Candice patton iris ann westallen portrayed by candice patton. The flash showrunner teases big reveal for mirror iris. Iris west comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of iris west with sound clips and images. In the alternate world of earth22, iris west is the daughter of wally west and angela margolin, rather than linda park. The silver age of comic books is overwhelmingly full of white characters. Her connection to the speed force has caused her to age rapidly. 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. These are some of my thoughts on iris, the cw, and female lead characters in general. A rumored list of the flash movie characters includes iris west, baddies reverse flash and captain cold, and other notable names from the comics. Iris west is black in the comics and no one notices.
Specifically, there is nothing about iris west that means she has to be white. Comic book characterscomic book heroescomic charactercomic books artcomic artflash charactersthe flash comic. Yo guys it zopreme here and in todays video i will be explaining how iris is still alive. Iris wests first appearance was in the same issue in which. But perhaps the difference that would most surprise readers of the 1956 story mystery of the human thunderbolt concerns barrys female friend iris west. 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.
The two of them view a video that she left in her book thanking her for. Comics story dc comics flash characters iris west allen dinah laurel lance flash arrow fastest man flashpoint. Iris west was a classic dc comics character debuting in. Iris west is a waitress at jitters and journalism student. The impending death of iris west is a big part of season 3 of the flash. Last week saw the fight for favorite cw villain you love to hate or hate to love. A lot of these characters have been around for 4060 years. 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. Actresses from the flash and riverdale talk playing. Iris west screenshots, images and pictures comic vine.
Do the flashs children become dc heroes or villains. Weird to think that in the comics iris and barry were engaged. Theyve all been written by so many different writers. The flash tv series makes changes to comic characters. Links and references iris west at, iris west at flash. Lets begin with the comic book character who first debuted in. 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.
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. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The tv show features candice patton who takes the role of iris west as an africanamerican character. The flash movie characters could include captain cold. Before the new 52, she ultimately became barrys wife. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Actors of color had taken on white comicbook roles before. Almost nobody in the arrowverse is like how they are in the comics.
One shots around iris west interacting with other comic book characters. Iris west is a fictional character, a supporting character appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Iris westallen is the wife of the second flash, barry allen, and aunt to the third, wally west. 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. Iris allen superfriends wiki fandom powered by wikia. Despite their lack of physical appearances, information about them might still be relevant or interesting or at least worthy of documentation. Theres no such thing as comic book accuracy, especially character personalities. 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. Her children are the tornado twins, don and dawn allen. 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.
The flashs girlfriend iris in her suit that will protect her from the forces of traveling at superspeed with him. Some will be relationship centered, others wont, all. Ive seen a lot of complaints on the internet concerning the depiction of iris west in the flash. For me, iris west was traditionally white in the comic books, said patton, who plays iris on the flash, as quoted by. What you are about to read is the definitive list of the 100 greatest black comic book superheroesvillains of alltimeall ranked. She has been the main love interest and later wife of barry allen, the alter ego of the silver age version of the superhero the flash, and the aunt and grandmother, respectively, of the modern age variations of the characters wally west and bart allen. Dc comics art dc comics characters read comics comic book artists comic books art comic art female furies dc couples big barda. A toughasnails journalist from central city, who has a long and complicated history with barry allen. Her silver age origin is that she was born a thousand years in the future. Arthur ketch won in the end, though the supernatural writers put up a pretty good fight. 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. Curran walters rebellious performance as jason todd on titans has brought one of dcs most provocative characters back into the spotlight. Although this character was originally introduced during dcs earthone era of.
Surely there are very few comic book characters that are defined by their ethnicity. 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. 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. This is 2017 where there is much more diversity in pop culture. 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. She is a reporter working in central city, although she was originally born in the. Iris west died 2014 was the daughter of the late joseph west. This character has been mentioned only and never actually shown in a comic book or onscreen. Jackson is nick fury in marvel studios movie machine. Supergirl season 2,legends of tomorrow season 2 and arrow season 5. This is iris in the start of the book as a white red head woman. Here are the 15 worst characters from the arrowverse. Labs and one of the main characters of the tv series, the flash.
That matters because its the clearest and most pure. While all of the other characters around iris dont know about. She is also the daughter of joe west, and the adoptive sister, best friend and love interest of barry allen. The way that heroes relate to one another, the ways we see characters interact on the page. Joe west, father of iris west, wasnt originally a character in the comic book series.
In the comic book series, we note that iris west who plays the character of a journalist is the love to barry allen flash. 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. In this version, iris has grown up to be the fourth flash, although she is. Francisco cisco ramon is a mechanical engineer, and scientist of s.
She is based on the dc comics character of the same name. Impulse at the comic book db archived from the original impulse at curlie. In the comic book series, west drawn appears as a caucasian woman who has reddishbrown hair. Its a bigger question with bigger answers than simply iris west and barry. He is also engaged to iris west while in the tv show the two are younger and are just friends. 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. See also iris west disambiguation for a complete list of references to clarify differences between these closely named or closely related articles. 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. This issue is famous as many consider it the beginning of the silver age of comics. So, you know, comic book fans are very opinionated. In 2014, iris west and her father, joseph, were among the victims of the particle accelerator explosion. 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.
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