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20 September 1990 (USA)
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Wipes Out Scum In Seconds
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A police forensic scientist battles crimes as a superfast superhero. full summary
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Nominated for Primetime Emmy.
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The Flash speeds back to Warner Bros for a rethink
(From The Geek Files. 6 October 2009, 2:48 AM, PDT)
Ryan Reynolds is the Green Lantern
(From CanMag. 13 July 2009, 12:27 AM, PDT)
(From The Geek Files. 6 October 2009, 2:48 AM, PDT)
Ryan Reynolds is the Green Lantern
(From CanMag. 13 July 2009, 12:27 AM, PDT)
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(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 21) | John Wesley Shipp | ... | Barry Allen / ... (22 episodes, 1990-1991) |
 | Amanda Pays | ... | Christina 'Tina' McGee (22 episodes, 1990-1991) |
 | Alex Désert | ... | Julio Mendez (22 episodes, 1990-1991) |
 | Vito D'Ambrosio | ... | Officer Tony Bellows (17 episodes, 1990-1991) |
 | Biff Manard | ... | Officer Michael Murphy (17 episodes, 1990-1991) |
 | Mike Genovese | ... | Lt. Warren Garfield (17 episodes, 1990-1991) |
 | Richard Belzer | ... | Joe Kline / ... (10 episodes, 1990-1991) |
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60 min (21 episodes)
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When Jay gives the press conference, he is asked a question by a reporter who identifies herself as "Linda Park". Linda Park is the TV reporter girlfriend and later wife of Wally West, the third flash.
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Referenced in Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2001) (TV)
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It just ran one season, 1990, and there were 22 episodes, including the 2hr pilot. It was heavily inspired by the recent Tim Burton Batman movies, even as far as a Danny Elfman theme. But still stylish, silly, and a lot of fun. They managed to capture the Barry Allen costume and not look silly, along with lots of innovative sets and lighting, and the effects were quite good for the time. The character was a mix of Barry Allen, killed off several years earlier in the comics, and Wally West, the current comic book Flash, and played by John Wesley Shipp. Amanda Pays played a sidekick/romantic interest fairly similar to her character on Max Headroom. Mark Hamill played the Trickster in two episodes (sidekick Prank seemed like a fairly direct reference to Joker & Harley Quinn), David Cassidy played Mirror Master in another. Another episode was a nice homage to the popular team-ups of "Golden Age" WWII era Flash with the modern day Flash in the comics, here a retired hero called the Prowler, complete with a deep-frozen villain of the originals. But, it was up against The Cosby Show and the Simpsons, got bounced around all over the place schedule-wise, and interrupted several times by Gulf War I. And it must been very expensive to produce. It never really had much of a chance.