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[Jade Knight 08]

I forgot the name of the episode yesterday where Clark came across the kid known as "Flash".

My real problem is since the kid inhereted the so-called gift from the meteor how come he's not buck naked when he's running with his normal clothes on at a sheer velocity? Same goes for clark too.

Did the writer forgets this or what? I'm sorry i'm not buying this since you're running at an insane speed it should tear your clothes apart. Period

 

[Escape Goat]

Flash didn't get his powers from meteor though I thought...

 

[LakeEarth]

Clark is supposed to have a slight shield around him (like an inch off his body), which is why his clothes don't burn but his cape (sometimes) turns to shreads. Flash, I 'unno.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

I could've sworn he did unless i'm mistaken . I remember watching the show "Flash" back in the 90's. If not from the meteor i forgot how he got the gift. Someone care to enlighten me?

 

[Escape Goat]

I think he was just struck by lightning.


As for the comics, I'm not sure how the speedforce works but I found this:

The Flash

From over a century and a half of experience, Max learned that all speedsters drew their power from the same source: an energy field beyond the speed of light, which for lack of a better term he called the "speed force." He finally explained what he had learned to the others when Wally West was transforming into energy. His explanation — which held up under the ensuing events — was that Wally's trip through time during Zero Hour had caused him to brush up against the speed force and set him on a one-way trip that would soon bring him to it.

Wally later became the first person to return from the other side of light, after which he found himself with a direct link to the power and new abilities. The efforts of Savitar to channel all the energy to himself and his army — successfully stealing it from all the others — again indicated a common source of power.
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The Speed Force

Over the years, known speedsters who have merged with the speed force by achieving terminal velocity include Barry Allen, Johnny Quick, and Savitar. Wally West is still the only person known to have returned — three times — under his own power, anchored by his relationship with Linda Park[1]. The other two known to have returned, Max Mercury and Rival, both needed outside help.

The way the speed force seems to work is that it powers any super-fast being not naturally fast. A cheetah, for instance, is naturally fast. Superman's speed is also a natural consequence of his Kryptonian heritage. All Flashes, however, have been normal people "noticed" by the speed force through accidents (lightning, supersonic flight, etc.) or intentional experiments (magic, steroids, etc.).

 

[-=DoAvl=-]

after meeting clark in smallville, and having his own show.... the flash decided to have a son called dawson (who own's a creek).

 

[Jade Knight 08]

Cool.... thanks!