Warning: Incorporates SPOILERS for Motion Comics #1057No matter who’s at the moment carrying the scarlet and gold, each hero who has referred to as themselves The Flash has at one time or one other been known as DC Comics’ Quickest Man Alive. Regardless of their shared moniker nevertheless, not each Scarlet Speedster might be the quickest of all of them. And even Superman and Lois Lane know who the quickest Flash really is.
Motion Comics #1057 by Philip Kennedy Johnson, Rafa Sandoval, Matt Herms, and Dave Sharpe finds the Man of Metal’s lunch interrupted as his spouse and editor, the one and solely Lois Lane, takes benefit of Clark’s super-hearing and calls him again to The Day by day Planet. Getting her husband’s consideration, Lois says, “Smallville, I would like you again fast. Possibly not Wally fast, however like…Barry fast.”
And if managing editor of The Day by day Planet is aware of Wally West is the quickest, it may possibly hardly be up for debate.
Barry Allen Can’t Preserve Up With Wally West
Whether or not Lois is conscious of Wally’s superior pace due to her profession as a journalist or due to her shut ties to the heroes of the Justice League and superhero neighborhood is unclear, however both manner, there’s little question her intel is strong. In any case, Wally West’s pace as Child Flash by no means reached his mentor Barry’s prime velocity, however the younger hero’s time filling his predecessor’s gold boots noticed him surpass Barry Allen’s speeds by a landslide. Since Barry’s return as one of many main Flashes, he’s had quite a lot of spectacular feats of his personal, however finally, he’s clearly nonetheless secondary to Wally. This reality has been cemented in continuity by Wally leaving Barry within the mud throughout the occasions of the “Flash Conflict” story arc by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, and Hello-Fi within the pages of the Scarlet Speedster’s titular solo sequence.
Wally Is Quickest – And Barry Is aware of It
Previous to getting access to the Pace Drive, Barry Allen had a popularity as a little bit of a slowpoke, and regardless of his nice energy, that’s nonetheless a reasonably sturdy persona trait of his. Odds are he wouldn’t love being known as the slower choice, however even the Silver Age Flash can’t argue with Wally’s velocity. Fortunately, for probably the most half, Barry has by no means been something however happy with his successor, so if he’s going to be blissful about being slower than every other Flash, it might most likely be Wally.
The Flash is at all times the Quickest Man Alive, however the Quickest Man Alive isn’t at all times the identical Flash. Wally West would be the successor to Barry Allen, however he’s far and away quicker than his Silver Age mentor. And even Superman and Lois Lane know that within the race to be DC Comics’ quickest FlashBarry Allen is available in second place.
Motion Comics #1057 is on sale now from DC Comics.
