The Flash Promo Features Rick Cosnett
By Steve Lam
October 7 is getting close and that means that The CW is ramping up on its promotions for The Flash. In the latest promo video, we get a taste of Rick Cosnett’s Detective Eddie Thawne. As everyone knows, Thawne will one day become one of the Flash’s enemies as Professor Zoom (although in the comics, his first name is Eobard). But the most interesting aspect of the character of Thawne is that when he was initially introduced in The Flash Vol. 2 #74 – 79, he was a 25th century time traveler who was obsessed with the Flash. After semi-succeeding at time travel (he travels back in time, but arrives at a time when the Flash had already died for a number of years) which also causes some mental instability, Thawne learns that he will one day become the Reverse-Flash and be killed by Barry Allen.
In The CW’s The Flash, Detective Eddie Thawne, who has a mysterious past, will be a recent transfer to the Central City Police Department.
The CW will premiere The Flash on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 8:00PM EST.