One week from today,The Flashwill return to The CW with theSeason 2premiere"The Man Who Saved Central City", debuting Tuesday, October 6 at 8 PM ET. During the season finale of CW Seed’sVixen, the network released a new trailer and a poster forThe Flash, which gives us our first, albeit brief, glimpse of the main villain this season, Zoom. We know thatTony Toddis providing the voice for Zoom, but the villain’s true identity will be one of the big mysteries that will unfold all season long.
WhenTony Toddwas cast, executive producerAndrew Kreisbergrevealed they wanted to do something different this season, when it came to the main villain. Last season, the producers modulatedTom Cavanagh’s voice when he was in costume as Reverse Flash, to hide his identity fromBarry Allen(Grant Gustin) and the rest of Team Flash. This season, whileTony Toddwill provide the voice forZoom, fans will be left to guess who is actually inside the Zoom suit.
Zoom will make his debut in the second episode this season,Flash of Two Worlds, where fans will also get their first look atJay Garrick(Teddy Sears). Last week’s trailer gave us our first look at Barry and Jay interacting, but this footage reveals more of their first interactions, with the two speedsters comparing their nicknames (Scarlet Speedster and the Crimson Comet), as Jay warns Barry that Zoom has killed a lot of people on his world. We don’t get a great look at Zoom in this trailer, but hopefully we’ll see more before the series returns next week.
In theDC Comics, Jay Garrick was the very first version ofThe Flash, debuting inFlash Comics#1 in 1940, with Barry Allen making his debut in 1956. The iconic 1961 comic bookFlash of Two Worldsrevealed that both of these characters were from alternate worlds in the “multiverse,” with these characters coming from Earth-1 and Earth-2. This groundbreaking comic introduced the concept of the “multiverse,” which will be explored inSeason 2.
Other new characters arriving in Central City this season areKeiynan Lonsdaleas Wally West,Michael Ironsideplaying Lewis Snart, Shantel VanSanten as Patty Spivot,Violett Beaneas Jesse Quick, Demore Barnes as Henry Hewitt and Atom Smasher (Adam Copeland, a.k.a former WWE SuperstarEdge). The show will also feature two characters from the midseason seriesDC’s Legends of Tomorrow,Falk Hentschel’s Hawkman andCasper Crump’s Vandall Savage. Take a look at the latest trailer and poster before theSeason 2premiere episode, titled The Man Who Saved Central City, debuts Tuesday, October 6 at 8 PM ET on The CW.
