The best way to use the franchise better is to accept it's legacy roots and drop the idea of turning Barry into Peter Parker. Flash could use a lot from an Avatar like animated series starring Wally West and the rest of Flash family. As the seasons would go further, you would add Barry, Irey and Jay.
Invincible is quite the proof that legacy heroes work as headliners. What DC is trying to do with Barry in other media is tired and done to death. Let's have a show where Wally tries to fill in the boots, prove himself to Justice League and the like. A Return of Barry Allen arc done in an animated show would be incredible.
It sounds like Adams has long-term plans with Wally and forcing him to stop at 800 would be unsatisfying. Now that we have a choice between Barry and Wally you'd think the ideal situation would be a writer being able to use whichever one they want instead of being forced to switch due to some arbitrary number. This goes both ways though. If a writer has a good Barry run in mind then they should be able to use him as much as they need and the same applies with Wally. I hope Barry still plays a supporting role when he's back from wherever he is but there is no need to bring him back full-time so soon.
Of course, the ideal would be both of them having their own ongoing books.
This sounds like an absolute dream come true.
Last edited by The_Sneezing_Stormtrooper; 10-18-2021 at 12:10 PM.
Yeah, this.
This would be a dream come true.
Though Barry does have some proto-Peter Parker aspects to his character which I don't mind getting played but he should be a lot more serious and introverted compared to Spider-Man.
At any rate, having Wally trying to pick up after Barry would be infinitely better than trying to force Peter Parker into an Iron Man legacy and more impactful than Scott Lang filling in for Pym.
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Wally has a brief but pretty cool surprise appearance in todays Superman Son of Kal el.
He shows up in his Flash Rebirth suit as part of the JL and has a nice personal moment with Jon.
Nice to see Wally in that suit and part of the JL again.
My name is Wally West. I"m the fastest man alive. I"m the Flash.
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I guess the nose guard is going to be how DC distinguishes Wally from Barry from now on. Works for me. It's a cool look and retains the sleek design of Infantino's original.
Im happy with this as well. Its a good thing to see todays Flash issue and see his appearnace in Superman sok and know auotamiatally its Wally.
Based on what i skimmed through in todays Flash issue you can tell clearly from Wallys dialouge as well. Definitely a good thing. (Props to Adams for that.)
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
Is it just me or does this Flash run just keep getting better and better with every issue?