Ace West (character)

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Wallace "Ace" West
Wallace "Ace" West, the fourth Kid Flash in the DC Rebirth era. Art by Jim Lee.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceThe Flash (vol. 4) Annual #3 (June 2014)
Created byVan Jensen
Robert Venditti
Ron Frenz
Brett Booth
In-story information
Alter egoWallace Rudolph West II
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsFlash Family
Teen Titans
Defiance
Justice League
PartnershipsSpeedster partners:
Barry Allen
Wally West
Other hero partners:
Deathstroke
Damian Wayne
Emiko Queen
Abilities
See list
    • Superhuman speed, reflexes, agility, stamina, and durability
    • Speed force aura conduit connection
    • Phasing
    • Accelerated healing
    • Molecular acceleration
    • Dimensional travel
    • Time travel
    • Electrokinesis
      • Electro-blast
      • Electromagnetism
      • Energy construct creation
      • Light projection
      • Speed force absorption and negation
    • Enhanced senses
    • Energy absorption
    • Speed Force constructs
    • Frictionless speed force aura
    • Speed steal
    • Vortex creations
    • Basic hand-to-hand combatant

Wallace "Ace" West is a

later established that he is a new character of the same name, being a Reverse-Flash's (Daniel West) son and Wally's cousin, both named after their great-grandfather.[1]
To avoid confusion, the character was renamed in later comics as Wallace West, and later simply as Ace West.

The character was inspired by a desire to feature an

the character, depicted as West's long-lost brother. Lonsdale reprised the role in Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl
.

Publication history

The "reintroduction" of this character to DC Comics following its 2011

Suicide Squad
. Following his cousin's reintroduction, the character was depicted as going by their full name "Wallace", and later a new nickname, "Ace".

Fictional character biography

Wallace "Ace" West (then-referred to as simply "Wally") first appears in The Flash (vol. 4) Annual #3 (June 2014) in a story set twenty years in the future, when a jaded, older Flash (Barry Allen) reads about the character's funeral and vows to change history.

Professor Zoom's powers.[7]

DC Rebirth #1, part of a company-wide event of the same name, marked DC's attempts to restore much of what it lost in the New 52 reboot, both in tone and in the stories of its characters. It features Wally West watching his younger cousin, Wallace, from outside of time, proud and amazed that he too has become a speedster, and reflecting on how they are both named for the same grandfather. Wally is brought back to reality by Barry, who remembers him for the first time since the events of Flashpoint. Teen Titans Rebirth #1, shows Wallace joining the Teen Titans superhero team as Kid Flash.[8]

Wallace, as Kid Flash, meets Wally West, as the Flash, when assisting Barry in dealing with a bridge accident, although Wally doesn't explicitly introduce himself to his cousin, simply identifying himself as an ally of Barry, although Wallace accepts him after they work together to save Barry from a temporary infusion of Speed Force energy.

He later discovers that he has been created after Barry created Flashpoint timeline, abandoning his "Wally" nickname in favour of going by his full name of "Wallace", before ultimately going by the new short-hand nickname of "Ace" West.

Alternate versions

Futures End

In The Flash: Futures End #1, the Flash from 20 years in the future is able to prevent Wallace's death by killing Daniel West. After the Future Flash cripples his younger self in their fight and disappears into the past, Barry finds that Wallace has been imbued with the Speed Force. He makes Wallace promise to stop his future self and Wallace dons a silver and red Flash suit, becoming the new Flash, and trains for years to travel back and stop the Future Flash.

In The Flash (vol. 4) #35, Wallace arrives to see the Future Flash fight the present Flash. Wallace is badly injured when he shields the younger Flash from high-speed rocks that the Future Flash flung. Wallace absorbs the excess Speed Force energy that is tearing apart the present Flash and tells him to not give up and that he only learned to be a hero because of him. Wallace dies and releases a blast of Speed Force energy that closes the rupture but unintentionally traps the present Flash in the Speed Force.

In other media

Television

See also:
Wally West (Arrowverse)

Wallace F. "Wally" West appears in media set in the

Francine West, with the latter having raised Wally away from the rest of his family before Iris and Joe learn of him following Francine's death.[10] Additionally, Wally is described as "a bit of a wayward kid who has some attitude problems and some authority issues and is quick with a sassy remark".[11]

Film

Ace West / Kid Flash makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in

Paradooms
.

Video games

References

  1. ^ DC Rebirth #1
  2. ^ Truitt, Brian (January 13, 2014). "The Flash speeds into a big breakout year in 2014". USA Today. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  3. ^ The Flash (vol. 4) #23
  4. ^ The Flash (vol. 4) #0
  5. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (September 28, 2012). "Welcome Back Wally West?? What Flash #0 Might Really Mean". Newsarama.
  6. ^ "Writers Robert Venditti and Van Jensen Address Controversial New 52 Wally West in The Flash #30". IGN. 24 April 2014.
  7. ^ The Flash (vol. 4) #44–50
  8. ^ Teen Titans Rebirth #1
  9. ^ Goldman, Eric (August 5, 2015). "The Flash: Wally West Cast for Season 2". IGN. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  10. ^ Mahadeo, Kevin (October 27, 2015). "Kreisberg & Panabaker on Latest "Flash" Developments and West Family Revelations". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  11. ^ Abrams, Natalie (September 10, 2015). "The Flash boss breaks down new season 2 characters". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  12. ^ Gelman, Vlada (July 12, 2016). "The Flash First Look: Meet Kid Flash!". TV Line. Archived from the original on July 13, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  13. ^ "Legends of Tomorrow Adds the Flash Star Keiynan Lonsdale as Series Regular".
  14. ^ @jasonofangeles shared a photo on Instagram: “I am so excited and honored to finally be able to share with everyone, that I play/voice the "Kid Flash" aka, West in Warne...
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