During a panel at San Diego Comic-Con tonight, DC announced multiple new comics characters headed to season two of The Flash, plus the show's new villain.

The first confirmed new character is Jay Garrick, who will be played by actor Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex, Raising the Bar). In the comics, Garrick is the original Flash, created long before Barry Allen took up the mantle. According to The CW, on the show, Garrick is “a mysterious figure who arrives in Central City to warn Barry Allen and his team at S.T.A.R. Labs of an impending danger that he alone cannot hope to stop.”

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“Having Jay Garrick come onto the show was one of our earliest ideas,” The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said in a statement. “It is so exciting, as we rush into season two, that we finally get to bring the Crimson Comet to life. We couldn’t imagine anyone more suited to play the original Flash than Teddy.”

Beyond Jay Garrick, Kreisberg also confirmed during the panel that Wally West, another hero to take up The Flash mantle, will also be on the show, a fact later confirmed by The Flash's writing team on Twitter.

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Fans at @Comic_Con, did @AJKreisberg just say Wally West?!?!?!? #yeeeeaah #SDCC15
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Kreisberg also confirmed that season 2's villain will be Zoom, commenting that Zoom is "going to be faster than Reverse-Flash, faster than the Flash."

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Also joining The Flash in season two is a new love interest from the comics, Patty Spivot, who will be played by Shantel VanSanten (The Messengers, The Final Destination, One Tree Hill). According to The CW, on the show, “Patty is obsessed with metahumans and partners with Det. Joe West this season but has no idea that her new crush is The Flash.”

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“We were huge fans of The Messengers and are excited to have Shantel join us to help complicate Barry Allen’s love life in season two,” Kreisberg said.

A new video was also shown off during the panel that offered a recap of season one along with our first voice sample from Sears as Jay Garrick as well as the Zoom tease seen above. You can check that video out below:



The Flash will return to The CW for season two on Tuesday, October 6.