Daphne Dean (New Earth)

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Daphne Dean

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Real Name

Daphne Dean

Current Alias

Daphne Dean

Identity

Public

Universe

Earth-One, New Earth

Base Of Operations

Hollywood, California

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Hair

Red

Status

Citizenship

American

Occupation

Actress

Origin

Origin

Place of Birth

Fallville, Iowa

Creators

John Broome, Carmine Infantino

First appearance

Flash #126
(February, 1962)

History

Daphne Dean grew up in Fallville, Iowa and was the the childhood sweetheart of Barry Allen.

She grew up to be an actress, eventually landing the lead role in the file Belle of Atlanta. To publicize the film, her agent, Mr. Fowler, arranged to have the premiere take place in Fallville while Barry was home visiting his parents and instructed Daphne to act as if she were falling in love with him again, hoping to create headlines.

Daphne and Barry spent an afternoon together after their arrival in town getting reacquainted. The following evening, there was a masked ball in honor of the movie's premiere, at which Daphne reenacted a scene from the film. In it, she, a Confederate spy, is captured by Union soldiers. However, the soldiers turned out to be criminals, who kidnapped Daphne and stole the valuable jewels she was wearing as part of her costume. Barry quickly changed into the Flash and apprehended them. The incident provided a good deal of publicity for Daphne and the movie, but afterwards she realized she was falling in love with Barry again.^[1]

Eventually getting over Barry, Daphne began to fall in love with the Flash. She planned a shopping trip to Central City and arranged to meet him. Hoping to let her down easily, the speedster attempted to convince her that his superspeed was nothing more than a publicity stunt. However, while they talked, he witnessed a bank robbery about to occur. Hoping to hide his true speed from her, he attempted to distract her by pointing out a Flash toy in a store window while he captured the robbers. After Daphne returned home, she sent the Flash a letter saying that she had seen his reflection in the window and knew that he had hidden the truth from her, but that she understood why he had done what he did.^[2]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Daphne Dean (New Earth) on the forums
• Appearances of Daphne Dean (New Earth) (Chronological)
• Appearances of Daphne Dean (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Daphne Dean (New Earth)

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• Flash (Barry Allen) at Wikipedia.org
  

Footnotes

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