Jay Garrick – Record Keeping – MK Stangeland Jr.

(6 Panels)

Panel 1: JAY GARRICK is punching PER DEGATON in the face.

TEXT BOX (1): .2 Seconds

TEXT BOX (2): It hits with the force of a love tap, the velocity alone practically makes it a knockout punch.

Panel 2: Speed lines follow JAY GARRICK as he transitions to standing slightly behind and to the side of PER DEGATON, but with his arm out positioned behind PER DEGATON’s head. The result is that everything behind PER DEGATON’s head has swung up as result of being clotheslined from behind.

TEXT BOX (1): .5 Seconds

TEXT BOX (2): The force of the first punch is enough to do the heavy lifting on it’s own.

Panel 3: PER DEGATON is in the air, horizontal. He’s yet to realize what’s hitting him. JAY GARRICK stands next to him, his elbows hitting down from above, but with a lot of speed and not very much actual force.

TEXT BOX (1): 1 Second

TEXT BOX (2): Hitting the floor is arguably the nicest way of knocking him out – the force is distributed more even that way.

Panel 4: PER DEGATON hits the ground at high speed, cracking the ground a little as JAY GARRICK stands over him.

TEXT BOX (1): 1.5 Seconds

TEXT BOX (2): Attempts to recall what happened will likely feel like amnesia.

TEXT BOX (3): Not because of brain damage, but because it happened too fast for his brain to process.

Panel 5: Flashback – PANELS 1-4 are compiled together to show the full 1.5 second as they happen together in one image.

SFX: KRAK!

Panel 6: JAY GARRICK stands over an unconscious PER DEGATON.

TEXT BOX: And that knockout didn’t even happen at top speed.

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Jay Garrick - Legacy - P. A. Nolte

1/ The Crimson Comet, Jay Garrick, is speeding after The Fiddler's custom violin-shaped car.  A henchman in a full black bodysuit with a white note on the face is driving.  Another in a matching suit, albeit with a different face note, is clutching a misshapen bag in one hand, trying to keep it inside the vehicle, and what looks to be a Grammy in the other.

Jay Garrick (cap): When I first became The Flash, I was terrified.  Imagining all my shortcomings catching up to me.  What might happen when they did.

2/ In the parking lot of a nuclear power plant, Alan Scott and Hawkman fly high into the air, hurling a bolt of green energy and nth-metal mace respectively at the Ultra-Humanite, who is standing on the hood of a car.  In one hand, he has Ted Grant, the Wildcat, who is desperately trying to claw his way free.  In his other is the limp body of an unconscious Dr. Fate.  Running around from the back of the car and getting as close to Ultra-Humanite as he can while still avoiding the enormous albino gorilla's reach is Jay Garrick.

Jay Garrick (cap): When we formed the JSA, I was terrified.  It was bigger than stopping muggings and robberies.  Were we toying with powers we shouldn't have?

Ultra-Humanite: TOO LATE, YOU ILLITERATE FOOLS!  ONLY I COULD DEVISE A WAY TO SUPERCEDE DRAMATIC IRONY!  NOW I HAVE BECOME PHYSICALLY AND LITERALLY UNSTOPPABLE!

3/ Impulse, Wally West, Barry Allen, and Jay Garrick all braced against starting blocks on a race track.  Mostly profiles.

Jay Garrick (cap): But looking back, I think what terrified me the most is what came the most natural to me.  Truthfully, it became my greatest adventure.

Jesse Quick (OP): Oh, boys...  Do you four really have to do this right now?

Jay Garrick (cap): Who would have thought?  Jay Garrick--

4/ A stadium.  Professional, collegiate, high school.  Doesn't matter.  What draws attention is the collection of speedsters and other heroes that have gathered.  Max Mercury, Liberty Belle, XS, and more.  Even a few villains like Cobalt Blue and Inertia.  In front, holding up a football, is Jesse Quick.  Everyone, including the four men who were just about to take off in yet another race to prove who among them is the fastest, are wearing flag football belts in addition to their usual costumes.

Jesse Quick: We have a game to play.

Jay Garrick (cap): A family man.

Jay Garrick - Turn the Page, Part 2 - Ray Wonsowski

Previously, CLEA is brought to the antique shop of AUGUST TURN, who shows her an armoire that is actually a gateway to the Dark Dimension.

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Panel 1- Background, Interior of the shop, antiques everywhere, most prominent is the open armoire, abstract energy beginning to emanate forth. Foreground, AUGUST stands behind CLEA, the Eye of Agamotto having floated upon her forehead, glowing mystically.

CLEA: How long have you been collecting for your shop?

AUGUST: Year, year and a half. Why do you ask?

Panel 2- POV, as CLEA, looking out at the store. Numerous items gleam white with power.

CAPTION, CLEA: It seems you have a gift for the esoteric. For example...

Panel 3- CLEA stands at a china hutch, holding the winged helmet of Jay Garrick gingerly, regarding it respectfully as AUGUST looks on timidly.

CLEA: ...this helm was touched by one of your Greco-Roman gods. It actually hails from another Earth, and blessed its agent with superhuman speed during that world's second World War.

AUGUST: ...wow...

Panel 4- CLEA hands the winged helmet back to AUGUST reverently, but something else, a dagger on a writing desk, has caught her attention.

CLEA: This runner was so fleet, he broke the barriers between worlds, and started a legacy of speedsters that will pass through generations and across the multiverse.

Panel 5- CLEA holds the dagger up to her face. It is silver, and simple, but sharp and gleams in the Eye on her forehead. AUGUST looks over her shoulder again, a bit more nervously.

AUGUST: What happened to him?

CLEA: What eventually happens to all runners. And heroes.

CLEA: He fell.

To be continued...

Jay Garrick - Priorities - Grant McLaughlin

1 - On Jay Garrick's hands as he hangs up his signature helmet on a wall hook.

JOAN (off-panel): Are you sure about this?

2 - An older Jay - somewhere between his heyday and his former incarnation prior to the New 52 reboot - wearing civilian clothing turns from the hanging helmet and looks to his wife Joan, who sits at the kitchen table.

JAY: There was a time when I didn't think I ever would be.

3 - Jay moves to the table and pulls out a chair to sit.

JAY: But I am, Joannie.

4 - Jay and Joan sit together at the table, smiling those fond, happy smiles that only two people who have been together for so long and love each other so much can.

JAY (1): I've been at this a long time.  Done a lot of things I'm proud of.  A lot of things I didn't think I'd be able to do.

JAY (2): But time catches us all.

5 - On Jay and Joan's hands, which are clasped / intertwined on top of said kitchen table.

JAY (off-panel): And at the end, there's only one thing I'm worried about missing out on.

Jay Garrick - The War at Light Speed - David Press

PAGE ONE.

1.1: We’re on the beach and a LAND MINE blows. It sends TWO ALLIED SOLDIERS flying through the air. I don’t think there’s much need to get too graphic about this, the point of this page is to see how war might affect a speedster.

CAPTION [LOCATION]: Normandy, France. 1944.

CAPTION [JAY]: Have you ever seen a land mine explode over what feels like a week? Of course not.

1.2: CUT TO A SHOT of a black-and-white photo of Jay. Let's say it's a medium shot so it's from the chest up: he’s young, smiling with big dimples. It’s black and white. His hair slicked back and he’s wearing an Army uniform. The photo, kind of an old Polaroid, has a white rim around the photo. Perhaps you can just use the gutter as this frame? Anyway, on this frame is the date, written in cursive:

DISPLAY: July 11, 1939.

1.3: BACK TO the WARZONE, and a similar shot of Jay’s face complete with strapped on helmet and wings. There's mud and some other things that might not be mud all over it. He’s weary, there are more lines than dimples on his face now and he looks exhausted, like he’s aged ten years.

CAPTION [JAY]: I’ll spare you the details, but this war feels like it's gone on for ten years. It’s 1944 and it’s happening again.

1.4: Panning all the way back to see a streak of blue and red and yellow fly into the cloud of the bursting LAND MINE.

CAPTION [JAY]: A week watching someone die.

1.5: In his arms, Jay uses his forward momentum to carry the Land Mine victims out of the fray. A tunnel of wind flies behind them.

CAPTION [JAY]: Usually, I have two seconds to get our guys to the wounded tent before they start to bleed out.

1.6: He makes it to a tent and lays ONE SOLDIER down on a bed. A NURSE is already over by the bed.

CAPTION [JAY]: I don’t fight; I rescue.

NURSE: Flash! You’ve done it again.

JAY: I managed to get them away before the shrapnel tore them to shreds. I would say at least shellshock and a strong concussion.

1.7: BLACK PANEL with the caption’s text in white over it.

CAPTION: Over the course of his 1, 461 days of service during World War 2, Sgt. Jay Garrick saved the lives of 10,121 Allied infantrymen.

Why Jay Garrick?

It’s the helmet. Duh. No, not that cyclist’s helmet from the Earth 2 comics, though I do like that characterization of Garrick. He's the Spider-Man of Earth 2. He gets along with everyone, is a smart guy, but kind of a screw-up, and can move between the players. Really, what’s always intrigued me about this version of The Flash is he was the first, and how can fit in anywhere. 

What would the Flash have been like in World War 2? He can be like Captain America, or he can be the new kid I mentioned in Daniel Wilson’s take, which is pretty fascinating coming from a guy who wrote a hard sci-fi novel called Robogenesis. The other thing he can be, since he’s now a regular on the Flash TV show, is he can be a mentor too.

Personally, I’ve always obsessed over the Jay Garrick Flash. It might be his retro-style and my borderline-nauseating hipster sensibilities, but I’ve been a fan of this character since I could barely walk. I’m excited to see what everyone does with him.