How did Godspeed get his powers?

In the comic books, Godspeed gained his superhuman speed after getting struck by lightning from a Speed Force Storm similar to how Barry Allen got his powers.
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How did Godspeed get his powers CW?

When his brother is murdered and the man he suspects is exonerated, he becomes vengeful and eventually gains speed-based superpowers. Donning the identity of Godspeed, Heart becomes a vigilante bent on killing criminals instead of incarcerating them, serving as an antithesis to the Flash.
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Who sent Godspeed in the Flash?

The original Godspeed was introduced in The Flash season 5 as part of Nora's 2049 timeline, which was a departure from the comics. In the DC lore, August Heart was Barry's good friend and colleague at CCPD before a Speed Force storm turned him into Godspeed.
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Why does August Heart become Godspeed?

While going after a criminal organization called the Black Hole, August was struck by lightning during a Speed Force storm in Central City. He became the Flash's "partner", but in secret, August became the ruthless vigilante known as Godspeed, and got his revenge on who he suspected to be his brother's killer.
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Is Godspeed Barry Allen?

Best described as the Venom to Barry Allen's Spider-Man, Godspeed is an anti-hero who had no qualms about killing criminals in the name of justice. This point would have brought him into conflict with The Flash, even ignoring how Barry Allen was indirectly responsible for the creation of Godspeed.
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How was Godspeed created?

In the year 2049, after having experimented with tachyons to give himself speed, August became Godspeed and began stealing chemicals to recreate the Velocity 9 serum. August visited the Flash Museum where he saw how Zoom used V9 and met Nora West-Allen.
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Why was Savitar so fast?

The suit gives its wearer speed as the wearer gives off static electricity. Tracy Brand theorized that Savitar gives off so much speed and power when he runs that the suit protects him and keeps it from overwhelming him.
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Who created the Speed Force?

10 The Speed Force was Created by Barry Allen

Back in 2005's The Flash: Rebirth by Geoff Johns, it was revealed that Barry Allen himself was actually the person who created the Speed Force.
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How did Flash stop Godspeed?

Flash and Reverse-Flash teamed up against Godspeed in a lightning-sword fight, with Thawne eventually (but non-fatally!!!) running his blade through Barry's new nemesis. Thawne then aimed to kill Barry himself, but realized that his arch enemy “got faster” and is now impervious, so he sped away (…for the time being).
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Who's faster Flash or Godspeed?

1 Kept: Faster Than The Flash

In the comics, Godspeed is a few notches faster than Barry Allen as shown in the above photo where he struggled to keep up with him.
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Is Savitar faster than Flash?

5 Savitar. The central villain of The Flash's third season, Savitar has outrun every speedster who's appeared in the Arrowverse up until now. He is a massive step up from Reverse-Flash and Zoom as Barry Allen's big bad, and has made the likes of Barry, Wally, and Jay Garrick look positively slow.
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Who is the fastest speedster?

1) Flash (Wally West)

Similar to Allen, Wally gains his superspeed through the speed force. According to comics, although Wally West and Barry Allen have equal speed, Wally is considered the fastest speedster.
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Why are the Godspeed clones fighting each other?

The Godspeed war was a civil war between two factions of Godspeed clones who were looking for the real August Heart in Central City. One faction wanted Heart to become faster while the other knew that this would mean that the clones would die and thus wanted to kill Heart.
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Who is faster Godspeed or Quicksilver?

Armed with the power of the Speed Force, Godspeed proved to be a threat to Barry Allen and that would mean he could easily overwhelm Quicksilver.
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How is Savitar the first speedster?

The time remnant realizes God feels no pain and decides to become one. He becomes Savitar. This time remnant/Savitar travels back in time and creates the lie that he was the first speedster. Savitar proclaims himself a time god and starts recruiting followers using the Philosopher's Stone, thus setting up his own myth.
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Why is Barry Allen so slow?

The Short Answer:

Because on television, he doesn't need to run at the speed of light for the television series to exist and tell compelling stories. He is only as fast as he needs to be. Right now, that is twice the speed of sound and it is perfect for storytelling with an ensemble cast.
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What language does Godspeed speak?

Karan Oberoi plays the menacing speedster GODSPEED in Season 7 of the flash and this villain also speaks Punjabi. However, he is truly bad at that “Apne Bapu Kol Aao Mere Bacheyo” he announces when he gets organic speed and calls his clones to unite.
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Is Godspeed evil or good?

While many of these foes are now decades old, one of the most recent evil speedsters debuted as little as five years ago. Since his first appearance, Godspeed has gone from hero to villain to anti-hero and everything in between, making him one of the Flash's most unique supporting characters.
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Is Godspeed a main villain?

August Heart, better known by his alias Godspeed, is the main antagonist of DC Comics's The Flash: Rebirth series, beginning in 2016.
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Who is the 1st Flash?

Jason "Jay" Peter Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first superhero known as the Flash. The character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. He first appeared in Flash Comics #1 (1940).
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Is the Speed Force Barry's mom?

Speed Force as Nora Allen. When Barry seeks comfort, he snuggles in a blanket created by Nora. When the Speed Force is reborn, it appears as Nora in a human form instead of appearing as lightning. Barry slowly comes to terms with the Speed Force appearing as his mother, after a conversation with Iris.
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How will Barry create a new Speed Force?

After the death of the Speed Force, Barry Allen decided to use his daughter, Nora West-Allen's journal, which contained knowledge of the Negative Speed Force taught to her by Eobard Thawne, to create a new Speed Force.
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Why is Savitar's face scarred?

When Barry's time remanant ran around the machine that was going to destroy the mulitverse, he burnt up and that is Savitar. When he burnt up from running so fast, you could see his face was burning. That is why Savitar has a weird "pizza" scar on his one side of his face.
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How did Savitar get his scar?

You remember when future Barry told the real Barry that savitar killed all the the remnants he made, but it was a lie savitar didn't kill one of the time remnants but I think he beat him up gave him the scar then after iris died the time remnant came back to star labs but Barry disowned him that he was useless and that ...
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How was Savitar born?

In order to ascend, however, Savitar will need two things: Iris will need to die so that Barry is driven so far into the dark that he creates the time remnants to stop Savitar, thus creating Savitar.
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