quick Flash question

[ratcreature]

I've just read Flash #106, and I'm wondering, this James guy who's with Piper, when they and Linda meet for lunch, is he Piper's boyfriend? And who is he anyway? (When Piper says to Linda that he's no expert on relationships James interjects "Oh, I don't know..." and in this conversation it seems he and Piper share a house.) And who is he anyway? I couldn't find a James on the main site I use to look up Flash info, besides James Jesse, the first Trickster, and that guy looks very different, e.g. Trickster I has long blond hair.

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[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

From the Pulp Heroes Flash annual, it does seem very much as though he's Piper's boyfriend.

Piper's old crime partner, Fury, has escaped from prison and Piper and James are in their kitchen, discussing it.

James: So?
Piper: So... what?
J: So are you going to go after this fellow Fury?
P: I guess I ought to, eh? Wally's got his hands full in Keystone - and I feel some personal responsibility for the guy. After all, we were partners.
J: You sure there's not a little attraction going on here?
P: Attraction...? Oh, you mean the life I used to lead. The glamour and everything. [For a moment, I thought he might've been talking about Fury. But he wasn't... Was he?]

Piper's description of Fury also implies a certain amount of attraction: "His real name was Earl Povich, son of a steelworker in Pittsburgh. But to me, he was a titan. A handsome, swashbuckling Prometheus, stealing the fire from heaven and daring the gods to make him give it back. He was everything I wanted to be, everything I hoped I could be. Which is why I was so heartbroken when he went solo. Just one job, he promised me. Just one. Then we'd get back together."

Once Piper has confronted Fury and beaten him, he and James walk off with their arms round each other. Piper: [There's more to life than fun. There's the feeling that comes with someone believing in you. The way James believed in me.]

From comments in the storyline, he's an architect of sorts. No superpowers - just a normal person.

[kerithwyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's Piper's (now ex-, I think) boyfriend James, not James Jesse. I don't recall when he vanished or even if he ever got a last name... greenygal could probably tell you more. :)