Wow, that's rough. I knew there were certain characters that he couldn't use but I had no idea that he felt so restricted by what was left on the table. It would be nice to see him come back and get a second run where he has more freedom at some point.
I don't know how I would have felt about his Wally idea if it had actually happened during his run. It sounds waaaaaay better than what we ended up getting in the next run with Wallace but I still don't know if I would have been happy with a version of Wally regressed back to his pre-KidFlash status. I think the way Johns handled Wally's return in Rebirth was ultimately the right move.
A big part of the annoyance and pain with New 52 Wally was that he was suddenly completely out of the age group of all his friends, contemporaries, and everything. He only existed to be Barry's sidekick and not to be Wally West. So even Manapul's maneuver would've sucked because Dick Grayson's generation would never be that Wally's generation again.
I'd heard rumours that both Brian AND Francis were both REALLY keen to reintroduce Wally, and Dan cut them off at the knees every time they brought it up.
Confirmation of Didio's pettiness towards the Wally West character is kinda awful, but hardly a shock.
"My name is Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive!"
I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.
It looked as if ManaBooch had some story ideas they set up and never got to utilize. Piper/Singh is one. Barry's forensic science background was another. There was a standalone issue with Barry solving a cold case, which was spiked.
Yeah, I remember how much it sucked having Titans Hunt reunite "the original team" and having New52 Wally over in Flash de-aged and not having ever put on a costume when he was a founding member and belonged at that reunion. Not having him hang out with Dick ever again would have been a bummer. One of the many reasons that it is the wrong choice to revert Wally back to a teenage Kid Flash.
It sounds like this was an ongoing issue throughout his entire run. In case you missed it and you're interested, Waterfall posted a recent interview with Manapul discussing all of the issues he had trying to use Wally and editorial getting in the way. It's about halfway down the last page
Their whole tenure, I think. Addressing the Wally controversy to the audience was one of the first things Booch ever did (really nice guy, btw). Manapul has said "my pitch is at Dan Didio's desk" almost every single time he was asked about it.
It's nothing new. These details now, though... yeah, it sucked.
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Wally once again is on Superman Son of Kal-El.
What's up with the fingerless gloves?
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Wally meeting Dick for the first time?
I like to think of any inconsistencies in Wally's costume just being him willing his costume to look a little different because he can. Why not experiment when you basically magically conjure your clothes from nothing?