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8. Movie – Flashpoint

Comic – Flash: Born to Run

Look, I love Barry Allen, but if you want a Flash with the best comic book stories to his name, you want Wally West.

But I’m not gonna just tell you to pick up any old Wally West story. How about one that connects the two? Serving as a makeshift Flash Year One, Mark Waid’s Born to Run shows us Wally’s origin and his time as Kid Flash.

And, of course, the formation of his relationship with Barry Allen. An incredible story that shows why Barry was so great and how that greatness impacts Wally’s destiny. Although it isn’t collected on its own, you can find the arc collected in The Flash by Mark Waid Book 1, along with a couple of other great stories. Barry has always been better as a symbol than as a character, and this is the best example of that.

If you want some Barry Allen: perfect human comics, these are them.