The Fastest Kid Alive: Wallace West, Kid Flash Appreciation Thread [REDUX]

[lemonpeace]

According to Christopher Priest, Wallace is one of the DC characters with the most potential : https://www.denofgeek.com/us/books/d...n-story-to-end

Specifically :

Wallace (Kid Flash) West is an even more complex relationship, a kid Slade at first exploits but then genuinely grows to care for. As I see him, Wallace holds the most volatile and dynamic potential of any DCU character, and I wish I had opportunity to explore him more. Speedsters are extremely complex characters to write because, let’s face it, they can solve most problems before the reader can turn the page.

As I see him, Wallace has the potential for both great good and great evil, and we’ve yet to know the limits of that potential. This makes for an extremely complex relationship with a guy like Slade, whom Wallace both abhors and admires, as Wallace himself presents enormous temptation to Slade to either exploit as a pawn or protect in a paternal fashion.

Good pull on the interview, it's nice to know Priest took to Wallace so well and sees his potential. I hope one day he takes a break from his hiatus writing black led books to write a Wallace mini or maxi. Ideally after Wallace has a chance to develop and mature more.

However, I'm actually more interested in this quote:

I kind of envy Adam’s opportunity to explore the consequences of Slade’s demise with Damian and especially Wallace (Kid Flash) West, who could have saved Deathstroke but chose not to. I’d further like to assure readers that Slade is, in fact, dead. But that’s far from the end of his story.

It seems Red Arrow was right, I wonder if or how we'll see that choice explored with Wallace down the line.