That said-have you enjoyed a Barry Allen comic since he was returned?
No, but the same would have been said for Wally most chances. Would those Nu52 Flash books been better with Wally? Highly doubtful.
What is it that makes Wally better than Barry?
Is it his youth? Nah, comic age doesn't matter for heroes
Is it his powers? Nah, same as Barry's
It damn sure can't be his rouges gallery. All the best ones were just re-purposed from Barry.

Do you remember Wally's first couple of "Rouges? Hell any of his rouges?
Savitar? (The 90's villain personified)

Brothers Grimm?
Cobalt Man?
Girder?
Double Down?
Tar Pit?
Heck I can't remember that one bad guy that Wally faced early on in his run ... right after he battled ...

No, none of that is what makes Wally better. What makes Wally better to most? Timing.
Look, I know you guys like Wally because you read Wally. I get it. Hell, Wally's stories are certainly better ... but he had a hell of a lot better list of writers AND a more adult oriented time to be a hero than Barry ever had. Sure, Wally's books are better, but look at what he had.
Who would you rather read long runs of Flash from right now -
Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, Mike Baron, William Messner-Loebs .. heck, even ... Brian Buchallato and Francis Manapul
or
Robert Kanigher, Cary Bates and Gardner Fox (Okay, that one was great)? Not really a hard choice now a days is it?
And yes, Geoff Johns wrote Rebirth, but come on, we all know that was not great by any means.
Oh, and Marv Wolfman wrote Barry ... just long enough to kill him

But question, would any of those stories that you guys (and I) enjoy featuring Wally been any different or less enjoyable if he was still Kid Flash at the time? Or a hero character by another name other than Flash? Wouldn't you still have liked those stories? That is what I don't like. Barry Was/is/and shall ever be Flash. Wally, who stole his name, should have been called anything but Flash.
It is just like this new Wally ... well not the new, new one, but the other new

Wally West. The nu52 West. I hate they changed Wally West. Not because I hate they made him black, but because they changed him at all. Instead of making another character, another cool ass black hero, they took an old white one and twisted it. Took his name. Damn it, don't take a character and CHANGE him. Make a new character. Hell, Jeff, you didn't like when Wally wasn't Wally any longer. Same thing here for me and Flash. The Flash is Barry. Wally should have been called another name. Why couldn't Wally (the 1st) been Super Streak (or some other, better, more reasonable name

) when Barry died? No, he had to take an identity. I don't like that and never will.
Now I know what you are thinking ... but what about Barry using the Flash name from Jay? Well before Wally did it with Barry? Well my answer is two fold ...
One - That Flash was on a different Earth (or in a comic book originally)
and
Two - I didn't read that Flash when I was young

Again, I understand why you guys like Wally better. He was around at the time you were reading him and at the right time to have some killer writing. But he was able to have that due to the best Flash ever, Barry Allen.
(And yes, Barry hever had those horrible F'n kids either. What was Waid doing???)

Wally had the timing, the writing, the art, the borrowed Rouges

... still doesn't make him the "better" Flash.
And I am not bitter that Wally took the costume. Please don't think that. I get it. It made sense, and I enjoyed me some Wally "Flash" comics. Some really great stuff. But now that the best Flash is back ... THE FLASH ... I am glad that Wally will have his own name ... finally.
