The Flash Reportedly Adds Firestorm Villain Multiplex

The report, which comes from an interview with Executiver Producer Greg Berlanti, claims that Danton Black, Multiplex’s civilian identity, will appear in the second episode of The Flash — although there’s not a direct quote from Berlanti.

Here’s what Den of Geek had to say:

I couldn’t resist asking who the villain of episode two would be, and he reminded everyone of the name Danton Black, familiar to DC Comics fans as Multiplex. We already knew that Simon Stagg would show up for that episode, and Multiplex is a major enemy of Firestorm. No word yet on casting or what kind of powers he’ll manifest in that episode, but since in the comics Multiplex was created in the same accident that creates Firestorm (and on the show, that STAR Labs particle accelerator accident is the source of many of the metahumans that will appear), it’s safe to say he’ll be able to produce his “duploids.”

Essentially an evil version of the X-Factor character Multiple Man, Multiplex was once a member of the Suicide Squad, which could potentially give him a connection to Diggle, Lyla, Amanda Waller and the recently-added Mark Shaw/Manhunter.

No word yet on who might play the character.

The Flash debuts on October 7 at 8 p.m. on The CW.