First Look at Kid Flash

Okay CW, I’ll give you creds for this:

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The CW has revealed the first look at star Keiynan Lonsdale’s Wally West in costume as Kid Flash, the hero best known in DC Comics canon as the teen sidekick to The Flash (aka Barry Allen, played by Grant Gustin). Lonsdale’s Kid Flash will make his first appearance in the Season 3 premiere of “The Flash,”……

via Variety

I’m so happy they went with the classic/Young Justice amalgam instead of Brief 52 version. Hopefully his personality becomes more energetic goof-ball with little flirtatiousness and less apprehensive.

However, Season 2 was ultimately a slap-in-the-face to what made the first year good despite insufferable Westhawne. Barry (Grant Gustin) along with Team Flash (Caitlin, Cisco, Iris “Useless” West, and Joe West) acted really stupid midway for infamous melodrama. Barry caused the Paradox his future self, who he’ll probably become by this finale signaled him not to do.

Neat seeing John Wesley Shipp as Earth-Three Jay Garrick since Earth-Two counterpart (Teddy Sears) was Hunter Zolomon/Black Flash/Zoom also just another Eobard Thawne/Harrison Wells.