The Flash: Season Zero

The Flash: Season Zero
Information
Type	Comic book series
Issues	24
Original run	September 8, 2014 – July 27, 2015
Credits
Written by	Andrew Kreisberg, Brooke Eikmeier, Katherine Walczak, Marc Guggenheim, Kai Yu Wu, Lauren Certo, Phil Hester, Ben Sokolowski and Sterling Gates
Art by	Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Marcus To and Ibrahim Moustafa
Colors by	Kelsey Shannon and Nick Filardi

The Flash: Season Zero, also known as The Flash: Zero Year, is a comic book series set between episodes from the first season of The Flash. It ran from September 8, 2014 until July 27, 2015, releasing every fortnight. The first printed collection of the comics was released on October 1, 2014.

The series is co-written by Brooke Eikmeier and Katherine Walczak with art by Phil Hester and Eric Gapstur. The series is said to have a lighter, more fantastical feel than the show, including outlandish and "costume-y" characters.

Synopsis

An all-new digital first series from the world of the highly anticipated new TV show The Flash! Follow the adventures of Barry Allen as he struggles to balance his job as a police crime scene investigator, his unrequited crush on Iris West (who also happens to be his boss' daughter) and his new life as Central City's guardian angel! Don't miss out![src]

Chapters

• The Flash: Season Zero #1 (October 1, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "The Strongman Cometh" (September 8, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "Who Let the Chimps Out?" (September 22, 2014) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #2 (November 5, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "A Goodnight Hiss" (October 6, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "Big Top Brawl" (October 20, 2014) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #3 (December 3, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "The Talented Mr. Bliss" (November 3, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "A Captive Audience" (November 17, 2014) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #4 (January 7, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Showtime" (December 1, 2014) (non-canon)
  • "The Big Finale" (December 15, 2014) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #5 (February 4, 2015) (non-canon)
  • Smoak Signals #9 (December 29, 2014) (non-canon)
  • Smoak Signals #10 (January 12, 2015) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #6 (March 4, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Bite Marks" (January 26, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Shark Bait" (February 9, 2015) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #7 (April 1, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Fish Fry" (February 23, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Blood Loss" (March 9, 2015) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #8 (May 6, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "A Little Help from Some Friends" (March 23, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "The Impossible Mission" (April 6, 2015) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #9 (June 3, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "A Minor Setback" (April 20, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "A New Home" (May 4, 2015) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #10 (July 1, 2015)
  • "Black Star" (May 18, 2015)
  • "Day in the Life" (June 1, 2015)
• The Flash: Season Zero #11 (August 5, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Of Fire and Ice" (June 15, 2015) (non-canon)
  • "Of Ice and Fire" (June 29, 2015) (non-canon)
• The Flash: Season Zero #12 (September 2, 2015) (non-canon)
  • Mentors and Meltdown #23 (July 13, 2015) (non-canon)
  • Mentors and Meltdown #24 (July 27, 2015) (non-canon)

Non-canon chapters

• 22 chapters have been made non-canon in the Arrowverse; chapters 1-18, and 21-24.
• In the first season of The Flash, the "All Star Team Up" episode, Felicity Smoak addresses Bug-Eyed Bandit as her nemesis and then explicitly states she's never had a nemesis before, contradicting the existence of the "Felicity’s nemesis" character that serves as main antagonist during the "Smoak Signals" chapters of The Flash: Season Zero. In conclusion, Smoak Signals #9 and Smoak Signals #10 are non-canon.
• In the first season of The Flash, the "Rogue Air" episode, all the prisoners of the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator are all listed, accounted for, and evacuated, only to end up escaping during transport. No appearance or mention or reference to any of the circus meta-humans from the first eight chapters of The Flash: Season Zero is made, and they were locked up in the Particle Accelerator. Likewise for Doctor Wangari Hollowell from the final two chapters, whose codename "Melting Point" was later used on the show for another, entirely different character, Matthew Kim. In conclusion, Hollowell and the circus metahumans are non-canon.
• In the second season of The Flash, the "King Shark" episode, Shay Lamden of Earth-1 is dead, and in The Flash: Season Zero, he is alive and he became King Shark. Consequently, all chapters dealing with King Shark (chapters 11 to 18) are non-canon. In conclusion, the Shay Lamden from TV series is canon, while Shay Lamden from The Flash: Season Zero is non-canon.
• In the first season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the "Marooned" episode, Leonard Snart explains to Sara Lance that the first time when he meets Mick Rory, Rory helped Snart from getting bullied. But in The Flash: Season Zero comics, Snart meets Rory when he wanted a good partner. Consequently, these chapters dealing with Snart meets Rory when he wanted a good partner are non-canon. In conclusion, "Of Fire and Ice" and "Of Ice and Fire" chapters are non-canon in the Arrowverse.

Gallery

Chapter 1 print cover.

External links

• The Flash: Season Zero at DC Comics