IIRC the ORIGINAL Golden Age Flash did indeed have the Mercury style
wings on his wide-brimmed helmet. But then - the original Flash was VERY
much intended to evoke Hermes/Mercury.
The more recent interpretations of the Flash seem to alternate between lightning bolts or wings over the ears. Depends on the interpretation. The JLU Flash definitely used lightning bolts. (Probably easier to draw for animation) while the comics - well it's a bit hard to tell sometimes without having actual comics in front of me. But a quick google of images seems to show that the wings are used more often, but also lightning bolts seem to be used on various versions. (Then again it could be the angle the drawing is depicting. Hard to tell if it's wings or lightning bolts in a straight front-on view.)
wings on his wide-brimmed helmet. But then - the original Flash was VERY
much intended to evoke Hermes/Mercury.
The more recent interpretations of the Flash seem to alternate between lightning bolts or wings over the ears. Depends on the interpretation. The JLU Flash definitely used lightning bolts. (Probably easier to draw for animation) while the comics - well it's a bit hard to tell sometimes without having actual comics in front of me. But a quick google of images seems to show that the wings are used more often, but also lightning bolts seem to be used on various versions. (Then again it could be the angle the drawing is depicting. Hard to tell if it's wings or lightning bolts in a straight front-on view.)