Iris West Allen is a fictional character who appears in various DC Comics publications. She is the wife of the second Flash, Barry Allen, the aunt of the third Flash, Wally West, and the grandmother of the fourth Flash, Bart Allen. Iris Allen first appears in Showcase #4 (September-October 1956).
In her first appearance, Iris was a reporter for the Picture News, based in Central City, and the girlfriend of the chronically late Barry Allen. Eventu...
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Iris West Allen is a fictional character who appears in various DC Comics publications. She is the wife of the second Flash, Barry Allen, the aunt of the third Flash, Wally West, and the grandmother of the fourth Flash, Bart Allen. Iris Allen first appears in Showcase #4 (September-October 1956).
In her first appearance, Iris was a reporter for the Picture News, based in Central City, and the girlfriend of the chronically late Barry Allen. Eventually, she learned that Barry was not only the Flash, but her step-nephew, Wally West, was Kid Flash. In Flash #165 (November 1966), she married Barry, discovering on their wedding night that Barry was the Flash (through Barry talking in his sleep). During this time, the couple discovered that Iris was born about a thousand years in the future, and had been sent back to the present shortly before "Earth-East" attacked "Earth-West," when Central City was a self-contained city. After years as a prominent presence in the Flash's life and Central...
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