Tina McGee is a fictional character appearing in The Flash comic book series published by DC Comics. She first appeared in The Flash (vol. 2) #3. Tina McGee is a nutritionist and researcher for STAR Labs.
| Tina McGee | |
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 Tina McGee from The Flash (vol. 2) #3, art by Jackson Guice | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Flash (vol. 2) #3 August (1987) |
| Created by | Mike Baron (writer) Jackson Guice (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Tina McGee |
| Team affiliations | S.T.A.R. Labs |
| Supporting character of | Flash |
Tina McGee made her live action debut in the 1990 television series The Flash as part of the main cast portrayed by Amanda Pays. Pays later reprised the role as a recurring character in The CW television series The Flash set in a different continuity.
Fictional character biography
editTina McGee originally received a grant from Harvard to study Wally West's metabolism.[1] Her husband Jerry McGee did speed experiments and turned into the homicidal Speed Demon which resulted in a coma. Tina and the Flash grew into a romantic relationship despite their age differences and Tina was legally still married at the time; she moves in with Wally. Various stresses, including Wally's domineering mother, break apart their bond.
The Flash loses his speed due to alien influence. Tina leads a research project, based at the Pacific Institute, into restoring it. This causes Wally's speed to drastically increase, leaving a trail of destruction across the country.[2] Tina teams up with her now recovered ex and the Flash's older detective friend Mason. While the trio quest to find the addled Wally, Tina and Jerry get back together.[3]
Later, Tina and Jerry unwittingly unleash the robotic intelligence Kilg%re among their own university colleagues. At this point, the entity is non-violent; despite taking over many of the people at the facility, all it wanted was to deeply experience life.[4]
Jerry and Tina become employees at Central City's S.T.A.R. Labs.[5] They assist Flash multiple times, such as taking care of his injured ally, Cyborg.[6]
Tina is later head of the facility. She heads a project to discover what had happened to the speedster-empowering Speed Force with Bart Allen who was seemingly the only surviving speedster at the time.[7]
Other versions
editIn a possible future timeline observed by the time traveler Waverider, a super-powered crime lord threatens Tina McGee's life to force her husband Jerry to make anti-Flash weaponry in an attempt to draw a retired Wally West out of the Witness Protection Program. In this alternate future, Tina is still working at S.T.A.R. Labs; her colleague, Chunk, is murdered to force her cooperation.[8]
In other media
editLive action
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- Tina McGee appears in The Flash (1990), portrayed by Amanda Pays. This version aids Barry Allen in maintaining powers and crime-fighting as the Flash. Barry and Tina appear attracted to each other, but always claim to be "just" friends and partners.
- The Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths" revealed that Barry of Earth-90 and Tina had gotten married sometime after the series ended and she had died sometime prior. Barry later thinks of her while sacrificing himself to destroy the Anti-Monitor's anti-matter cannon.
- Tina McGee appears in The Flash (2014), portrayed again by Amanda Pays.[9] This version is the director of Mercury Labs, a rival tech firm to S.T.A.R. Labs, a friend of Harrison Wells and Henry Allen, and later retroactively established as the Earth-1 counterpart to the Earth-90 version.
Animation
edit- Tina McGee appears in Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise.
References
edit- ^ The Flash (vol. 2) #3–4 (August–September 1987)
- ^ Invasion! #1–3 (January–March 1989)
- ^ The Flash (vol. 2) #24–28 (March–July 1989)
- ^ The Flash (vol. 2) #36–43 (March–October 1990)
- ^ The Flash (vol. 2) #50 (May 1991)
- ^ The Flash (vol. 2) #183–188 (April–September 2002)
- ^ The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #1–6 (August 2006 – January 2007)
- ^ The Flash (vol. 2) Annual #4 (1991)
- ^ Friedlander, Whitney (September 15, 2014). "CW's 'The Flash' Casts Original Show's Heroine". Variety. Retrieved September 15, 2014.