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|image      =  Kid Flash (Wally West circa 1961).png
|caption    = Wally West as the first Kid Flash, as depicted in ''The Flash'' #110 (December 1959). Art by [[Carmine Infantino]].
|publisher  = [[DC Comics]]
|debut      = ''[[The Flash (comic book)|The Flash]]'' #110
|debutmo    = December
|debutyr    = 1959
|debutyr1   = 1996
|debutyr2   = <!-- Bart adopted the codename well after his introduction -->
|writer1    = [[John Broome (writer)|John Broome]]<br /> (writer)<br />[[Carmine Infantino]] (artist)
|characters = [[Wally West]]<br />[[Kid Flash (Iris West)|Iris West]]<br />[[Bart Allen]]<br />[[Ace West|Wallace "Ace" West]]
|seealso    = [[Flash (DC Comics character)|Flash]]<br />[[Impulse (DC Comics)]]
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|sortkey    = Kid Flash
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'''Kid Flash''' is the name of several [[Superhero|fictional superheroes]] appearing in [[comic book]]s published by [[DC Comics]], originally created by [[John Broome (writer)|John Broome]] and [[Carmine Infantino]], as a junior counterpart to DC Comics [[superhero]] [[Flash (DC Comics character)|The Flash]]. The first version of the character, '''[[Wally West]]''', debuted in ''The Flash'' #110 (1959).<ref name=Guide>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=166}}</ref> The character, along with others like the first [[Donna Troy|Wonder Girl]], [[Garth (comics)|Aqualad]], and [[Roy Harper (character)|Speedy]], was created in response to the success of [[Batman]]'s young sidekick [[Robin (comics)|Robin]]. These young heroes would later be spun off into their own superhero team, the [[Teen Titans]]. As Kid Flash, Wally West made regular appearances in Flash related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1959 through the mid-1980s until the character was reinvented as the new version of The Flash.

Later, well after Wally West had made a name for himself as the new Flash, the character of '''[[Bart Allen]]''', grandson of the Flash [[Barry Allen]], was brought into the past from his home in the future and served as the young hero [[Impulse (comics)|Impulse]]. In 2003, with writer [[Geoff Johns]]' relaunch of a new ''Teen Titans'' volume, Bart donned the mantle of Kid Flash after being nearly killed by the assassin [[Deathstroke]]. As Kid Flash, Bart appeared in ''Teen Titans'' and ''The Flash'' (vol. 2) regularly until the ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' event, where he became the fourth Flash after Wally West's disappearance. Apparently killed by the [[Rogues (comics)|Rogues]], Bart was resurrected in the 31st century by [[Legion of Super-Heroes]] member [[Brainiac 5]] and retook the mantle of Kid Flash. Following a [[The New 52|2011 reboot]], DC introduced a new interpretation of Wally West as its latest Kid Flash in 2014, who was later established as being the original Wally's younger cousin '''[[Ace West|Wallace "Ace" West]]'''.

The Wally West Kid Flash was first adapted for live action in the [[Arrowverse]] series of TV shows, played by [[Keiynan Lonsdale]].