Wally West: Flash Appreciation 2018

[married guy]

I simply pretend the Wally-Donna thing never existed.
And with Rebirth, I guess it never did....
I still don't know why they didn't go with a variant of the Walter West costume for Wally.
The darker red & silver looked great and set him apart from Barry, but still had the FLASH feel about it.

[mrbrklyn]

Flash War! Long story short, Hunter Zolomon is back,

you couldn't put that in spoiler quotes?

[MajorHoy]

you couldn't put that in spoiler quotes?

At this point, why bother?

Wasn't it all over back in July?

[WallyWestFlash]

At this point, why bother?

Wasn't it all over back in July?

And was revealed he had returned all the way back in January in the Flash annual.

As well as the foundation of the very publicized Flash War was Hunter's return.

[byrd156]

When it comes to comics are spoilers even a thing anymore? It feels like every story that comes out most of the important story beats come out too.

[married guy]

As a mad Wally West fan, I've been sitting in pretty much a holding pattern for the last decade.
What we've been given has been meaningless cameos, hopelessly out of character portrayals and missed opportunities.
It has been blatantly clear that DC had absolutely NO IDEA what to do with Wally.
Didio and TPTB were so set on having Barry return, that there was no thought given as to what repercussions that return would have on the Flash Family characters who had in the years since he'd died stepped up and were no longer support characters - but the main character of their own book. (Bart & Max in Impulse & Wally in Flash. Jay in JSA)
All were given a SERIOUS disservice once Barry was brought back.

My greatest wish is to have a monthly Flash Family title. A book centred on all the other speedsters in the DCU. A book that when the occasion arises, can cross over with Barry's Flash title.
In my mind, it's the easiest win/win. DC gets another title spun off from one of it's better selling books and readers get the speedsters we've been missing for years.
I know I'd buy it and there has to be plenty more who'd give it try too.

I mean bloody hell, DC published an Aquaman spin-off! Now, I LOVE Aquaman, but there's NO WAY a spin-off book survives two years.
A Flash spin-off title would HAVE to have more legs (puns) wouldn't you think?

[Last Son of Krypton]

Heroes in Crisis' Wally West related spoiler from Bleeding Cool:

spoilers:

"The rumoured plot of Heroes In Crisis will see… Wally West, the Flash, murders the residents of Sanctuary en masse, running through them, machine guns blazing. At the conclusion of the series, he will join the new Suicide Squad series, written by Brian Azzarello."

end of spoilers

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/09...on-dc-rebirth/

[byrd156]

Heroes in Crisis' Wally West related spoiler from Bleeding Cool:

spoilers:

"The rumoured plot of Heroes In Crisis will see… Wally West, the Flash, murders the residents of Sanctuary en masse, running through them, machine guns blazing. At the conclusion of the series, he will join the new Suicide Squad series, written by Brian Azzarello."

end of spoilers

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/09...on-dc-rebirth/

This was posted last month. If it happens, It will easily be one of the most hilarious things DC has ever done.

[Last Son of Krypton]

This was posted last month.

I wasn't aware of, I just read it for the first time in the article posted today by BC.

[byrd156]

I wasn't aware of, I just read it for the first time in the article posted today by BC.

It's good but most people already know those goofy rumors.

[Spider-Ham]

It will easily be one of the most hilarious things DC has ever done.

Just like what they did to Maxwell Lord, Superboy Prime, Hal Jordan, Arsenal, Mary Marvel and the Teen Titans in Trial of Kid Flash.

This is a really disgusting habit.

[byrd156]

Just like what they did to Maxwell Lord, Superboy Prime, Hal Jordan, Arsenal, Mary Marvel and the Teen Titans in Trial of Kid Flash.

This is a really disgusting habit.

It really is. At least Hal got resurrected and the Parallax retcon was actually a very good one. A very rare instance.

[Jekyll]

As a mad Wally West fan, I've been sitting in pretty much a holding pattern for the last decade.
What we've been given has been meaningless cameos, hopelessly out of character portrayals and missed opportunities.
It has been blatantly clear that DC had absolutely NO IDEA what to do with Wally.
Didio and TPTB were so set on having Barry return, that there was no thought given as to what repercussions that return would have on the Flash Family characters who had in the years since he'd died stepped up and were no longer support characters - but the main character of their own book. (Bart & Max in Impulse & Wally in Flash. Jay in JSA)
All were given a SERIOUS disservice once Barry was brought back.

My greatest wish is to have a monthly Flash Family title. A book centred on all the other speedsters in the DCU. A book that when the occasion arises, can cross over with Barry's Flash title.
In my mind, it's the easiest win/win. DC gets another title spun off from one of it's better selling books and readers get the speedsters we've been missing for years.
I know I'd buy it and there has to be plenty more who'd give it try too.

I mean bloody hell, DC published an Aquaman spin-off! Now, I LOVE Aquaman, but there's NO WAY a spin-off book survives two years.
A Flash spin-off title would HAVE to have more legs (puns) wouldn't you think?

EXACTLY!!!!! How many freaking Bat related titles does DC have?? There is ZERO reason that we can’t have another Flash title.

[MajorHoy]

EXACTLY!!!!! How many freaking Bat related titles does DC have?? There is ZERO reason that we can’t have another Flash title.

Well, unless DC comes up with a good reason/story for a separate Flash book (I'm not saying it can't be done, but questioning whether DC these days would know how to do it), which would be worse:

* Wally in no separate series
or
* Wally in a terrible separate series that maybe gets cancelled within a year

In DiDio we trust (to screw everything up).

[Jekyll]

Well, unless DC comes up with a good reason/story for a separate Flash book (I'm not saying it can't be done, but questioning whether DC these days would know how to do it), which would be worse:

* Wally in no separate series
or
* Wally in a terrible separate series that maybe gets cancelled within a year

In DiDio we trust (to screw everything up).

LOL!! Fair points Major!