Character Name: | Johnny Quick |
Publisher: | DC Comics |
Debut: | "Crisis on Earth Three!", Justice League of America #29 (August 1964) |
Creators: | Gardner Fox (writer) Mike Sekowsky (artist) |
Full Name: | Jonathan "Johnny" Allen Jonathan "Johnny" Chambers |
Species: | Metahuman |
Homeworld: | Earth-Three (pre-Crisis), Antimatter Earth (post-Crisis), Earth-3 (post-52), Earth 3 (post-New 52; post-Rebirth) |
Alliances: | Crime Syndicate of America Crime Syndicate of Amerika Crime Society of America |
Powers: | Superhuman speed |
Johnny Quick is the name of several fictional supervillains appearing in stories published by DC Comics. All are evil or corrupted alternate-universe counterparts of the Flash. Johnny Quick first appeared in Justice League of America #29 (August 1964) alongside the rest of the Crime Syndicate of America.
Johnny Quick is a supervillain from Earth-Three, a member of the Crime Syndicate of America, and the Flash's evil counterpart.[1] The group are killed by the Anti-Monitor in Crisis on Infinite Earths, but resurface in Convergence, where Brainiac retrieves them and other inhabitants of doomed universes.[2]
See also: JLA: Earth 2. The second incarnation of Johnny Quick originates from the antimatter universe, is the counterpart of Wally West, and derives his powers from the Speed Juice drug. He is heavily addicted to the drug and goes into withdrawal without it.[1]
The third incarnation of Johnny Quick, introduced in 52, originates from a new version of Earth-Three and is part of the Crime Society, an evil counterpart of the Justice Society.[3] [4]
A fourth incarnation of Johnny Quick, Jonathan Allen, is introduced in The New 52. He is a professional thief who gains superhuman speed after being struck by lightning and exposed to chemicals, similar to Barry Allen.[5] [6] [7] [8]
In Year of the Villain and , Perpetua kills Allen before Batman resurrects him with a Black Lantern ring.[9] [10]
A fifth incarnation of Johnny Quick, serial killer Jonathan Chambers, is introduced after the multiverse is restored in Dark Nights: Death Metal.[11]
All incarnations of Johnny Quick possess the same abilities as the Flash.
Johnny Quick appears in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Anthony Ingruber.[14] After the Justice League disappear, he and the Crime Syndicate pose as the Justice Syndicate until the Flash and the Reverse-Flash corner and force him to expose the Syndicate's plans.