717 – Wally West! Weather Wizard!

A panel from Flash #110, October 1959
A panel from Flash #110, October 1959

In Flash #110 (Oct 1959), Barry Allen meets Iris West’s nephew, Wall West for the first time. And wouldn’t you know it, the exact same lightning bolt + random chemical accident happens to the poor kid while the Flash is showing him around the laboratory. Of course the kid gains super-speed, so naturally let’s set him up to be a supporting feature in this magazine, complete with a smaller version of Flash’s red suit 🙂

Kid Flash in Flash Comics #110, October 1959
Kid Flash in Flash Comics #110, October 1959

Kid Flash does a pretty good job at both re-capturing escaped zoo animals and protecting his secret identity from his nosy Aunt Iris.

Meanwhile, in “The Challenge of Weather Wizard”, also in this issue, Flash gains a new super-villain for his Rogues Gallery in the Weather Wizard. Mark Mardon is an escaped criminal who has stolen his deceased brother Clyde’s weather research for nefarious purposes.

The Weather Wizard in Flash #110, October 1959
The Weather Wizard in Flash #110, October 1959