This year’s Arrowverse crossover is gathering steam, and it will only get bigger. Fans of The Flash will remember 90s Flash actor John Wesley Shipp as Barry’s father, Henry Allen and Earth-3 Flash, Jay Garrick. This year, he’s joining the crossover, but not as you’d expect.
Great news, Arrowverse tragics because John Wesley Shipp is headed back to basics and is donning his 90s Flash suit. The explanation comes from the teaser shown after last week’s Supergirl, Arrow and The Flash episodes.
As I mentioned in a previous post, we learned there are more than the 53 Earths we learned about in last year’s crossover. For example, the teaser showed an Earth-90 – a reference to the 90s Flash series – and Shipp’s Flash is from there. So all the characters from that show will have existed there.
There’s also a scene in the Behind-the-Scenes video where a clip shows 90s Flash introducing himself as Barry Allen. Because John Wesley Shipp plays this older Flash, he’ll serve as a counterpart to Barry’s dad like Earth-3’s Jay Garrick. No doubt that’ll spark some painful memories for Earth-1 Barry, who lost his father.
In a BTS video, Grant Gustin reveals he was jealous of Stephen Amell for getting in his Flash suit when John Wesley Shipp was in his Flash suit. God, I cannot wait to see how everything connects with 90s Flash.
I cannot wait to see Barry’s reaction when he meets 90s Flash. It’ll be like looking at his dad again but with his [Barry’s] name. I hope they include him after the crossover. It would be cool to see another version of Barry running around with Earth-1 Barry. That is going to be quite trippy, which is one of the redeeming qualities that we’re loving with this
Elseworlds continues on The CW with its next part.
