TV Bits And Links

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tumblr_nuiti7odg81uv4crqo1_1280 The season premiere is less than a month away, and details about the upcoming season of The Flash are now trickling out regularly. Here are some links with recent news about the show and its characters, and you can also see our first look at the costumes for Hawkgirl and Hawkman. She’ll be a regular character in the upcoming series Legends of Tomorrow (which began filming this week, with Captain Cold and Heat Wave), and both will appear first in The Flash. See more behind the jump, including potential spoilers.

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Oh, Barry. Look what you did. (This week’s Flashbacks)

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Flash #201

Two more Flash issues from the 1970s are available digitally this week.

Flash #200: “A foreign spy named Dr. Lu brainwashes Flash into believing hes taking hairspray to his wife when what hes really doing is attempting to assassinate the president.”

Flash #201: “The Flash feels guilty when he believes he’s responsible for paralyzing a young basketball star’s legs.” Also a Jay Garrick story, “Finale for a Fiddler!”

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Extended Flash Trailer

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The CW has just released an extended version of the teaser we saw a few days ago; this one’s about a minute and a half long and has footage not shown in the previous trailer. It gives us an introduction to Patty Spivot, and has more about a few villains we’ll be seeing in second season. It’s possibly spoilery, however, so be warned.

https://youtu.be/uVOR9D8FRbQ

What do you think? Are you looking forward to the villains and the October 6th premiere? That’s not so far away!

Barry’s Choice: Ethics of Time Travel in the Flash Season Finale

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When I first watched “Fast Enough,” the Flash Season One finale, I was relieved that they weren’t jumping into Flashpoint, and that they weren’t wiping out an entire season’s worth of stories (not to mention elements of Arrow). There’s only so far you can take a reset button without removing tension or basically creating a new show.

But as the summer has gone on, the storytelling logic feels less important, and I’ve looked at the characters’ actions from an in-universe perspective (spoilers ahead):

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New Season Two Trailer

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The CW has released a new teaser trailer for the first few episodes of The Flash‘s second season. It gives us our first good look at Jay Garrick (Teddy Sears) and Atom Smasher (Adam Copeland), as well as hints about alternate earths. One wonders how many we’ll be seeing over the course of the series.

https://youtu.be/-YXewrnbHss

What do you think of Jay’s TV appearance? Is it what you were hoping for? Let us know in the comments.

This Week’s Flash Comics: Season Zero Concludes, History Lessons TPB, Kick in the Head

The Flash Season Zero #12 is out this week, and Caitlin and Cicso have to deal with a trap related to one of Caitlin’s old mentors.

Flash vol.6 History Lessons is out in softcover, collecting the last few stories written by Brian Buccellato at the end of the Manapul/Buccellato run. Flash and Deadman team up to find the Keystone Killer, and we see the first New 52 meeting of the Flash and Green Lantern.

New in DC’s digital backissues:

Flash #198 “While trying to help some teenaged orphans, Flash receives a blow to the head and believes he’s eight years old again and not The Flash. “Call It…Magic”!”

Flash #199 “A serum makes Flash appear dead. “The Explosive Heart of America.””

ComiXology has a DC on TV Sale featuring the series that inspired the current crop of DC/Vertigo titles. Books like Gotham Central, iZombie, and of course Green Arrow and The Flash.

The Flash books on discount include all of Flash: Rebirth, Blitz and Rogue War, plus a number of Rogues’ first appearances from the Silver Age and several Professor Zoom/Reverse Flash stories.,