Golden Age Flash (Jay Garrick) Appreciation 2021

[Jekyll]

Steve Lightle (Rest In Peace) cover to FLASH #161.


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That honeymoon in Vegas is one of my all time favorite one and done comics.

[Doctor Know]

[married guy]

Seeing John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick has been one of the highlights of my nerd career.



I mean, they took a convoluted route to get there, but get there they did.
Hands down one of the best bits of casting and one of the best costumes ever, across the live action board.

Now, if only the CW would give him his own spin-off series!!
Hell, how about a 10 episode season for streaming??
John Wesley Shipp is CRIMINALLY underused as Jay.

[MajorHoy]

from Flash Annual #3 (1989)

[Digifiend]

Was Karkull the explanation for all of the JSA core's youth before the current Starheart, Speed Force, and 9 cat lives explanations were created?

[MajorHoy]

Was Karkull the explanation for all of the JSA core's youth before the current Starheart, Speed Force, and 9 cat lives explanations were created?

Depends on who you're including under the "JSA".

The characters present for the story in All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984)

would have been the main beneficiaries, and that story was set between All Star Comics #7 and #8.

[sifighter]

Well look who’s back on TV...in a flashback for Stargirl season 2 but still it’s glad to know that this actor pretty much has the Jay Garrick role on lock.

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargirl...set-to-appear/

[Riv86672]

Well look who’s back on TV...in a flashback for Stargirl season 2 but still it’s glad to know that this actor pretty much has the Jay Garrick role on lock.

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargirl...set-to-appear/

Well this, this excellent news thank you!

[Jekyll]

Well look who’s back on TV...in a flashback for Stargirl season 2 but still it’s glad to know that this actor pretty much has the Jay Garrick role on lock.

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargirl...set-to-appear/

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such great news!

[The Lucky One]

First chairman of the JSA... so is he the default second in command when someone else is Chairperson? For example, he took charge in the 2006 Justice Society book when chairwoman Power Girl was missing, having been sent to Earth-2 by Gog.

My guess is Hawkman probably takes charge by default if he’s around. Back in the day, the most popular character was chairman, but left the JSA after getting his own title. Flash got his own title first (“All Flash”), followed almost immediately by GL (“Green Lantern Comics”), hence why Alan was only chairman for one issue. In theory Hawkman would’ve been the next to get his own title, but he never quite made it. (Roy Thomas has speculated this might have been due to wartime paper shortages.) So Carter just stayed Chairman for the rest of the Golden Age, even after Alan and Jay returned.

It’s interesting to speculate about who would have become Chairman had Carter gotten his own title. The Atom, maybe? He was one of the few founding members whose solo adventures lasted through the vast majority of the Golden Age, suggesting he was one of the most popular members.

[Jekyll]

Now, if only the CW would give him his own spin-off series!!
Hell, how about a 10 episode season for streaming??
John Wesley Shipp is CRIMINALLY underused as Jay.

Completely agree. Glad to see Stargirl giving him a role.

[Jekyll]

Depends on who you're including under the "JSA".

The characters present for the story in All-Star Squadron Annual #3 (1984)

would have been the main beneficiaries, and that story was set between All Star Comics #7 and #8.

Roy Thomas comics are very hit or miss for me. I LOVE his take and writing on Doctor Strange, but I've tried to read several of his issues of both All Star Squadron and JSA......and it is a serious chore to get through them.

[Frontier]

I'm always down for more of Shipp as Jay, and Stargirl feels like the perfect place for him .

[John Venus]

Well look who’s back on TV...in a flashback for Stargirl season 2 but still it’s glad to know that this actor pretty much has the Jay Garrick role on lock.

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargirl...set-to-appear/

Honestly, I can't imagine anyone else playing the role.

[PowderedH2O]

I can't afford to collect all of the originals. I wish DC hadn't pulled the plug on Archives after only 2 Garrick Flash books. There are enough stories to easily fill 10-15 books (2-3 omnibuses), but I just don't know if there are enough people out there that would buy them.