In any comicbook, especially one written by Mark Waid, the characters that inhabit the make believe world of The Flash are the most important element of the series that make readers return to the book, issue after issue.

HEROES Jay Garrick (Flash I) Barry Allen (Flash II) Wally West (Flash III) The Dark Flash Bart Allen (Impulse) Max Mercury Jesse Chambers (Jesse Quick) Johnny Chambers (Johnny Quick) Dick Grayson (Nightwing) Donna Troy (Troia) Alternate Reality / Future heroes Iris West II (Flash IV) Barry West John Fox Tornado Twins

VILLAINS Cobalt Blue The Black Flash Neron The Rogues Gallery Weather Wizard Heat Wave Captain Boomerang Professor Zoom Abra Kadabra Kilg%re

MISC Linda Park Angela Margolin Iris West Hartley Rathaway (Pied Piper) Chester Runk (Chunk)