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It may have been shipped late but it was well worth the wait. It's excatly what I ordered and a wonderful and well made shirt.
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The Flash was the first comic book superhero to possess super-speed, created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lamber in "Flash Comics" #1 from All-American Publications in 1940 (the company could eventually merge with National Allied Publications and Detective Comics to form DC). The original Golden Age Flash was Jay Garrick, a college student who inhaled heavy water vapor and ended up with super-speed. He wore a winged metal helmet similar to that worn by the Roman god Mercury in countless statues.
However, it is the Silver Age Flash, Barry Allen, who first wore the ski- tight red costume with the familiar logo of the white circle with the yellow bolt of lightning cutting across it. Allen was a police scientist who became the Flash when he was bathed by chemicals in his lab what were struck by lightning. He even called himself the Flash because he had read the comic books about Jay Garrick (a nice touch). Allen kept his costume in a ring that he wore, which would eject the compressed costume when he needed (and then it got sucked back into the ring as a special gas shrunk it). Because of the success with the Flash, several other Silver Age superheroes were revived (including the Green Lantern, the Atom, Hawkman), and we saw the formation of the Justice League of America (recognizable to the kids of America as the "Super Friends").
There are t-shirts available with not only the distinctive logo of the Flash, but also for Superman, Batman and the Green Lantern. The appeal here will probably be more because of the character of the Flash rather than the color red, but that could be part of it. However, because we are talking the logo of the Flash, the fastest man alive, I really do think that wearing this particular comic book superhero t-shirt when you are not in decent physical shape is the worst choice of these four. I understand there is a certain humor to think of superheroes as being old and overweight, but even under those circumstances Superman could still stop a speeding locomotive, Batman would pull something out of his utility belt to make you stop laughing at him, and the Green Lantern would get you with his power ring. But I keep picturing the Flash with a potbelly huffing and puffing, and I am here to tell you it is not a pretty sight.
In the 1980s, after Professor Zoom murdered Allen's wife Iris and attempted to kill his fianc? years later, the Flash not only stopped Zoom but also killed him. After being acquitted of Zoom's murder, Allen retired and went off to live in the 30th century, where Iris' spirit had been given a new body. However, during the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" storyline he returned to 1986, when he died foiling the Anti-Monitor's plan to destroy the Earth. The current flash is Iris' nephew, Wally West, who was first introduced as Kid Flash in "The Flash" #110 in 1959. Having gained his powers in the same way as his Uncle, Wally assumed the role of the Flash at the end of the "Crisis" mini-series and is now the Fastest Man Alive, the Monarch of Motion, the Sultan of Speed, the Crimson Comet, the Scarlet Speedster--and you can wear his logo on a t-shirt! Just hope that nobody challenges you to a race.
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