who's faster than the flash why only the flash of course today we are going to be
looking at alternate flashes that are faster than main continuity flashes
Barry Allen that's right while Barry Allen might be the most well-known
incarnation of the flash he is not always the fastest in fact very Allen
was not even the first of the Scarlet speedster to appear in the comics the
first flash was Jay Garrick who made his comic book debut and flash comics issue
number one in 1940 Barry wouldn't make his first appearance until 1956 in
showcase issue number four though he would quickly become one of those
well-loved of the characters known as the flash even after many other
characters had adopted the mantle including his nephew Wally West Barry
Allen has even become the default version of the flash and media thanks to
him being the main protagonist of the CW show the flash based in the DCE you air
overs but just for today's video let's put Barry Allen closer to the back
of our minds and to the back of the race as we count down the top 10 alternate
versions of flash faster than Barry Allen be sure to stick around to the end
of this video we'll have some bonus comments from a previous be sure to
stick around to the end of this video we will have some comments from a previous
video coming your way all right let's get counting number ten Johnny quick on
earth three the crime syndicate of America rules kind of like an evil
Justice League Johnny quick is basically the crime syndicates version of the
flash well he may share his name with Golden Age hero Johnny quick make no
mistake that he is nothing like the man he shares the name with except for the
fact that they are both known for their speed when the crime syndicate attacked
earth one and earth - it took the efforts of both the Justice League and
the Justice Society of America to put a stop to that and while Johnny quick was
beaten and is not inherently as fast as Barry Allen on his own he crafted a
helmet to enhance his abilities making him faster while intensifying his
connection with the Speed Force when armed this helmet he proves a hard one
to catch number nine lady flash lady flash hails from earth 33 on our
ultimate earth the speed forces magic base as opposed to being based in
science lady flash finds herself as the keeper of this magic base speed force
and is also a member of the league of shamans who are basically earth 33s
version of the Justice League having complete control over the Speed Force
she's capable of controlling the connection
have to the force allowing her to steal speed energy from those who would oppose
her and deposit it back into the Speed Force beyond that she also has a ton of
other magic base speed powers which other versions of flash do not possess
so while she hasn't really participated in a lot of speedster races just yet it
could be expected that she would place above most other versions of the flash
due to insanely powerful magical abilities number 8 future flash this
version of the flash is a future version of Barry Allen himself from 20 years in
the future in the timeline he came from Wally West was killed so he travelled
back in time to try and eliminate everyone that he deemed responsible for
the death of his nephew the future flashes actions ended up
creating a huge tear in the Speed Force which he sought to close by killing his
present-day self and using his energy to seal the tear what he doesn't expect is
for Wally West to turn up to this fight to try and stop him the ensuing fight
results in present-day Barry becoming lost in the Speed Force and Wally's
demise meaning the future flash ends up becoming the cause of the very thing he
had travelled back in time to try and prevent ain't that just how it goes when
you're time-traveling number 7 reverse flash eobard thawne is a time-traveling
arch-nemesis to barry allen who comes from the 25th century he once admired
Allen's flash only to discover that he was destined to become his greatest
enemy Thawne has more knowledge than Barry Allen when it comes to the Speed
Force even creating his own unique type of Speed Force energy the negative Speed
Force combined with his disregard for consequences as a result of messing with
the Speed Force and with time Thawne often gets the upper hand on Barry and
ends up strides ahead of him how many times can i say Speed Force in one video
you're gonna find out number 6 god speed speed speed speed August Hart
was part of the Central City Police Department working alongside Barry to
round up all of the citizens who found themselves affected by a speed storm
that had passed through as this storm had granted some bystanders speed powers
it turned out that August himself was also affected in such a way which Barry
eventually came to learn when he caught on that August was using his speed
powers to steal speed energy from those that he claimed to protect
very could not take down god speed alone and actually had to call on other
flashes to help him defeat the villain god speeds connection to the Speed Force
is so pure that he can simply sense the Speed Force in others and his powers
allowed him to duplicate himself create constructs and even siphon speed energy
from other speedsters in effect stealing it and using it to power himself making
him even faster all things that were beyond Barry Allen's abilities at the
time number 5 zoom hunter zolomon in the comics was
originally Wally West's friend who turned rival after he became paralyzed
after an incident involving Gorilla Grodd hunter asked Wally to help him by
using the cosmic treadmill to go back in time and prevent him from becoming
paralyzed when only refused to help hundred broke into the flash Museum and
attempted to use the treadmill himself resulting in an accident that caused
Solomon to lose his connection with time he decided that he would use his
newfound power to health Wally become a better hero reasoning that Wally had
only refused to help him because he did not understand what it was like to
suffer a severe personal loss and so he would gift this suffering to wally by
aiming to kill his wife Linda oh so kind what a good friend the power he gained
from the accident allowed him to manipulate time relative to himself so
while he was not able to use the Speed Force to rival the speed of Barry or
Wally he can adjust his own self within time to make himself as fast as he
chooses and even managing to be faster than Wally at times pretty impressive
number four the black racer in the comics the black racer is basically
death incarnate for the speedsters this version of death is imbued at the Speed
Force so that even those who would seemingly be capable of outrunning death
may still pass on well some have proven even too fast for the black race for
himself like Wally West Barry Allen once found himself caught by the black racer
after attempting to a run him in the events of Darkseid war the black racer
catches Barry and successfully merges with him transforming him into a living
version of the god of death despite the fact that Barry tried to escape this
destiny because you know he didn't really want to be death and kill people
he's a hero too bad cannot run black racer not if
you're Barry Allen number 3 dark flash Walter Ross is an alternate version of
Wally West his life Wally's with one major difference his
love Linda Park was killed by Cobra this event changed Walter from a hero to a
villain turning him dark he became a student of sabot our learning everything
he could about the Speed Force from him soon Walter surpassed avatar and after
he felt he had learn all he could from his teacher he killed him when Walter
first cross paths with Wally West he proved too fast for him however Wally
soon returned disguised as zoom and managed to beat dark flash though this
version of Wally West was in his prime you know if it takes prime Wally West's
to be Walter then you could determine that dark flash himself could likely
beat Barry Allen in a footrace number two Wally West Wally West is
known for being the fastest flash around during the final issue of flash where we
saw him exceed even his mentor Barry Allen Zuma has pit the two heroes
against one another as Wally races to break open the Speed Force and free his
kids after zoom led him to believe that they were trapped within the Speed Force
Barry Allen works to stop this from happening
zooms plot is to have the speed barrier broken open so he can retrieve power
found only beyond that and use it to rewrite his past once the two heroes
team back up all he finds himself chasing the impossibly fast zoom Barry
actually urges Wally to move even faster Barry's words of encouragement ensure
Wally that he believes in him and knows that he is capable of being fast enough
to stop zoom the pep talk works and while he not only beats his mentor Barry
Allen in terms of his speed but also successfully defeat zoom number one
iris West the second so if Wally West is the fastest how could there be anyone
faster make way for iris West the second iris West is Wally's daughter
and we are first introduced to her in Kingdom Come after an issue with the
Speed Force causes her and her brother Jay to rapidly age we see her as a 40
year old and she's just as fast as his father and that's obviously which would
be past her prime later when Queen Bee gains control of
her she gives iris a device which allows her to tap into her full potential in
terms of our connection to the Speed Force it turns out she is a conduit for
the Speed Force and in able to use it to control speed and time
while he seemed to be one of the only few that could even fight against his
daughter's speed warp abilities and even then her powers dramatically reduced his
speed although the events involving queen bee
left iris afraid of the full extent of her powers the fact remains that the
force is strong with this one I've no doubt that she's gonna become like the
fastest flash ever if we got to see more of her thank you so much for watching
nerd squad I hope you felt this list with speedy and informative who are some
of your favorite flash alternates is there anyone else that you think is
faster than Barry Allen do you think that Barry could still beat any of the
alternates that I mentioned on this list let us know in the comments below
and speaking of comments it's about that time to turn to some comments from one
of my latest videos top ten superpowers you didn't know Wolverine had part to
Teslas Garden comments animal empathy is the coolest thing I've heard of
Wolverine having as a power I freaking love it it's a pretty neat one very
impressive how Wolverine can tap into those animal instincts granted I'm not
really sure how much it's linked to his emotional state it seems to be something
he taps into more when he's emotionally distraught
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