Mark Waid's Flash

[samurainoir]

I'm actually hoping that Waid isn't going back to writing Wally (I know they are going back to Wally's old numbering) and opts to write about Bart or even Barry Allan instead. We'd seen Waid take Wally as far as he could, I'm looking for something new and different. Wally as a husband and father seems far less compelling than Bart struggling to uphold the legacy of the Flash that Jay, his grandfather and cousin have passed onto him. Particularly since Bart has always been a bit of a F&*%-up.

On the other hand, given the fact that it's Flash that tends to have the ability to traverse the worlds of the multiverse, perhaps this is the direction the title is going given the fact that it also spins out of the current JLA/JSA/Legion crossover?

[jwyblejr]

If it's in Mark Waid's hands,I wouldn't worry too much. Look at what he was able to do with both Wally and Bart. Heck,I may start reading the title again.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I honestly wouldn't mind if Barry did return now. Things are so tupsy-turvy in the DCU I could buy him somehow coming back. Just don't kill either Wally or Bart. And please replace Bart. Let it be Barry or Wally.

Chris

[samurainoir]

Since he created Bart, I don't really expect Waid to kill Bart, but I am curious why they are going back to the old numbering.

Given the fact that Bart is as big a space/time anamoly as Jason Todd and Donna Troy, I'm curious why he isn't being hunted by Monitors in the pages of Countdown or slated to join the Challengers of the Beyond.

[Earth 2 Chris]

This from today's Lying in the Gutters column:

"BACK IN RED

On Friday, Dan Didio announced that Mark Waid was writing "Flash." On Monday, LITG announces that it stars Wally West and that his family are back, too."

http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13

Johnston isn't always right, but if it's so, that's fine by me. Between the three I'd take Wally first, Barry second, and Bart third. But why oh why did they put us through Bart as Flash if it wasn't going to last?

And I hope Linda and the twins are back for good too. I can't even think of a current Super Hero dad with young uns.

Chris

[samurainoir]

I can't even think of a current Super Hero dad with young uns.

Buddy Baker.

Recently his familial relationships were revisited in the pges of 52 and the upcoming Countdown to Adventure.

Batman and Superman both have acquired sons as well, and Black Canary has adopted a daughter.

I personally think it's a mistake to saddle so many of the icons with kids... it's the same mistake they had when they made Spiderman a Dad.

[thunderbolt]

And I hope Linda and the twins are back for good too. I can't even think of a current Super Hero dad with young uns.

Chris

The biggest one, Reed Richards.