Edward Clariss (New Earth)

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Real Name

Edward Clariss

Current Alias

The Rival

Aliases

The Reverse Golden Age Flash I

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Bad

Universe

New Earth

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Status

Citizenship

American

Origin

Origin

Clariss recreated the formula that gave Jay Garrick his speed.

First appearance

Flash Comics #104
(February, 1949)

History

Clariss was a professor at the university attended by the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick. He believed he had recreated the formula that gave Garrick his speed.

Bitter at the rejection of his claims by the scientific community, Clariss became a criminal, wearing a darker version of the Flash's outfit. His version of the formula, however, proved to be temporary, and he was defeated when it was expended. He reappeared a few months later, and in battling the Flash, reached lightspeed and vanished.

Following the reformation of the Justice Society of America decades later, Clariss was retrieved from the Speed Force by Johnny Sorrow, who invited him to join the new Injustice Society. Now pure speed energy, he possessed Garrick's fellow Golden Age speedster Max Mercury.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Superspeed

Abilities

None known.

Paraphernalia

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

Notes

• It should be noted that there is a android creation based on Rival that has challenged Jay Garrick on several occasions using the same title of "Reverse Golden Age Flash"
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Edward Clariss (New Earth) on the forums

• Appearances of Edward Clariss (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: Edward Clariss (New Earth)
• Quotations by Edward Clariss (New Earth)

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• at Wikipedia.org
  
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