The problem is that Nigthwing was the first upgrade that Dick Grayson had and his most recognizable one (after Robin) so people will always have a soft spot for that and Kyle stopped being "The Last Green Lantern" and actually became something above that so people have no reason to complaint.
Wally's upgrade was being The Flash and that's how most people know him so of course they were going to complaint if he came back differently.
I'm curious to know if there's any scans from any classic Wally-era comic with a comicky, time travelly, futurey, pasty, alternate earthy, faked deathy shot of a bunch of rad super-hero friends standing at a grave that says "Wallace R. West".
Also, while I'm pretty stoked for CW's The Flash series ... if that tanks out, does DC's tyrant editorial demand that their precious cross-platform synergy (a concept that apparently doesn't include Young Justice or Batman: B&B) stop being enforced because, like, sales!
None of this is to say that I hate what Venditti and Jensen are trying to do. That's still too early to call. Especially since the smart money is on the "Five Years Later" Wally who's 17 years old being time-jumped back into our time, pseudo-Bart style, as a guy "slightly out of time, but not much". (But I want red hair and green eyes, and I want it now.)
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Let's keep hope alive that there is a new Crisis next year and we can get back the real Wally!
Good Marvel characters- Bring Them Back!!!
Have you seen Jason Spisak's YouTube videos? He's done some different Wally and Razer things. I wish we could get him doing Wally reacting to New 52 Wally. That would be a riot.
Good Marvel characters- Bring Them Back!!!