Mystery Analysts: Central City

Our final hero for whom to develop a set of Mystery Analysts is Flash.  Flash, of course, is, in real life, a POLICE FORENSIC SCIENTIST, so his need for back-up in solving mysteries is non-urgent. But, you'd think, with everyone he knows it would be easy to find some people.

That and the fact that there are 27 billion people in Central City to choose from.

Ralph Dibny

Boy, I really hate to include Ralph Dibny. I hate to even MENTION Ralph Dibny

Gotta admit: THIS version was ...
easy to look at.

But the character was a literal detective, deeply associated with Barry, and is currently not doing anything (except being dead, I believe).

This is how I always like to remember him. When I do remember him. Which I don't like to do, ever.

ONE condition, though: no stretching. I think Ralph Dibny could be an okay character; it's the World Famous Elongated Man who is annoying.

David Singh

Most of the Mystery Analysts franchises have at least once Law Enforcement Authority among them and David Singh is pretty much the only one we know related to the Flash.  I would say something about how dangerous it would be for Barry to have his BOSS among his Mystery Analysts but:

1.  It seems to be a convention of comic books that heroes' coworkers never recognize them in costume (even if those coworkers are Mystery Analysts):

2.  At least on the Flash TV show (where Singh was actually more prominent than in comics), it was revealed that, duh, of course David Singh knew Barry Allen was the Flash.

Darwin Elias

Work with me here. Darwin Elias was a famous applied scientist who helped Flash expand and refine his use of his powers as well as inventing fantastic tech to improve Central City.  Then he turned out to be evil. 

But single, so that's a plus.

He appeared in many issues but you don't remember him because he was completely overwritten in popular consciousness by, of course, Harrison Wells from the Flash TV show, who has the exact same description.

And is MUCH more memorable.

Since no one remembers Darwin Elias, just bring him back and drop the "turns out to be evil" part.  Obviously, he's not a detective in the traditional sense, but as a cutting edge scientist, he's certainly about solving mysteries (which in the Flash's case often have a scientific angle).

Dr. Desmond Powell

If you remember that name or face, I'm impressed. He was a one-shot character on the 1990s Flash show, a retired vigilante codenamed "Nightshade".

Sort of a combination Sandman/Dr. Mid-Nite

As such, he would certainly count as a detective. His background as a Central City masked vigilante who predated the Flash's arrival is interesting, his medical knowledge is a useful angle, and the character is certainly free to be used without stepping on anyone's cherished continuity.

Mason Trollbridge

Mason was (for a while) part of Wally West's supporting cast, a colorful character with an unusual backstory. He'd been the kid sidekick of a vigilante called the Clipper, from whom he picked up a lot of crime-solving and weapon-handling know-how.  He essentially served Wally as a Solo Mystery Analyst, so revitalizing him for the Central City franchise is a natural reach.

He was also JUST SLIGHTLY possibly-crazy, which you'd pretty much have to be to think you can help the Flash.

Detective Jared Morillo

I haven't seen an F.B.I. agent get less deference since Juju Watson.

A hard-edged Central City detective who was a big part of the Central City cast during the "Cicada" era, Jared Morillo could be re-introduced as a CCPD detective or one who shift into private investigator.  In either case, Morillo would be the classic shoe-leather detective, in contrast to more science-y members of the Mystery Analysts of Central City.