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Real Name: Wallace Rudolph (Wally)
West
Occupation: Adventurer
Base of Operations: Blue Valley,
Nebraska
Marital Status: Married
Height: 6' Weight:
175 lbs.
Eyes: Green Hair: Red
First Appearance: As
Kid Flash, THE FLASH #110 (December,1959-January,1960); as Flash, CRISIS ON
INFINITE EARTHS #12 (March,1986)
Unlike his
predecessors, Wally West gained his powers at an early age. While visiting the
lab of his uncle-to-be, Barry Allen, who was also secretly the Flash, Wally's
life changed by what appeared to be a freak accident: a seemingly random bolt of
lightning duplicated the event that gave Allen his speed, granting Wally
identical powers.
Thrilled to be Flash's
junior partner, Kid Flash, Wally operated as a member of the Teen
Titans and was a
super hero all his young life. Later, he grew up the only kid sidekick ever to
fulfill the job's inherent promise; when Barry died, it was Wally's
responsibility to adopt his costume and identity.
Since then, Wally has
mastered speed tricks beyond those that the Justice Society's Jay Garrick (the original Flash) and
Barry knew. He has also learned that his origin may have been no accident at
all; apparently, there is an energy field beyond the light speed barrier from
which all speedsters draw their power, a Speed Force that may have chosen Wally
for a reason yet to be revealed.
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