Johnny Quick (Crime Syndicate) Explained

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.

Fictional character biography

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]

Anti-Matter Johnny Quick

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]

Crime Society of America

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]

The New 52 and DC Rebirth

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]

Infinite Frontier

A fifth incarnation of Johnny Quick, serial killer Jonathan Chambers, is introduced after the multiverse is restored in Dark Nights: Death Metal.[11]

Powers and abilities

All incarnations of Johnny Quick possess the same abilities as the Flash.

In other media

Film

Video games

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Greenberger, Robert . Robert Greenberger . Crime Syndicate . Dougall . Alastair . The DC Comics Encyclopedia . 89 . . New York . 2008 . 978-0-7566-4119-1 . 213309017.
  2. Convergence: Crime Syndicate #1. DC Comics.
  3. .
    1. 52
    . May 2, 2007 . . 11 . 3.
  4. Web site: THE 52 EXIT INTERVIEWS: GRANT MORRISON . 2007-05-12 . Brady . Matt . 2007-05-08 . Newsarama . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070510031223/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=111900 . 2007-05-10.
  5. Justice League (vol. 2) #23. DC Comics.
  6. Johns, Geoff. Reis, Ivan. Prado, Joe, Eber Ferreira, Rob Hunter, Andy Lanning. Reis, Rod, Tomeu Morey, Tony Avina. Napolitano, Nick J.. Forever Numb. Justice League. 2.
    1. 26
    . February 2013. DC Comics.
  7. Forever Evil #1. DC Comics.
  8. Johns, Geoff. Finch, David. Friend, Richard. Oback, Sonia. Leigh, Rob. Forever Evil Chapter Six: The Power of Mazahs!. Forever Evil. 1.
    1. 6
    . May 2014. DC Comics.
  9. Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #1. DC Comics.
  10. Dark Nights: Death Metal #5. DC Comics
  11. Crime Syndicate #1. DC Comics
  12. Web site: Johnny Quick Voices (DC Universe) . November 28, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  13. Web site: Harvey . James . December 5, 2023 . Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part One Arrives January 2024, Press Details . December 5, 2023 . The World's Finest . en-US.
  14. Web site: 30 May 2018 . Lego DC Super-Villains confirmed with first trailer .