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Flash TV Pilot to Screen at Comic-Con

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On Saturday, July 26, Warner Bros. will have a massive 3-hour event at Comic-Con International featuring the screenings of both the Gotham and Flash pilot episodes, scenes from Constantine, and cast/crew appearances.

Sadly, this means I won’t be able to attend the event, as I don’t have Saturday tickets. On the plus side, I also don’t have to worry about spending 4 hours waiting in line and getting shut out, so that’s 7 more hours of convention I can actually go to. Now that I think about it, I might be getting a better deal.

CS Flash TV Show Teaser Logo

Flash TV Quick Hits

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  1. The US debut for the first episode of the Flash TV Series is set for October 7. To help get you up to speed (so to speak), CW will be airing the two-part “Arrow” episode introducing Barry Allen the previous week. They also plan encore showings of the first two episodes.
  2. Rumor has it that CW will be screening the pilot at Comic-Con International next month in San Diego. I’ll try to make it to the presentation if it’s on one of the days I’m attending.
  3. The pilot has apparently leaked online. No, I haven’t watched it.

John Wesley Shipp’s Secret Role Revealed!

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The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop. Since John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen in the 1990 Flash TV show, was cast in the Flash pilot in a recurring, but unnamed role, fans have gravitated toward two theories:

  • Henry Allen, Barry’s father
  • Jay Garrick

The secret is out, and we now know that he’ll be playing Henry Allen.

“Given his history with The Flash, Andrew [Kreisberg], Geoff [Johns] and I could only think of one person we wanted to play Barry’s father and that was John Wesley Shipp,” said executive producer Greg Berlanti. “He gives a fantastic and emotional performance in the pilot and we are looking forward to his presence in many more episodes.”

The Flash premieres in October on the CW in the US and on CTV in Canada.

Flash #31 Preview & Interview

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USA Today has an interview with Flash writers Robert Venditti and Van Jensen, and a preview of Flash #31.

A few highlights:

“Barry is one of the few superheroes who is able to act not necessarily as a father figure but almost as a big brother,” Jensen says. “And not only is he able to teach Wally things, but then Wally’s continuing to teach Barry things.”

“Basically there’s something wrong with the Speed Force,” he says. “Future Flash knows this, Flash of the present doesn’t, and the story line is going to be about the limitations of Barry’s power set and the effects it can have not just on him but on the world around him.”

Future versions of Flash’s Rogues such as Mirror Master and Trickster will also play big roles, and the writers will be exploring the same ideas as with the future Flash — Barry said he would never kill yet in the annual, readers watched him kill Gorilla Grodd 20 years later.

Flash #31

Future Wally West on the Cover for Flash/Future’s End

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DC has revealed the remaining Future’s End covers for September’s New 52 anniversary event. These will be motion covers, like last year’s 3D covers except showing a before-and-after pair of images. The pair for the Flash issue is…well, take a look!

Flash - Five Years Later - before: Barry Allen

Flash Five Years Later - after: Wally West

They’ve also confirmed that the issue will be written and drawn by the usual creative team. This should come as no surprise to those who’ve been following interviews with Robert Venditti and Van Jensen, as it fits right into the current time travel storyline.

So what do you think of the new look for Wally West?

Flash #34 in August: Cover & Solicitation

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DC Comics’ August solicitations are up, including Flash #34…

Flash #34

THE FLASH #34
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI and VAN JENSEN
Art and cover by BRETT BOOTH and NORM RAPMUND
DC UNIVERSE SELFIE variant cover
On sale AUGUST 27 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Time is getting closer as Future Flash reaches the point that broke his spirit – Wally West’s death – while Wally meets his uncle Daniel, the Reverse Flash, and Barry Allen is trapped in the middle!

Selfie variant? Um…okay…

Also of note: Grant Morrison’s “Multiversity” miniseries finally launches!

In collected editions, we have a date for the Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion collection. It’s going straight to paperback rather than hardcover-first.

FOREVER EVIL: ROGUES REBELLION TP
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by PATRICK ZIRCHER, SCOTT HEPBURN and ANDRE COEHLO
Cover by SCOTT HEPBURN
On sale SEPTEMBER 24 • 160 pg, FC • $16.99 US

The Rogues call no man boss, but the threat of the Crime Syndicate isn’t leaving them much choice! Will they fall in line, or refuse and risk certain death? How can the Rogues take on the Crime Syndicate together? Collected from the 6-issue miniseries, plus THE FLASH #23.1: ROGUES.

DC keeps going back and forth as to whether the Grodd one-shot is in this collection or Flash vol.4: Reverse. It would make a lot more sense to put it here.