Bart Allen (New Earth)



Real Name: Bartholomew Allen II Nicknames: Bart Former Aliases: Impulse Other Current Aliases: No other known current aliases

Status
Occupation: student Legal Status: Legal status unknown Identity: Secret Marital Status: single Group Affiliation: Teen Titans, formerly Young Justice Base of Operations: Keystone City; Formerly Manchester, Alabama

Origin
Bart Allen was born with superspeed, which he inherited from his grandfather, Barry Allen.

Place of Birth: 30th century Known Relatives: Barry and Iris Allen, President Thawne (grandparent), Don and Meloni Thawne Allen (parents), Dawn Allen Ognats (aunt), Jenni Ognats and Wally West (cousins) First Appearance: FLASH Vol. 2 #91 (June, 1994)

History


Bart Allen was born to Don Allen, the son of Barry Allen, the second Flash, and his wife Meloni, the daughter of President Thawne of Earth and descendent of the evil Professor Zoom, in the late 30th century. Bart was born with his grandfather's speed. He had incredibly high metabolism and also aged at hyperspeed. When he was two years old, he physically looked twelve. The Thawne family had hated the Allen family for hundreds of years. President Thawne had the Dominators kill Don and his twin sister, Dawn. The Dominators kidnapped Bart, who was later captured by Earthgov for observation. The scientists of Earthgov raised him in a virtual reality environment so that he aged as swiftly mentally as he did physically. Bart was going to die of old age and Earthgov was not doing anything to fix his problem. His grandmother Iris took him away and brought him back to the 20th century, so that her nephew, Wally West, the second Flash, could show him how to control his speed. He adopted the identity Impulse.

After Wally helped him solve his problem and Bart helped him to defeat Kobra, Bart moved to Manchester, Alabama with Max Mercury. Wally had used his connections to supply Bart with a birth certificate, etc.

Bart began the ninth grade at Manchester Junior High. He has managed to make quite a few friends, chief among them Carol Bucklen.

Max has continued to train him in the art of superspeed, having him run obstacle courses while dodging axes and knives, solving jigsaw puzzles in mid-air, and the like.

Characteristics
Height: 5'2" Weight: 115 lbs (52 kg) Eyes: yellow Hair: brown Unusual Features: No unusual features

Powers
Known Powers: Superspeed. Known Abilities: No known abilities. Strength Level: Strength level unknown

Miscellaneous
Equipment: No known equipment. Transportation: No known transportation. Weapons: No known weapons.

Recommended Readings

 * Flash (2nd series) #0 (October, 1994) on cover only
 * Flash #91-101 (June, 1994-May, 1995)
 * Flash #105 (September, 1995)
 * Flash #108-111 (December, 1995-March, 1996)
 * Flash Secret Files #1 (November, 1997)
 * Impulse #1-on (April, 1995-present)