Who Is Bart Allen? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Bart Allen is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Bartholomew Henry Allen II, with over 1,213 comic issue appearances. Hailing from the 30th century, Bart Allen is the grandson of the Flash, Barry Allen and Iris Allen. Originally using the name Impulse and trained by Max Mercury, Bart utilizes the same powers of super-speed possessed by his grandfather and fights crime alongside the Teen Titans, known as Kid Flash and Wally West's sidekick.

Who is Bart Allen?

Origin Bart Allen Bart Allen was given birth in the late 30th Century, around the time of the Legion of Superheroes , and was the son of Don Allen (the son of Barry Allen , the current and silver age Flash) and Meloni Thawne , the daughter of Professor Zoom (Thaddeus Thawne, not Inertia but President Thawne). Bart was born with his grandfather’s super speed, but this came with it's serious downfalls. Bart suffered from a hyper-accelerated metabolism, meaning that he was aging a lot faster than a normal human being and he would die of old age at a very young age. For example, when he was 2 years old, he looked physically 12 years old, 10 years older then he actually should be. To stop Bart from developing mental problems, Bart was placed in a VR ( virtual reality ) simulator which creates a virtual world that kept pace with his unusually fast growth. When it became clear that the simulator was not working, his grandmother, Iris Allen decided to take Bart into the past (our present) to see her nephew, Wally West (The Third Flash), while he was the Flash, in hopes Wally would have a solution to his cousin's problems. Wally made Bart use his super speed at new levels. This extreme burs.

Key facts

Bart Allen is of human origin. The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,213 recorded issue appearances, Bart Allen ranks among the most featured characters in comics.