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Wally Westfinally gets the recognition he deserves inDark night : Death Metal : Speed Metal # 1 . Writer Joshua Williamson , who has long been the reigningFlashwriter for DC Comics , uses this tie - in issue as the homage to Wally he was unable to give him in his main speedster series . A big part of it includes Wally suffer his old Flash suit back , the one he wear out when Barry wastrapped in the Speed Forceand Wally need his mantle , and he ’s never depend best .
InSpeedMetalfrom Williamson and creative person Eddy Barrows , the Darkest Knight is chasing after Wally and the Flash Family , trying to claimWally ’s anti - Crisis Manhattan energyfor himself . The flash have no means of escaping , their only choice being to hunt down until the Speed Force incinerate them out . Even worse , the Darkest Knight let loose an entire legion of Black Flashes from across the Dark Multiverse , and they ’re right on the split second ' bounder . While Wally buy them some fourth dimension with Johnny Quick ’s Speed Force Equation , it does speed up the burnout . Getting a second to breathe , Wally comes up with a architectural plan : they have to go back the room they came , though the horde and back to the Mobius Chair , which they can use to help rick the lunar time period with the Justice League and restore the multiverse .
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However , Barry resists the idea inSpeed Metal . This conduct to thetwo Flashes get into some fight , as the two have n’t quite seen optic to eye sinceThe Flash War . Wally shares that while Barry was gone , Wally saved the world and multiverse numberless time , ferment so firmly to get out of Barry ’s shadow as the raw Flash . However , when Barry came back , Wally end up right back in that apparition . Barry understand , and never intended for that to materialize . After they submit , Barry agrees with Wally ’s plan . Wally , Barry , Jay , and Kid Flash run through the horde , though both Jay and Kid Flash soon fall behind . Barry tell Wally that while he was always the loss leader , Wally was always flying . Wally forging his own route has revolutionise Barry , and Barry sacrifices himself , giving Wally a cost increase with his Speed Force . Even so , the Black Flashes profit on Wally , wanting him to reckon about his reversal and battle . However , Wally ’s blue Manhattan courting begins to vary , as he ’s prefer instead to think about the thing that give him hope .
Wearing his classic causa from whenhe was the one and only Flash , Wally pushes through and makes it to the Mobius Chair before the Darkest Knight . The Chair transports Wally back into the Speed Force , but or else of ensnare him once more , it allow for a sanctuary . It also perpetrate the rest of the Flash Family in , keeping them safe and together . The Speed Force rewards him for his enduringness , speed , and trust by keeping the lightning rods of that hope safe as well .
It ’s an amazing second for Wally , and Wally West fans should be ecstatic that he got to gain ground the race and make it to the finish line wear out his OG Flash causa , even if it does turn back back to blue angel at the end of the issue . experience that they ca n’t abide good in the Speed Force forever , Wally , Barry , and Jay find out to take the Mobius Chair and help the Justice League in their scrap inDeath Metal . When Wally tells Barry to lead the way , Barry instead severalise Wally that it ’s his turn to lead . Wally West has had a tumultuous returnto DC Comics sinceRebirth , but it seems like he ’s in conclusion hitting his stride afterSpeed Metal . As Williamson has just ended his run onThe Flash , it ’s really cool that he was able-bodied to giveWally Westan epic public eye before he left .
Dark Nights : Death Metal : Speed Metal # 1by Joshua Williamson and Eddy Barrows is available now .
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