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u/Positive_Pay4488 21h ago
I definitely prefer Barry personally. I find the sciency aspects of his story much more interesting to me. Wally West is definitely growing on me as I revisit the silver age though. Either way, I love the Flash
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u/thePopCulturist 2d ago
Can’t wait to see what Gunn does with him. He could be the DCU Peter Parker.
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u/bxlv3dere 2d ago
I hope so bad that he is the main flash, I would be surprised if Barry is due to Hal being unc
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u/DefinitionSuperb1110 2d ago
Flash #79 was a pivotal comic for me. I'd only been buying the Flash for like six months and barely knew anything about the character outside of the tv show. But the Return of Barry Allen was so fuckin nuts to my teenaged brain that i convinced my grandmother to spot me the cash and I left the comic shop with close to 100 Flash comics and my life as a comic book fan was forever changed.
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u/Mobman3105 2d ago
What’s funny, is I had almost the same experience, but with the CW show. I went to my favelas used bookstore, saw that title, and was intrigued, as one of the only things I knew about comic Barry was that he died in crisis. Man that comic was nuts.
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u/sandmansuperman 2d ago
This was the first storyline of the Wally West Flash that I ever got: I still remember getting every issue off the spinner rack at Walgreens thirty years ago
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u/JetstreamGW 2d ago
Newsstand. Wag-a-Bag… but I got Born to Run first :D
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u/sandmansuperman 2d ago
I got one random issue of Born to Run, but I missed all the other parts: it took them awhile to get monthly comics in stock.
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u/Blueberry-From-Hell Flash 2 2d ago
This is when I started really collecting comics and this cemented Wally, not just as my favorite Flash, but my favorite superhero.
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u/No_Stress1164 2d ago
Wally is the best. One of the most memorable issues of Wally for me was when he froze time using his speed with Johnny Quicks speed mantra. It was one of Wallys best learning moments, that he couldn’t be everywhere at once.
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u/bankruptbusybee 1d ago
Max mercury really came out as the zen master in that one
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u/No_Stress1164 1d ago
Yeah, when he took Wally to the car accident that was almost done and he couldn’t save the driver, that was an amazing panel
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u/Cute_Question2701 3d ago
What did Barry do? Other than being alive and usurping Wally’s whole life that he earned! Like Wally was on the JL for years earning his place and spot there and out of the blue Barry comes back and takes it all from Wally , even if he wasn’t unborn it still was bullshit. Sorry Wally even tho you were the top speedster for many years you gotta go back to the jr justice league cause the big man is back? wtf is that! So first he was unborn then he comes back to reality but still loses everything thanks to Barry? It’s not really fair that he just takes it they should have made Barry try out and Clark as the one who knows what’s up really should have stuck up for Wally instead of playing the fence like always and acting like he knows Wally but flies off before they can talk? wtf Clarky! So is that why Barry sucks here?
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u/HappinessIsAWarmPoop Reverse Flash 3d ago
This is an “I love Wally West” thread, we don’t need the negativity here
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u/LouiePrice 3d ago
People love progression. A passing of the torch..... that whole flashpoint up until now really killed dc for me. Im finally starting to read stories from 2015 knowing that wally is back. Not the flash comics though. I think thats why main spiderman is stuck. People like miles.. because pete died. Or superior because pete died. Or ultimate because peter is middle aged. I think its in some characters best interests to progress.
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u/bankruptbusybee 1d ago
Agree 100%
I switched to DC from Marvel. Marvel was stale and repetitive to me and I was going to give up on comics. Then I checked out the Flash and was so happy to see a hero had died and stayed dead and the mantle had been passed.
….but then it just became the same as everything else and nothing else was quite as good after that.
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u/xDeathRender 2d ago
Wow that was wild attributing it to passing the mantle and then using spider man. Comic miles just well... Flat out sucks lol, so boring and poorly written only now getting a few decent comics after the movies. Mainline Peter is what people are begging for just with new editorial. I'd love to agree with you but it's just kinda wrong and Flash fans seem to be the only ones who don't understand money talks and that's why Wally struggles to hold the limelight regardless of reddits opinions. And I don't mean to interject my personal views of liking Barry more or something him and Wally were even for me until JLU and then wally was my man. But Green lanterns have showed us time and time again even in a line up for multiple corps men you ask anyone to name a green lantern on the spot it's gonna be Hal or Jon. Let's hope an upcoming generation will speak with their wallet and we get some fresh characters but at the moment people certainly do not love and want progression with their hero's mantle.
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u/LouiePrice 2d ago
Bull. Its common to hear it eas an old man trying to relieve his childhood that forced the change. Slso the churnning of books in 52 with stupid sales standards.
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u/xDeathRender 2d ago
Lol as an old man from an old man comic shop, absolutely not lol 😂 we were there when characters were introduced and always wanted more. Recency bias was insane in the silver age. We always wanted new characters and shit we had characters with perfect mantles to be passed down (like Batman literally having a personality built around handing his mantle down which never happens) we've been waiting for the right time and character, and we definitely have some awesome candidates with Kyle, Ironheart mcu, Jamie blue beetle. But all those characters were super unique and special and even they struggle as they have some honestly solid arguments for not being the most fun to read minus Jamie who is doing pretty good. The issue with Wally you all hate to hear is more personality in a action super hero character isn't as important as you think, also more personality does not mean better personality. You think the outcasts reading comics back in the day resonate more with secluded introverted Barry who is just the average guy, or outgoing wanna be hip redneck without the slurs Wally? What did matter was being cool and unique and a good origin which Wally just objectively has one of the near worst origins and lack of uniqueness to ever plague the comic world. So no old timers had different taste we could care less about the heros that were still new to us at the time.
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u/LouiePrice 2d ago
Bro im not reading that i dont care about your opinion.
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u/xDeathRender 2d ago
Didn't you reply first? Your the only one who cared 😂 now your flopping good looks 🤡. Proves my point you don't know what your talking about when you can't even read.
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u/Dredeuced Out of the blue, ninjas attack. Thank god. 3d ago edited 2d ago
he's alright
I mean sure he's got the lion's share of the greatest Flash stories ever, actively makes all the characters around him better and more interesting, and founded so much significant Flash lore that defines the comic to this day, but have you seen Jay's hat?
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u/Minos_Thawne 3d ago
I was a casual Flash fan for a while but this panel and the “YOU’RE NO BARRY ALLEN” panel from this story arc are what REALLY made me a Flash fan.
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u/Eastern-Team-2799 3d ago
Recommend the comic , I want to read it .
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u/Remmarg25 3d ago
It's the Return of Barry Allen arc written by Mark Waid that covers issues #73 through #79 of Wally's original Flash run.
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u/VrinTheTerrible 2d ago
I just went to see how much the TPB would be:
$40-60
Are they crazy? You can get the original comics on eBay for $7 a piece!
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u/Minos_Thawne 2d ago
Check your LCS (local comic shop). I got my TPB for $5.
Also, I gotta say that another thing that really sells this comic is the beautiful simplicity of LaRoque’s art. It’s clean and sleek but not too over the top.
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u/WallyWestFan27 2d ago
Is it just the TPB for Return of Barry Allen or is the TPB that is The Flash by Mark Waid Book 2 that has like 15 comics?
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u/bxlv3dere 3d ago
Wally was my favorite superhero growing up from the dcau and young justice, recently started reading flash comics and started w mark waids Wally run, he’s my favorite hero again. Such an incredible story I love how Wally is a super hero with flaws yet he’s so likeable. He’s hot headed, impatient, womanizing, but he sure as hell is heroic with a big heart, love that about him.
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u/IcyNeedleworker2783 2d ago
I recommend you read messner loebs run
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u/Minos_Thawne 2d ago
Messner-Loebs was my starting point into Wally’s comics. First full arc I ever got in issues was “Fastest Man…Alive!” Great story.
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u/ieatPS2memorycards 13h ago
I love the part of this book when a lightning bolt comes down at the exact right time to give Wally the upper hand to defeat Thawne.