Who was the 1rst DC Comics version of "The Flash" you ever read in a comic book?

[Jekyll]

I LOVED Grant Morrison's take on Wally.
His run with Mark Millar was also good fun.

Great run that is extremely underrated!!

[MajorHoy]

With 164 people having voted so far, we've got:

* Barry Allen (Silver Age Flash) = 77 votes
* Wally West (post-CoIE Flash) = 74 votes
* Jay Garrick (Golden Age Flash) = 7 votes
* other = 5 votes
* TV/the CW version of The Flash (Barry) = 1 vote

[John Venus]

Wally West.

First saw him in JLU then Morrison/Waid/Kelly JLA comics then picked up his ongoing comic (Just in time for it to be cancelled in anticipation of Rebirth. Nope. Not salty about that at all.).

[Adekis]

I think the first Flash comic I ever read had Wally as the main character, but that same stack of comics also had both Walter and Barry as guest stars to Wally. Still, giving Wally his glory; he was the Main Flash.

[Hol]

Barry Allen. It was Crisis #8. My uncle had passed away and on the way home from the hospital my dad and I went to 711. He wanted to cheer me up and get me a slurpy and candy. I saw that cover to Crisis #8 and was blown away. The art, his costume and that line "THE FINAL FATE OF THE FLASH". I was hooked. Another uncle of mine owned a comic book store and he got me a bunch of Barry back issues. I read as many as I could and then got Wally's #1 when it came out. I love ALL the Flashes but Wally became my favorite and has been my favorite character since then.

[MajorHoy]

With 176 people having voted so far, we've got:

* Barry Allen (Silver Age Flash) = 82 votes
* Wally West (post-CoIE Flash) = 80 votes
* Jay Garrick (Golden Age Flash) = 8 votes
* other = 5 votes
* TV/the CW version of The Flash (Barry) = 1 vote

[Multiverse]

Started with Wally West in Grant Morrison's JLA; then got into Wally West Flash comics somewhere around the tail-end of Mark Waid and the start of Geoff Johns.

[MadFacedKid]

Wally was the first Flash i was exposed to because the JL cartoon but Barry was the first Flash I read Blackest Night onward

[MajorHoy]

With 182 people having voted so far, we've got:

* Barry Allen (Silver Age Flash) = 86 votes
* Wally West (post-CoIE Flash) = 82 votes
* Jay Garrick (Golden Age Flash) = 8 votes
* other = 5 votes
* TV/the CW version of The Flash (Barry) = 1 vote

Still don't seem to have anybody who first read Bart's brief run as The Flash . . .

[Powerboy]

For me, it was Barry Allen in the 1960s. Glad you put in a qualifier since I'm sure Wally was in the first Flash story I read but he was Kid Flash then.

[MajorHoy]

With 191 people having voted so far,

* Barry Allen (Silver Age Flash) = 92 votes
* Wally West (post-CoIE Flash) = 85 votes
* Jay Garrick (Golden Age Flash) = 8 votes
* other = 5 votes
* TV/the CW version of The Flash (Barry) = 1 vote

[MajorHoy]

Just bumping this up to see if anybody hasn't had a chance to vote yet . . .

[InfamousBG]

I voted Wally because I am 40 years old. I know for a fact I was checking out Flash comics with Barry in them when I was young but I fell in love with Wally right away.

[MajorHoy]

I voted Wally because I am 40 years old. I know for a fact I was checking out Flash comics with Barry in them when I was young but I fell in love with Wally right away.

But when you say "checking out", did you read "Flash comics with Barry" before you read comic books with Wally as The Flash?

This isn't a "Who's your favorite?" thread; it's "Who was the 1rst DC Comics version of "The Flash" you ever read in a comic book?"

[InfamousBG]

But when you say "checking out", did you read "Flash comics with Barry" before you read comic books with Wally as The Flash?

This isn't a "Who's your favorite?" thread; it's "Who was the 1rst DC Comics version of "The Flash" you ever read in a comic book?"

Well my words above were typed wrong. I apologize. Don't want to come off the wrong way and be bashed around here...

I saw comics at the age of 5 years old with Barry in them. I was not "reading" yet. I did not start "READING" The Flash till Wally was in it. That is why I voted Wally.

I never said Wally was my favorite. I never said Barry was my favorite. Why do people always have to go there?! I will never get that.

Your assumption is what ruined the DC boards over at DC Comics.com years ago.