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* One of Wally West's best moments ever is ''Flash'' #54, "Nobody Dies". In the course of an attempted midair hijacking, the plane gets breached and a flight attendant is sucked out, falling to her doom at 30,000 feet. Wally--who can't fly--hesitates...and then ''jumps out of the plane after her''. Because ''nobody dies'', dammit.

* In ''The Return of Barry Allen'', [[Mark Waid]] managed - well, for 15 years or so - to make people forget about Barry Allen, first hero of the silver age, and convincingly elevated Wally West into position as [[The Flash]]. How did he do it? By making Wally stare down his worst nightmare, yet come back and win, culminating with the famous "AND YOU'RE NO BARRY ALLEN!" line. Then again, Waid's first run was basically a series of these type of moments, but this one also served as the symbolic establishment of DC's "Third Generation" of heroes.

** The moment leading up to this deserves special mention, as well. Prior to this, Professor Zoom effortlessly [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb-stomped]] Wally, Jay Garrick, Max Mercury ''and'' [[Green Lantern ~~(Comic Book)~~|Hal Jordan]], while loudly declaring that HE was the fastest man alive. Now, he's running well ahead of Wally, confident in himself, with Wally rushing to catch up. Then we get this inner monologue, which is the sign that Wally's finally overcome his complex about replacing Barry Allen as the Flash and is about to even the odds on the battle:

** The moment leading up to this deserves special mention, as well. Prior to this, Professor Zoom effortlessly [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb-stomped]] Wally, Jay Garrick, Max Mercury ''and'' [[Green Lantern|Hal Jordan]], while loudly declaring that HE was the fastest man alive. Now, he's running well ahead of Wally, confident in himself, with Wally rushing to catch up. Then we get this inner monologue, which is the sign that Wally's finally overcome his complex about replacing Barry Allen as the Flash and is about to even the odds on the battle:

{{quote| '''Wally:''' Max was right. He was right all along. I ''am'' afraid. I'm afraid of replacing Barry Allen. ''(close-up of his face as he picks up speed)'' But I'm more afraid... '' '''OF LETTING THIS BASTARD DO IT!''' '' ''(slams Zoom in the back of the head; cue Zoom's [[Oh Crap]] reaction)''}}

* Another of the many moments from his run was the resolution of the Terminal Velocity storyline (issues 94-100). Not only does Wally exceed his top speed to save Linda and merges with the Speed Force (their afterlife, so effectively dying), but he manages to ''return'' from the other side soon after with a slew of new powers and kicks Cobra's ass and saves the day.