The Top 10 Most Comic-Accurate Characters From DC’s Television Shows

Jay Garrick (The Flash)

Before anyone in the comments says it, I’m fully aware Jay Garrick was only in one episode of The Flash for a limited amount of time. But to be frank, that is all I needed. The real Jay Garrick spent most of season three locked up in an iron mask, hidden in Zoom’s Earth-2 cave hideaway. There’s a few reasons the reveal of the real Jay Garrick was so cool:

1) Zoom, played by Teddy Sears, posed as Jay Garrick throughout the season and ended up being the villain, potentially tarnishing the Garrick name and mythology. It came as a huge relief when it was revealed that was not the case.

2) Jay Garrick was the doppleganger of Henry Allen, who was killed by Zoom in the pen-ultimate episode of season 2. This was a nice break for Barry, who’s life seems to throw him tragedy after tragedy. Of course, running back in time to change it all didn’t exactly help anything.

3) John Wesley Shipp infamously played Barry Allen in the The Flash TV show from 1990, so seeing him reprise the role of ‘The Flash’, while actually playing the Golden Age version, was both nostalgic for fans of the original while simultaneously being awesome for all.

Jay Garrick is a Golden Age DC comics classic. He is nostalgic, and he is an older man in the comics who often symbolizes an older time in DC comics’ history. Jay Garrick played by John Wesley Shipp did exactly this, which was such a super-nod to fans on a few different levels. Little is known if he will be coming back to the show, but there is a strong chance he will be. I personally can’t wait for the episode that brings Jay, Barry, Wally, and Jessie Quick together as The Flash family. It’s bound to happen. Get on it, Kreisberg!  Visually, Shipp as Jay also looks very similar to the source material. The colors and basic style is the same, and the vintage winged hat is spot-on. The only very noticably difference is the lightning bolt, which is much smaller on the live action version, and the fact the comic version looks to be wearing an Under Armour style t-shirt. With everything else the two have in common, I can let the visual appearance slide a little.