Q 01/05

Which writer created the original Flash with artist Harry Lampert in Flash Comics #1 (1940)?

A) Bill Finger

B) Gardner Fox

C) Jerry Siegel

D) Bob Kane

Answer · why

B) Gardner Fox

Gardner Fox practised law for about two years before the Depression pushed him into comics, where he is estimated to have written some 4,000 stories.

Q 02/05

How did Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash, get his super-speed?

A) Inhaling hard water vapours in his lab

B) Radiation from a fallen meteor

C) Drinking an untested speed formula

D) An experimental army serum

Answer · why

A) Inhaling hard water vapours in his lab

Inhaling hard water vapours in his lab knocked him out, and he woke with super-speed that he first put to use as a college football star.

Q 03/05

Jay Garrick's winged metal helmet is modelled on which Roman god?

A) Mars

B) Apollo

C) Mercury

D) Jupiter

Answer · why

C) Mercury

Mercury, the fleet-footed messenger of the gods, inspired the winged helmet, which Jay Garrick also throws as a ranged weapon.

Q 04/05

Barry Allen's 1956 debut in Showcase #4 is generally regarded as the start of what?

A) The Golden Age of comics

B) The Bronze Age of comics

C) The Modern Age of comics

D) The Silver Age of comics

Answer · why

D) The Silver Age of comics

The Silver Age of comics dawned with this revival: once the new Flash sold, DC tried a new Green Lantern in the same tryout title and superheroes were...

Q 05/05

What is Barry Allen's day job?

A) Newspaper reporter

B) High-school chemistry teacher

C) Test pilot

D) Police forensic scientist

Answer · why

D) Police forensic scientist

Police forensic scientist Barry Allen had a reputation for being slow and always late, which became a running joke once he was the fastest man alive.