They’re basically speedster ninjas with a fondness for edged weapons, and things get pretty messy for his victims. He was a nameless fighter pilot during the Cold War for a nation that most certainly wasn’t the US or Russia whose plane was struck by a mysterious bolt of lightning, and after that, his powers manifested, so he did what any sensible person would do in that situation: he named himself after the Hindu god of speed (Savitr, no seriously, look it up) and formed a cult! Since one of his deals is that he can transfer his speed to others, you can imagine the rewards of joining the cult of Savitar. He’s more than a speedster, he’s essentially the man who discovered the Speed Force. Savitar was introduced in a story called “Dead Heat” and that remains his only real story.
Waid’s period writing Flashwas marked by an expansion of the character’s mythos and powers (the Speed Force is one of the things to come into play during the Waid years, for example), a greater focus on additional speedsters (Jay Garrick as mentor to all speedsters and Jesse Quick’s rise to prominence came during this time), and new villains, one of whom was our pal Savitar.
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