SUPERHERO TOONIVERSE: "Denial" seems to be following a pattern of singling out different characters over the past few episodes.
GREG WEISMAN: Exactly. Each of our six episodes focused on a different member of the team, hopefully without losing track of the other five in the process. This episode is Kid Flash-focused, so it’s really about getting into Wally’s head a little more while he’s dealing with concepts he’s not comfortable with, and at the same time allows us to introduce a bit of a backstory of the universe, the idea of the Justice Society, we meet Kent Nelson, we learn a little about Doctor Fate and have a good time with that stuff.
BRANDON VIETTI: What I like about this story is that it’s a little bit of a departure from some of the other shows we’ve got. Our series has the covert ops vibe to it, and we take a slight break from that in this episode and kind of tell a more classic DC Comics yarn here. It’s got our sensibilities to it, but it’s a good old fashioned comic book story. We didn’t want every single episode in our series to be the covert ops thing; that we periodically take little breaks and this is one of them where we kind of explore the magic side of the DC universe.
SUPERHERO TOONIVERSE: I love the irony in the fact that Kid Flash can’t believe in magic, yet he’s a guy who can go faster than the speed of sound.
GREG WEISMAN: That dialogue, almost word for word, is in the show, where someone says, “You can run at the speed of sound in your sneakers, but you still don’t believe?” From his point of view, we learn a little bit about his origin, which is slightly different than it is in the comics, and, again, I think it’s a real good showcase for him without losing track of the others.