Wally West: The Flash Appreciation 2020

[Dataweaver]

Oh, I agree: fixing Wally is paramount over other concerns and a straight out 'all is well' story would be terribly boring save in something like those Holiday books containing several short stories. Those don't need conflict like a one-story or multi-book story does.
It just that Walter's fate to have lost both loves of his life and his very world has really irked me. I'd love to see him get to stay happy. (Well, as long as a comic book character can be allowed to stay happy. See 'conflict'.)

ironically, it's the fact that Walter got such a raw deal that makes him such a perfect fit for this purpose. In the short-term, at least, I feel like the best approach would be to pile on even more: I'd want the readers to go “Holy carp! this guy's life sucks!”

[Kyer]

Talk about suck'n.... In my mailbox:

We wanted to let you know that the release date has changed for the item that you preordered. The new release date is: Tuesday, Sep 1, 2020.

This is in regards to my copy of Mike Baron's Flash: Savage Velocity paperback (compilation of Wally's first year as Flash) and was a rude reminder that things are horrible in China.
Suspect that all other preorders are also going to be massively delayed. Along with everything else we let China take over with manufacturing.

(Please note that I'm in no way putting priority of having books over people's health or being trite with the horror that is the Wuhan Virus striking so many people. It's just I was busy catching up on work before company arrives and that email was a hard reminder of the suffering going on right now beyond empty shelves in certain parts of the stores.)

[WallyWestFlash]

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This issue was my favorite one of the Flash Forward series. Was a really fun issue.

[married guy]

Please DC,
Whoever is eventually hired to replace Dan DiDio, can they PLEASE keep their personal tastes to themselves and NOT have it influence their publishing line?
Let's see a Wally book. A Titans book. A Nightwing book starring Dick Grayson. If enough of your clients are asking for it, how about giving it a whirl?
Please keep in mind that the Silver Age reiteration of characters are NOT the be-all, end-all.
Thanks.

[Vampire Savior]

Please DC,
Whoever is eventually hired to replace Dan DiDio, can they PLEASE keep their personal tastes to themselves and NOT have it influence their publishing line?
Let's see a Wally book. A Titans book. A Nightwing book starring Dick Grayson. If enough of your clients are asking for it, how about giving it a whirl?
Please keep in mind that the Silver Age reiteration of characters are NOT the be-all, end-all.
Thanks.

I don't think DiDio's position will be filled by anyone. It seems Jim Lee is going to be steering the ship. He seems rather passive to me, and I don't know that he feels particularly strongly about any of the DC characters. Maybe Batman.

[manwhohaseverything]

I don't think DiDio's position will be filled by anyone. It seems Jim Lee is going to be steering the ship. He seems rather passive to me, and I don't know that he feels particularly strongly about any of the DC characters. Maybe Batman.

Maybe that's better an unbiased person running the ship

[Ascended]

I don't think DiDio's position will be filled by anyone. It seems Jim Lee is going to be steering the ship. He seems rather passive to me, and I don't know that he feels particularly strongly about any of the DC characters. Maybe Batman.

From what little I've heard, Lee does seem to be a pretty even-keeled guy. I hope that he knows better than to allow personal bias to sway business reasoning, and I suspect he does. But I've rarely heard much from him so I really don't know.

He seems perhaps a little too fond of the Bat for my liking, but that describes all of DC's employees it seems. And he seems to push for WildStorm as much as he reasonably can, which only makes sense. But it's that he apparently pushes "reasonably" that gives me hope; if he's not going to push WS harder than he should then he's not likely to let personal opinion cloud his judgement as much as Didio seemed to with certain characters.

[Frontier]

From what little I've heard, Lee does seem to be a pretty even-keeled guy. I hope that he knows better than to allow personal bias to sway business reasoning, and I suspect he does. But I've rarely heard much from him so I really don't know.

He seems perhaps a little too fond of the Bat for my liking, but that describes all of DC's employees it seems. And he seems to push for WildStorm as much as he reasonably can, which only makes sense. But it's that he apparently pushes "reasonably" that gives me hope; if he's not going to push WS harder than he should then he's not likely to let personal opinion cloud his judgement as much as Didio seemed to with certain characters.

Even I can't fault him for that since one of his big breaks was Hush, so it isn't surprising there would be a natural affinity.

[WallyWestFlash]

With the second issue of Generations missing from the June solicitations, does that mean the whole series is being changed and since Wally is central to it where does that leave him?

[deadman322]

With the second issue of Generations missing from the June solicitations, does that mean the whole series is being changed and since Wally is central to it where does that leave him?

wouldn't be surprised if whatever bs they had planned for him is now getting scrapped and he just won't appear in anything.

[Spider-Ham]

I hope Wally will lose his new powers sooner than latter and will be right on time to help Barry against the Legion of Zoom.

[WallyWestFlash]

wouldn't be surprised if whatever bs they had planned for him is now getting scrapped and he just won't appear in anything.

Not sure if that is a good thing or bad thing. It looked like DC was finally easing off on Wally. But eventually Didio would probably not have been.able.to hold himself back and fell into the same old destroy Wally cycle.

Although it might turn out better for us Wally fans now. The demand for Wally and his fans are still here. But instead of Didio trying to shut it down by killing or undermining Wally or just telling us hes sick of hearing it, or whatever other trolling he would do, maybe the new management will actually just give the fans what we want and just good Wally adventures and content.

I hope Wally will lose his new powers sooner than latter and will be right on time to help Barry against the Legion of Zoom.

I heard a rumor that the story is building up to a Zoom family vs Flash family war. If true hopefully Wally will be included.

[Spider-Ham]

I heard a rumor that the story is building up to a Zoom family vs Flash family war.

Not a rumor actually. You can see Williamson teasing this War in the Jay Garrick short story, in The Flash #750.

[WallyWestFlash]

Not a rumor actually. You can see Williamson teasing this War in the Jay Garrick short story, in The Flash #750.

Nice. Sounds like a cool idea. And Wally should be in it as well then. (Depending on what his status is then)

[TheSupernaut]

I read #750 and I must say, I'm cautiously very curious about this new direction with Wally....but I also want it to end soon.