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Popfunk The Flash Lightning Bolt Logo T Shirt (Medium, Red)
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The Flash
The Flash matters to comics history out of all proportion to his profile outside them, because his 1956 relaunch is the event that started the Silver Age. DC had largely abandoned superheroes after the war; reintroducing the Flash as a new character with the same name — police scientist Barry Allen replacing golden-age Jay Garrick — worked well enough to trigger the revival of the entire genre.
- First appearance
- Flash Comics #1 (1940), DC Comics
- Created by
- Gardner Fox, Harry Lampert
- Also known as
- Barry Allen, Wally West, Jay Garrick, The Scarlet Speedster
- Universe
- DC Universe
- Appears in
- comics, film, television, animation, games
Who is The Flash?
The Flash matters to comics history out of all proportion to his profile outside them, because his 1956 relaunch is the event that started the Silver Age. DC had largely abandoned superheroes after the war; reintroducing the Flash as a new character with the same name — police scientist Barry Allen replacing golden-age Jay Garrick — worked well enough to trigger the revival of the entire genre. It also produced the multiverse. The 1961 story in which Barry meets Jay established that both existed on parallel Earths, an idea that has since spread far beyond comics and now underpins a substantial share of mainstream blockbuster storytelling. The Flash is therefore the character responsible for two of the structural ideas modern superhero fiction runs on: the legacy hero, where the mantle passes between people, and the shared multiverse.
The Flash: the details
- First appearance
- Flash Comics #1, January 1940, as Jay Garrick
- Silver Age relaunch
- Showcase #4, October 1956, introducing Barry Allen — the issue generally treated as the start of the Silver Age
- Created by
- Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert (Jay Garrick); Robert Kanigher, John Broome and Carmine Infantino (Barry Allen)
- Invented the multiverse
- 'Flash of Two Worlds', The Flash #123 (1961), established parallel Earths and the framework nearly all crossover fiction now uses
- Legacy mantle
- At least four characters have held the name — Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West and Bart Allen
- Power source
- The Speed Force, a concept introduced in 1994 to explain the mechanics retroactively
- Television
- A CBS series in 1990 and a long-running CW series from 2014 that anchored a shared television universe
Why The Flash endures
The character whose 1956 reintroduction restarted the superhero genre after its post-war collapse, and whose 1961 crossover invented the multiverse. Both are load-bearing ideas for everything the genre has done since.
What The Flash looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: A gold lightning bolt inside a white circle, on red
One of the cleanest emblems in comics — three colours, one shape, no fine detail. It survives shrinking to a chest-pocket print better than almost any other superhero mark, which is why it appears so often on kids' sizes.
The bolt-in-circle badge is the dominant treatment and one of the few that works well small. Red is the natural garment colour but the emblem also reads strongly on white and navy. Very common in toddler and kids' sizing.
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Sizes: kids to adult
The Flash shirts are produced across the full US size range. These links run a live Amazon search filtered to each band, so they show what is genuinely in stock rather than a cached list.
| Band | Ages | US sizes | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toddler | 2–4 years | 2T, 3T, 4T | Search toddler sizes |
| Kids | 4–7 years | XS (4/5), S (6/7) | Search kids sizes |
| Youth | 8–14 years | M (8), L (10/12), XL (14/16) | Search youth sizes |
| Adult | 15+ | S–3XL | Search adult sizes |
US sizing shown. Cut and measurement vary between brands — see the size guide before ordering, especially for youth sizes. Base search: The Flash t-shirt.
Who has played The Flash
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Wesley Shipp | The Flash | 1990 | Live action |
| Grant Gustin | The Flash | 2014 | Live action |
| Ezra Miller | Justice League | 2017 | Live action |
| Michael Rosenbaum | Justice League | 2001 | Voice |
The Flash T-shirts: common questions
Who created The Flash?
The Flash was created by Gardner Fox and Harry Lampert, first appearing in Flash Comics #1 in 1940 (DC Comics).
What does a The Flash T-shirt usually look like?
A gold lightning bolt inside a white circle, on red. The bolt-in-circle badge is the dominant treatment and one of the few that works well small. Red is the natural garment colour but the emblem also reads strongly on white and navy. Very common in toddler and kids' sizing.
Are The Flash T-shirts made for children?
Yes — The Flash appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.
Who has played The Flash?
The Flash has been played on screen by John Wesley Shipp (The Flash, 1990), Grant Gustin (The Flash, 2014), Ezra Miller (Justice League, 2017), and voiced by Michael Rosenbaum (Justice League, 2001).
How much does a The Flash T-shirt cost?
The Flash shirts we currently track start from around $10.99 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
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