The CW’s hit drama Arrow has consistently been one of the most praised superhero series on TV, hospital not by connecting back to an ongoing universe like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but simply by combining the best parts of the Green Arrow comics with a great cast and exceptional writing. And this fall, the series’ world will get much bigger with the recently picked up spinoff, The Flash.

Starring Grant Gustin, The Flash will follow CSI investigator Barry Allen, who first appeared on Arrow last winter in the episode “The Scientist” when he arrived in Starling City to solve a robbery at Queen Consolidated. Since then, the character’s already complicated life has gone from tragic – because of his mother’s mysterious murder when he was 11 – to dangerous, after a strange explosion caused him to be struck by lightning, splashed by chemicals, and left in a coma for nine months.

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