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| Iris West-Allen | |
|---|---|
| Biological Information | |
| Species | Meta-human |
| Status | Alive |
| Universe Information | |
| General Information | |
| Occupation | Blogger Owner of The Central City Citizen Leader of Team Flash (in secret) Vigilante (in secret) Investigative journalist for Central City Picture News (formerly) Psychology student (graduated) Waitress at CC Jitters (formerly) |
| Affiliation | Team Flash (in secret) Central City Picture News (formerly) The Central City Citizen |
| Family | Esther (paternal great-grandmother) Ben West (paternal grandfather) Unnamed (maternal grandfather) Joe West (father) Francine West (mother) † Wally West (brother) Eddie Thawne (ex-fiancé) Barry Allen (husband) Don Allen (son) Dawn Allen (daughter) Nora West-Allen (daughter) Bart Allen (future paternal grandson) Jenni Ognats (future maternal granddaughter) |
| Alter ego | Flash |
| Actor | Candice Patton Amina Elkatib (young) |
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Iris Ann West-Allen (née West; born June 24, 1989) is the co-leader of Team Flash, a former journalist of Central City Picture News, a former waitress at CC Jitters, and the owner/editor-in-chief of The Central City Citizen. She is the daughter of Joe West and the late Francine West, the older sister of Wally West, the older paternal half-sister of Jenna West, the ex-fiancée of Eddie Thawne, the wife of Barry Allen, the mother of Don Allen, Dawn Allen and Nora West-Allen, the daughter-in-law of the late Henry and Nora Allen and the future grandmother of Jenni Ognats and Bart Allen.
In the Flashpoint timeline, Iris and Joe seemed to have some tension since Iris didn't know about Francine being alive. She also knew that Wally was the Flash and they formed a brother-sister crime-fighting duo. After Flashpoint was removed from existence when Barry let Eobard Thawne kill Nora Allen in an attempt to restore the original timeline, Iris was estranged from her father Joe only to reconnect after hearing of Barry's time traveling. The life of Iris was later threatened by a powerful villain named Savitar, which they could foresee due to Barry accidentally traveling into the future trying to trap the villain, which was a future time remnant of Barry. Iris survived thanks to the sacrifice of H.R. Wells, and in the final battle, she killed Savitar, erasing him from existence.
After Barry's disappearance into the Speed Force, she took over Team Flash and coordinated the superhero activities of Vibe and Kid Flash. After Barry's return, she continued her position as team leader until she decided to retire and be a reporter again, serving as mission control, giving herself the code name "Eye in the Sky". During an encounter with the meta-human Melting Point, Iris briefly gained her husband's superspeed and took over as The Flash, before tracking down Kim and having him return the powers to Barry. She later helped Barry and his friends defeat Clifford DeVoe and became an older sister to her father and Cecile's new daughter, Jenna.
When Iris and Barry's future daughter, Nora, arrived in the present, Iris found out that her future daughter held a grudge against her for implanting a power-dampening chip inside Nora. Iris was shocked at this, but she was determined to not do that to her daughter in the future, causing the two to bond as they worked with Team Flash to stop Orlin Dwyer and a future murderous Grace Gibbons. When Iris found out her daughter was working with Reverse-Flash, she showed no animosity to her after finding out why Nora started working with Thawne. After destroying Cicada's dagger, Nora was erased from existence, leaving Iris and Barry devastated.
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Iris was instrumental in convincing Ryan Choi, the Paragon of Humanity, to join their fight to save the multiverse. Unfortunately, she was vaporized by antimatter soon after. Upon being restored on the new universe, Iris began an investigation into the assassin guild called Black Hole, but her curiosity caused her to be trapped in another dimension called the Mirrorverse while a double took her place. She was released months later thanks to Barry.
When the Forces were created, Iris was supposedly killed along with Alexa Rivera and Bashir Malik by the Speed Force and Deon Owens, only to be revealed as alive a few seconds later. After the final battle, she and Barry bid farewell to the Forces. During the Godspeed war, Iris had developed a "time sickness" and was being treated by Deon in order to fix it. However, during Armageddon, Iris asked Deon to undo all of her treatments, which resulted in her sickness getting more out of hand.
After the Negative Forces killed Eobard Thawne, they also killed Iris in order to bring Thawne back to life. She was brought back to life when Barry defeated Thawne.