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Doug Jones’ Deathbolt To Appear In THE FLASH; Possible Rogue Team-up

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Doug Jones has confirmed via Twitter and Facebook (see below) that his Arrow villain Deathbolt will be making an appearance in the season one finale of The Flash. We obviously haven’t met him yet or seen what he’s capable of, so time will tell whether or not this is something to get excited about. However, Jones’ posts also confirmed that the episode will be titled “Rogue Air”, a name which perhaps has a lot more in common with a certain supervillain team than it does the Reverse-Flash.

“We’re going to do something with all the Rogues. I can’t promise it’s going to be this season,” showrunner Andrew Kreisberg recently told TV Line. “We know that if the original [1990s] Flash series had gotten a second season, both John [Wesley Shipp] and Mark [Hamill] have told us that the first episode was going to be a giant Rogues episode. And that sounds like maybe a good thing for us to do, what they didn’t get the opportunity to do.”

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Source: TV Line

Doug Jones Joins ARROW To Play "Deathbolt"

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Arrow’s world will continue to grow this season, as IGN has learned Doug Jones will make his debut as DC Comics villain Deathbolt. He’ll be seen in the nineteenth episode of Season 3, entitled, “Broken Arrow.”

In DC comics, Jake Simmons/Deathbolt, first introduced in All-Star Squadron #21 in 1983, was a villain with the power to manipulate electricity. In Arrow, Jake Simmons will be a metahuman with the ability to harness and weaponize plasma energy.

While Barry Allen/The Flash first appeared on Arrow, and returned for this season’s big crossover storyline, Deathbolt is notable as the first time a metahuman or fully super-powered villain will appear on the series, not to mention make their debut there – though the show began to dabble with the idea of enemies of this sort via the strength-enhanced Mirakuru soldiers seen in Season 2. It remains to be seen if Simmons is from Central City — and got his powers in the particle accelerator accident that has been the source of all methahuman abilities on The Flash spinoff — or if another cause is given.

Jones — whose numerous credits include Batman Returns and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (as the title character) — is perhaps best known for his work with Guillermo del Toro, including Pan’s Labyrinth, The Strain and playing Abe Sapien in both Hellboy films. The actor, who’s garnered much acclaim for his highly physical performances, often under makeup and prosthetics, will be seen later this year in his continuing role as an alien in Falling Skies’ fifth and final season.

Source: IGN