The next day, after conquering a crippling fear of fire, Wally apprehended his first criminal, Mister Element. The Flash taught Wally everything he knew about how to use speed to his advantage, and about the rogues gallery. He taught Wally how to craft a costume made of the Speed Force, and Wally became Kid Flash. However, it just so happened that the weather that particular day was stormy and, at that moment, lightning didstrike the cabinet, bathing Wally in the same chemicals that created the Flash.įlash told Wally to keep this a secret, even from Iris. Wally wished that something like that could happen to him the Flash dismissed it as a billion-to-one chance. When he asked Flash how he got his powers, it turned out the speedster had set up his chemical cabinet just as it had been when he was created. In the back room of Barry's apartment was a lab, where Wally asked the Flash all sorts of questions. Barry "introduced" Wally to his idol, the Flash. Iris was going out with police scientist Barry Allen, who was "friends" with the Flash. One summer, when he was ten years old, Wally went to Central City to stay with his Aunt Iris, whom he called his best friend. The man encouraged Wally not to give up on his dreams, giving him confidence that he would reflect back on for years to come. Once there, a familiar looking man, who he thought be his uncle, came in and began to speak to him. His father encouraged him to work at the same plant he did, but Wally grew frustrated and hurt (and eventually apathetic) by their lack of faith in his abilities.Īt a family reunion, attended by all but Rudolph's brother Daniel and hosted by the Wests, Wally accidentally spilled some soda, inciting his father to yell at him for being so careless. His parents thought he was setting himself up for failure and did their best to dampen what they believed to be unrealistic expectations, in rather harsh ways. He idolized the Flash and was the president and sole member of the Blue Valley Flash Fan Club. ![]() Wally West was born to Rudolph and Mary West in Blue Valley, Nebraska. As a boy, Wally would often daydream, most notably about being the Flash. While Wally wasn't the fastest speedster, that title would always be Barry's, he does currently have the best understanding of how to use the Speed Force. Furthermore, he gained greater mastery over the Speed Force and other abilities it could bestow. ![]() While Wally was considerably slower than Barry - as all other speedsters are - when Barry was alive, after Barry's death Wally became capable of almost reaching the speeds Barry once had. Wally West is The Flash, formerly known as the first Kid Flash and the first Velocity. 1.8 Out Of Commission - Death of a Legend.1.6 Savitar: The New Fastest Man Alive?.
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