( You can read more on Wally's greatness here.) Over the course of 20 years, Wally was established as the one and only Flash, loved by fans for his whimsy, sense of humor and overall badassery. Originally Kid Flash, Wally took on the Fastest Man Alive mantle after his mentor passed away in the massive "Crisis On Infinite Earths" crossover. The quasi-mystical element has remained a key component in "Flash" comics to this day, and explains a lot about speedsters and why they're so connected to one another.Īnother major part of Waid's "Flash" run was the development of Wally West as the Flash, in lieu of the fallen silver age speedster Barry Allen. Waid's run (no pun intended) is notable for expanding the Flash mythos in a big way, by blowing up the cast with several other speedsters and introducing the element of the Speed Force - a separate plane of reality, only accessible to speedsters, which is essentially the source for super-speed while doubling as a Valhalla of sorts for fallen speedsters. Starting out as an editor on the series, Waid took over writing duties in the mid-'90s. RELATED: The Flash’s Danielle Panabaker Looks to Threat of Dominators For context, the issue kicked off a story arc called "Dead Heat," one of many fan-favorite "Flash" stories Waid worked on over the course of the '90s. 2) #108 by writer Mark Waid and artist Oscar Jimenez. Savitar was brought into the "Flash" comics way back in 1995's "The Flash" (Vol.
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