Real name: Kyri
First appearance: The Flash I#107 2/2 (June/July 1959)
Abilities: Super speed
Worst act: Being slightly better than Barry Allen
Quote: "Time for me to take you home now Flash-- and then return myself-- to my masters!"
Created by: John Bromme (script), Carmine Infantino (pencils), Joe Giella (inks)
The first story in#107 had the return of Gorilla Grodd, who we already talked about. So, who's the back up yarn featuring?
The Flash hears of a runaway truck. Rushing to the scene, the Flash finds the situation already taken care of by the mysterious Kyri. Kyri is fast, darn fast but that's it.
Seriously, Kyri has zero recollection of anything aside being able to speak English. Barry's gal Iris decides to hold a charity race with the 2 speedsters featured. Kyri wins easily, and after that Barry takes the man to a doctor who gives him essentially electric shock therapy.
Naturally getting a bunch of current run through him jogs his memory but costs him his speed. It seems Kyri is really an android, built by a group of aliens. Why? His function was to repair a dimensional rip, but his ship crashed on Earth.
Sadly without his speed, his task is now impossible, but Barry lends him a hand.
Pretty good and the mystery is a neat one and done.
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