Here at the Strangest Adventures, we have mentioned our
fondness for DC Comics super-hero The Flash, The Fastest Man Alive, a few times
in the past here and here. Police scientist Barry Allen has a lab accident with chemicals; a
bolt of lightening hits them and splashes them on Barry. This gives him the
power of super-speed!
The big news about The Flash is beginning this year, 2014, he’s in a brand new TV show. It
stars Grant Gustin and
airs Tuesday night at 8 P.M. on The CW Television
Network. The Flash is actually a spin off of the CW show Arrow, featuring
a Green Arrow for the 21st Century. Arrow is…ok, I watch it any time a new episode
comes on. It’s a bit too much drama for my taste. But The Flash is what I’m
excited about. In my opinion the world of super-heroes on both the small and
large screen tend too much towards the grim and gritty now. However, The Flash
returns the viewer to the days of wonder, dare I say it, it feels like The
Silver Age-this is as faithful to the source for a modern interpretation of
Flash that we’ll ever likely see.
Nice try, 1990 The Flash TVseries; the uniform was more faithful to the comic but it seemed a bit off; the
villains seemed to be watered down versions of themselves except for an over
the top performance by Mark “Luke Skywalker” Hamill as The Trickster. In that
series, The Flash was played by John Wesley Shipp, who by the way plays Barry
Allen’s father in the new series!
In this new Flash series, Barry Allen
actually enjoys having super powers unlike, say, the Hulk or the X-Men. The
Flash likes helping people and has already fought four foes straight from the
comics, Weather Wizard, Multiplex, The Mist, and Captain Cold. There’s a lot of
foreshadowing and some characters have familiar names. This seems to be aimed
to fan boys as well as casual viewers. Firestorm The Nuclear Man has been cast
and will be featured and one character could potentially be Killer Frost. Crisis
on Infinite Earths will occur in his future, we’ve already seen a newspaper
from 2024. And there was a scene
featuring a broken cage with a plaque reading “GRODD”. Oh Gorilla Grodd, you
simian genius!
I was inspired to recreate
Showcase #4, from 1956, which introduced The Silver Age Flash but using the
modern Flash in his stead. I’ve seen spoiler images of Professor Zoom, The
Reverse-Flash so I thought he and the Grant Gustin Flash should appear on the
cover of Flash #139 which featured Zoom’s first appearance. I dislike how Zoom's costume is no longer merely a yellow version of Barry's costume however I made the logo match Zoom's color scheme! I haven’t forgotten the “real” Flash either; here
he appears in issue #21 of Secret Society of Super-Villains being attacked by
Blackrock, while The Calculator, The Shade, Black Hand, Lex Luthor, and Black
Manta look on. The SSOSV was another
favorite of mine but that’s a story for another day.
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