[QUOTE=Refrax5;6037024]Just for the record, that was never the case at all.
Editorial decided that Barry's sales had slipped to a level where he needed to go and was offered up to Marv Wolfman as fodder for his big upcoming story with George Perez.
DC were originally looking at introducing a new Flash (who wasn't even a speedster!) but decided at the 11th hour to simply pass the mantle to Wally instead.
Even Barry's death had a built in loophole (Marv has commented about this before, or buy a copy of the BRILLIANT Flash Compendium). He was never shafted so Wally could be the one & only.