In news that shouldn’t be all to surprising, EW has reported – in their weekly scoop – the following about events that may occur in the latter part of this season:
Will we see more doppelgängers from Earth-Two soon on The Flash? — Hank
I’m getting the feeling that the second half of the season will delve into that more. “It sounds like we’re going to be making an Earth-Two trip in the future at some point this season,” Grant Gustin says. “I don’t know which characters are going to be going. I’m pretty sure Barry will be one of them. I don’t know if we’re going to see his doppelgänger when we go over there. I’d imagine we would.” While Jesse L. Martin hasn’t played his doppelgänger yet, he has heard good things about what could potentially go down. “Earth-Two Joe might have a little musical element to him,” Martin says.
While Jesse L. Martin’s comments about Joe’s Earth-2 counterpart having an affinity for music are based in his own like of music, I personally think it would be hilariously fun/interesting if Joe’s Earth-2 counterpart was a new villain (never seen by Jay Garrick on the show, therefore explaining his lack of reaction in concern to Joe) named The Fiddler.
In the comics..
The Fiddler (Isaac Bowin) first appeared in All-Flash #32 (December 1947/January 1948). He developed the ability to use his violin to play sounds that could either hypnotize others, shatter objects, or create barriers which he would use to perform crimes. The Fiddler’s history was changed somewhat during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Pre-Crisis explored him as a man that started out as a thief who was arrested in India and sent to jail. While in prison, he met a fakir, charming a snake in his cell, who taught him the “mystic art” of Indian music. For the next five years, he learned the fakir’s secret and made a crude violin made of materials he could scrounge in the prison. After the fakir declared his student had surpassed him, he used the instrument to hypnotize the guards to open their cells and he and the fakir escaped. He then murdered the fakir and the merchant who had him arrested in the first place. Post Crisis would reveal him as the son of British aristocrats, Isaac Bowin had a talent with music and an impulse to travel. Running out of money, he resorted to theft and robbery to make ends meet until he was arrested in India and sent to jail. He then met a fakir, much as in the pre-Crisis version.
The Fiddler would appear after that as a recurring Flash villain starting in the Golden Age. He would ally with The Thinker and Shade in “Flash of Two Worlds”. He also appeared as a member of the second Injustice Society. He would eventually be a minor character in the modern age comic books before being killed off by Deadshot after joining the Secret Six in Villains United.
Outside of the mainstream DC universe, he would appear in the Justice League Unlimited spin-off comic book series in issue #8 and also makes a cameo in issue #15 of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold spin-off comic book series.
The fact that he is one of three villains that appears in The Flash of Two Worlds would make the connection not only more interesting (yet another nice homage done by The Flash) but also fun (or more fun?!?)!
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