Yeah. Teen Titans Academy is ending. A new identity for Wallace for a new Teen Titans relaunch, while Irey becomes Wally's sidekick as Kid Flash?
Yeah, I wonder about that. The Timeless one-shot a couple of months ago showed Mary Jane Watson in a Spider-Man costume. And she, Lois Lane, Iris West-Allen and Linda Park-West are among the few unpowered superhero spouses left. And apparently Linda just got crossed off that list!
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I really hope Iris becomes Kid Flash soon! I love that role for her and her KC costume. And I just never thought her as Impulse would work. Impulse , imo, is not a mantle to be passed on. It is who Bart is.
That all being said I think they should keep Wallace as Kid Flash too. Why not have two? We have 3 Flashes. And besides Barry Allen will be back at some point anyway and it doesn't make sense for Iris to be HIS Kid Flash.
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Just to play devil's advocate: Why is everybody so damned gung-ho on Irey becoming Kid-Flash and Wallace getting some new identity? Are we still nostalgic for MF'ing Kingdom Come? It's been at least 25 years, can't we just sever all ties to that baby boomer temper tantrum and let characters develop in ways NOT in line with that story?
I don't really have a dog in this fight, I'm just confounded by everybody here seemingly expecting Irey to become Kid-Flash. I'm with Paul Levitz way back when he wrote LSH #300 as a response to Jim Shooter's "Adult Legion" story from the 60's: Certainty about the future based on one story just doesn't/shouldn't exist.
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I have to admit I'm keen to see Max and Jesse return to the fold.
That said, I'm happy to let Adams run his race. There's more event shenanigans just around the corner and I'm thinking this is contributing to the current story direction.
Can't get into anything too wild until the company wide crossover event thing plays out.
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Probably because that's who she was meant to be before Flashpoint happened.
I'm fine with Irey becoming Kid Flash with Wallace taking on another identity or if Irey takes up a new mantle and Wallace remains as Kid Flash or if both them stay as Kid Flash.
Wallace still has what TV Tropes calls 'Replacement Scrappy' status among fandom but I don't think there are bad characters, only bad writers. Adams has proven himself as good Flash writer so I hope he does right by Wallace as well.
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Nostalgic for Chain Lightning, maybe. She was Kid Flash first. Heck she debuted as Kid Flash before Bart made the swap.
There's also a bit of scuttlebutt about the fact that Wallace really was created as a bastardized Wally and folks want to move him away from that as much as possible. Him running around with the same name and costume is the same thing people complain about with Barry and Wally, after all. Only at least Wally was a distinct character from the get go.
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I think that there's both a desire, overall, for Iris to become KF so the Wally side of the Flash family cannot be ignored and still some bad blood toward Wallace because he was "Wally" at some point.
IMHO it's all BS: Wallace deserves to prove himself as a character and, while he does so he should remian KF, as a proof that he IS part of the family. Iris has all the time in the world.
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She was never named there, and she's an adult (even had a wedding ring and said Wally, who'd Quantum Leaped into Jai's body, wouldn't like her partner). The colours imply Kid Flash, but she's likely moved on from that by that point.
Really? There's two Robins and two Wonder Girls currently.
Agree that Jesse should come back. Maybe do a shortened version of that Round Robin story that they pitched for her, as a backup in The Flash?
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Some of my favorite Mangas: One Piece, Slam Dunk, Fullmetal Alchemist, HunterXHunter, Vinland Saga, Monster, Berserk, Vagabond.
Current reading: Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Spy X Family, Kaiju Nș8, Blue Lock, Dandadan.