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    Character » Wally West appears in 3143 issues.

    Struck by the same lightning bolt that turned his uncle Barry Allen into the Flash, Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West took the name Kid Flash, became Barry's sidekick, and joined the Teen Titans. Eventually, Wally became the Flash to honor his uncle's memory, who died saving the Universe. He also became a member of the Justice League. He married a woman named Linda Park and had two kids, Jai and Iris West II. Currently, Wally is active as the Flash.

    What is it with DC's Speedsters?

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    Edited By majestic99

    Who is faster questions:

    Wally West or Barry Allen?

    Hunter Zolomon or Wally West?>

    Professor Zoom or Hunter Zolomon?

    Doesn't make sense, if they all possess speedster force/negative speedster force, shouldn't their speeds be the same?

    Like if I ate an apple that allowed me to run 100 miles per second, and someone else ate the same apple, shouldn't they be able to run the exact same speed I run? How are they slower/faster than one another?

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    #1  Edited By majestic99

    Can someone please comment?

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    #2  Edited By jashro44

    its been less then half an hour....

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    #3  Edited By Urbs

    They have different levels and control of the speed force/ anti speed-force i guess.

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    #4  Edited By majestic99

    I'm working on dealing with my impatience, sorry.

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    #5  Edited By blacharrt

    It's the speedforce, it's as stupid as the Toonforce.... i say you move along sir, nothing to see here.

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    #6  Edited By majestic99

    Doesn't answer any of my questions about who's faster and why.

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    #7  Edited By RyuHayabusa

    Wally is the fastest Flash.

    Why? because he said so.

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    #8  Edited By majestic99

    @RyuHayabusa:

    Why is he the fastest? Just because it's been stated so?

    And noone has still answered my who's faster questions. I've heard people say Hunter Zolomon is faster than Wally West. Does someone have scans showing how fast Hunter Zolomon is?

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    #9  Edited By Petey_is_Spidey

    @Urbs said:

    They have different levels and control of the speed force/ anti speed-force i guess.

    This.

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    #10  Edited By Kal'smahboi
    @RyuHayabusa: Was that from when Barry was dead, though?
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    #11  Edited By RyuHayabusa

    @majestic99 said:

    @RyuHayabusa:

    Why is he the fastest? Just because it's been stated so?

    And noone has still answered my who's faster questions. I've heard people say Hunter Zolomon is faster than Wally West. Does someone have scans showing how fast Hunter Zolomon is?

    Wally is fastest because he said so. You dare question ultimate Scarlet Speedster?

    Zolomon isn't faster than Wally. He is not even faster than Wonder Woman.

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    #12  Edited By RyuHayabusa

    @Kal'smahboi said:

    @RyuHayabusa: Was that from when Barry was dead, though?

    Justice League of America #27 or 28.

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    #13  Edited By majestic99

    @RyuHayabusa:

    If he possesses the Negative Speed Force, he's faster than Wonder Woman, and even Superman.

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    #14  Edited By Kal'smahboi
    @RyuHayabusa said:

    @Kal'smahboi said:

    @RyuHayabusa: Was that from when Barry was dead, though?

    Justice League of America #27 or 28.

    So...you don't know?
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    #15  Edited By TrueIlluminatus

    Hunter Zolomon's powers have nothing to do with the Negative Speed Force or whatever.

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    #16  Edited By AweSam

    It's comics. Hal Jordan has the same ring as all the other Green Lanterns yet he's stronger because he has more willpower.

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    #17  Edited By Static Shock

    @majestic99: You should start posting threads in the appropriate areas.

    Moving to the Flash forum.

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    #18  Edited By Static Shock

    @AweSam said:

    It's comics. Hal Jordan has the same ring as all the other Green Lanterns yet he's stronger because he has more willpower.

    That's debatable. Kyle could arguably have more willpower due to feats. Also, Kyle's ring is made to be different from other GLs.

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    #19  Edited By majestic99

    @Illuminatus said:

    Hunter Zolomon's powers have nothing to do with the Negative Speed Force or whatever.

    My bad, I meant Professor Zoom.

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    #20  Edited By RyuHayabusa

    @Kal'smahboi said:

    @RyuHayabusa said:

    @Kal'smahboi said:

    @RyuHayabusa: Was that from when Barry was dead, though?

    Justice League of America #27 or 28.

    So...you don't know?

    I assume he was considered dead at that time.

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    #21  Edited By Onemoreposter

    No ones faster than Wally. He is the fastest man alive.

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    #22  Edited By majestic99

    @Onemoreposter said:

    No ones faster than Wally. He is the fastest man alive.

    Isn't dc wiki inaccurate? Because it says Barry Allen is the fastest man alive.

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    #23  Edited By AweSam

    @Static Shock said:

    @AweSam said:

    It's comics. Hal Jordan has the same ring as all the other Green Lanterns yet he's stronger because he has more willpower.

    That's debatable. Kyle could arguably have more willpower due to feats. Also, Kyle's ring is made to be different from other GLs.

    Was I talking about Kyle?

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    #24  Edited By Static Shock

    @AweSam said:

    Was I talking about Kyle?

    You didn't have to mention Kyle. You said that Hal was stronger than all of the Green Lanterns, when that may not even be true, based on what I said. You also said Hal has the same ring as the other GLs, when that's false, since Kyle's ring isn't the same as his.

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    #25  Edited By Video_Martian

    @Urbs said:

    They have different levels and control of the speed force/ anti speed-force i guess.

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    #26  Edited By majestic99

    Still don't get it. Wally West possesses the Speedster Force, and Professor Zoom possesses the Negative Speedster Force, so shouldn't their speed be equal?

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    #27  Edited By Bleeble

    @majestic99: I know this may come as a shock to you, but comic books don't always make sense.

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    #28  Edited By majestic99

    I know.

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    @majestic99: Its just saomething you learn to deal with and accept

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    #30  Edited By majestic99

    I Understand.

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    #31  Edited By AweSam

    @Static Shock said:

    @AweSam said:

    Was I talking about Kyle?

    You didn't have to mention Kyle. You said that Hal was stronger than all of the Green Lanterns, when that may not even be true, based on what I said. You also said Hal has the same ring as the other GLs, when that's false, since Kyle's ring isn't the same as his.

    You said it's debatable, meaning everyone has a different opinion. In my opinion, Hal's the strongest. I didn't mean his ring was the same as every single Green Lantern on the corps, just the same as pretty much everyone else.

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    #32  Edited By Static Shock

    @AweSam said:

    You said it's debatable, meaning everyone has a different opinion. In my opinion, Hal's the strongest. I didn't mean his ring was the same as every single Green Lantern on the corps, just the same as pretty much everyone else.

    Okay. Fair enough.

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    #33  Edited By Static Shock

    @majestic99 said:

    Still don't get it. Wally West possesses the Speedster Force, and Professor Zoom possesses the Negative Speedster Force, so shouldn't their speed be equal?

    Not necessarily. Professor Zoom's (Thorne) power is based on time, but not in the same way Zoom's (Zolomon) is.

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    #34  Edited By BatteredArmor

    Wait, Isn't Barry the embodiment of the Speedforce or something, like didn't it come into existence when he became the flash? If that's the case then he would be the fastest right

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    #35  Edited By the_stegman  Moderator

    WALLY IS THE FASTEST THERE IS! RAWR!!!

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    #36  Edited By majestic99

    @BlackArmor said:

    Wait, Isn't Barry the embodiment of the Speedforce or something, like didn't it come into existence when he became the flash? If that's the case then he would be the fastest right

    I thought that was Wally, not Barry.

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    #37  Edited By Green ankh

    Zoom is the fastest. Why cuz i like him best.

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    #38  Edited By BatteredArmor

    @majestic99 said:

    @BlackArmor said:

    Wait, Isn't Barry the embodiment of the Speedforce or something, like didn't it come into existence when he became the flash? If that's the case then he would be the fastest right

    I thought that was Wally, not Barry.

    No, Flahpoint revealed that the reason Zoom never time travel killed Barry is because he had to let Barry live long enough to generate enough speed force to reach the future and reach Zoom. At least I think Flashpoint says Barry basically created the speed force when he became flash

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    #39  Edited By majestic99

    Got it.

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    #40  Edited By Video_Martian

    @Bleeble said:

    @majestic99: I know this may come as a shock to you, but comic books don't always make sense.

    Ha ha, SO TRUE.

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    #41  Edited By majestic99

    Noone answered, who's faster, professor zoom or hunter zolomon?

    m99

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    #42  Edited By Video_Martian

    @majestic99: Zolomon

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    #43  Edited By majestic99

    @mr.obvious said:

    @majestic99: Zolomon

    Now when you say "faster," that's via time manipulation, right?

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    #44  Edited By Video_Martian

    @majestic99: Right.

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    #45  Edited By majestic99

    @mr.obvious said:

    @majestic99: Right.

    Could Wally do the things Professor Zoom can if Wally mastered the full power of the speed force?

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    #46  Edited By Video_Martian

    @majestic99: It's possible that he can, but like it was mentioned before, none of the Flashes have yet been able to master time manipulation (for example, Barry Allen can only achieve this feat through his Cosmic Treadmill but cannot travel through time on his own).

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    #47  Edited By majestic99

    @mr.obvious said:

    @majestic99: It's possible that he can, but like it was mentioned before, none of the Flashes have yet been able to master time manipulation (for example, Barry Allen can only achieve this feat through his Cosmic Treadmill but cannot travel through time on his own).

    So then how is it only Professor Zoom can and not the other flashes?

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    #48  Edited By eiderglast

    great question. with so many answers:

    first: the speedster who is fastest depends on who writes the book. if it's geoff johns (who obviously prefers barry allen over wally)... the answer is barry.

    even though geoff johns did write a number of issues for wally, it was never sustained.

    so, first answer is whomever writes the book determines the speed of each speedster.

    second: fan favorites... sometimes.. the clamor of fans affect the writing.. and who tops who gets determined by that clamor.

    third: to add conflict.. sometimes, the bad guy will be faster... and by either luck or just fierce determination... the good speedster wins.

    to finish, i will still say whomever practices running more is the fastest, and whomever is closer to the speed force is the best... so: it's wally for me.

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    Wow. Old thread. To answer: Wally, IMHO, is the fastest. If any Flash fans remember, only Wally can produce accurate, precise time travel feats without the treadmill. Dude has feats like evacuating 1/2 million people from a city before the blast can get to them. After the blast already started. He has fought two opponents on opposite sides of the earth, virtually simultaneously. Has scanned 1/2 million faces in a pico second. He has run outside the space time continuum where death ceases to exist even on a conceptual level. So, pretty much he is the fastest Flash ever.

    Having said that, Zoom is even faster. Hunter's accident on the treadmill appears to have put him through a worm hole (at least that is what Jay Garrick theorizes), therefore he is always out of sync with the current time line. He doesn't have put effort into time travel....he controls the flow of time around him. That's even better. In my opinion, no one is faster than Zoom. He is absolutely the fastest character in all of comics.

    Just my two cents.

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