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"Blade : Trinity" director David Goyer will write/produce/direct a big screen version of DC Comics' "THE FLASH" for Warner Bros. Pictures.
Goyer's New Line' "Blade : Trinity" is based on the Marvel Comics property. His screenplay for director Chris "Memento" Nolan's "Batman Begins" is based on the DC Comics character.
The original comic book of DC's "THE FLASH" was created by artist Harry Lampert and writer Gardner Fox, debuting in 'Flash Comics' #1, January 1940.
The story focused on 'Keystone City' Kansas student 'Jay Garrick', who conducts a lab experiment on 'heavy water', accidentally releasing toxic fumes that give him super-human speed.
Wearing a helmet to look like the Roman messenger of the gods 'Mercury', Garrick becomes the crimefighter known as the 'Flash'.
After fighting for the Allies during WW II, Garrick retires from the superhero business.
DC's 1950's reincarnation of 'The Flash', 'Barry Allen', aka 'The Scarlet Speedster', 'The Fastest Man Alive', 'The Monarch of Motion', and 'The Sultan of Speed', debuted in 'Showcase' #4, Sept/Oct 1956.
A police scientist from Missouri, Allen was struck by lightning while working in his lab late one night, accidentally splashing himself with a combination of chemicals as he fell to the floor. When he recovered, he found he could run at super-speed.
Inspired by the 1940's adventures of Jay Garrick, Allen became the next crime-fighting 'Flash'.
Allen married twice, but both his wives were killed.
Tragically he died, trying to save the universe, breaking all limits of speed to merge with the 'other side' of light.
The third DC Comics Flash is 'Wallace West', aka 'Kid Flash', a nephew of Barry Allen, who was a mechanic for the Keystone City police.
West debuted as 'Kid Flash' in 'Flash' #110, Dec 1959-Jan 1960, and as the adult Flash in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' #12, March 1986.
His origins were similar to the others, getting splattered with chemicals that enabled him to gain super-speed, but now powered by an extra-dimensional 'Speed Force', able to accelerate towards light-speed, transfer 'speed' to others and travel through time.
In 1990, "THE FLASH" TV series was created by Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, airing Thursday nights on CBS.
Cast included John Wesley Shipp as 'Flash', Amanda Pays as 'Christina McGee' and Richard Belzer as reporter 'Joe Kline'.
Costumed similar to the comic book character, scripts featured the 'Flash' battling drug lords, robot assassins and his own clone.
The series also introduced 1950’s 'Central City' crimefighter 'Nightshade' (Jason Bernard), who helped Flash battle the 'Ghost' (Anthony Starke).
Other villains included 'Captain Cold' aka 'Leonard Wynters' (Michael Champion), 'Mirror Master' aka 'Sam Scudder' (David Cassidy) and the 'Trickster', played by pre cartoon 'Joker', Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamill.
