Johnny Quick
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Johnny Quick
Art by Kerry Gammill & Bruce Patterson
PublisherDC ComicsFirst appearanceMore Fun Comics #71 (September 1941)
Created byMort WeisingerStatistics
Alter egoJohnny Chambers
StatusDeceased
Previous affiliationsAll-Star SquadronNotable powersCan move at very high speeds.
Has an invisible aura to protect his body and clothes against air friction.
Can sometimes use speed to engage in flight.
Johnny Quick is the name of two
DC Comics characters, each with the power of
superhuman speed. The first was a
superhero who appeared mostly in
More Fun Comics during the
Golden Age. The other was a
supervillain, an evil version of
The Flash from
Earth-Three, appearing mostly during the
Silver Age.
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Johnny Quick, the hero
Johnny Quick's secret identity was Johnny Chambers, a newsreel photographer. He invoked his power by reciting a mathematical formula ("3X2(9YZ)4A") taught to him by his childhood guardian, Professor Gill, who had in turn derived it from inscriptions found in a Pharaoh's tomb. He began to work as a crime-fighter and divided his time between the two jobs until a fateful day at the White House.
Working on assignment, Johnny Chambers and his assistant Tubby Wats, were present at the White House when the
Justice Society of America, the world's first superhero team, went missing. Johnny Quick was amongst a group of heroes that mobilized a rescue mission. During that mission, he met his future wife, Libby Lawrence, who herself was the heroine Liberty Belle, and the two would come to join the Justice Society with the other heroes, and group became known as the
All-Star Squadron.
From that first meeting, the tension between Johnny and Libby was evident as they went into a flirtatious relationship. The relationship would endure many hardships, as Liberty Belle had certain responsibilities as the chairwoman of the Squadron, but nonetheless, the relationship persevered, and the two were wed a year later. A wedding that would result in their daughter
Jesse Belle Chambers, who would inherit the special abilities of her parents.
During his time with the Squadron, Johnny would of course meet and develop a strong but friendly rivalry with
Jay Garrick, the first
Flash, as Johnny tried to prove that he was in fact the fastest. However, Flash and other JSA members enlisted into the armed services, and although Johnny Quick wanted to join them, he was dissuased by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who told him and other heroes that they were required on the homefront.
The Squadron was disbanded as the war ended, and Johnny and Libby retired from the public eye, although Johnny Quick would occasionally be seen fighting crime, such as when he first met the
villain Savitar.
Max Mercury appeared on the scene and saved Johnny, as the two engaged Savitar together. Max and Savitar would disappear in a flash of light, and the threat of Savitar was thought to be over.
Eventually Johnny finally committed to his retirement, and he began research on the formula that unlocked his speed. Max Mercury told him that the formula was merely his way into tapping into the other-dimensional power known as the
Speed Force. Scientists balked at the idea that the formula gave him power, and that the power was genetic. Neither theory convinced Johnny, and he sought his conclusions in the mystic arts, seeing the formula as a mantra, unlocking his potential.
This theory had his effect on Johnny, as he began lecturing at universities and delivering seminars, trying to preach this newfound philosophy to the world. To this goal he founded Quickstart Enterprises, which created and endorsed products of potential-unlocking quality, as well as videotapes of Johnny's lectures. This led to his wife, Libby, leaving him, embarrassed.
Thanks to his abilities, Johnny's age was ******ed, keeping his appearance younger and vigorous, despite his true age. After the Justice Society of America returned following a long absence, Johnny assisted them occasionally. Together with the Justice Society, Johnny would face the villain
Extant during the time-event known as
Zero Hour. Like the other heroes present, Johnny was aged considerably by the villain. Though he was now much older physically, he did not relinquish his hero-ing activities, and together with his daughter (now calling herself Jesse Quick) helped train the time-displaced
Impulse.
Some time afterwards, Johnny met with Iris Allen, widow of the second
Flash, who warned him that trouble was forthcoming for users of the Speed Force. Johnny refused to believe his power was not his own, till moments later he found himself without his speed, thanks to the manipulations of the returned Savitar. Johnny was grudgingly forced to accept the Speed Force's existence.
In the final battle with Savitar, Johnny Quick sacrificed himself to save his daughter's life and ran into the Speed Force, merging with it. Although Jesse herself recently lost her powers, she succeeded him in the best possible manner
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