Jay Garrick (Earth-1938)

Origin:
Jay Garrick was born in the small town of Hibbardsville,Kansas to the local bookshop owner and his wife. From the moment he was born,Jay was a frail and sickly child. While other kids would run and play,Jay was stuck inside. Luckily,his father would bring him as many books as possible.

Jay loved reading with books about Greek and Roman mythology as well as comics and pulp novels being his favorites. This love of the unknown and fantastical ironically lead to Jay deciding to become a scientist. After all,who better to discover and create new things than scientist?

At eighteen,a much healthier Jay set out to Keystone City to study there at Fox University. His major was specifically in Biology. Everything went well for Jay until one fateful night. He was finishing up a project involving water,when two career criminals working for local crime boss,Russell "The Turtle" Glossom,broke in. They were looking for drugs that were by being in the made in different lab. Jay awoke and suprised the thugs. In a panic,they pushed Jay into a tub of water that there due to the experiment and put an electric wire into it. Jay's heart stopped. By the time Jay awoke,the criminals had already fled. Jay didn't understand how he could be alive. Still disoriented by his near death experience,Jay ran right to his friend(and crush) Joan Williams’ house. When Jay got there,Joan was surprised to see him and worried by his appearance. When Jay sat,he noticed something strange. The clock read 1:05. He had left the lab at 1:04. Joan’s apartment was at least 30 minutes from the university by car. How had he got there on foot so fast? Unbeknownst, Jay his life had changed forever.