory worker in Keystone City, but soon realized he must use his abilities to protect innocents. Although Bart found new challenges in harnessing the speed force, he accepted his destiny as the latest Flash in the Allen family tradition. In his efforts to tame the speed force inside him, Bart turned to S.T.A.R. Labs intern, Valerie Perez, and their relationship quickly blossomed into
12314-414: The help of Wonder Woman, Hippolyta, and the third Flash (her former Titans teammate, Wally West ), the only people who remembered the previous version, Donna was restored. Somehow, she also regained her powers, presumably because that was how Wally remembered her. Initially, she was concerned that she was not the "same" Donna, but an idealized form based on Wally's memories. She has since accepted that this
12445-452: The history of many DC Comics characters; Wonder Woman's own pre- Crisis history was written out of existence, and the character was reintroduced in Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #1 (February 1987) as a new arrival from Themyscira (formerly known as Paradise Island). With the character of Donna tied predominantly to the Titans, her origin was retconned to fit into the new continuity created by Wonder Woman's relaunch, one severing her direct ties to
12576-614: The incapacitated Titans East team. In Final Crisis #5, Donna Troy has been turned into a Justifier. She, among other Justifiers, attacked the Switzerland Checkmate HQ. She tried to put the Justifier helmet onto Alan Scott before being knocked away by Hawkman. The build-up to Donna's recruitment begins when she volunteers to help Mikaal Tomas and Congorilla track down the supervillain Prometheus . She accompanies them to
12707-462: The inside. Patty holds of Brainiac and breaks an energy projector, which returns Bart's super-speed to him. Bart then runs through time to the 21st century, and promises Patty he will return and rescue her. However, Bart's body was transforming into Black Flash that had been controlled by the Speed Force, taking him to reduce the speedsters Max Mercury, Jay Garrick, and Wally West. Bart reversed from Black Flash and runs into Barry, when he realizes that
12838-534: The live-action television series Smallville . Jason Marsden voiced the character in the animated series Young Justice . Jordan Fisher portrays a variation of the character as the future son of Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen starting in the seventh season of The CW Arrowverse television series The Flash as a recurring character. As depicted in a Legion of Super-Heroes story, Barry Allen's children—the Tornado Twins—were arrested in A.D. 2995 by
12969-425: The mantle of Wonder Woman after Diana stepped down following the Crisis, feeling the need to 'find out who Diana is'. Donna wears a set of armor during her tenure as Wonder Woman, which includes the bracelet and star-field material used as part of her Titans regalia. Donna's post- Infinite Crisis origin, which incorporates elements from her previous origins, is as follows: Donna was a magical twin of Diana created by
13100-418: The name and costume of Flash. However, after fully accepting that Barry was not returning, West removed a mental block, unlocking his true powers, making him faster than Barry Allen. He also acquired unique abilities such as sharing and stealing speed, and accessing the speed force itself, allowing time travel. When it was eventually discovered that Barry Allen was, in fact, alive, Wally took on his own version of
13231-437: The new Teen Titans. Bart was later injured when Deathstroke put a shotgun to his leg. Thankfully, his accelerated healing enabled a handful of surgeons to replace his kneecap with an artificial one, and Bart was back on his feet in a matter of hours, but the effects of this encounter were much more than physical. Feeling unsure and tired of being underestimated, Bart went to the local public library and read every single book in
13362-408: The new costume sprang from his mind and onto the body of his protégé. Since the new outfit exposed Wally's bright red hair, Flash provided his costume-storage ring with a special instant-dye spray with which he could easily change his hair color, as Wally, to brown. The boy speedster first met Robin and Aqualad in The Brave and the Bold #54 (June–July 1964), in an adventure that would predicate
13493-463: The original Wally's younger cousin Wallace "Ace" West . The Wally West Kid Flash was first adapted for live action in the Arrowverse series of TV shows, played by Keiynan Lonsdale . Outside of Iris West, Kid Flash was the first person to whom Flash revealed the secret of his double-identity ( The Flash #120 (May 1961)). In that story, the two speedsters were inadvertently thrown 25 million years into
13624-511: The others) had eventually been stripped of her memories of her time with the Titans of Myth, and reintroduced into humankind to await her destiny; Sparta had retained her memories, and the knowledge had eventually driven her mad. Killing her fellow Seeds to "collect" their powers and destroy the Titans of Myth, Sparta is ultimately defeated by Donna and the only other Seed left alive, Athyns of Karakkan. In The New Titans #55 (June 1989), Donna changes her identity from Wonder Girl to Troia and adopts
13755-409: The past, where Wally West cures him. Because he spent most his childhood in a simulated world, Bart has no concept of danger and is prone to reckless behavior. He is placed into the custody of Max Mercury and moves to Manchester, Alabama . Bart joins the Titans early in his career before becoming a founding member of Young Justice alongside Robin and Superboy . During this time, he develops
13886-400: The past, where they battled a race of golden humanoids. It was only the first of many time-trips for the pair, who teamed up next to try out Flash's Cosmic Treadmill. Shortly after meeting Flash's friend Elongated Man, Kid Flash received his own unique costume. The Flash, who had been toying with a new design for Wally, was inspecting an alien mind over-matter machine when, in a burst of light,
14017-550: The person bound by her lasso the person is forced to submit and obey. However the person is under control by Donna's will even after they are not bound by the lasso anymore. Only until they obey will they be released mentally from the lasso's power. The lasso can also teleport to New Chronus. The lasso is also unbreakable and go as long as what the wielder wants it be. Donna also wears the Amazon gauntlets that deflect any offensive attack. An alternate universe variant of Donna Troy from Earth-Two appears in The New 52 . This version
14148-439: The preceding six years who was, at least until issue #150 and possibly after, a de-aged, out-of-continuity Wonder Woman. The Teen Titans were a "junior Justice League " consisting of Robin (Dick Grayson) , Kid Flash (Wally West) , and Aqualad (Garth) , the sidekicks of Batman , the Flash , and Aquaman respectively. Wonder Girl would establish herself as a central character in Teen Titans stories, continuing to appear with
14279-411: The present day, with Cassie Sandsmark as Wonder Girl, and Wonder Woman's new origin presents her as the natural-born daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta. Donna is reintroduced in the pages of Wonder Woman as an Amazon created by a sorcerer, Derinoe, as an attempt to usurp Diana's place as queen, replacing her with a new ruler. Diana defeats Donna and Donna sets about a period of soul-searching. Meanwhile, in
14410-419: The red and yellow, Bart showed a lot of enthusiasm toward his role as the future Flash. However, Wally West had a number of apprehensions about Bart, as shown by Wally's naming Jesse Quick as his successor and his refusal to deliver to Bart his invitation from Cyborg to join the latest incarnation of the Teen Titans . Bart took these acts in stride though, and, after Robin claimed that he will always live in
14541-567: The rest of the team, rips off his helmet, and starts beating him brutally, but the Shade stops her. Unfortunately, the villain destroys Star City via a teleportation device. During the Blackest Night crossover, Donna has a horrific encounter with her deceased son Robert and husband Terry, revived as undead beings by the Black Lantern Corps . She is bitten by Robert, becoming "infected" by
14672-485: The resurrection of Donna Troy and cleared up her multiple origins. Donna Troy has now discovered that like every other person after the Crisis on Infinite Earths , she is a merger of every alternate version of Donna Troy in the Multiverse . Unlike everyone else, Donna is the repository of knowledge of every alternate universe version of herself and remembers the original Multiverse. She learned that her counterpart on Earth-Two
14803-495: The scene and battle him. During the battle, Max Mercury suddenly returns from the Speed Force to assists them. Afterward, Iris West becomes the new Impulse. In Blackest Night , Bart becomes a Black Lantern due to having previously died. However, he is freed when Barry Allen becomes a Blue Lantern and cures him. Sometime after Blackest Night , Cyborg recruits Bart and Superboy to rescue Static , who has been kidnapped while visiting his hometown of Dakota. Bart battles
14934-466: The series yet again in 1980 as The New Teen Titans , with original members Wonder Girl, Robin, and Kid Flash joined by new heroes Raven , Starfire , Cyborg , and Beast Boy / Changeling . Donna is romantically involved with much older professor Terry Long, but along the way is put under the romantic spell of Hyperion , one of the Titans of Myth . Donna's origin is expanded in the January 1984 tale, "Who
15065-532: The speed of light. Bart is resistant to the alterations in the time stream. His parents met only in post- Zero Hour continuity, but he arrived before the event. Bart has the ability to recall everything he has ever read, heard or watched (which includes speed-reading every book in the San Francisco Public Library ), allowing him to spout encyclopedic information concerning the situation at hand as well as quotations from Mark Twain , of whose work he
15196-456: The speedsters' combined might defeated Superboy-Prime, but severed their connection to the Speed Force in the process. Bart returned to warn the heroes of Superboy-Prime's escape. But while mere moments had passed in the present, Bart returned from his time-bending journey four years older. Bart handed his grandfather's costume to Jay Garrick, claiming he used up all his speed powers during the final battle. Bart still had his powers, but faced with
15327-609: The storyline "The Lies" reveals that the savage depiction of Thymiscira and the Amazons in the New 52 Wonder Woman series in which Diana is made the Queen of the Amazons and the God of War and has Donna Troy reinvented as a mass-murdering villain is, in fact, an illusion by the Olympians to keep her away from the real island. A later Titans story clarified that Donna is still a magical golem created to destroy Wonder Woman, with fake memories granted by
15458-533: The team in December 1965's Showcase #59 and in their spinoff into the first volume of the monthly Teen Titans in January 1966. However, no narrative information regarding Wonder Girl's precise identity was provided in any of her earliest appearances with the Titans, nor in the first 21 issues of the team's subsequent monthly comic book. It would not be until July 1969's Teen Titans #22 that Wonder Girl would be unequivocally identified as Wonder Woman's younger sister,
15589-490: The team was broken up by the Justice League and reformed by Nightwing with supervision from the League this time. After Dick Grayson was shot in the head by KGBeast , Donna becomes leader of the team while he is recovering from his injury and amnesia. Donna Troy is often noted for having had a number of complicated revisions to her origin. Writer Marv Wolfman recounted: I wrote the original Donna Troy origin story back in
15720-445: The teen "Wonder Girl" version of herself, as well as a toddler version called "Wonder Tot", and her mother Queen Hippolyta , creating a "Wonder Family". By Wonder Woman #150 (November 1964) the "Impossible Tale" label was retired, though Wonder Girl continued as a regular fixture in the publication, both side by side with Wonder Woman as well as in her own solo stories, through #155 (July 1965). During this five-issue period, Wonder Girl
15851-495: The teen persona of DC Comics' flagship hero Superman . After the shake-up in the comics industry caused by Fredric Wertham 's Seduction of the Innocent , DC Comics sought to make the adventures of Wonder Woman appear more wholesome and family-friendly. The result was August 1961's Wonder Woman #124 (also by Kanigher and Andru), which kicked off a series of out-of-continuity "Impossible Tales" in which Wonder Woman appeared alongside
15982-542: The time needed to destroy Alexander's device, and save the two Supermen and Wonder Woman from being merged with their Earth-Three counterparts. Though most of the team vanishes when they attempt to leave via the portal opened by Mal Duncan and Adam Strange , she returns to Earth shortly after the Battle of Metropolis, and provides a "junior red-sun eater" to the Green Lantern Corps in which to imprison Superboy-Prime at
16113-487: The toddler because of mounting expenses. However, Donna became victim to a child-selling racket, which ended with the racketeers' deaths in a furnace explosion and the fire. With Robin's help, Donna is reunited with Fay, who had married Hank Evans and given birth to two additional children, Cindy and Jerry. Donna marries Terry Long in Tales of the Teen Titans #50 (February 1985). Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985–1986) rewrote
16244-701: The villain Holocaust and creates a vortex that sucks him into the Earth's core. At the behest of Tim Drake, Bart travels to Gotham City and saves Catwoman from members of the League of Assassins while she is sleeping in her apartment. After knocking out the would-be killers, Bart remarks to Tim over the radio that Selina is "super-fine", and that this may be the best day of his life. Shortly after settling back in Titans Tower, Bart reveals to Conner that during his brief stay in
16375-637: The way continuity works, sadly. Under John Byrne , Donna was retconned to be a mirror-image duplicate of Wonder Woman, created by the Amazon sorceress Magala using a spell to give life to Diana's reflections so that the young princess would have an age-appropriate friend. This duplicate is kidnapped by WWII Wonder Woman's nemesis, Dark Angel . Dark Angel forces Donna to undergo multiple "lives" that all end in tragedy and result in her resetting back to her beginning. Hippolyta and Wonder Woman attempt to rescue Donna, but Dark Angel destroys her rather than release her from her clutches. With help from Wally West, Donna
16506-401: Was in love with Ray's girlfriend, whom Ray treated like dirt. However, Bart realized that he did not have a chance with her either and ended up knocking Ray out and leaving him, not knowing that hitmen were on their way. Stories featuring Bart Allen from The Flash , Impulse and The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive have been collected into trade paperbacks : Donna Troy Donna Troy
16637-410: Was reintroduced in Teen Titans as the alias of an amnesiac revolutionary from the future named Bar Torr ; the character was later written out of comics, and his tenure erased from continuity by the subsequent DC Rebirth initiative. The original Bart Allen was brought back as part of DC Rebirth's Wonder Comics Young Justice series. Outside of comics, Bart has been portrayed by Kyle Gallner in
16768-478: Was resurrected during his time in the Speed Force, having been killed years prior during Crisis on Infinite Earths . Barry is transformed into the Black Flash due to Professor Zoom altering the Speed Force. The JLA and JSA work together to contain Barry in a machine that will sever his connection to the Speed Force. However, Barry destroys the machine and escapes. When Zoom attacks Jay and Iris. Bart and Jay rush to
16899-514: Was saved by a firefighter and was raised in an orphanage, while her Earth-S counterpart died in the fire. She also discovered that her sworn enemy of the past, Dark Angel, was in fact the Donna Troy of Earth-Seven , saved from certain death by the Anti-Monitor , just like the Monitor had saved Harbinger . When the Multiverse was reconfigured in one single Universe, Dark Angel, who had somehow escaped
17030-577: Was soon kidnapped by the Dark Angel (a World War II villainess and sworn enemy of Queen Hippolyta , Diana's mother), who thought the girl was Diana. Dark Angel cursed Donna to live endless variants of a life characterized by suffering, with her life being restarted and erased from the world's memory when Donna was at her lowest. Even Donna would forget her past lives until the moment at which Dark Angel would arrive to restart her life, at which point she would immediately recall all of her past suffering. With
17161-470: Was unable to stop the lightning from being unleashed. A fully formed alive-and-well Bart Allen, in his Kid Flash uniform, appeared before him. When the New 52 universe began, the Kid Flash working with the Titans was known as Bart Allen. He ended up with a different backstory, and eventually was written out of the storyline. He was later replaced as Kid Flash by Wally's cousin, Wallace West. Wallace "Ace" West
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