Linda Park (comics)
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Linda Park (also Linda Park-West) is a fictional character in the DC Universe. She first appeared in Flash v2, #28. Linda is Korean-American, although some artists mistakenly portray her as Caucasian. She is best known as the girlfriend, and later wife, of Wally West.
[edit] Fictional character biography
Linda Park is a television reporter for Keystone City and regularly dealt with Flash, whom she didn't like. Despite this, they became friends and soon began dating. Flash's love for Linda has brought him back many times from the Speed Force. After many obstacles, they married.
She eventually became one of the hosts of the television program The Scene, which is similar to our version of The View. Her co-hosts included Vicki Vale, Tawny Young, and Lia Briggs. Two episodes were shown in which they interviewed Wonder Woman on her career, which was shown in that title comic.
Linda soon became pregnant with twins, but during the early months of her pregnancy she was attacked by Zoom, which caused her to miscarry the twins. After Zoom was defeated, Wally asked the Spectre to remove the Flash's identity from everyone — including Wally and Linda. After she remembered, Linda left to rethink her life. She returned to Wally after taking some time away. A later battle between Zoom and Flash spontaneously restored her pregnancy and she gave birth to the twins.
In Infinite Crisis #4, a battle with Superboy-Prime caused Wally to disappear. He appeared in front of Linda, telling her he is disappearing. Holding the twins, Linda kissed Wally as they disappeared. It was later revealed by Bart Allen, returned by the Speed Force, that Linda is still alive, albeit in an alternate reality living in its version of Keystone City where time flows apparently faster (as shown by Bart reappearing in IC #5, where from his point of view, four years had passed). There, she is raising her twins with her husband.
[edit] Appearances in other media
Linda Park has appeared in an episode of Justice League Unlimited ("Flash and Substance") as a reporter covering the opening of the Flash Museum. Although she tries to hide it, she has a serious crush on the Flash. She was voiced by Kim Mai Guest.
Linda was also in Adventures in the DC Universe where she played a pretty large role in many issues.
A reporter named Linda Park made a brief appearance in the pilot of The Flash 1990s live-action series, played by Mariko Tse.
Also, in a series of Justice League children's novels based on the Justice League animated series, Linda appeared in Red Justice, written by Michael Teitelbaum, where she has a date with Wally West which ends badly because of Wally's inabillity to concentrate.
[edit] External links
- More information on Linda
- Crimson Lightning - an online index to the comic book adventures of the Flash.
