The Morningstar
Avenger
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I'm not castigating Flash's power or potential just in relates to Quicksilver and their relative uniqueness/usefulness on the main teams for both companies. I used to be a fan of Barry Allen's Flash when I was a little kid but the one-trick-ponyness of him just lost me in adulthood when he became Wally West essentially a Spider-man knockoff in characterization. That and there's like Barry Allen, Wally West, Bart Allen, Jay Garrick etc etc, so even as a speed hero it wasn't unique anymore.
I'm merely saying Quicksilver makes a better Avenger than Flash does a JLAer because the JLA has Superman, WW, Aquaman, Captain Marvel, Green Lantern who ALL have some level super speed and like many other powers with it. I continue to NOT understand why the Flash is this stalwart staple in every JLA incarnation. Once in a while..sure, but EVERY time??
The MAIN Avengers team has no one with super speed if Quicksilver isn't there and he's highly underused as a full time member. UNLIKE Flash who is OVERused in every single animated thing DC does no matter how redundant he is to the lineup.
And to Aquaman taking nothing away from Flash, it is preposterous he hasn't been featured in any of JLA DC DVDs ESPECIALLY because he was so pivotal in "TOWER OF BABEL" which that "DOOM" mediocrity was largely based on. They need to shuffle that tired lineup they've been using OR expand it dare say. Why does ALWAYS have to be SEVEN?? And the first one I'd bench is Martian Manhunter due to having a very low fan base as well as having boring characterization and too similar to Superman. And the second is Flash due to power redundancy.
You do realise Flash is the most powerful member of the JLA right? We're not just talking about super speed, we're talking about a guy who is thousands of times faster than the speed of light.