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Which Versions Of The Flash Are Going To Be Appearing In Season 2?

If you watched the CW’s hit television show The Flash last year, then you were treated to one of the best television adaptations we have seen of the Scarlet Speedster in years. Mind you, we watched the TV show in the 90s with John Wesley Shipp and LOVED it, but this new version is light years ahead. One of the things the executive producers of the show like to do is toss out Easter eggs to the fans of the DC universe. This season was no exception, including casting Shipp as Barry Allen’s father on the show as well as a direct nod in the finale to the very first version of The Flash from the comics. Hardcore comic-book fans will know that there have been a few different versions of the character over the years, but new fans or people whose only familiarity with the character are from the television show were probably wondering what was up with that metal helmet with wings. We thought we would give you a primer on all the different versions of The Flash over the years and also tell you which two of these four have been confirmed to join Barry Allen in season two of The Flash.

3) Wally West

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Wally West Version

The third version of The Flash actually started out as Kid Flash AKA Wally West. He’s the nephew of Iris West, Barry Allen’s girlfriend and then later, wife, and gets his speedster powers during a visit to Allen’s police laboratory where he gets bathed in chemicals much the same way Barry Allen did from a freak accident involving lightning. He then decides to don a smaller version of Allen’s red costume and fight crime as “Kid Flash.”

West has a strained relationship with his parents, so he often looks to his aunt and uncle for guidance. In later versions of the comic books, to distinguish the Wally West version from the Barry Allen version, his costume gets changed up and is turned yellow with red leggings and gloves and sometimes red goggles and ear pieces. After the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline, where Barry Allen gives his life to save Earth, Wally West takes over his fallen mentor’s costume and identity and fights crime as The Flash, which also leads to Bart Allen becoming the second Kid Flash…more on that in a moment.

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