Note: This is the official end of Williamson’s 100 issue run on the Flash. At this point, the run ties into Death Metal with S peed Metal #1 acting as a sort of epilogue for the run. Marvel Holiday Special 1996: "Not a Creature Was Stirring" (with Pat Olliffe, anthology one-shot, 1996) The rest of the book is various adventures of the Flash, Wally West. From seeing Wally get his powers in a million-to-one exact repeat of the accident that made Barry Allen the Flash to Wally becoming more comfortable in his own skin as the Flash, this is a fun and light introduction to the character. Note that in the story where Wally becomes Kid Flash - he doesn't know Barry is the Flash, even though Barry is his uncle (or uncle to-be - at this point Iris and Barry are engaged). It is clear, later, that Wally knows the truth about Barry and is a little resentful of the former Flash's deception. (Though Barry was merely trying to protect Wally and Iris.) Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 282: "It was up to writers Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and artist Barry Kitson to fill in the blanks. With their twelve-issue maxiseries JLA: Year One, the trio examined the early days of the team... JLA: Year One proved a success, and cleaned up decades of convoluted comic history."

All three Flashes are put into good use; Jay and Barry have real narrative purpose and aren't included just for the sake of it. Wally West? He's standing in front of a similar cabinet, hearing from the Flash how his accident happened, and bam, same thing! Also collects The Flash vol. 2 #161 and 163 (written by Pat McGreal, drawn by Paul Pelletier (#161) and Ron Lim (#163), 2000) a b Brooke, David (April 18, 2022). " 'Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds' to benefit Ukrainian refugees". AIPT. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022 . Retrieved April 26, 2022. This is the start of a new run on the Flash by Jeremy Adams. It seems from solicits to be more Wally focused.

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It's good to have these ephemera, but the real heart of this volume is the start of Waid's run on the main Flash title, including issues #62-68. These issues offer a better clue as to why Waid's run is so popular. The best is obviously "Born to Run" (#62-65), the Kid Flash Year One. It's a great look at how Wally found great joy in becoming a hero, and a great antidote to the much more toxic characterization found in Giffen's JLE and to a much lesser extent Baron's Flash. The Abra Kadabra arc (#67-68) is also strong because of its reinvention of a classic Flash villain as a horrifying monster. Waid would never equal Geoff Johns' later work on the Flash's rogues gallery, but this initial take on Abra Kadabra is the exception. The good news: this collection includes The Return of Barry Allen, which is one of the all-time great Flash stories. Richards, Dave (June 20, 2009). "HeroesCon: Waid Talks Strange". CBR.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2013 . Retrieved January 22, 2010. While Geoff Johns is now just about the biggest name in DC Comics, his earlier work includes a long, sustained, and generally very solid run on The Flash.

Weiland, Jonah (July 27, 2007). "CCI: Mark Waid Named EiC of Boom! Studios". CBR.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.Born to Run is Wally's origins retold and it's pretty damn good. It has all the right beats, training, emotional payoffs, and fun adventures. It also let me enjoy a story with Barry who I find usually pretty bland. On top of that it helps show Wally's voice, and Waid does it SO naturally that I love the guy right away. Amazing Heroes #32–33, 38, 41, 48–50, 53, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68, 78–79, 87, 89, 91–92, 96, 98 (as contributing writer, fanzine, 1983–1986) Archie vol. 2 (with Fiona Staples (#1–3), Annie Wu (#4), Veronica Fish, Thomas Pitilli (#11–12), Joe Eisma, Pete Woods and Audrey Mok, 2015–2018) collected as: Johnston, Rich (29 September 2018). "Richard Meyer Sues Mark Waid Over 'Tortious Interference With Contract and Defamation' ". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. In "The Dark Flash Saga," co-written by Brian Augustyn and illustrated by Paul Pelletier, meet Walter West: a Flash from a parallel reality where his beloved Linda Park died, and the speedster doles out brutal justice to criminals as a response. Can the two Flashes co-exist long enough to stop Replicant, a villain with the combined powers of the Rogues Gallery? Better find out fast--the longest Walter West stays on Wally's Earth, the more he poses a threat to all of reality!