The Flash TV series star Grant Gustin and his portrayal of Barry Allen is being compared to the X-Men: Days of Future Past star Evan Peters and his portrayal of Quicksilver. Who's faster?
Comic book fans online are debating as to which of the two is faster, Grant Gustin's Barry Allen or Evan Peter's Quicksilver.
According to the Comic Central City, while the two has some amazing feats to boast such as Evan Peter's Quicksilver's slo-mo scene where he did a lot of (funny) stuff before bullets hit Magneto and Professor X such as changing the direction of the bullets and changing the poses of the guards and Barry Allen running from blocks away to save a biker from being run over by a speeding car to stopping a tornado by running in the opposite direction, you would have to give the edge to The Flash as his feats require more speed to do than what Quicksilver has done.
As fans continue to debate on Quicksilver vs Flash, The pilot episode of the show was screened by Comic book writer, Mark Waid and he has some pretty nice things to say about the show.
At the Motor City Comic Con, Mark Waid shared with Comicbook.com some of his thoughts of the Flash TV series based on the Flash trailer.
Waid told Comicbook.com, "You know what? I liked it. I'm not keen on the whole ,'my mother was killed' retcon, because I don't understand why everyone has to have Batman's origin. But, that said, I really like the visuals of it. I like the look of it. I like that he seems to be having fun as a superhero. Because, again, if your superpower is that you can run really fast and make time stop, it would be a blast. I don't want to hear your problems. How you can have that problem and still be upset? 'Oh my diamond shoes are too tight. Oh no!' So I think that's awesome, and I gotta say - I admit I got chills when he said, 'My name is Barry Allen, I'm the fastest man alive.' That gave me chills."
Since Comicbook.com's interview, it appears that Waid has gotten a look at the full Flash TV pilot, and he was really impressed with what he saw, even to the point that it alleviated some of his initial concerns. Waid tweeted, "Not only is the #Flash pilot EXCELLENT, but (for this) the dead-mom retcon doesn't grate. Great show, and Tom Cavanagh is astounding."
Waid also tweeted Flash TV series executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, "Seriously, you two. #Flash is really, really good. You made it work. Thanks for remembering he ENJOYS HIS WORK."
After reading Waid's tweet, Berlanti and Kreisberg thanked Waid for his comments. To which, Waid responded, "My pleasure. 'My name is Barry Allen, and I'm the fastest man alive.' I can't wipe this stupid smile off my face." When Berlanti asked Waid for a signed copy of Kingdom Come, Waid replied, "'My name is Barry Allen, and I'm the Fastest Man Alive.' Dude, you can have my first-born after that. Send me a mailing address."
