CW The Flash Season 3 Spoilers: Another Speedster Villain On Tap In Addition To Savitar!

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Spoilers follow for CW The Flash Season 3.

So many speedsters…

DC Comics speedsters

…in addition to speedster villain Savitar and rogue Dr. Alchemy (spoilers here) Season 3 of CW The Flash has another villainous speedster pop by. He is Dr. Edward Clariss aka The Rival or the Golden Age Reverse Flash. He will reportedly be played by actor Todd Lasance.

Actor Todd Lassance

The Rival is a lessor known speedster who was the Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick’s Reverse-Flash essentially.

The Flash Golden Age Reverse Flash aka Rival 1 Dr Edward Clariss

He has an interesting origin…

The Flash Golden Age Reverse Flash aka Rival 2 Dr Edward Clariss

…and has taken a few different looks…

The Flash Golden Age Reverse Flash aka Rival 3 Dr Edward Clariss

…in his time at DC Comics and he looks to have taken on a new look for…

The Flash Golden Age Reverse Flash aka Rival 4 Dr Edward Clariss

…CW’s The Flash Season 3. That black Flash we saw earlier is reportedly the Rival.

Kid Flash & Black garbed Reverse Flash CW The Flash Season 3

Interesting.

The Rival CW The Flash

Too many speedster villains across 3 seasons of the Flash or just enough?

CW The Flash Season 3 poster art banner

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