Johnny Quick (Crime Syndicate)

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox comics character Johnny Quick is the name of several 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 on the alternate Earth designated as Earth-Three and a counterpart of the Flash.<ref name="dc-crim2">Template:Cite book</ref> He and the other members of the Crime Syndicate of America (villainous counterparts of Justice League of America) are Earth-Three's only superpowered beings. In Crisis on Infinite Earths, Quick and the Crime Syndicate are killed when the Anti-Monitor destroys Earth-Three with a wave of antimatter.<ref>Crisis on Infinite Earths #1 (April 1985)</ref> The Crime Syndicate returns in Convergence, where Brainiac retrieves them and other inhabitants of doomed universes.<ref>Convergence: Crime Syndicate #1 (June 2015)</ref>

Anti-Matter Johnny Quick

Template:See also The character was revived in the 1990s as a villain from the "Anti-Matter Universe", rather than being from Earth-Three. Unlike the Flash, Johnny receives his powers by injecting himself with a drug called "Speed Juice" which has Quick hopelessly addicted to and he goes into massive physical withdrawal without it.<ref name="dc-crim2" />

Crime Society of America

In 52, an alternate version of Earth-Three called Earth-3 was shown as a part of the new multiverse. In the depiction were characters that are altered versions of the original Justice League of America, including the Flash. The names of the characters and the team are not mentioned in the two panels in which they appear, but the altered Flash is visually similar to the Crime Syndicate Johnny Quick.<ref>52 #52 (July 2007)</ref>

According to Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the pre-Crisis Earth-Three, making a new character unrelated to previous versions as Earth-3 is a world populated by evil counterparts of Earth-2 heroes, where Quick is part of a "Golden Age" "Crime Society".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The New 52 and DC Rebirth

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Johnny Quick is one of the members of the Crime Syndicate to arrive from Earth 3 at the conclusion of the "Trinity War" event.<ref>Justice League (vol. 2) #23 (October 2013)</ref> On Earth 3, Jonathan Allen works with Rhonda Pineda as professional thieves and killers. One night after killing two cops, "Johnny and Rhonnie", as they are known, end up cornered on the roof of S.T.A.R. Labs during a storm. Allen is hit by lightning, which gives him superhuman speed.<ref>Justice League (vol. 2) #26 (February 2014)</ref>

During the 2013 event Forever Evil, Quick invades Iron Heights Penitentiary and frees its inmates.<ref>Forever Evil #1 (November 2013)</ref> When Lex Luthor's team infiltrates the Watchtower, Quick joins in the fight against them, during which Captain Cold freezes one of his legs and breaks it off. Alexander Luthor of Earth 3 as Mazahs kills Quick and steals his powers.<ref name="Forever Evil #6">Forever Evil #6 (May 2014)</ref>

Johnny Quick is resurrected during the 2019 event "Year of the Villain". When Perpetua arrives on Earth 3 to get the Crime Syndicate of America on her side, she kills Quick who is opposed to the proposed alliance.<ref>Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #1 (February 2020)</ref>

During the 2020 event "Dark Nights: Death Metal", Batman revives Johnny Quick using a Black Lantern ring so he can help fight the forces of the Darkest Knight.<ref>Dark Nights: Death Metal #5 (January 2021)</ref>

Infinite Frontier

A fifth incarnation of Johnny Quick, serial killer Jonathan Chambers, is introduced after the multiverse is restored in Dark Nights: Death Metal.<ref>Crime Syndicate #1 (May 2021)</ref>

Powers and abilities

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

In other media

Film

• Johnny Quick appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, voiced by James Patrick Stuart.<ref name="btva">Template:Cite web 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.</ref> This version resembles Speed Demon and is Australian. While subjugating his Earth, he and the Crime Syndicate battle the Justice League until Owlman betrays the former to destroy Earth-Prime and the multiverse and Quick sacrifices himself to transport Batman to Earth-Prime.
• Johnny Quick appears in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, voiced by Liam McIntyre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="btva" />

Video games

• Johnny Quick appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Johnny Quick appears in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced by Anthony Ingruber.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="btva" /> 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 supervillain group's plans.

External links

• Johnny Quick entry on DCDatabaseProject
• Earth-3 Johnny Quick entry on DCDatabaseProject