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Welcome back, Wally. I have missed you. While everything in this saga pointed to the return of Barry Allen, I could not be happier that the Flash I grew up with, the Flash I know and love, Wally West, is back. Since he disappeared into the speed force during Infinite Crisis, the future of Wally was a bit sketchy. I realize I have been very outspoken about Bart Allen as the Flash, and therell be more on that later, but to me Wally West is the Flash. In an interesting twist, his twin children seemed to have aged quite a bit since we last saw them, but that doesnt matter; Wally West has returned, and it appears he will be the savior of the universe. Read Full Review

All in all, "The Lightning Saga" failed. Sure, the Legion succeeded, but as a story this was not exactly the best there could have been. Instead of giving the reader some interaction between the JSoA and the JLoA, pointless exposition and a lack of any real action dragged it down. Johns provided some great moments with his handling of the Legion and the truly creepy Arkham Asylum sequence, but Meltzer's hand, especially in this issue, folded miserably. This could have been so good, but it just bombed. Read Full Review