Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 145

By: Speed Reading: Cool Moments, Jumping On, Coloring and Mor(rison) « Speed Force

Thu, 28 May 2009 17:18:39 +0000

[...] from Mark Waid’s Flash story, Terminal Velocity. They’ve got two items from Flash #99: Wally’s sacrifice and Bart stepping up (which doesn’t go quite as well as he expects) — and one of two [...]

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:50:20 +0000

“and I just don’t see Wally running around with them very much. It’s not the same as keeping Kyle in the Corps over in Green Lantern.”

Yeah… and he’s just too “big” for the Titans. Then again, Titans might finally be mercy-killed in the aftermath of Battle for the Cowl, since its original raison d’ etre – the NTT team back together – probably just got torpedoed for the forseeable future.

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:46:39 +0000

Having Wally retire in order to be with Linda and kids seems the likelier scenario after reading this piece. Barry and Jay will be teaming up again like back in the Silver Age and I just don’t see Wally running around with them very much. It’s not the same as keeping Kyle in the Corps over in Green Lantern.

Which is a shame, because Wally really did step out on his own after 23 years under Barry’s shadow.

By: buttler

buttler — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:04:37 +0000

Having never read this story before, for me the moment in these pages is definitely Wally using Johnny Quick’s speed formula. That’s pretty ingenius.

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:57:36 +0000

@Joe Rice:
The Wally/Linda thing almost drove you away from comics? That’s one bold statement. Maybe it just drove you away from reading “The Flash”?

By: danjack

danjack — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:42:36 +0000

actually, i really liked the “Linda device” to move Wally out from Barry’s influence, and into becoming his own man. i thought that Waid used it well, especially in the beginning, to show Wally maturing and growing into a person & hero in his own right.

By: danjack

danjack — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:35:12 +0000

personally, i totally bought into the Wally/Linda thing. Maybe that’s because my wife is a beautiful asian woman too!

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:53:40 +0000

Was this the first “Linda is my center” instance? That shit got so overused . . .the Wally/Linda bullshit almost drove me away from comics.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:28:40 +0000

Waid’s run started to go downhill after this arc, I think, but bits like this were awesome.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:48:48 +0000

This and Dead Heat were the highest of the high points in Mark Waid’s run on this book, IMO.

Looking forward to moments #2 and #3. (Or, rather, #146 and #147.)

By: chad

chad — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:24:50 +0000

liked that moment for it proved how much wally loved Linda that he would be willing to try and mess with fate and death by trying to screw them both for making sure linda did not die.

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:08:46 +0000

Superhero writers trying to write romantic often makes me want to die.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:56:27 +0000

Damn, Wally West is the best.

By: kris

kris — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:34:33 +0000

I would hope so, that’s how I read this storyline in the first place!

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:02:25 +0000

http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Terminal-Velocity-Mark-Waid/dp/1563892499/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243346826&sr=8-1

“Terminal Velocity” is in-stock and highly recommended!

By: Alonso

Alonso — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:57:29 +0000

Nice entry. Haven’t read this issue in forever. Thanks.

One thing though. I think the pages are as follows: page 1-2 Larocca, 3-4 Pacheco, 5 Larocca, 6 Pacheco. I can usually spot Pacheco fairly easily (even early Pacheco).