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🚨 Flash Fans, Get Ready! 🚨
🌟 The DC Universe is about to experience a speedster shake-up! With James Gunn’s reboot on the horizon, Wally West could be the next big thing as The Flash! ⚡️
📚 Dive into the Absolute line of comics for a fresh, modern take on your favorite heroes.
🔥 Don’t miss out on the action – are you ready for a new era of The Flash? 💥
#DCUniverse #WallyWest #TheFlash #JamesGunn #ComicBookFans #SuperheroReboot #AbsoluteDC #BarryAllen #FlashFans #DCComics
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DC's absolute line of comics is poised
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to modernize Heroes like Superman and
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the Flash driven by dark seed energy in
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a universe lacking their usual status
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quo shifting Focus away from Barry Allen
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in the DC Universe May pave the way for
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Wally West to take over as the flash
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focusing on Legacy and fresh
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characterizations while several elements
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and characters have been confirmed for
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the upcoming DC Universe reboot by James
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Gun there's still a lot that's not known
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Superman and various other Heroes have
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already been cast while other Justice
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League members such as the flash have
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yet to be
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confirmed fans are wondering whether the
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version of the Scarlet Speedster will be
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Barry Allen or Wally West the premise of
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one upcoming comic book could facilitate
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the easy debut of the latter DC's
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upcoming absolute line of comic books is
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set to modernize and reboot DC's stable
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of characters in exciting new ways with
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that universe's version of The Flash
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being none other than Wally West this
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take on Wally is also divorced from his
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connections to Barry Allen recreating
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the hero without the need for his
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predecessor while it could be
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controversial following the path of
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absolute flash could be for the best in
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the new
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DCU DC Comics and absolute DC are
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phasing out Barry
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Allen as noted the new absolute line by
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DC Comics will offer fresh takes on
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classic characters unburdened by their
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long publication
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histories in particular these iterations
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will be in a universe driven by dark
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seed energy with the heroes lacking
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something of their usual status quo for
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instance absolute Superman will
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seemingly come to Earth as an adult and
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won't have the tutelage of ma and po
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hint on the other hand the absolute
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flash is a teenage version of Wally West
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who's seemingly the only version of the
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character in the
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universe it's been confirmed that Legacy
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will seemingly be the element that Wally
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lacks from his normal counterpart as his
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new origin will have nothing to do with
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Barry Allen it also comes at a time when
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Wall-E once again seems to be
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superseding Barry as a whole Wally will
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be the Flash in Mark Wade and Dan
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Morris's launch of the Justice League
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Unlimited comic book and he'll continue
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to appear in the pages of
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Titans likewise C spurrier's run on the
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flash will continue to have Wall-E as
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the main version of the Scarlet
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Speedster and focus specifically on him
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and his family why skipping to Wally
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West in the DCU is for the best ever
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since it was announced that James gun
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would be launching the rebooted DC
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Universe and ending the now defunk DC
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extended Universe many fans wondered how
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that might affect characters such as the
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flash this was an even bigger priority
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given the controversy and failure of
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2023 is The Flash movie which was a
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major box office bomb and signaled the
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death of the
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DCU Not only was the movie itself
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contentious but actor Ezra Miller earned
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all manner of negative publicity least
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of all for the dcu's poor handling of
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Barry Allen the year 2023 also marked
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the end of the CW's The Flash TV series
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which was seen by some fans as having
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continually decreased in quality ever
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since the third of its nine
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Seasons while Greg gustin's portrayal of
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Barry Allen was praised the show itself
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was starting to wear out its
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welcome even in the comic books Barry
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Allen hasn't amounted to much ever since
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he became the main flash again in the
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flash
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rebirth the main thing that the story
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added to his Mythos was the Recon origin
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story involving iar thaon killing
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Barry's mother since then this has been
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the only gotic element for the character
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which is why flasho has been adapted
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three times in less than 15 years the
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most iconic stories for the Scarlet
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Speedster are still involving Wally West
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in the costume with the only other
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standout storyline for Barry Allen being
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the Silver age story flash of Two Worlds
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while the Multiverse concept has become
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more mainstream in large part due to the
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mcu's Multiverse Saga at the same time
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revisiting this concept with Barry risks
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retreading the same ground as the 2023
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Flash movie given how much he's defined
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the role in classic and acclaim comic
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books Wally West makes the most sense as
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the Flash of James guns DC
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Universe with the flash driving on
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Legacy can erasing Barry Allen work the
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most common idea for the flash in the
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DCU is for Wall-E to be the current
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flash who's come after other speedsters
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namely his Uncle Barry Allen at the same
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time there's a possibility the origin
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story for absolute flash is being used
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as a sort of trial run for a version of
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Wally West who completely stands on his
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own and doesn't require Barry Allen in
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order to establish the broader flash
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Mythos if the DC Universe movies follow
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that path it means that the Scarlet
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Speedster will be a fan favorite
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character but at the expense of a DC
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Legend in other words getting Wally West
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right would also mean getting rid of
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Barry Allen
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entirely ironically this wouldn't be the
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first time that this has been done in
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the DC Animated Universe shows such as
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Justice League and Justice League
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Unlimited Wally West was the only Flash
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though he had Barry Allen's job as a
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forensic scientist any other elements of
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his predecessor in the comics were gone
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completely with Golden Age Flash J
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Garrick also
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absent despite this the character was
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adapted well with the flashes various
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villains the Rogues also appearing in
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the shared
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Universe this proves that doing away
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with Barry Allen isn't inherently
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detrimental to the character of Wally
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West though it might actually go against
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a DCU edict
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how Barry Allen represents Legacy in the
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DC
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Universe compared to the DC extended
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Universe the DC Universe is meant to
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more accurately portray the various DC
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Comics heroes and their Central
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themes this includes a sense of Legacy
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which was actually reflected in the
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initial title for James gun's Superman
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movie many fans suspect that Legacy
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characters will play a major part in the
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new shared Universe especially since
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this isn't something that's been truly
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done in superhero movies so far or at
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least done well Barry Allen even while
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overshadowed by Wally West as the most
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popular flash is still incredibly
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important he was the character that the
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Multiverse was introduced through in the
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comics thus connecting him with the
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original Jay Garrick
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flash if Barry hadn't made the mantle of
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the Scarlet speed strip popular again
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it's highly unlikely that anyone among
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today's generation of comic book readers
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would even know who Jay grick is
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likewise he was the reason that Wally
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West became Kid Flash and later
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succeeded him as the
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flash portraying this strong sense of
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Legacy might be a logistical nightmare
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for a live-action superhero movie and TV
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show universe but it's important for all
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of the flash characters
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involved in fact ignoring these aspects
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again might ruin the chances provided by
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rebooting the movie
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Universe thus while Wally West would be
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the most logical choice to be the flash
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in the DCU Barry's existence needs to be
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established in order to make Wally's
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tenure as the fastest man alive even
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more important
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