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Fictional character appearing in The Flash From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | The Flash (vol. 2) #3 August (1987) |
Created by | Mike Baron (writer) Jackson Guice (artist) |
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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.
Tina 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]
In 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]
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