Wally West: The Flash Appreciation 2023

[Drako]

Well get ready because we have 3 in one month, the one minute war special releases on January 31st.

Give me all the Flash you can.

[Refrax5]

Give me all the Flash you can.

Same. I'm loving this release schedule. Also working through my Flash by Mark Waid vol 8 that I got for Christmas, so it's all Flash all the time with me lately.

[Refrax5]

So I'm still not sure what were they thinking here. lol I get that Wally was like 21 at the time but were they purposely trying to make him unlikable. That was the first Annual of him as the new Flash, they should've probably been a little more self-aware. Seems like they could get away with anything in 1987.

I think a lot of that was do to the late 80s bring an era of trying to make heroes more "modern" and realistic. It was very much a "these aren't your father's superheroes!" type era. If you ever read those issues, the letters page was absolutely wild.

I'm glad it didn't last, but there was something entertaining about how unpredictable that version of Wally was. And, really, I know very few people that don't look back on that age without wincing at what a jackass they were, so knowing Wally had his own immature jerk phase makes him more human and relatable to me. And, of course, Messner-Loebs and Waid were able to take that characterization and use it as a springboard for some great stories that gave him his growth and maturity.

[Frontier]

Wally still one of the best character arcs and developments of any character in the Big Two .

[Mantis-Ray]

Well get ready because we have 3 in one month, the one minute war special releases on January 31st.

Oh cool we're getting a special

Do we know how many parts One-Minute War will have?

[sifighter]

Oh cool we're getting a special

Do we know how many parts One-Minute War will have?

We might get more a clue with the April solicitations, right now the book is twice a month starting this month up to April so that’s 8 books for 4 months plus the Special issue so possibly 9 maybe 10 parts. That’s me guessing though.

[Mantis-Ray]

We might get more a clue with the April solicitations, right now the book is twice a month starting this month up to April so that’s 8 books for 4 months plus the Special issue so possibly 9 maybe 10 parts. That’s me guessing though.

Hopefully its paced well.

The slow pacing of the first 2 parts makes me worry that the book might be too slow though hopefully that just set-up and it will start kicking into high gear with multiple moving parts.

[married guy]

Oh cool we're getting a special

Do we know how many parts One-Minute War will have?

Solicitations have the story still going with #795, so that is already 6 issues plus the special.
I'm thinking the story may wind up in #796 and then kick off another big storyline that plays out in #800.

[Hol]

Hopefully its paced well.

The slow pacing of the first 2 parts makes me worry that the book might be too slow though hopefully that just set-up and it will start kicking into high gear with multiple moving parts.

You think the first two parts are slow? I thought they went super fast.

[Hol]

Solicitations have the story still going with #795, so that is already 6 issues plus the special.
I'm thinking the story may wind up in #796 and then kick off another big storyline that plays out in #800.

I wonder what Jeremy Adams has planned for #800. I hope we also get some stories from Waid and Johns. I'd love a Messener Loeb and Manapul story too.

[Digifiend]

I can see One Minute War lasting up to #799. I wonder if #800 will involve the family getting introduced to Jay's long lost daughter Judy? Stargirl: The Lost Children will have finished by then.

[sifighter]

I can see One Minute War lasting up to #799. I wonder if #800 will involve the family getting introduced to Jay's long lost daughter Judy? Stargirl: The Lost Children will have finished by then.

Yeah there’s not a doubt in my mind that Adams will be writing Judy once she’s released on the main dc universe. Whether that’s a mini, a backup, or just part of the cast remains to be seen.

[married guy]

I wonder what Jeremy Adams has planned for #800. I hope we also get some stories from Waid and Johns. I'd love a Messener Loeb and Manapul story too.

If Wally is still headlining, I'd LOVE to see contributions from a who's who of creators who contributed to his title over the years.
Messner-Loebs, Waid, Johns and Augustyn!
Porter, Kolins, Jimenez (Oscar), LaRocque!

Let's have a massive blowout issue. 800 issues is nothing to sneeze at!

[Digifiend]

It would probably celebrate the whole family (the numbering dates back to Jay Garrick's 1940s book after all). Have the main story start Wally's next arc, with backups featuring at least Jay Garrick (and his reunion with Judy and her introduction to the rest of the family), and Barry (dealing with his relationship with Iris and the consequences of One Minute War)?

[Mantis-Ray]

So I recently finished The Return of Wally West trade

No idea why issues 763-767 are collected in this, they have nothing to do with whats advertised on the cover and really are completely disconnected from it, there's even the Endless Winter issue collected here which obviously doesn't do much if you only have one part of an event.

Like not saying the Dr. Alchemy arc is bad, its quite fun, but this really should have just been released into 2 trades, there's enough content for that. Though then again I remember how this book only came years after the story ended so presumably there was some behind the scenes/production issues I guess.

Otherwise great that Wally has completely shirked off all the Heroes in Crisis bullshit, I think the only thing left if he gets some kind of payback on Harley. Cause no I will never let go how she kicked him in the balls, especially after everyone talked him down from killing himself. I mean who groins attack a guy who was about to commit suicide, thats just awful.

You think the first two parts are slow? I thought they went super fast.

I thought it a bit methodical in some parts, mostly of the characters reacting at that issue's start but its not really a complaint. More just a feeling and it obviously picks up after the start.