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Edward Clariss is the Rival, the archenemy of the first Flash, Jay Garrick.
History
Edward Clariss was supposed to exist on the Post-Flashpoint Earth 0 but he was erased from the timeline by Doctor Manhattan's time meddling.
After Doctor Manhattan restored the timeline to its original state, Clariss was brought back to the existence. In the new version of the events, he fought against the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick, several times in the '40s.[1]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Speed Force Conduit: Speed force conduits possess a connection to the Speed Force, a cosmic force that allows its users to push the boundaries that keep time and space. As a conduit of the Speed Force, all aspects of their physiology are accelerated and enhanced.[2]
- Accelerated Healing: By having a connection to the speed force, every speed force conduit has an incredibly fast healing ability and can heal from most injuries in seconds and devastating injuries in minutes.[3]
- Enhanced Senses: The Speed Force enhances the speedster's senses, allowing them to perceive and process thoughts faster than the normal person.[4]
- Phasing: Speed Force conduits can tap into the Speed Force to vibrate their molecules in a way to achieve intangibility for short bursts, allowing them to phase through objects.[5]
- Speed Force Aura: The Speed Force manifests an aura around the speedster and whatever they are carrying, protecting them from adverse effects of their speed, such as friction with the air.[6]
- Superhuman Durability: The Speed Force Aura also protects speedsters from kinetic impacts, which in turn, makes them much more durable and resistant to injury than any normal human.[7]
- Superhuman Stamina: The Speed Force grants its conduits with a great increase of stamina, allowing them to fight or run much longer than the average person. Although a great increase, it is not unlimited.[4]
- Superhuman Speed: The universal factor of being a Speed Force conduit grants its user with imperceptible amounts of speed. All powers that conduits possess derives from their speed.[4]. This also confers:
- Superhuman Agility: The speedster's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows them to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speed.[4]
- Superhuman Reflexes: In conjunction with their enhanced senses, The speedster's reflexes are heightened immesurably, allowing them to dodge or react faster than normal.[4]
- Vortex Creations: Speed Force conduits are able to create vortices of air by running in circles or rotating their extremities at super-speed. These vortices can be used for a number of effects.[8]
Abilities
Notes
- Rival was created by John Broome and Joe Kubert, first appearing in Flash Comics #104. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Rival first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in The Flash #750 by Joshua Williamson, Rafa Sandoval, and Stephen Segovia.
- He and Jay Garrick were classmates at Midwestern University.[9]
Related
- 1 Appearances of Edward Clariss (Prime Earth)
- 2 Images featuring Edward Clariss (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Edward Clariss (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Edward Clariss (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
- ↑ The Flash #750
- ↑ Being a speed force conduit conveys some core powers as demonstrated by Barry Allen and Wally West.
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 5) #73
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 The Flash (Volume 2) #1
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #76
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #63
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #2
- ↑ The Flash (Volume 2) #74
- ↑ Jay Garrick: The Flash #4
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