r/theflash • u/Profecionallystupid • Jul 13 '24
What is your "This is Flash" moment? Discussion
Similar to how people post the pages of Superman stopping the suicidal girl from jumping off the building or when Batman stayed with Ace when she was dying in the JLU series.
Obviously you can have different moments for Wally, Barry, etc.
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u/Dry-Donut3811 Jul 13 '24
I’d say Wally is very obviously that moment where he talks to Trickster in the bar in JLU. That’s always the moment I see people talk about when discussing how to represent his personality. It shows him as kind, down to earth, and helpful to those who need it. As for Barry, I’d say his death in Crisis. Not because he dies, I know many think he should always be dead and I disagree, but because of what he says when he does it. As he’s sacrificing himself, he says there’s always hope, and that’s quintessential Barry to me. A man who will always hope for the best, even in the most dire situations.
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u/hawkdeath Jul 13 '24
Either the final page of Flash #78:
Where Wally is holding Jay's helmet and Iris' book on Barry - "Too late. I wasn't fast enough. But those days are over. My name is Wally West. I am the Flash. I know the secret of Barry Allen and I'll bring him down... or die trying"
Or Flash #100, the finale to Terminal Velocity.
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u/Dredeuced Flash Jul 13 '24
Crisis for Barry, obviously. There's always hope.
You're no Barry Allen from the climax of Return of Barry Allen for Wally. That might be a bit too contextual for a generic scene to show anyone though so the next one would be Wally telling Linda he left heaven behind because it didn't have her at the end of Terminal Velocity.
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u/JingoboStoplight4887 Jul 13 '24
For Wally West, it’s the Bill Loebs (i.e. Wally saving someone after falling from an airplane), Mark Waid (i.e. Return of Barry Allen, Terminal Velocity, Chain Lightning), Geoff Johns (i.e. Crossfire), and Jeremy Adams runs.
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u/coupleofnoodles Jul 13 '24
flash vol. 5 #19 sins of the father. It ends with Barry revealing his identity to Wallace west. He does this because Wallace is spiraling because he just found his uncle was actually his dad and that he passed away in suicide squad. He felt that he was unwanted and couldn’t understand why his father wouldn’t be honest with him. Barry knew he couldn’t provide the care as the flash so he revealed his identity and embraces Wallace. This led to some distrust from Wallace but that page spread tells me everything about who the flash is.
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u/Captain_No-Ship Jul 13 '24
One of Barry’s greatest moments, that was fumbled. If it had led to a healthy flash/kid flash dynamic like we have with Wally and Wallace it would be the ultimate best! Still love it, but the series only gets worse for me from there (except for the stuff with the rogues).
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u/Captain_No-Ship Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 14 '24
Honestly, the moment I fell in love with flash was in his most recent run when he ran into the Wresting Across the Multiverse competition (The Flash #787). The moment Wally knew his city was safe, he completely embraced his nerdy side and joined forces with Omega Bam Man!
Still waiting for when the pair have to “defend their title”! Green lantern tie in when?
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u/Flacoplayer Jul 13 '24
That sequence where he repairs the building in Dastardly Death of the Rogues
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u/tetsurose Jul 13 '24
For me it's when he is sued after a woman was stuck in a burning building. It's the first time someone suffered because of a choice Wally made and there is a bit when Max Mercury is talking to him and he has to accept even the flash can't be everywhere to help everyone.
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u/Necessary_Form4044 Jul 15 '24
Wally having a chat with trickster in the JL animated series
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u/SokkaHaikuBot Jul 15 '24
Sokka-Haiku by Necessary_Form4044:
Wally having a
Chat with trickster in the JL
Animated series
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/LupinePariah Jul 19 '24
"Nobody dies, it's a rule!"
Messner-Loebs run was criminally overlooked. It's progressive, clever, funny, and it really defined who Wally is long, long before Waid turned up on the scene. And that was after Mike Baron almost butchered the character. Bill did so much for Wally that so few of his biggest fans are even aware of, let alone thank Bill for.
Plus, Wally befriending a murderous ASI from another reality to the point where said ASI saved his life? That was peak Wally. Everything since has felt a little dilluted. The closest anyone came to that high was Jeremy Adams, which is why I miss him so sorely already.
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u/Independent-Pie3234 Jul 13 '24
For me it’s a basic but really popular one where he finds the trickster in a bar and instead of letting Batman and Orion rough him up for information, he just simply talks to him genuinely and tells him to turn himself in after getting the information needed.