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The Flash: The Return of Barry Allen (The Flash (II) issues 74-79)
/Mark Waid /Greg Larocque, Roy Richardson /and Sal Velluto, illustrators Once Wally West was just Kid Flash, sidekick to his mentor and friend the Flash, a.k.a. Barry Allen. The death of Barry left Wally the fastest man alive--and the new Flash. Now, somehow, Barry has returned--as a violent and paranoid speedster determined to eliminate what h
Paperback, 178 pages
Published
July 1st 1996
by DC Comics
(first published August 1993)
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More than a decade before the actual return of Barry Allen, there was The Return Of Barry Allen in the pages of the Flash monthly. Here a despondent Wally has to try and figure out the mystery of how and why he has come back from the grave. As a reader it seems unlikely that it is Barry Allen because it only registers with Wally and few other speedster friends. I would think that a long dead hero coming back from the great beyond would have been a bigger moment. And to the time travel head scrat...more
I originally read these issues back when they were new and I was 9, not long after I started reading comics in the first place. This storyline probably made the difference between comics being a passing fad and something I'd still be reading 20 years later. This isn't some basic good vs. evil struggle. It's about the balance between idolizing your hero and becoming your own person, about the importance of protecting a legacy, and about how it feels when your role model doesn't live up to your ex...more
Interesting.
I'm fairly new to Wally West, and most of what I've read is set much later than this; but this sure explains a lot, and gave a lot of insight into the history of the Flash legacy. The storyline, had I been more invested in the characters, would have hit like a sledgehammer - but having to be led by the hand, it didn't quite have that impact. It was still good, though, and the art did a great job of showcasing the characters' unique powers and driving home the fight scenes, especially...more
I'm fairly new to Wally West, and most of what I've read is set much later than this; but this sure explains a lot, and gave a lot of insight into the history of the Flash legacy. The storyline, had I been more invested in the characters, would have hit like a sledgehammer - but having to be led by the hand, it didn't quite have that impact. It was still good, though, and the art did a great job of showcasing the characters' unique powers and driving home the fight scenes, especially...more
One of the best comic stories I've ever read, hands down.
Wally's quest to accept his returned uncle and former Flash Barry Allen is touching, if only for the awkward moments Waid builds off of in the first pages -- where Barry discovers Wally has donned his uniform and accepts it, despite being "weirded out" by it. Waid doesn't present easy answers in coping with a former friend coming back to life and to his former mantle, and the toll this takes on Wally is great, and masterfully dramatized, a...more
Wally's quest to accept his returned uncle and former Flash Barry Allen is touching, if only for the awkward moments Waid builds off of in the first pages -- where Barry discovers Wally has donned his uniform and accepts it, despite being "weirded out" by it. Waid doesn't present easy answers in coping with a former friend coming back to life and to his former mantle, and the toll this takes on Wally is great, and masterfully dramatized, a...more
The Return of Barry Allen, written by your writer's favorite writer Mark Waid (per former Paperkeg host, Mark Farrington), tells the story of when former and deceased Flash, Barry Allen, comes back into the life of current Flash, Wally West. I liked how the story was told but the villain names are just atrocious. Also, seeing the layout of how Wally West's living room was a nightmare for me. WHO PUTS A TV IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR LIVING ROOM?! I mean, don't get me wrong, this was a great story but...more
This is the second volume of the early Wally West stories. They feel a little dated, but not in a distracting way. Overall this was a fun read. I always like stuff with the Reverse Flash, Professor Zoom.
This was a lot of fun -- I can see why Mark Waid's Flash run is so highly-regarded. I loved getting to understand the relationships between the different Flashes (and meeting Johnny Quick and Max Mercury for the first time), and the story did a great job of showing us who Barry was without actually (spoiler alert!) resurrecting him. I do wish the art was a bit better, but it was the 90s. Overall, a fun, quick read, with great character moments. This definitely makes me want to read more Flash co...more
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It's a great story, but some of the artwork is subpar.
One of the best Flash stories ever.
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Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.
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