11 Most Ludicrous Superhero Origin Stories Of All-Time

10. The Flash

url-14 No matter which version of the Flash you look at, they've each got a pretty ridiculous beginning. Jay Garrick, for instance, was the first Flash. Jay amazingly gained superpowers when he fell asleep in the lab he was working in and accidentally inhaled €œHard Water€ vapours. Not ridiculous enough for the writers they completely retconned Jay out of the continuum and replaced him with Barry Allen €“ the second Flash. Barry€™s origin was just as ludicrous. He was a forensic scientist with a reputation for being slow and methodical. One evening as Barry is about to leave the lab, a lightning bolt shoots in through the window and hits a cabinet of chemicals, the very same cabinet that Barry is coincidentally walking past. The resultant blast imbues Barry with lightning speed.
 
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