Kid Flash vs Fun

   I love DC's Showcase volumes. Sure, the paper quality is poor, the lack of coloring sometimes reduces the quality of the storytelling, but they give me a lot of comics for not a lot of money. Marvel's Essential volumes are similarly great.

   I was re-reading my Flash Showcase, and I realized something: Wally West was a narc. In his first adventures, he puts the kibosh on a "gang" (who are much closer to the Little Rascals than to the Bloods), kids who play chicken with go-carts, Beatniks (who are apparently a threat to the police, even though the sit around all day listening to music and playing bongos), and kids who wander alone at night. Kid Flash seemed originally intended for a spandex-wearing "the More You Know" public service announcement.

  

   But then Barry Allen shot him with a lightning bolt, his costume changed, and he joined the Teen Titans. So it all turned out fine.