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Quote1 You claim to lack a future? Let me give you one. My spirit wanes. So too would my powers fade to naught if I let them... But while I yet live I can pass them on to another. My final act, my final gift... The Speed of a God! Quote2
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Mercury was the messenger of the Roman gods and the god of commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, and thieves. He is characterized by his winged hat, carrying the Caduceus and having wings on his feet.

Mercury was the only Roman god to survive the war with Apokolips. He was kept prisoner by an unknown being for five years who he claimed was a greater danger than Apokolips. He escaped back to Earth, but was fatally wounded in the process. Before he died, he passed on his speed to Jay Garrick, telling him about the evil. He then told him to run as the World Army tried to capture Jay.

Years before that, little Lois Lane was once visited by the Greco-Roman gods Mercury and Eurus. As an oracle predicted for the girl a future both bright and tragic, there would be a time when she should live beyond death, and Mercury bound the spirit of Eurus to hers, to help her. The oracle saw that she would become one with the East Wind, and Eurus would help her to survive that torment. After that Mercury left, making Lois forget for now the gift of the gods that she had received.[1]

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