That matters because its the clearest and most pure. Curran walters rebellious performance as jason todd on titans has brought one of dcs most provocative characters back into the spotlight. Surely there are very few comic book characters that are defined by their ethnicity. Candice patton as iris west iris west is a major character in the 2014 the flash tv series, which takes place in the same universe as arrow. The impending death of iris west is a big part of season 3 of the flash. What you are about to read is the definitive list of the 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains of alltimeall ranked. Actresses from the flash and riverdale talk playing. While all of the other characters around iris dont know about.
Even after barrys comic book death in crisis on infinite earths, she gave wally west sage advice and rescued her grandson bart from the governments clutches in order to keep the flash family. Iris west is a fictional character, a supporting character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Iris west screenshots, images and pictures comic vine. These are some of my thoughts on iris, the cw, and female lead characters in general. Before the new 52, she ultimately became barrys wife. Iris allen superfriends wiki fandom powered by wikia. A rumored list of the flash movie characters includes iris west, baddies reverse flash and captain cold, and other notable names from the comics. In this version, iris has grown up to be the fourth flash, although she is. For me, iris west was traditionally white in the comic books, said patton, who plays iris on the flash, as quoted by. See also iris west disambiguation for a complete list of references to clarify differences between these closely named or closely related articles. The silver age of comic books is overwhelmingly full of white characters. The tv show features candice patton who takes the role of iris west as an africanamerican character. The twins would not reappear in comic books until the 1990s, when they met the wally west incarnation of the flash for the first time.
The flash showrunner teases big reveal for mirror iris. Some will be relationship centered, others wont, all. The flashs girlfriend iris in her suit that will protect her from the forces of traveling at superspeed with him. Impulse kent shakespeare at the comic book db archived from the original impulse bart allen at the comic book db archived from the original impulse iris west at the comic book db archived from the original impulse at the grand comics database.
Iris boyfriends name is similar enough to the flash comic book characters that we cant classify him as an original creation with 100 percent certainty. Supergirl season 2,legends of tomorrow season 2 and arrow season 5. Her silver age origin is that she was born a thousand years in the future. Almost nobody in the arrowverse is like how they are in the comics. To keep themselves tethered to the real world, they have people they care about, the one thing more important than anything else that allows them to keep their identity and return home. Dc comics art dc comics characters read comics comic book artists comic books art comic art female furies dc couples big barda. This issue is famous as many consider it the beginning of the silver age of comics. So it seems like her death is set in stone, but as we know about comic books and comic book tv shows, there is no such thing as a death set in stone. Joe west, father of iris west, wasnt originally a character in the comic book series. This is 2017 where there is much more diversity in pop culture. With a legacy that spans over 70 years and thats just realtime, and practically drenched in legacy characters, its no surprise the the flash family has a ton of major and supporting characters. One shots around iris west interacting with other comic book characters.
She is also the daughter of joe west, and the adoptive sister, best friend and love interest of barry allen. Its a bigger question with bigger answers than simply iris west and barry. Iris west is black in the comics and no one notices. She had to face a lot of controversy when she was first cast as iris west in the flash, since the characters comic book version had a white iris, but, her brilliant work and hot looks have now made her the fan favorite. A toughasnails journalist from central city, who has a long and complicated history with barry allen. This character has been mentioned only and never actually shown in a comic book or onscreen. The flash finally realized iris west is black, and now the. In 2014, iris west and her father, joseph, were among the victims of the particle accelerator explosion. Barry then introduced the flash to him, and the flash then told wally how he got his powers by setting up a cupboard of chemicals the exact way they were. He is also engaged to iris west while in the tv show the two are younger and are just friends. But its the other changes to iris wests character, and the introduction of detective west that have our attention.
Comic book characterscomic book heroescomic charactercomic books artcomic artflash charactersthe flash comic. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Theyve all been written by so many different writers. Labs and one of the main characters of the tv series, the flash. But perhaps the difference that would most surprise readers of the 1956 story mystery of the human thunderbolt concerns barrys female friend iris west. Theres no such thing as comic book accuracy, especially character personalities. So, you know, comic book fans are very opinionated. She is based on the dc comics character of the same name. She is also the daughter of joe west, best friend and foster sister of barry allen, and the girlfriend of eddie thawne. The way that heroes relate to one another, the ways we see characters interact on the page. Lawrence fishburne played daily planet editor perry white in. So then a few months pass and wally west is now a black kid, and there is a new flash tv show where iris is black in it, and thats okay. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world.
Arthur ketch won in the end, though the supernatural writers put up a pretty good fight. Here are the 15 worst characters from the arrowverse. Iris westallen is the wife of the second flash, barry allen, and aunt to the third, wally west. Although this character was originally introduced during dcs earthone era of. A lot of these characters have been around for 4060 years. In the alternate world of earth22, iris west is the daughter of wally west and angela margolin, rather than linda park. Candice patton iris ann westallen portrayed by candice patton. In the comic book series, we note that iris west who plays the character of a journalist is the love to barry allen flash.
Jackson is nick fury in marvel studios movie machine. Favorite female comic book character favorite heroantiherovillain hello all you geek enthusiasts and nerd aficionados. Yo guys it zopreme here and in todays video i will be explaining how iris is still alive. Whether they are just a disappointing adaptation of a more accomplished comic book figure, someone who is poorly writtenacted, or all of the above, the arrowverse has seen nearly as many terrible characters as great ones. She is a reporter working in central city, although she was originally born in the. In almost every iteration of the flash whether it be the comics, animated films like flashpoint paradox, or the cw series you can find iris westallen holding barrys world together. Obviously the idea of changing the ethnicity of a comic book character is going to raise the same old arguments that were not particularly interested in addressing for those interest, weve already made our opinions clear. Francisco cisco ramon is a mechanical engineer, and scientist of s. The flash movie characters could include captain cold.
Her connection to the speed force has caused her to age rapidly. Specifically, there is nothing about iris west that means she has to be white. In the comic book series, west drawn appears as a caucasian woman who has reddishbrown hair. Do the flashs children become dc heroes or villains. The flash tv series makes changes to comic characters. In this episode of dc tales from the vault, ben leclear dives into jason todds comic book history, as he reveals the story behind batmans second robin. Iris west was a classic dc comics character debuting in. Christina sits down and talks with candice patton about the flash season 2, iris west, her relationship with barry allen, patty spivot, joe west, and more. Iris west is a waitress at jitters and journalism student. Iris wests first appearance was in the same issue in which. This is iris in the start of the book as a white red head woman. Lets begin with the comic book character who first debuted in.
Last week saw the fight for favorite cw villain you love to hate or hate to love. Iris west comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of iris west with sound clips and images. Iris west is the wife of barry allen, aunt to wally west and wally west, and grandmother of bart allen, related to multiple generations of the flash legacy. The two of them view a video that she left in her book thanking her for. Iris west comics whos who in comic book movies wikia. Links and references iris west at, iris west at flash.
Already her byline in the future newspaper that flash has at star labs has changed from a byline of iris westallen to someone else entirely. Her children are the tornado twins, don and dawn allen. Weird to think that in the comics iris and barry were engaged. Ive seen a lot of complaints on the internet concerning the depiction of iris west in the flash. Iris west died 2014 was the daughter of the late joseph west.
Despite their lack of physical appearances, information about them might still be relevant or interesting or at least worthy of documentation. Impulse at the comic book db archived from the original impulse at curlie. Anything known about them is to be considered second. Comics story dc comics flash characters iris west allen dinah laurel lance flash arrow fastest man flashpoint.
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