Who was the 1rst DC Comics version of "The Flash" you ever read in a comic book?

[MajorHoy]

This is NOT asking which one is your favorite.
The question is which did you first read when he was officially called "The Flash" in a comic book story.

Choices are:

* Jay Garrick (Golden Age Flash) - 1st appeared in Flash Comics #1 (1940).
* Barry Allen (Silver/Bronze Age Flash) - 1st appeared in Showcase #4 (1956) / died in Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) but later got better
* Wally West (post-CoIE Flash) - became The Flash at the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Disappeared by the end of Infinite Crisis, but later came back. (Then didn't exist when the New52 began, but came back in DC Universe: Rebirth)
* Bart Allen (post-Infinte Crisis Flash) - Became The Flash after Wally vanished and after Bart had suddenly aged as a result of events in Infinte Crisis. Didn't last long as The Flash. (But later returned as his younger version)
* TV/the CW version of The Flash (Barry) - had separate digital-first comic book (The Flash: Season Zero) that was based on the TV show version and was separate from the regular comic book continuity of the DC Universe.

ALSO NOTE: We're specifically referring to these characters being "The Flash", not their time when they went by other identities.

[Lightning Rider]

Surprisingly Barry Allen.

[Godlike13]

Wally was the first Flash i read in a comic book, but the first Flash i was exposed to was Barry from the cheesy 90's show.

[The Darknight Detective]

Barry was not only the first Flash I ever read about (in 1973), but the first one I ever saw (on the Filmation show Aquaman during the late '60s).

[Buried Alien]

Barry, though Wally and Jay showed up almost simultaneously (at the time, Wally was Kid Flash and Jay was Earth-Two Flash).

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

[Assam]

Barry, having first seen him in his first appearence.

[The Darknight Detective]

Barry, though Wally and Jay showed up almost simultaneously (at the time, Wally was Kid Flash and Jay was Earth-Two Flash).

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

I also saw Wally for the first time on the Aquaman show with Barry.

[The Darknight Detective]

Barry was not only the first Flash I ever read about (in 1973), but the first one I ever saw (on the Filmation show [I]Aquaman[/I] during the late '60s).

Not that it really matters, but it most likely was The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure that I first saw him (and Wally) at the age of 3.

[Powerboy]

For me, it was Barry Allen in the 1960s. Glad you put in a qualifier since I'm sure Wally was in the first Flash story I read but he was Kid Flash then.