Daniel "Danny" West is a

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appearing in

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published by

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. The character was created by writers-artists

Francis Manapul Francis Manapul (born August 26, 1979) is a Canadian-Filipino comics artist, comic book artist and script (comics), writer. Career Manapul is known for his work on ''Witchblade'' and ''The Necromancer (comics), The Necromancer'' for Top Cow, wor ...

and Brian Buccellato, and first appeared in ''

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'' #0 (November 2012). He is the most recent character to take up the

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mantle. Furthermore, he is the younger brother of

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and father of

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Publication history

Daniel's first appearance occurred as a teenager in ''

'' #0 (November 2012). The story was set five years before the present and he was only identified on-panel as Danny. Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato first revealed that Reverse-Flash would appear in ''The Flash'' in November 2012. According to them, the inclusion of Reverse-Flash in the series was not due to them wanting to include the character, but because they felt it was the "natural place to go". Manapul stated that originally, they planned on not using the character until later in the series, but decided to include him due to where the story and characters were heading.

Fictional character biography

Daniel West is the younger brother of

, whose mother died while giving birth to him. Their mother's death drives their father William to become an alcoholic and abusive towards his children, blaming Daniel for his mother's death. At the age of 12, Daniel pushes William down the stairs in response to his actions, crippling him.''The Flash'' (vol. 4) #23.2 (November 2013) Daniel runs away from home and becomes a small-time thug. During a heist, he is defeated by the

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and sentenced to five years in prison.''

'' (vol. 4) #0 (November 2012) Daniel is paroled and released from prison around the same time

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invades Central City. He attempts to escape from Grodd and the Rogues, but crashes into a car which is powered by a

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battery. Daniel gains Speed Force-based powers and is fused with shrapnel, gaining an organic layer of armor. Daniel dubs himself the Reverse-Flash and begins killing those with Speed Force abilities to drain their speed so he can travel back in time and kill his father. He succeeds, but the Flash convinces him not to go through with his plan, and Daniel gives his Speed Force energy to him so they can return to the present. Daniel later regains his powers and is recruited into the

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. However, he is killed during a mission after being sucked into a vortex.''New Suicide Squad Annual'' #1 (November 2015)

In other media

Elements of Daniel West are incorporated into an alternate version of

Wally West Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics as the original Kid Flash and the third Flash (DC Comics character), Flash. His power consists mainly of speedster (fiction), superhuman speed. T ...

who appears in ''

'', portrayed by

Keiynan Lonsdale Keiynan Lonsdale ( ; born 19 December 1991) is an Australian actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter. He is known for roles such as Oliver Lloyd in the ABC series ''Dance Academy'' (2012–2013), Wally West/ Kid Flash in the CW series ''The Flash ...

References

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