The Flash
Wally West has been able-bodied to do incredible things with the Speed Force , but one of the best is whenThe Flashused it to make an unbelievable newcostume- double . The conception was first bring out in anElseworldsstory , but it pass months later in another comedian . This upgrade is so good , it was a dream that became a reality .
The Speed Force is what grants DC ’s speedsters their power . Of all the speedsters , Wally is one of the best at using it . When it come to suits , the Flash ’s current oneis rather received - and has been for many decades . On occasion he will get a young suit , or in this case an acclivity , but it is n’t often that he get an all - new suit . unremarkably , the cloth courtship collapses into a ring Wally wears , but the rise he get from an Elseworlds comedian did n’t require textile at all .
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JLA # 8and#9from 1997 include a two - part electric discharge title " Imaginary Stories " and " Elseworlds . " " Imaginary Stories " was the herald rubric for the eventual Elseworlds fib and later , depression . JLA # 9had the originative squad of Grant Morrison , Oscar Jimenez , Chip Wallace , Hanibal Rodriguez , Pat Garrahy , and Ken Lopez . It featuresthe Justice League of Americagoing up against a foe called the Key , who puts them into alternate dreaming realities . Within Wally ’s dreaming , his suit is made from the " Speed Source , " and it wraps him in a stunning liquid - type facing .
A few months afterward , inThe Flash # 131 , this dream wooing would be revisited and made into a world . This yield had the creative squad of Mark Millar , Grant Morrison , Paul Ryan , John Nyberg , Tom McCraw , and Gaspar Saladino . Wally is up against a different foeman , known as the Suit , but their initial encounter results in the superhero breaking his legs . However , the Flash recalls his encounterwith the Key and starts wondering if the Speed Force causa from his dream could become a reality . He considers the implications of if he could " mold living speed force around my body and make … superspeed armor . " It would be able to let him move again , despite his severe branch injury .
After some time of essay to figure out the case , he actually does channel into the Speed Force and wrap himself in a causa made from it . However , unlike the dream suit , this one is more fitting of his own outfit , and it is prosperous in color . The dream suit gives him the appearance ofthe classic Flash , Jay Garrick . As he counter , the cause is keep going him as though he does n’t have an injury at all . The Speed Force DOES countenance speedsters to heal quicker , but this way out shows that healing is n’t always a necessary if someone can tap into it and cushion their trauma .
Typically , Elseworlds stories are one - prison term happening . They reframe a story or grapheme in a fresh direction , but ultimately are not part of the broad persistence . However , sometimes an idea is so good that it has to become a lawful thing in a later story . This upgrade not only protects Wally and lease him jump back into battle quicker , but also shine just how in tune he is with the Speed Force itself . This was not a technique that was taught to him by Jay or Barry . This was something that a scoundrel accidentally gifted to him that he was capable to manifest using his own ability . The Flashhas an amazingcostumenormally , but hisElseworldssuit - and the causa it inspire - are some of the good he has ever worn .
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