In December 2013, a two-part story in The CW's popular show Arrow introduced the character of forensic scientist "Barry Allen," a name well-known to fans of DC Comics. Not surprisingly, the second part ended with an accident in a Central City police lab, when lightning struck Barry and knocked him into a shelf full of chemicals. Sound familiar? Arrow followed up later that season with an episode introducing S.T.A.R. Labs employees "Cisco Ramon" and "Dr. Caitlin Snow"...who had begun to care for a comatose Barry since his accident.

This past October, The CW network debuted the spin-off series featuring all three characters, plus others (including a recurring role as Barry's father for John Wesley Shipp, star of the 1990 version of the program!), in a show featuring "The Fastest Man Alive." Now odvdo has begun accepting pre-orders for The Flash - The Complete 1st Season on both DVD and high-def Blu-ray Disc. These listings are prior to the official Warner Home Video announcement for the items, though, so instead of a street date odvdo merely says "This title has not yet been released. You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives."

Pricing is available, however, currently showing $59.98 SRP for the standard DVD and $69.97 SRP for the Blu-ray (you can, of course, guarantee your copy right away at a discounted price, if you order it using either of the above links). There are no other details available so far at odvdo's entries, nor is there cover art yet (just some temporary promo art). Nor is there any word yet about how Warner will handle the various cross-over episodes of Arrow (the 3 pre-debut ones mentioned above: "The Scientist," "Three Ghosts," "The Man Under The Hood," all from Arrow's second season, as well as the third season episode "The Brave and the Bold"...plus the scene at the end of "Draw Back Your Bow" which leads into the cross-over event that begins with "Flash vs Arrow" and concludes with "TBatB.") Stay tuned, however, and we'll update you further on this title, just as soon as we find out anything more! Our thanks to reader Neal Haynes for the heads-up about these listings.