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The Kid Flash Legacy

2 heroes have worn the Kid Flash mantle.
Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West
The originalheld the mantle from 1959

Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West

The Flash #110 (1959) · 811 appearances

Powers. Connection to the Speed Force granting superhuman speed, reflexes, accelerated healing, speed-stealing/sharing, infinite mass punch, vibration/phasing through objects, and time travel.

Origin
Wally West was a young boy who idolized his aunt Iris's boyfriend, Barry Allen—the second Flash—and gained identical super-speed powers when a freak accident in Barry's lab exposed him to the same electrified chemicals, making him Kid Flash before eventually inheriting the mantle of the Flash himself.
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Wallace Daniel West
Successorheld the mantle from 2016

Wallace Daniel West

Teen Titans #1 (2016) · 39 appearances

Powers. Speedster connected to the Speed Force: superhuman speed, accelerated perception/reflexes, and related Flash-Family speed abilities.

Origin
Wallace West is a teenage speedster who discovered a connection to the Speed Force and took up the Kid Flash mantle, joining a new generation of heroes. He became a member of the relaunched Teen Titans, eager to prove himself as a hero in his own right rather than simply living in the shadow of those who bore the name before him.
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