comic cartoons: Wally West (The Flash)

Real Name: Wallace Rudolph West

Super Name: Wally West

Publisher: DC Comics

Creators: John Broome, Carmine Infantino

Gender: Male

Height: 6'

Weight: 175 lbs.

Eye Color: Green

Hair Color: Red

Place of Birth: Citizenship: U.S.A.

Base: Keystone City

Education: Occupation: Super Hero

Known Relatives: Iris West

Character Type: Human

First Appearance: The Flash #110 - Challenge of the Weather Wizard! / Meet Kid Flash!

Appears in: 1991 issues

Birthday: n/a

Died: The New Titans #102, The Flash #30 - Lost Time

Origin:

Wally West 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.

A bolt of lightning struck chemicals which spilled on Wally granted him super-speed powers similar to Barry's. This was the exact same way in which Barry received his powers! Wally would later find out that the Speed Force used these accidents as a cover to grant super-speed powers to both him and Barry.

Barry revealed his dual identity to Wally and a new partnership was forged. Wally became Flash's sidekick, Kid Flash. Initially, Wally wore a costume mirroring Barry's. As a strategic decision during a battle, Flash altered Wally's costume to a primarily-yellow design. After the battle, Wally chose to keep the costume, and wore it through his whole career as Kid Flash.

Major Stories:

Kid Flash and the Teen Titans

The New Teen Titans

The New Flash

Dark Flash

Infinite Crisis

Retirement & Return

Final Crisis

Powers:

Agility

Attractive Male

Energy Based Constructs