The flash or simply flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics created by writer gardner fox and artist harry lampert the original flash first appeared in flash comics 1 cover date january 1940 release month november 1939. Types of flash are listed all the way from portable accessory units to portable strobes and all the way up to powerful and not so portable studio strobes more topics how flash works output consistency of different units the role of iso lens aperture and shutter speeds a subject which often baffles many is the role of a flash meter these can accurately measure the balance between . Its true flash is responsible for the reality altering that resulted in the new 52 universe of dc comics of course the true culprits are the dc editors who decided to try to lure young readers to their brand but it was flash that served as the in story mechanism for doing so. Eventually flash and kid flash defeat the shadows together after flash and kid flash arrive in tower of darkness they create a light explosion that brings them all including iris and hope back to central city then after a long night flash makes up with kid flash later this day barry visits iris in civilian and asks her out for a date