Wally West: The Flash Appreciation 2019

[Spider-Ham]

Always nice to read your opinion on HiC, Ilan !

[Kyer]

Ditto! And if all turns out well, I'll be going back and getting the Flash War Trade while waiting for the HIC one.

Wally's grief was such that it fried the AI, which responded by going on a murder spree.

I don't know why this makes me giggle, but it does.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

Thanks, guys!

And you may giggle, Kyer, but wait until that comes to pass!

[Dred]

Wally West optimism. I remember having that. It's been so long. Still hurts to think about.

[Denirac]

So, I finally got round to reading Heroes in Crisis #6 (after reading the earlier issues in one sitting - they read much, much better that way) and I actually have a fairly different take on what King is going for with Wally than most of the posts I've seen in this thread, at least. If you take a look at it on a metatextual level - and yes, that is assuming that King is working on this level in the first place - what the book is suggesting is that for all that Rebirth promised a return to "hope" and optimism for the DCU, it was done by hurting Wally West. Johns obviously didn't intend that but by returning Wally while at the same time robbing him of his wife and kids tinged the whole thing with a real sense of tragedy.

This may well end with things even bleaker than before for both Wally and the rest of the DCU but I do think that there is at least a chance that by directly addressing this, King may actually be starting a process that wlll restore much of what Wally's lost. I am obviously being incredibly optimistic and HiC may well end up being even grizzlier than Identity Crisis (though good luck with that) but I do think that the "rehabilitation" aspect of Sanctuary might actually point to a brighter rather than bleaker future for these characters.

Kinda hard to have a Bright Future if you’re a Shock Value Corpse in the story like Roy, but I admire the optimism

[Eto]

So, I finally got round to reading Heroes in Crisis #6 (after reading the earlier issues in one sitting - they read much, much better that way) and I actually have a fairly different take on what King is going for with Wally than most of the posts I've seen in this thread, at least. If you take a look at it on a metatextual level - and yes, that is assuming that King is working on this level in the first place - what the book is suggesting is that for all that Rebirth promised a return to "hope" and optimism for the DCU, it was done by hurting Wally West. Johns obviously didn't intend that but by returning Wally while at the same time robbing him of his wife and kids tinged the whole thing with a real sense of tragedy.

This may well end with things even bleaker than before for both Wally and the rest of the DCU but I do think that there is at least a chance that by directly addressing this, King may actually be starting a process that wlll restore much of what Wally's lost. I am obviously being incredibly optimistic and HiC may well end up being even grizzlier than Identity Crisis (though good luck with that) but I do think that the "rehabilitation" aspect of Sanctuary might actually point to a brighter rather than bleaker future for these characters.

I hope so. Optimism is what we need right now.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

Wally West optimism. I remember having that. It's been so long. Still hurts to think about.

Kinda hard to have a Bright Future if you’re a Shock Value Corpse in the story like Roy, but I admire the optimism

I hope so. Optimism is what we need right now.

Oh, it's not easy to be optimistic but it helps that I'm a much bigger Tom King fan than most here.

[BohemiaDrinker]

Oh, it's not easy to be optimistic but it helps that I'm a much bigger Tom King fan than most here.

I'm a huge King fan. Been singing his praises forever and believe he still hasn't reached his potential.

That said, HiC mandates are visible, the disservice it does for DC is obvious, and this story may set King's career a step back.

[WallyWestFlash]

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[Ilan Preskovsky]

I'm a huge King fan. Been singing his praises forever and believe he still hasn't reached his potential.

That said, HiC mandates are visible, the disservice it does for DC is obvious, and this story may set King's career a step back.

Yeah, this is my biggest fear as well. King I have a fair amount of faith in, Didio (certainly when it comes to Wally) not so much.

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Aw, man. Bless 'Ringo. His Flash was his earliest work so it wasn't as polished as his later stuff but, man, such energy and classic superhero optimism. He's still missed.

[Frontier]

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This kind of reminds me of Scott McDaniel as cartoony and stylized modern Superhero art.

[married guy]

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Love 'Ringo's Flash work.
It shouldn't work, with Wally's big exaggerated jaw and chin but it just DOES.
I'm still gutted I'll never see any new work from him. Taken WAY too soon.

[Spider-Ham]

Currently reading The Flash #113.

Can't stop laughing at the idea of a city influenced in every aspect by Wally.

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[WallyWestFlash]

Currently reading The Flash #113.

Can't stop laughing at the idea of a city influenced in every aspect by Wally.

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I loved this issue . I finished re reading Race against time a few weeks ago and it was pretty good but this issue was my favorite. And I mean one of my favorite Wally issues in general.

If anyone asked me why Wally is so great I would point them to this issue. The humor and Wally's personality is just so fun to read. His lines and dialogue just had me smiling and laughing.

I was actually going to post about this issue weeks ago but looks like you beat me to it. Too slow I guess.

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[Darkcrusade25]

Next Wednesday, we'll see Wally most likely revealed as the murderer. A hero who has surpassed his mentor and elevated the Flash role enough that mainstream media had confidence enough to make the Flash the next big hero. Next week we'll see him revealed as the murderer with some boring testimony that is so simple but is meant to be 'profound'.