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.jpg) Kid Flash, on the cover to The Kingdom: Kid Flash. Art by Mark Pajarillo |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Kingdom Come #3 (July 1996) |
| Created by | Mark Waid (writer) Alex Ross (artist) |
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| Alter ego | Iris West |
| Team affiliations | Teen Titans |
| Notable aliases | Kid Flash, Impulse |
| Abilities | Can move and think at very high speeds; Has an invisible aura to protect her body and clothes against air friction. |
Kid Flash (Iris West II) is a superheroine in the alternate future of Kingdom Come in the DC Comics universe. She first appeared in Kingdom Come #3 (July 1996).
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Publication history
Iris West II/Kid Flash appears in issues 3 and 4 of the 1996 Kingdom Come mini-series. She subsequently appears in the Kingdom Come sequel, The Kingdom, starring in her own issue The Kingdom: Kid Flash (February 1999). Characters similar to this one appear in The Flash #143 (December 1998) and #146–149 (March–June 1999), as well as The Titans #23–25 (January–March 2001); however, it is not clear if they are the same character.
Fictional character biography
Kingdom Come
In the alternate future of the Kingdom Come series, Iris West II is the daughter of Wally West (the third Flash) and Linda Park, and the twin sister of Barry West. Both Iris and Barry inherited their father's superspeed abilities, but only Iris chose to use her powers for good. Iris is constantly annoyed by the fact that her father, who has almost completely given up his life to patrol Keystone City non-stop, never makes time for her, while he does make time for her lazy brother Barry, who uses his powers to be a slacker.
In the sequel The Kingdom, Iris is recruited by Rip Hunter (along with several other heroes of her generation - Ibn al Xu'ffasch, Batman's son; Nightstar, the daughter of Nightwing and Starfire; and Offspring, the son of Plastic Man) to try and stop a madman named Gog from altering the past, before discovering it to be unnecessary due to Hypertime.
In The Titans #23–25 she becomes a member of a group comprising the children of the original five Titans: herself; Nightstar; Donna Troy's son Darkstar; the Red Hood, Arsenal's daughter; and Tula, Tempest's daughter. They return to the present in various Hypertimelines to save the existence of Donna Troy.
DC Universe
In Flash #225 (October 2005), Wally West's wife Linda gave birth to a daughter named Iris. Whether she will eventually become Kid Flash in the future remains to be seen. As for now, her only power remains the ability to vibrate through objects.In Flash #240 (May 2008) Iris appears to grow into a teenager wearing a costume similar to her future counterpart. In issue 241, Iris now wearing a "kid flash"-like costume displays superspeed and states she may be faster than her father. However her joy is short-lived, as she ages into adulthood after defeating Gorilla Grodd. In Flash #243, Iris is returned to her original age, and her powers revert back to molecular acceleration.
More than Jai, Iris is a living conduit for the Speed Force, with absolute master over it almost rivalling the one briefly gained by her father during the Dark Flash Saga. Mind-controlled by Queen Bee, she exhibited the power of forming "cocoons" of Speed Forces, bubbles in which she could control speed and time, freezing her targets or hastening their metabolism to death. Moreover, she repaired the weakening connection to the Speed Force crippling her father. Badly traumatized by her ordeal, she refuses to give in her powers again. [1]
Her resolution wanes with the return of the first Reverse Flash, the Professor Zoom, during the The Flash: Rebirth event. Since Jai and Iris connection is still precarious, the attempts of Zoom to disrupt the Speed Force force both kids to endure a large amount of crippling pain, until Iris decides to take the bulk of the Speed Power connection, freeing Jai but taking the pain for herself. At the last moment Jesse Chambers, guided by the late Johnny Quick, uses the Speed Mantra to save Iris' life, once again her full potential. Whether Jai has been left with any powers has not been revealed.
Iris embraces her new role with childful glee, choosing to take up the mantle of Impulse, which Bart used before he joined the Teen Titans as Kid Flash. [2]
Powers and abilities
Iris West II has the same abilities as her father Wally West: superspeed, the ability to control and vibrate her molecules, and an aura that protects her from friction at high velocities. Iris is somewhat slower than her father because of her young age.
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