Originally Posted by
Zeeguy91
Dude. Its obvious that TPTB chose Barry because they were just biased in his favor. That's the only reason. There's really no logical reason why they had to go with only one Flash, let alone why that Flash had to be Barry.
I mean, a smart businessman would look at how the Batfamily is successful, with Dick Grayson not only being a prominent supporting character but also carrying his own title as Nightwing for literally decades and try to apply that same strategy to Wally. They might also look at the fact well Wally West was the protagonist at the time during which the Flash comics reached their height in terms of both quality and popularity and think that they shouldn't fix what isn't broken.
There really was no reason to bring Barry back aside from bias. And I'm saying this as someone who actually really likes Barry Allen.
A line-wide reboot aimed at making Barry and the rest of the Silver Age generation the undisputed leaders of the pack. That was pretty much the only reason for the New 52. And it failed.
Uh, not really. Throughout the 90s, between Wally, Jay, Max Mercury, Johnny Quick, Jesse Quick, and Bart Allen, they had at least six different speedsters running around at the same time. And that was when the Flash was at its height as a franchise. I really don't see why it was an issue for Flash when Batman had like 10 different protoges/associates as part of his family.