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Before Heroes in Crisis #8, Emerald Twilight was DC's biggest fall from grace. 1 / 8

Now, DC has turned a hero unique in all of comics: Wally West, into a killer. 2 / 8

Wally's disgrace is a bitter pill because of Mark Waid & Mike Wieringo's intensely personal comics. 3 / 8

Wally's humanity made him an aspirational hero -- the sort that make superhero comics wonderful. 4 / 8

Now, Wally accidentally killed the heroes at Sanctuary, and framed Harley Quinn and Booster Gold. 5 / 8

His days as a heroic ideal are done - not because of the deaths, but the cruel cover-up. 6 / 8

Heroes in Crisis appears to have destroyed a unique hero for an unsatisfying payoff. 7 / 8

Heroes in Crisis #9, the conclusion of the controversial miniseries, arrives May 22. 8 / 8