About Me
Wally was the nephew of Iris West, fiance of Barry Allen who was, unknown to her at the time, The Flash of Central City. Wally grew up in a small town called Blue Valley with emotionally distant parents, and dreamed of living in Central City and perhaps one day meeting his hero, The Flash. Wally was only close to one relative, his father's sister Iris.One summer, Iris offered to let Wally stay in Central City with her. Wally gladly took the chance to get out of his hometown and away from his parents, and looked forward to the excitement of the big city. Iris introduced Wally to Barry, whom Wally thought was dull and uninteresting - until Barry offered to introduce Wally to The Flash.Barry used some simple super-speed tricks to pull off the double identity, and gave Wally the surprise of his life. In Barry's lab, The Flash told Wally about how he had gotten his powers - a stray bolt of lightning that hit a rack of chemicals, which in turn hit him. To Wally's disappointment, though, he said it was a unique event that would probably never happen again.He was wrong.A bolt of lightning once again came through the window, once again hit a rack of chemicals, and this time doused Wally, giving him the super-speed that his hero had. He was eager to join The Flash in fighting crime, and Barry indulged him. He created a kid-sized version of his own costume, and Kid Flash was introduced.Soon, he changed to a different red-and-yellow costume, but kept the Kid Flash moniker. He was one of the founding members of the Teen Titans and
The Fastest Man Alive
The Fastest Man Alive
appeared to have a great career as a hero. As he got older, however, his body started to react to his powers. Running any faster than the speed of sound became painful, and Wally discovered that his speed was killing him. The only way to live a normal life would be to stay at normal speeds. Wally left the Titans and resigned himself to a slow pace.The Crisis on Infinite Earths brought him out of retirement, and the death of Barry Allen gave him a new sense of purpose. Despite the risk, he took the name and costume of The Flash, and was determined to live up to the example that Barry Allen had set for the world. That job, however, would not be easy.He was still consigned to relatively low speeds, only 700 miles per hour or so. Also, he won the lottery and gained a fortune, which allowed his more selfish characteristics to thrive, and when he lost it all, his life seemed to be going into a tailspin.West's life eventually stabilized, and he joined the re-formed Justice League. He also discovered the existence of the Speed Force, a quasi-mystical energy field that gives speedsters their powers. He was at first reluctant to reach the full potential of the speed force, lest he be drawn into it forever. Also, his respect and love for Barry unconsciously stopped him from ever realizing his power, thus officially 'replacing' his fallen hero.After an insidious plan to destroy the city, he was pushed himself to his full potential and tapped into the Speed Force. He had reached speeds never achieved by anyone before, but as he was energized by the Speed Force he was also being engulfed in it. It was his love for Linda Park, a reporter in Keystone City, that gave him the strength and direction to lead him back. His overcoming the Speed Force and the psychological blocks that had been keeping him from fully realizing his powers, enabled him to reach far greater levels of speed and ability. His identity was public, a rarity among costumed heroes, which made him a popular celebrity as well.He married Linda Park, a reporter in Keystone City, whom he called his "lightning rod". His love for her was able to bring him back from whatever far-flung future or alternate reality he might be in. After they were married, Linda became pregnant with twins, but suffered a miscarriage due to an attack by the third Reverse-Flash, Zoom. West realized his public identity put those he loved in danger, and so he begged the current Spectre (a repentant Hal Jordan) to erase the knowledge of the Flash's identity from the minds of the world. This caused some friction with Wally's former allies including his best friend, Dick Grayson.Due to a combination of time-travel and the surprising intervention of Barry Allen, the attack by the Reverse-Flash that caused Linda's miscarriage was thwarted, and thus never actually happened. She soon gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, who are currently unnamed, although the miniseries The Kingdom, a followup to Kingdom Come gives their names as Barry and Iris West. Following the birth of his children, Wally decided to devote more time to his family and got a job as a mechanic in the Keystone Police motor pool, with his duties as Flash coming as time permitted.During the Infinite Crisis, Wally disappeared while trying to force Superboy Prime into the Speed Force. Before vanishing entirely, he was able to appear to Linda in order to say goodbye. Linda refused to be separated from him, and she and the twins joined him in the Speed Force. Their current whereabouts and condition are unknown.Wally West and family where returned when the Legion Of Super-Heroes try to resurrect "the Last Legionnaire" by channeling released Speed Force energy via lightning rods. The legion traveled to spots that were important both to Wally and Bary Allen. Both Hal Jordan and Batman realize this fact and believe Allen's return is imminent. However, they instead retrieve Wally, Linda and his twin children, who appear to have aged several years. Wally was offered membership to Justice League, which he accepts. It is later said that his return was a freak accident but the Legion Of Super-Heroes still got who they wanted. When Wally became aware of Bart's Death and tracked down Inertia stealing his speed and turning him into a living statue. He was placed in the Flash Museum, and forced to stare at Bart's old Kid Flash and Impulse uniforms forever. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
