Flash's mother left his father, sometime when he was a baby. Growing up, he was abused by Harrison Thompson, his alcoholic father. This lead to him becoming a bully. In high school, Flash was popular and always hanged out with the jocks at school, he also dated many popular girls at school. He was a quarterback on his schools football team and was in track. Ever since Junior High, Flash had bullied Peter Parker. But, after Peter got his powers, he was stronger. Peter stood up for himself more, and gave Flash a black eye when Flash insulted him.