Godspeed (DC)
Godspeed is a male comic supervillain that features in DC Comics.
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Biography
August Heart
He was one of the first cops to ask for Barry Allen's advice on crime scenes with him treating Allen as an equal rather than a lab technician. (The Flash v5 #36)
During his investigations, he found an old laboratory underneath S.T.A.R. Labs where he uncovered writings from murals at Gorilla City that referred to Black Hole along with the Speed Force but August was unable to investigate further. (The Flash v5 #42)
In an effort to stop Grodd, the depowered Barry Allen approached Godspeed in order to stop the villain who was attempting to claim the power of the Speed Force. (The Flash v5 #41)
Now serving his new benefactor, he was provided with a special gauntlet and sent to observe the Flash alongside the other speedsters from within the Speed Force. Barry Allen managed to catch sight of him leading to a fight with Heart who battled him along with the other speedsters as he was tasked with using he gauntlet on each of them. The battle ended due to the intervention of a new speedsters named Impulse whereupon Godspeeds benefactor told Heart to retreat. He then returned the gauntlet to his master who vowed to end the legacy of the Flash. (The Flash Annual v5 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He said that he knew what it was like to be obsessed with this especially being the case in relation to the Speed Force where he was willing to kill to keep its power. (The Flash v5 #42)
August said that he knew Barry Allen before he had gotten his powers and thus knew his real nature. (The Flash v5 #42)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Godspeed was created by Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico where he made his first appearance in The Flash: Rebirth v2 #1 (2016).
In other media
Television
- In The Flash, Godspeed appeared in the setting of the live-action television Arrowverse series during season 5 in the episode "Godspeed" where he was portrayed by actor Kindall Charters and voiced by actor BD Wong. This version was native to 2049 where he was an intern at Mercury Labs that managed to unlock Zoom's experiments with Velocity-9 thus giving him superspeed. He then crafted the identity of Godspeed but his powers were only temporary and he sought the right mix of chemicals to make the power permanent. Godspeed then became the first supervillain encountered by Nora Allen leading to her gaining superspeed and fighting him as XS.
Appearances
- The Flash: Rebirth v2 #1:
- The Flash v5:
- The Flash Annual v5:
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