8 Heroes Most Likely To Die During Crisis On Infinite Earths

3. The Flash (No, Not That One...)

Arrowverse Elseworlds John Wesley Shipp Flash
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Since the beginnings of its very first season, The CW’s The Flash has made us fully aware that there’s a Crisis incoming – and that Crisis would see Barry Allen vanish!

After six seasons of hammering home that point, it would be a huge disappointment should the minds behind The Flash not go forward with the Scarlet Speedster disappearing after Crisis on Infinite Earths, but that doesn’t mean that Barry will die during Crisis. Well, not that Barry, at least.

There will be a Flash to perish by the time this massive crossover comes to an end, yet you can expect that Flash to be John Wesley Shipp’s Earth-90 Barry. As in, the one from the 1990 Flash TV series.

Last seen in the Elseworlds crossover, this alt-world Barry Allen seems a good bet to bite the bullet. Aside from Earth-90 Flash, mind, another candidate could be Jay Garrick - also played by Shipp.

As for the fate of Grant Gustin's Barry Allen, having the fallout of Crisis being Team Flash desperately trying to locate Barry from time, space, or the Speed Force seems like the most likely way to fill up the second half of The Flash’s sixth season.

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