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While the legacy of the Flash gets a lot of attention, there's more than one speedster dynasty in DC Comics. The focus may be on Barry Allen and Wally West, but the Quick family has their own stories to tell that span almost as long as the Flashes. If the Flashes are the heads of the speedsters in the DC Universe, the Quicks are the aunts and uncles, always there ready to help in any way they can.

Jesse Quick runs the line between the Quicks and the Flashes. The daughter of heroes, Jesse carries on the Quick legacy these days but has almost given it up twice before to take on other mantles. Using the same mantra as her father - 3x2(9yz)4A! - Jesse Quick runs rings around her foes and is more than able to keep up with the Fastest Men Alive.

10 Daughter Of Two Heroes

DC Heroes Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle

Jesse Quick was born Jesse Chambers, the daughter of Johnny Chambers and Libby Lawrence. Johnny Chambers is better known as Johnny Quick, the cameraman turned super speed superhero turned business mogul, and Libby Lawrence was known to the world as the super-strong Liberty Belle. Johnny and Libby were both members of the All-Star Squadron, which is how they met and fell in love. Sadly, their love was not meant to last and the two divorced, but not before Jesse came around. Libby would go on to marry Rex Tyler, the first Hourman.

9 Heroic Historian

Justice Society of America vol 2 Jesse Chambers first appearance

While Johnny had hoped his daughter would become a superhero like him, Jesse followed her mother's advice and chose to live a costumeless life. Still, the lives of superheroes interested Jesse and she became interested in studying the impact superheroes have on society. While studying at Gotham University, the Justice Society returned from Ragnarok and became Jesse's main focus.

It was while following around the Justice Society that Jesse found herself in trouble and was forced to use her father's mathematical mantra, becoming Jesse Quick for the first time. Her decision to become a superhero upset her mother greatly, but Jesse loved the adrenaline rush that came with being a speedster.

8 Flash Crush

Now a hero, Jesse Quick started to interact with the other speedsters of the DC Universe. She joined the Justice Society and worked alongside Jay Garrick - the first Flash - and her father, who had come out of superhero retirement. Jesse Quick also met Wally West, the current Fastest Man Alive. Jesse soon became enamored by Wally, forming a crush on him, but she knew there was no future there; Wally was madly in love with Linda Park, and nothing, not even the Speed Force, would be able to break them up.

7 Flash Crushed

During Zero Hour: A Crisis in Time, Wally West ran faster than he had ever run before and was nearly pulled into the Speed Force. Wally was able to return, but the Speed Force was slowly pulling him in and he knew that there was only so much time before he would be gone forever.

Wally wanted Impulse, the grandson of Barry Allen - the second Flash - to become the new Flash, but Impulse was living up to his name and just wasn't ready for the responsibility. Hoping to shock some sense into Impulse, Wally named Jesse Quick as his replacement. Jesse was honored, but when she learned it was all a ruse, it angered her. Wally using her like that forever marred their friendship.

6 Her Own Path

Feeling like the Flash Family didn't respect her, Jesse Quick decided to follow her own path as a hero. She not only continued on the legacy of her father as a hero but started to work at his massively successful company, Quickstart Enterprises. Not long after, Jesse Quick and Johnny Quick teamed up with the Flash Family to take on Savitar. While Jesse battled Christina Alexandrova - another speedster woman that felt betrayed by Wally West - her father took on Savitar.

During the fight, Johnny Quick would join with the Speed Force, leaving his daughter and ex-wife behind. With her father's death, Jesse took over Quickstart Enterprises and decided to give up the superheroics for a while, focusing instead on her personal life and the wellbeing of her mother Libby.

5 Following Tradition

Jesse Chambers continued to keep her father's company in good standing, growing the business but put her costume back on to help the Titans stop a nuclear threat. A founding member of the Titans, Wally West recommended Jesse for membership, hoping to make amends for the way he treated her in the past. Jesse Quick accepted the invitation to join the Titans, but was only with the team for a short time. Feeling that the other members of the Titans were always comparing her to Wally, she decided to go it alone.

4 Powerless

DC Legacy heroes Jesse Quick and Johnny Quick

Jesse Quick worked alone for a while, operating out of Philidelphia were she was able to make a name for herself. When Hunter Zolomon became the new Reverse-Flash, calling himself Zoom, Jesse returned to Keystone City to help Flash fight off the threat. In the ensuing battle, Jesse Quick passed her speed to Wally so that he could keep up with their foe.

Doing this disconnected Jesse from the Speed Force. Her father's mantra would no longer work for her, leaving her powerless. Still wanting to be a part of the superhero world, Jesse became the business manager for the newly reformed Justice Society. Much like her parents before her, it was as a member of a superhero team that Jesse would meet her future husband.

3 Heroic Love

The moment Jesse Chambers met Rick Tyler, the new Hourman, the attraction was evident. While the two kept their feelings to themselves - possibly because they were step-siblings - it was evident to anyone around them that they would end up together sooner or later. When Hourman went missing, Jesse was deeply affected by it, and when the team rescued him, she and Rick began dating. Just as their relationship began to blossom, the Infinite Crisis began, and the world was torn apart. By the time things settled back down a year later, Jesse Chambers wouldn't be sitting on the sidelines anymore.

2 Name Change

Sometime after the events of Infinite Crisis, Jesse Chambers re-entered the world of superheroics. Since she couldn't access the Speed Force anymore, Jesse chose to use the same unexplained device that gave her mother superstrength and became the new Liberty Belle. Joining the JSA in their missions, Jesse and Hourman became closer and soon married.

During a battle with Zoom, Jesse regained her superspeed, adding it to her strength and truly becoming the perfect mix of her parents. Soon after, she joined the Justice League while retaining her place on the Justice Society at the same time, but she then left both teams when she became pregnant.

1 Back To Basics

Like many speedsters, Jesse Chambers vanished after Flashpoint and seemed to be gone for good. When Reverse-Flash formed the Legion of Zoom and took over Barry Allen's body, Barry's mind was trapped in the Speed Force where he discovered Max Mercury and Jesse Quick. When he escaped from the Speed Force, Barry brought Max and Jesse with him. Jesse returned in her Jesse Quick uniform and fought alongside the Flash Family to stop the Legion of Zoom. Whether or not her marriage to Hourman or their child still exists remains to be seen.

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Born and raised in New York, Derek Faraci moved to Los Angeles in 2001 where he worked as a freelance writer before taking a position at Activision where he worked on many successful franchises including Spider-Man, Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero. In October 2009, Derek left Activision to join Scientifically Proven Entertainment. Since joining SPE, Derek has worked on Man vs. Wild: The Game and the film Sucker directed by Michael Manasseri. Given the option, Derek would spend all of his time watching movies and reading comics.