Wally West (Flash) — power rating and matchups

These entries record encounters, feats and other events from the character's stories. Read each outcome with its version, sources and condition tags. Arena verdicts use the selected versions and matchup rules; a story result does not determine an arena result. This panel is for reference and does not feed the engine. The record is still being expanded.

Win

v Vandal SavageThe Flash vol. 2 #2

With Francine's help he defeats Savage, who falls from the building to his apparent death ("or they think").

Help: Francine helped him defeat Savage on the rooftop

Had help

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Key Collector: Flash #2

Feat / note

A Shot in the DarkThe Flash vol. 2 #30

A shooter opens fire in a crowded movie theatre and he has to find all the bullets in the dark.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpeedForce.org: Comics for Flash TV fans

Win

v SupermanAdventures of Superman #463 (1990)

Mxyzptlk forces a race once around the globe and offers Wally a reward for beating Superman; Wally "just manages to win" (Book Riot). DC's own race record counts it as a Wally win.

Special condition: A race set by Mxyzptlk, not a fight

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: Superman vs. Flash race record Book Riot: Flash and Superman race history

Feat / note

Nobody DiesThe Flash vol. 2 #54

He can't fly, but jumps out of an airplane anyway to rescue a falling flight attendant.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpeedForce.org: Comics for Flash TV fans

Win

v Eobard Thawne (Reverse-Flash)The Flash vol. 2 #79

When Thawne threatens Barry's legacy the self-imposed limits fall away. Wally slips and Thawne nearly kills him, but a lightning bolt strikes between them and startles Thawne; Wally then dominates the fight and tricks Thawne into using the cosmic treadmill to go back to the 25th century, with no me…

Help: Green Lantern, Johnny Quick and Max Mercury arrived to save him

Had helpHeld backSpecial condition: A chance lightning bolt startled Thawne and gave Wally his opening

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Tom Brevoort: Perfect Game, Flash #79 ComicsAlliance: History of Zoom and Reverse-Fla… Wikipedia: Wally West

Feat / note

Johnny Quick formulaThe Flash vol. 2 #91

Formula-linked acceleration produces a frozen-looking world.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: The Speed Force Explained

Feat / note

Terminal Velocity, KobraThe Flash vol. 2 #100

Wally returns and destroys Kobra’s final weapon.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked MyComicShop/GCD issue content

Win

v MongulThe Flash vol. 2 #102

Speeds up the molecules of the alien ship so the metal becomes malleable enough to trap Mongul; Mongul is trapped, not knocked out.

2 logged exchanges

The Flash vol. 2 #102Alone (Linda leaves before the fight), he uses speed to confuse and enrage Mongul until Mongul brings the street down on them; after one hit he sends debris back at Mongul at hyper-speed. other secondary source checked X-Man’s Comic Blog: Flash #102
The Flash vol. 2 #102Speeds up the molecules of the alien ship so the metal becomes malleable enough to trap Mongul; Mongul is trapped, not knocked out. other secondary source checked X-Man’s Comic Blog: Flash #102

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked X-Man’s Comic Blog: Flash #102

No decisive result

v SavitarThe Flash vol. 2 #108–111; resolution #111

Savitar leads Wally on "a worldwide race of destruction until Wally allows him to enter the Speed Force once more". He is not killed here: he escapes in Flash: Rebirth #1 and is killed by Barry, and the 2021 Annual says he survived.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Savitar

No decisive result

v ZumJLA #3 (1997)

Races Zum around the world, from Beijing to Mount Rushmore, using "Flash Facts"; Zum lands half a world away (Captain’s Unofficial JLA Homepage: JLA #3). Nerdist dates the "infinite mass punch" to JLA #3, with Wally's inner dialogue on relativistic mass and blueshifting (Nerdist: Science of the Inf…

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Nerdist: Science of the Infinite Mass Punch Captain’s Unofficial JLA Homepage: JLA #3

Feat / note

The Suit’s death trapThe Flash vol. 2 #130

Fakes his death by racing twelve hours back in time and counter-vibrating into his past self; past-Wally then races into the exact moment the Suit was set to freeze and kill him and survives.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: Flash’s Greatest Feats of Speed

Win · team encounter

v The SuitThe Flash vol. 2 #132

Max makes the Suit hesitate for a second and Wally flicks a grain of sand through it at super-speed, tearing it, then unravels it at the tear; when the entity reforms on him he vibrates through it and it explodes, apparently trapping the entity in the Speed Force.

Decisive action: Wally, tearing and unravelling the Suit after Max's distraction · Wally West’s part: overloaded the Suit with speed, tore it with a grain of sand and vibrated through it

Fought weakened

3 logged exchanges

The Flash vol. 2 #132With two broken legs he builds a golden Speed Force suit that props him up so he can run; the Suit's whirlwind cuts through its legs and he crashes on a riverbank. plot summary checked DCUI: The Flash #132 Bart Allen Impulse blog: Flash #132
The Flash vol. 2 #132Speeds up the Suit so it races out of control around the world; also passes excess Speed Force energy to Jay to share with Impulse. other secondary source checked Bart Allen Impulse blog: Flash #132
The Flash vol. 2 #132Max makes the Suit hesitate for a second and Wally flicks a grain of sand through it at super-speed, tearing it, then unravels it at the tear; when the entity reforms on him he vibrates through it and it explodes, apparently trapping the entity in the Speed Force. other secondary source checked Bart Allen Impulse blog: Flash #132

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Bart Allen Impulse blog: Flash #132

Win

v Krakkl and the Cosmic GamblersThe Flash vol. 2 #136–138; resolution #138

Runs as fast as he ever has and is still far behind Krakkl, then learns to have the planets' cumulative energy run alongside him and outraces the Gamblers' own instantaneous travel; Earth and Kwyzz are spared.

Help: Impulse, Jesse Quick, Superman and the planets' collective energy helped

Had helpSpecial condition: A cosmic race with Earth at stake, not a fight

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: Flash’s Greatest Feats of Speed

Win

v The Black FlashThe Flash vol. 2 #141

The Black Flash, which had taken Linda, returns for Wally; Wally races it to the end of time, "a point where death has no meaning", and it dissipates.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Black Flash

No decisive result

v Ra's al Ghul's agentsJLA #43 (2000) (arc JLA #43–46; issue per arc page, as in Superman's and Batman's dossier…

A specially designed vibra-bullet strikes him in the back of the neck, causing seizures at light speed. Later in the arc he helps Green Lantern, Plastic Man and Wonder Woman stop the toxin release.

Special condition: Hit by a vibra-bullet built from Batman's stolen contingency plan

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: JLA, Tower of Babel

Win

v Zoom (Hunter Zolomon)The Flash vol. 2 #198–200; resolution #200

Zoom targets Linda; Wally stops him "at a cost" (she loses the pregnancy). A window to the past opens in a ripple in the timestream and Wally pushes Zoom into it, leaving him in suspended animation reliving the worst moment of his life; he is locked in Iron Heights. Wally still feels he lost.

Help: Impulse and Jay gave Wally their speed

Had help

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: Seven times superheroes sought revenge DC: TV secrets, Race of His Life DC Database (fan wiki, lead): The Flash vol. 2 …

Feat / note

Chongjin evacuationJLA #89, Trial by Fire

Chongjin, North Korea, is hit by a nuclear warhead detonated by Fernus; the Flash evacuates the entire population (DC Database, lead). DC's blog gives ".00001 microseconds" but links the feat to JLA #85.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: Flash’s Greatest Feats of Speed DC Database (fan wiki, lead): JLA #89

Feat / note

Sanctuary deaths; Wally's confessionHeroes in Crisis #8 (2019); #9 ending

After hacking Sanctuary's data and taking in the patients' trauma he loses control of the Speed Force and the blast kills everyone at Sanctuary. Wikipedia: "Wally caused the massacre by accident"; GeekDad: he "snapped" and calls it an out-of-control Speed Force blast. He frames Harley and Booster, …

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Heroes in Crisis GeekDad: Heroes in Crisis #8 review The Flash Podcast: Heroes in Crisis #8 and #9

Win

v SupermanThe Flash vol. 2 #209

Not an official race but a chase around the world: Superman fails to catch Wally, who says "I won" (Book Riot). DC's race record counts it as a Wally win "even as Superman flew".

Special condition: A chase around the world, not a fight

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: Superman vs. Flash race record Book Riot: Flash and Superman race history

No decisive result

v Superboy-PrimeInfinite Crisis #4 (2006); return in the Lightning Saga (2007)

Wally, Jay and Bart try to trap Superboy-Prime in the Speed Force; Wally is pulled out of this reality, and Linda and the twins vanish with him (Hyperborea). Wikipedia: he and his family are seen leaving for an alternative reality.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Hyperborea: Wally West Wikipedia: Wally West

Win

v InertiaAll-Flash #1 (2007)

After Bart's killing, Wally gets to Inertia and sucks all his speed from him, "rendering him as still as a statue".

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked ComicsAlliance: History of Zoom and Reverse-Fla…

No decisive result

v DarkseidFinal Crisis #7 (2009), pp. 10–12

With Barry he races toward Darkseid with the Black Racer on their tails and leads it into him; Lois's narration says "the Flashes outran Death, the Black Racer". Darkseid lingers on until nearly the end of the issue.

Opponent already weakened

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Comic Book Revolution: Final Crisis #7 review

Feat / note

Flash: Rebirth: speedsters restoredFlash: Rebirth #3–4 (2009)

Enters the Speed Force to retrieve Barry, reaches Barry and Max, and uses his connection to the Speed Force "to rejuvenate the speedsters and repair their suits".

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Flash: Rebirth

Win · team encounter

v Eobard Thawne (Professor Zoom)Flash: Rebirth #5 (2009); capture follows

Tells Barry to "push hard to break the time barrier"; the two chase Thawne through time, stop him killing Iris and push him back. Barry tosses Thawne into a device that Jay activates to cut his Negative Speed Force link, and Barry and Wally tie him up.

Decisive action: Barry and Wally, with Jay's device cutting Thawne's Negative Speed Force link · Wally West’s part: broke the time barrier with Barry, stopped Thawne killing Iris and helped tie him up

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Flash: Rebirth

No decisive result

v Barry AllenThe Flash vol. 5 #49

Hunter Zolomon has persuaded Wally that people are trapped in the Speed Force; Wally threatens that Barry "will never run again" if he does not help, and their race causes a massive disruption in the Speed Force; Hal Jordan's construct fails to slow them. Zoom lied to get them to break the force ba…

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Flash War

No decisive result

v Zoom (Hunter Zolomon)The Flash vol. 5 #50

Zoom beats both Flashes and nearly kills Wally, who uses his Temporal Seizure to harm him; Barry tells him to embrace his memories of his family, which gives him enough power to catch and beat Zoom. Zoom then runs into the Speed Force to rewrite the past, and Wally realises "Hunter Zolomon won".

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Flash War

Loss

v Barry AllenThe Flash #785 (2022), Dark Crisis tie-in; set up in #784

Pariah makes Wally look like Thawne to Barry, and a "misguided Barry" beats Wally "to a pulp"; nothing gets through until Linda lands "a huge punch that seems to knock some sense into Barry". Wikipedia: Barry nearly kills him.

Help: Linda's punch ended Barry's attack

Held backHad helpSpecial condition: Pariah made Wally look like Thawne to Barry

Evidence checked: plot summary checked SpeedForce.org: The Flash #785 review AIPT: The Flash #784 review Wikipedia: Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths

Win · team encounter

v SavitarThe Flash 2021 Annual #1

Wally's spirit is sent through time, reliving speedster after speedster as the Speed Force tries to remove something from itself; at the Sanctuary memory he learns the Speed Force surge "wasn't Wally. It was Savitar" (ComicsXF), or the Speed Force's attempt to expel Savitar (Wikipedia). With Barry …

Decisive action: The Flash and his allies, through Wally's bond to the Speed Force · Wally West’s part: used his Speed Force bond at Barry's urging to defeat Savitar

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Wikipedia: Wally West ComicsXF: Flash Annual brings Wally home Wikipedia: Savitar

Win · team encounter

v The AdmiralThe Flash vol. 5 #796

Gold Beetle's ship brings Wally back to Central City and she says she has undone the Heroes in Crisis deaths; with one minute of Speed Force time he pushes the Admiral into a stasis chamber/battery in a page; Barry also lands a major blow.

Decisive action: Wally, pushing the Admiral into a stasis chamber · Wally West’s part: used one minute of Speed Force time to push the Admiral into the chamber

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked The Comic Book Spot: Flash #796 review

No decisive result

v The Arc AnglesThe Flash vol. 6 #13 (2024)

The Arc Angles threaten to kill his family; he answers with his "sideways jump" and slices them to bits (temporarily). He and Barry excise the Deep Change's "ball" of poison with an interdimensional knife; Wally wades into the wound to seal it, which heals "through the power of his family's love", …

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked SpeedForce.org: And Everything After Weird Science: Flash #13 review

Feat / note

Flashes of Insight experimentThe Flash vol. 6 #35 (on sale 22 Jul 2026)

After a breakthrough fighting Heat Wave and consulting Mr. Terrific, he combines Speed Force use with lightspeed passes through the city and peeks "just a second into the future", giving Central City a day with no accidents and stopping a Rogue's bank robbery.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: The Flash (2023) #35

Feat / note

Three bridges crisisThe Flash vol. 6 #38 (on sale 28 Oct 2026)

Three bridges he thought he had saved explode anyway; his future-sight is delayed. The League holds a meeting about his overconfidence, Green Arrow argues for taking his powers away, and he faces an unnamed Rogue; no resolution.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked DC: The Flash (2023) #38 AIPT: The Flash #38 review SpeedForce.org: The speed was power, part VIII

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