The Accelerated Man is Earth 19's Flash.
History
Background
Not much is known about the Accelerated Man's background, other than he was born in England on Earth-19. He was trained by Red Racer on how to use the Speed Force, later being recruited by him to stop The Dark Monitor.
Story
In the comics, he is responsible for stopping The Dark Monitor (aka Superjudge) alongside the other Flashes of the Multiverse. Nix Uotan, who had become the Dark Monitor, was the youngest and last of the Monitors. Monitors are still considered evil since they also desire to "shape" the multiverse they're born to protect, though Nix was actually a good guy who wanted guard the multiverse from any and all threats. Doing so led him to be defeated by a mysterious group of powerful beings, and was somehow corrupted into submitting to them. Being a godlike super-being, the heroes couldn't use brute strength to beat him. Instead, the Flashes of the Multiverse assembled to free him of the evil forcefield surrounding Nix. Now that he was no longer the Dark Monitor, they saved the world from the Gentry the horrific beings that corrupted Nix, and was thanked by the Harbinger. According to ScreenRant, Accelerated Man only has 4 total appearances in DC Comics, which explains why this is his only story, and why very little is known about him, other than his Speed Force powers.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Speed Force Conduit: People who, for whatever reason, are connected to the Speed Force are sometimes called Speed Force Conduits. This means that they are connected to the Speed Force and are tethered to it.
- Accelerated Healing: The Speed Force connection allows the speedster's body recover from injury much faster than normal.
- Increased Perceptions: The Speed Force enhances the speedster's senses, allowing them to perceive the world at a rate attuned how fast they can react.
- Phasing: Speed Force conduits can tap into the Speed Force to vibrate their molecules in a way to achieve intangibility for short bursts, allowing them to phase through objects.
- Speed Force Aura: The Speed Force also manifests an aura around the speedster and whatever they are carrying, protecting them from adverse effects of their speed, such a friction with the air.
- Superhuman Durability: The Speed Force Aura also protects speedsters from kinetic impacts, which in turn, makes them much more durable and resistant to injury than any normal human.
- Superhuman Stamina: While not unlimited, the connection to the Speed Force does bolster the speedsters stamina well beyond the limits of a normal human.
- Superhuman Speed: The main effect of the connection is to allow a speedster to move at vast superhuman speeds. This also confers:
- Superhuman Agility
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Vortex Creations: Speed Force conduits are able to create vortices of air by running in circles or rotating their extremities at super-speed. These vortices can be used for a number of effects.
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External Links
- Accelerated man on the Dc Database Wiki