Tornado Twins

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caption = Don & Dawn: The Tornado Twins.
character_name = The Tornado Twins
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "Adventure Comics" (vol. 1) #373 (October 1968)
creators = Jim Shooter (art)
Mort Weisinger (editor)
Win Mortimer (story)
alter_ego = Donald "Don" Wallace Allen
Dawn Jae Allen
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alliances = Legion of Super-Heroes
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powers = SuperspeedThe Tornado Twins are fictional characters, superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. The twins are Don and Dawn Allen, the children of Barry Allen (the second Flash) and Iris West-Allen. They first appeared in "Adventure Comics" vol. 1 #373 (October 1968).

Fictional character biography

In their first appearance, the twins are 30th century descendents of Barry Allen. They temporarily gain super-speed powers during "Flash Day", a ceremony honoring their ancestors.

After the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the history of the DC Universe is changed. In this new continuity, Barry Allen briefly joins his wife Iris in the 30th century, where the two manage to conceive the twins. Before they are born, however, Allen is killed saving the remaining worlds from the Anti-Monitor ["Crisis on Infinite Earths" #8 (November 1985)] Don and Dawn are raised in an era of extreme xenophobia, where metahuman activity is unwelcome. Growing up hearing the stories of their heroic father from their mother the two twins, who have inherited their father's superspeed powers, operate as superheroes in secret. They disguise themselves by spinning rapidly, so that they resemble two tornadoes. During this era they meet a time-travelling Wally West, who inspires them to fight the 30th century's prejudice against metahumans. ["Flash" #114 (June 1996)]

As an adult, Don Allen marries Meloni Thawne; they are the parents of Bart Allen ["Flash" vol. 2 #92 (July 1994)] , the speedster hero who is first known as Impulse, before maturing into the Teen Titan Kid Flash, and who later becomes the fourth Flash. Dawn Allen marries Jeven Ognats, and gives birth to the Legionaire XS.

The pair help the Legion of Super-Heroes fight off an invasion of Earth by the Dominators. Unfortunately, the twins are killed while trying to free hostages held by Dominator forces. ["Legion of Super-Heroes" vol.4 #17 (April 1991)] .

Current Tornado Twins

In "Flash" vol. 2 #225 (October 2005), Linda Park, wife of the current Flash Wally West, gives birth to the twins Jai and Iris West II. The West family is stuck in a parallel world for almost a year after the combined Flashes attempt to subdue the evil Superboy Prime ["Infinite Crisis" #4 (March 2006)] , but return to the DC Earth in "Justice League of America" #10 (August 2007). Due to a side-effect of their superspeed powers, Iris appears to be approximately 10 years old, while Jai appears to be 8. Wally has referred to his twin children as the "Tornado Twins," and is helping them follow his footsteps. Although they are connected to the Speed Force, they manifest it in different ways; Iris can vibrate through objects (taking others with her), and Jai can "superaccelerate the myofibrillar hypertrophism in [his] muscular tissue" to gain temporary super-strength. Neither of them have ordinary super-speed, although Iris briefly possessed it when their powers were in flux. Their powers require complex machinery to remain stable. ["All-Flash" #1 (2007)]

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References

* [http://www.hyperborea.org/flash/tornadotwins.html Tornado Twins at Those Who Ride the Lightning website]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=tornadotwins Tornado Twins at Unofficial Guide to DC Universe]