Ka-blam! In just one second, police scientist Barry Allen's life was changed forever when a freak electrical explosion doused him in a crackling chemical bath. From that moment on, the forever-slow Allen zipped through life as The Flash, a Human Thunderbolt who could travel at light-speed, vibrate through solid matter and even travel through time. A hero to the end, The Flash sacrificed his life to save humanity from the Crisis on Infinite Earths.*
*Source = back of card.