| Tina McGee | |
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Tina McGee from Flash vol. 2 #, art by Jackson Guice |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Flash v2, #3, August (1987) |
| Created by | Mike Baron (writer) Jackson Guice (artist) |
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| Team affiliations | S.T.A.R. Labs |
| Supporting character of | Flash |
Tina McGee is a fictional character appearing in The Flash comic book series published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Flash vol. 2 #3. Tina McGee is a nutritionist and researcher for STAR Labs.
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She originally received a grant from Harvard to study Wally West's metabolism.[1] Her husband Jerry did his own speed experients and turned into the homicidal 'Speed Demon'. This resulted in a coma. Tina and Flash grew into a romantic relationship; she moves in with him. Various stresses, including Wally's nagging 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 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 STAR Labs.[5]
Tina later becomes 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.[6]
A super-powered crime lord forces Jerry to make anti-Flash weaponry in an attempt to draw Wally out of the Witness Protection Program. He does this because Tina's life is threatened. In this alternate future she is still working at S.T.A.R. Labs. Her collague, Chunk, is murdered to force her cooperation.[7]
Tina was a regular character in the 1990-91 Flash television series, in which she was portrayed by Amanda Pays. In the show, Tina helps Barry Allen control his powers and helps him in his battles as the Flash. Deviating from the comic book continuity, Iris West breaks up with Barry. Throughout the show, Barry and Tina appear attracted to each other, but always claim to be "just friends and partners." It is implied that they develop feelings for each other, but they never acted upon those feelings, even up to the last episode.
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