The Flash

Barry Allen is a character in the DC Universe, and the second, most recognizable verision of the Flash

Origin
While working late in the crime lab at the Central City Police Department, criminologist Barry Allen was struck by a bolt of lightning and a multitude of chemicals on the rack he was working with. Upon recovery, Barry discovered the lightning-chemical combination had super charged his metabolism to the point where he could run faster than the speed of light. Inspired by his childhood hero, the Golden Age Flash, Barry donned a scarlet and yellow costume and became the second Flash. During an event called the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barry sacrificed himself to save the Multiverse from a destructive energy wave, becoming electric energy, and being hurdled back in time to the night he got his powers. Recently, he came back from the dead, and is once more the Flash of Central City.

Powers
Due to his high charged metabolism, the Flash has the following abilities:


 * Super Speed
 * Superhuman Endurance, Agility, and Reflexes
 * Acclerated Healing
 * Frictionless Aura
 * Time/Dimension Travel
 * Molecular Vibration 

Enemies

 * Mirror Master
 * Captain Cold
 * the Trickster
 * Gorilla Grodd
 * the Top
 * Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash
 * Heat Wave
 * Weather Wizard
 * Mr. Element
 * Dr. Alchemy

Aliases

 * the Fastest Man Alive
 * the Scarlet Speedster
 * the Crimson Comet
 * the World's Fastest Human
 * the Fastest Man on Earth
 * the Acclerated Adventurer
 * the Scarlet Streak
 * the Acclereated Avenger