I agree but this is less an issue of Wally being screwed over than of just another example of how badly written Modern Barry is. I've loved Barry in various retro stories, mostly by Mark Waid, but I keep dropping off the Flash ever since the New 52 because of how much I dislike the way that Barry Allen has been portrayed in them. Williamson, despite his obvious writing chops and even good handle on most characterization (he greatly improved on previous portrayals of Wallace and his Wally is pretty damn solid), just can't seem to get Barry at all correct. His Barry ranges from being mopey to being a dick and I just have no interest in reading about such a character. This is a problem with the TV version too, by the way, but there at least they have the massively likable Grant Gustin to counteract the awful writing.
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Favorite Characters:
DC: The Flash (Jay & Wally), Starman- Jack Knight, Stargirl, & Shazam!.
MARVEL: Daredevil, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), & Doctor Strange.
Current Pulls: Not a thing!
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Here's your summary :
- When asked if we have to read HiC before Flash Forward #1, he smiles and says you can totally skip Heroes in Crisis if you want to.
- Wally's personnal journey is connected to other threads of the DCU, so his adventure will merge with some others.
- Wally will become really important.
Aaaaaaand that's all.
I don't know what's going on but this is really weird. I'm glad, I want to give them a chance but, still, it's weird.
LoL, it’s Rebirth all over again. If Wally was truly going to become important they would have put a stronger and more relevant creative team on him.
Haha. Awesome. Classic Wally. Just pure fun.
I can relate to Wally. Hate haircuts. I like that Laroque gave Wally that distinct hairstyle. The wave. An iteration on Hals signature hair style.
I think Williamson is a very good writer. His Flash series is pretty solid from what I've seen and I really like how he writes Wally. The problem is like most are saying, is that Barry is written very depressing. But the series in general is written with a lot of angst and tragedy. I think that's more of an editorial tone set in rather than Williamson.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
Williamson was pretty good with flash from 1-45. He gave Barry and Wally a happy ending when they both reconnected with Iris. It was that damn Flash War that messed his run up. Williamson really wanted to write Wally and looked for ways to put him in that book, once he was gone to HIC, the Flash run got sloppy
I'm pretty sure that Flash Forward and its team is the resultat of a last minute decision. Obviously, Didio & cie underestimate the shitstorm coming with Heroes in Crisis.
And, if it's Rebirth all over again, the big difference here is that it's Dan Didio who will be praised. Not Geoff Johns.
Just for you guys, I made a wonderful piece of art, a triptych showing Didio's face when he's asked if we need to read Heroes in Crisis. Spoiler : It's priceless.
https://image.noelshack.com/fichiers...idiololhic.png
It's Otto-Dix level. Don't thank me.
This wonderful issue came yesterday from the eBay fairy. Highly recommend! They don't make Flash specials like this anymore.
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Favorite Characters:
DC: The Flash (Jay & Wally), Starman- Jack Knight, Stargirl, & Shazam!.
MARVEL: Daredevil, Spider-Man (Peter Parker), & Doctor Strange.
Current Pulls: Not a thing!
Hang on to that collector's item, it's bound to skyrocket in value once the masses finally embrace the ultimate 90s Flash villain: Cobalt Blue.
Seriously though that was a fun special. God I miss the Flash family.
I think you might be right. I'm sure Didio knew there would be some sort of blowback but not on the massive scale that it actually ended up being on.
He will not get credit for doing anything good for Wally like Johns did for Rebirth. IF this fixes Wally he will get credit for fixing his own mess that he caused.
Lol. That's great. The third image says. "Damn. I screwed up big time."
A big Wally fan base after him being the Flash for 22 years?? Who would have thought?
Nice. That's a pretty good issue. Don't care for the cover art though. Too bad they can't make anything like this today.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
Favorite Heroes - 1-Flash/Wally West, 2-Superman, 3-Green Lantern/Hal Jordan, 4-Nightwing, 5-Hawkman, 6-Firestorm, 7-Supergirl/Linda Danvers, 8-Zatanna, 9-Robin/Tim Drake
Prepare yourself for a new writer on Flash Forward :
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/06...ndustry-again/