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Comic Book References

posted 13 years ago by TheSolarSailor
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How much of the comic book made it into this series?

We got the persona of Barry Allen who works in a crime lab, mixed with the need for him to eat a lot like Wally West.

We got girl friend Iris West from Silver Age Flash in the first episode.

We got Tina McGee from the Wally West Flash books.

We got Captain Cold.

We got Mirror Master.

We got Reverse Flash from the Golden Age with Jay Garrick.

We got humorous references to Professor Zoom, also knows as Reverse-Flash of the Silver Age.

In the same episode, we also got a scene of the clone running so fast as to disappear on a treadmill...a reference to Professor Zoom/Reverse-Flash's futuristic Cosmic Treadmill??

We got The Trickster in the form of Mark Hamill.

Are there any other nods towards the comic books that I may be missing???

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[–] RobBase086-1 13 years ago

TheSolarSailor I am now getting to watch the series in like 21 or 22 years since the show went off the air. I remember all of those things that you have mentioned about the show, but I think if this show had lasted another season possibly up to 5 seasons then we might have seen other references to the comic book. The problem is and I do not understand people on how they can watch something else when this was a great show to watch. I get frustrated when I love a show and it only last for a very short time because people are so fixated on other shows that are dull and boring. I never understood it. This also includes shows that I found stupid that were not worth watching that lasted for so long and are in reruns and a show like this I have not seen it aired anywhere in reruns. Possibly it might be due to me not knowing that a certain channel has it, where I live at does not want to show this in reruns, or when a show like this is suppose to be seen on The SCIFI Channel and never is I find it frustrating to be honest with you!

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[–] TMC-4 10 years ago

http://www.batman-online.com/forum/index.php?topic=2777.0

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