Bug-Eyed Bandit is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics .
196-622: An original incarnation of the Bug-Eyed Bandit appears in the Arrowverse series The Flash and Arrow , portrayed by Emily Kinney . The Bertram Larvan incarnation of the Bug-Eyed Bandit first appeared in The Atom #26 (August–September 1966) and was created by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane . The second Bug-Eyed Bandit first appeared in Justice League America #43 (October 1990), and
392-686: A Spectre named Jim Corrigan appears and beckons Oliver to come with him, forcing Constantine's team to return to the Waverider without him. Suddenly, the Anti-Monitor sends a brainwashed Harbinger to kill the Monitor so he can absorb his power and finish destroying the multiverse. Before he is killed, Pariah sends the Paragons to the Vanishing Point, where they witness Lex replace Superman-96 with himself using
588-540: A cage match fight, with Black Canary and Arsenal vs. Dark Archer, Arrow vs. Ra's al Ghul, Flash vs. Captain Cold and Heat Wave, which is interrupted by Reverse-Flash, until Firestorm intervenes and the Atom makes an appearance at the end. In September 2016, The CW released the promo "Superhero Fight Club 2.0" to promote the start of the 2016–17 season with the addition of Supergirl to their lineup, as well as their new mobile app, where
784-435: A deleted scene from the crossover, which was ultimately not shown. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" began with Supergirl on December 8, 2019, continuing with Batwoman and The Flash on December 9 and 10, respectively. The crossover concluded with Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow on January 14, 2020. The December 9, 2019 episode of Black Lightning tied into the event. The crossover had two largely complete scenes cut from
980-452: A multiverse to allow "everyone to make the best possible product, to tell the best story, to do the best world." The second season of The Flash began to explore this concept of the multiverse, by introducing Earth-2, which features doppelgängers of the inhabitants of Earth-1. Supergirl was confirmed as an alternate universe, later designated Earth-38, with The Flash crossover episode "Worlds Finest" (2016). Freedom Fighters: The Ray
1176-507: A pilot for Arrow , revolving around the character Green Arrow and developed by Andrew Kreisberg , Greg Berlanti , and Marc Guggenheim . Stephen Amell was cast in the titular role. When developing the series, Guggenheim said that the creative team wanted to "chart [their] own course, [their] own destiny", and avoid any direct connections to the series Smallville , which featured its own Green Arrow ( Justin Hartley ). In July 2013, it
1372-452: A "heavy hand", but thankfully, their collaboration had no problems, with Guggenheim appreaciating Wolfman's work for Luthor in the crossover. The writers gathered for a two-week session to work on the crossover. Guggenheim, as the overall creative for "Crisis on Infinite Earths", began by creating "a series of big tentpole beats that could happen in each of the five hours". These moments were designed to be modular and could be moved throughout
1568-432: A "weird moment" that shows "the cracks [that] form when it's just two shows that have to work together on the regular." Tassi then noted the further complications of adding Supergirl , saying, "The more shows you have, the more heroes you introduce, the harder it is to keep explaining away why they're not constantly around to help each other. Supergirl already has that problem built-in with Superman, who it seems will not be
1764-460: A 2020 crossover would entail, with Guggenheim revealing in January 2020, that a general idea had been approved by Pedowitz and Berlanti. Guggenheim confirmed they had "no intention of trying something [as] ambitious" as the previous year's "Crisis on Infinite Earths", hoping "to really go back to the basics". He felt a crossover like "Crisis on Infinite Earths" was something "you've got to build to" and
1960-485: A 30-year arc" for John Wesley Shipp 's character, who felt thankful in turn as his show didn't get a proper series finale . The flashback scene from the 1990 Flash television series , featuring Shipp's Barry Allen with Amanda Pays ' Dr. Tina McGee, was added while editing the episode "to give a little bit of his life flashing before his eyes". Oliver dies a second time at the end of the Arrow episode. Guggenheim said that it
2156-463: A Book of Destiny page. On the planet Maltus 10,000 years earlier, Mar Novu attempts to see the birth of the universe, only to end up in the antimatter universe and reveal the multiverse's existence to the Anti-Monitor. Back in the present, following the multiverse's destruction, the Paragons struggle to survive at the Vanishing Point. Once Corrigan teaches him to how use the Spectre's power, Oliver goes to
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#17330859879942352-460: A DC character and 'Is there any chance of this happening?'", saying that "Crisis" was a good chance to explore that connection. In mid-September, it was announced that Tom Welling and Erica Durance would reprise their roles as Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively, from Smallville ; Durance would also reprise her Arrowverse role as Alura Zor-El . Michael Rosenbaum , who portrayed Lex Luthor on Smallville , said that he declined Warner Bros. and
2548-573: A break from filming Black Lightning in Atlanta to spend a week filming his parts of the crossover in Vancouver . His scenes were reviewed by the crew of Black Lightning to ensure that his characterization was consistent with the series. While on Vancouver, Wuhl arrived during one afternoon to shoot his cameo seven or eight hours later. Primary filming was completed by November 8, with re-shoots and minor filming finished by December 19. When Miller's cameo
2744-439: A comic-book tie-in that bridged seasons two and three of Arrow and [Huntress] had featured prominently in that, so Nyssa had not yet had her chance to be immortalized that way". Wolfman added that the comics were "created to tie in perfectly with The CW shows" so it felt like a main part of the story and not ancillary: "This is integral to the entire storyline". The first comic debuted at Walmart on December 15, 2019, with
2940-421: A fictional universe where all of The CW series exist together. On September 22, 2020, it was announced that Supergirl would conclude after its sixth season. A backdoor pilot for a potential spinoff based on Painkiller was in development, directed by Salim Akil , and aired as the seventh episode of the fourth season of Black Lightning with Jordan Calloway reprising his role from the show. On November 16,
3136-517: A five-part crossover with episodes of Supergirl , Batwoman , The Flash , Arrow , and Legends of Tomorrow . Additional crossovers include " Worlds Finest ", an episode which sees Barry Allen travel to Supergirl's Earth for the first time, and " Duet ", a musical crossover with The Flash and Supergirl . For the 2021–22 season, the eighth season of The Flash began with a five-episode event known as " Armageddon " that featured additional heroes and actors from other Arrowverse series. Pedowitz said
3332-484: A good time, but veteran viewers were rewarded with major storyline motion." Following the release of the first trailer for Supergirl , Paul Tassi wrote for Forbes about why he felt that series should be kept separate from the Arrowverse: He called the moment in the Arrow third-season finale where Barry Allen appears briefly, but abruptly leaves since " Arrow needs to let its own characters solve its problems",
3528-585: A hooded vigilante known as the Green Arrow. Crime-scene investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma after being struck by lightning due to the S.T.A.R. Labs ' particle accelerator explosion and finds himself with superhuman speed. Barry vows to use his new powers to protect Central City as the Flash, a masked superhero, while he pursues his mother's murderer, the Reverse-Flash . Kara Zor-El , who
3724-424: A larger multiverse. Andy Muschietti , director of The Flash (2023), revealed that Gustin had been considered to make a cameo appearance in the film, but was ultimately cut. In The Flash episode " Welcome to Earth-2 " (2016), glimpses of the multiverse are seen, including an image of John Wesley Shipp as the Flash from the 1990 television series , implying that the series exists on an alternate Earth within
3920-595: A little bit of a 'Before you die, your life flashes before your eyes' kind of feel"; they wanted to "look backwards before Oliver's death". Oliver and John Diggle 's fight in the Arrow season six episode " Brothers in Arms " was originally planned for Kate's scene in the Speed Force in which she helps break up the fight. Since the writers considered season six "relatively recent", they chose " Suicidal Tendencies " from season three . This episode (one of Guggenheim's favorites) and
4116-448: A live-action appearance on The Flash and/or Arrow as well. The next month, it was reported that another spin-off series, described as a superhero team-up show, was being discussed by The CW for a possible 2015–16 midseason release. Berlanti, Kreisberg, Guggenheim and Sarah Schechter would be executive producers of the potential series, which would be headlined by several recurring characters from both Arrow and The Flash . That May,
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#17330859879944312-535: A major piece of the story that we're designing, with characters and concepts that we couldn't achieve in live -action". Its four main characters are Felicity Smoak , the Ray , Nyssa al Ghul , and Wally West , in addition to appearances by Atom , Sara Lance , Batwoman , the Flash, the Monitor, Lex Luthor , and others. Serious consideration was given to the Huntress , but Guggenheim opted for Nyssa al Ghul because "we had done
4508-562: A nightmare to try and do both shows. We had to facilitate one." Gustin was optimistic that the crossover in 2016 would allow another crossover the following year with the rest of the Arrowverse shows. In May, it was announced that Supergirl would move from CBS to The CW for its second season, and that production would move from Los Angeles to Vancouver, where the CW Arrowverse series film. The second season premiered on October 10, 2016. It
4704-526: A potential Supergirl / Arrowverse crossover, so "Watch and wait and see what happens." The following month, it was announced that Gustin would appear on the Supergirl episode " Worlds Finest ". Berlanti and Kreisberg, also Supergirl executive producers, thanked "the fans and journalists who have kept asking for this to happen. It is our pleasure and hope to create an episode worthy of everyone's enthusiasm and support." In "Worlds Finest", Supergirl
4900-494: A prestigious university, with Diggle overseeing their education and training. Ramsey would also direct the pilot if ordered, with Berlanti, Schechter, David Madden, and Johns executive producing alongside Narducci and Clack. In March 2022, The Flash and Superman & Lois were both confirmed for a ninth and third season respectively, carrying them through the 2022–23 television season . In April 2022, Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow were both canceled. On August 1, 2022, it
5096-602: A red sky covers Freeland before anti-matter strikes Jennifer Pierce and sends her to a void where she finds her Earth-1 and 2 counterparts. An anti-matter wave wipes them and her Earth out, except for Jefferson, who is transported to an unknown location. The crossover story was expanded in a two-issue comics series Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant , written by Marv Wolfman (who wrote the original 1985 series) and Guggenheim, and illustrated by Tom Derenick, Trevor Scott, John Kalisz , Andy Owens, Hi-Fi, Tom Grummett , Danny Miki, and Chris Sotomayor . The series reprinted material from
5292-422: A regular fixture on the show, and I'm sure there will be many excuses as to why he's too busy to help Supergirl fight her latest battle. Add in Arrow , The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow mythology, and it's probably too much to juggle....I think Supergirl deserves to launch without Arrow and The Flash on its shoulders, and be allowed to find itself before being assimilated into an existing universe." With
5488-700: A series centered on the Yara Flor version of Wonder Girl was in development from Gerg Berlanti and Dailyn Rodriguez. On November 20, 2020, Black Lightning was announced to conclude after its fourth season. The CW officially passed on the Arrow -spinoff Green Arrow and the Canaries in January 2021, passed on Wonder Girl in February 2021, and passed on the Black Lightning -spinoff Painkiller in May 2021. In February 2021,
5684-409: A series regular across any of the shows in the Arrowverse. The deal was initially focused on Miller and his characters of Leonard and Leo Snart appearing on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow . Berlanti stated that Miller's deal was "the first contract not applicable to just one show," adding "In success we hope to continue with other characters finding their way across all the shows." Barrowman signed
5880-454: A similar deal to Miller in July 2016, allowing him to continue being a series regular on Arrow as well as The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow , followed by Cassidy for her character Laurel Lance. List indicators Yearly crossover events in the Arrowverse began in the 2013–14 television season , when Barry Allen was introduced in the eighth episode of Arrow ' s second season ahead of
6076-452: A similar destruction of parallel universes. Regarding the deaths of Supergirl and the Flash in the comic storyline, Wallace conceded that the writers "can't just kill all of our number ones on our shows", but a proper balance was found in killing some. Although it was revealed in "Elseworlds" that Oliver would die in the crossover (which, Guggenheim felt, " spoiled our own story"), his death in
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6272-929: A special kind of hero and turned it down. The storyline was concluded in 2022 in The Flash ' s season 8 episode " The Man in the Yellow Tie ". After the revelation that Superman & Lois is set in an adjacent universe, the Diggle appearing in that series was confirmed to be an alternate version of the Arrowverse character. In the Superman & Lois episode, Diggle is seen in Smallville aiding Superman and Lois Lane. In October 2014, Johns explained that DC's approach to their films and television series would be different from Marvel Studios ' cinematic universe , stating that their film universe and TV universes would be kept separate within
6468-547: A through-line between each appearance. The Batwoman , Flash , Superman & Lois , and Supergirl episodes explore what Diggle has been up to since the end of "Arrow" when he encountered a glowing green box. Ramsey spoke to the grounded nature of Diggle as a character, and given that, "he refused the invitation of whatever was in the box" since the last thing he would want to do is "receive an invitation from something otherworldly". However, there are consequences for Diggle with that decision. His appearance on Superman & Lois
6664-482: A two-issue comic book with characters and concepts unused in the live-action episodes also tied into the event. "Crisis on Infinite Earths", inspired by the comic of the same name , continues plotlines established in the previous crossover, " Elseworlds ". The preceding episodes of Arrow season eight and much of The Flash season six serve as a prelude to the crossover. In "Crisis", the Monitor gathers Green Arrow ,
6860-635: A variety of different plot reasons, it made a lot of sense for the first hour to be Supergirl ". Batwoman was the second hour. Certain characters were considered "integral", while others would make cameo appearances, depending on actor availability. With the large moments determined, the writers separated to write each episode. The group reconvened to review the whole, making adjustments as necessary. Each series' writers would work on its title character's scenes, to ensure consistency. For scenes set in Gotham City , Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries retained
7056-416: A video about the production of Vixen ' s first season, Guggenheim referred to the series' shared universe as the "Arrowverse". Kreisberg confirmed that this was the name the producers used for it. The universe has also been referred to by the media as the "Flarrowverse", "Berlanti-verse" and "DC TV-verse". In September 2020, The CW released a trailer for the various series that would be airing on
7252-445: A way that the television division had to clear the use of characters with the film division. Now, the company could "really lean into this idea of [the multiverse] and acknowledge the fact there can be a Flash on TV and one in the movies, and you don't have to pick one or the other, and they both exist in this multiverse". Berlanti agreed, feeling that "moving forward, there's more opportunity to do more things like this". Boost Mobile
7448-468: A whole lot to be told from their inclusion". Other parts Emberwing focused on was Nash Wells no longer in his Pariah costume, and John Diggle in an outfit with "a whole lot of green", hoping that meant there would be a Green Lantern nod as had been teased in the past for the character. Andy Behbakht at Screen Rant was drawn to the reveal of Oliver as the Spectre, saying the look was "heavily influenced by Oliver's latest Green Arrow costume while including
7644-462: A world in the multiverse where the Nazis won World War II. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least two series and as a member of the principal cast for at least one of those, or appearing across at least three series. After Miller's exit as a series regular during Legends of Tomorrow ' s first season, it was revealed he signed a deal with Warner Bros. to become
7840-580: Is a little bit different from the way Arrow and The Flash are doing it". Rovner cited the return of Malefic ( J'onn J'onzz 's brother) as a major plot thread leading to the crossover, calling it "a gauntlet for J'onn". LaMonica Garrett , who portrays the Monitor and the Anti-Monitor , said before the crossover that the Anti-Monitor's "presence [would] be felt before you physically see him ... You see just enough of him to know this guy means business, but it's not in your face in every scene leading up to"
8036-459: Is an emotional denouement that is reminiscent of Endgame ... Endgame is an exclamation point. 'Crisis' is a semicolon". The May 2019 season finales of The Flash , Arrow , Supergirl , and Legends of Tomorrow contained hints of the upcoming crossover, with the Monitor appearing in all series except The Flash . The Flash season six showrunner Eric Wallace said that when all the series' showrunners discussed plans for their series before
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8232-491: Is centered on various interconnected television series based on DC Comics superhero characters, primarily airing on The CW as well as web series on CW Seed . The series were developed by Greg Berlanti , Marc Guggenheim , Andrew Kreisberg , Geoff Johns , Ali Adler , Phil Klemmer , Salim Akil , and Caroline Dries . Set in a shared fictional multiverse much like the DC Universe and DC Multiverse in comic books, it
8428-541: Is established as being in an alternate universe where the Flash helps Kara fight the Silver Banshee and Livewire in exchange for her help in returning home. The events of the episode intersect with the events of the eighteenth episode of The Flash season two, "Versus Zoom". The crossover required "a lot more logistical trickery" than the usual Arrowverse crossovers, due to Gustin filming The Flash in Vancouver alongside Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow , while Supergirl
8624-568: Is him in his proper playboy, don't-give-a-damn-about-anything stage in his life. He is very irreverent with our characters when they turn up in the scene and obviously, with Constantine , there is some history there". His scene, written by Certo (a Lucifer fan), was sent to that series' creative team for their feedback. Lucifer co-showrunner Joe Henderson suggested Lucifer's flirting joke, and Ellis contributed his pronunciation of Constantine as "Constantyne". Henderson called Lucifer's appearance "the coolest thing" since he had wanted to participate in
8820-470: Is missing. On the Waverider , the Monitor has Ray build a "Paragon Detector", which identifies Kate as the Paragon of Courage. Elsewhere, Harbinger is secretly contacted by the Anti-Monitor. The Paragon detector identifies Barry as the Paragon of Love, J'onn J'onzz as the Paragon of Honor, and Ivy Town scientist Ryan Choi as the Paragon of Humanity; Iris, Ray, and Ralph Dibny leave to recruit Choi. After
9016-552: Is not considered the series' season premiere. Guggenheim said that when they first presented the crossover to the studio and network, the creators stressed that they did not want the event to be "Crisis on CW Earths" but "to touch as many strands of the DC tapestry as possible". About the crossover's comparison to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Avengers: Endgame (2019), Guggenheim said "for Barry and Oliver , there
9212-406: Is set on Earth-X. The 2019 crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths", inspired by the comic of the same name , destroyed all of the universes within the Arrowverse multiverse, both on- and off-screen. At the time, the highest-numbered universe to be referenced was Earth-898, (later 1938) though the multiverse contained an infinite number of universes. The end of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" saw
9408-548: Is temporarily revived as a Black Lantern . He is later permanently resurrected following the DC Rebirth relaunch. The second Bug-Eyed Bandit is the unnamed son of the original and a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains . The Bug-Eyed Bandit is a skilled roboticist who commands a horde of robotic insects. Arrowverse The Arrowverse is an American superhero media franchise and shared universe that
9604-598: Is the sixth Arrowverse crossover event, featuring episodes of the television series Supergirl , Batwoman , The Flash , Arrow , and Legends of Tomorrow on The CW . The Supergirl , Batwoman , and The Flash episodes aired in December 2019 while the Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow episodes aired in January 2020. The events of the Black Lightning episode " The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis " (which aired between Batwoman and The Flash ) and
9800-542: The Batman: The Animated Series theme, the march theme and "Can You Read My Mind?" from the 1978 Superman film , the 1990s Flash television series theme, and the Super Friends theme. Aiming to live up to the original comic book's promise that "worlds will live, worlds will die and things will never be the same" while simultaneously killing characters and introducing new ones, Guggenheim expected
9996-433: The 1975 television series , they felt that it was unlikely. Guggenheim was initially hesitant in asking Ward if he was interested in returning after the idea of bringing Ward back was brought up in the crossover's writers' room , but The Flash line producer Joseph Patrick Finn convinced him under the logical pretext that if he didn't ask, he wouldn't get Ward in case he was interested; Ward gladly accepted to return, though
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#173308598799410192-651: The 2019–20 television season . On March 6, 2019, it was announced that the eighth season of Arrow would be the final season of the series, with an abbreviated ten-episode season. On May 7, The CW ordered Batwoman to series. Discussing a potential Black Lightning crossover with the Arrowverse in July 2019, Cress Williams revealed that "there's been lots of talk [...] nothing official, but at this point, I wouldn't be surprised." Two weeks later in August, Williams confirmed reports that characters from Black Lightning would appear in "Crisis on Infinite Earths". Also in August, it
10388-406: The Anti-Monitor 's forces. Preparing to die, Oliver passes the Green Arrow mantle to Mia. When he learns that Barry is fated to die, however, he argues with the Monitor about their deal. The heroes fight a demonic army until the Monitor breaches them off-world. Refusing to leave, Oliver nullifies the Monitor and stays behind to protect the exodus. Lois' team returns to Earth-1 with Jonathan just as
10584-442: The Arrowverse franchise: Arrow , The Flash , Supergirl , Legends of Tomorrow , Black Lightning , and Batwoman . All series in total amount to 699 episodes across 37 seasons of television. Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home after being stranded on a deserted island for five years. Upon his return to Starling City , Oliver rekindles his relationships and spends his nights hunting down wealthy criminals as
10780-581: The Batwoman characters in this crossover after she "was really protective of them in 'Crisis' because it was like blowing open a whole genre world to our characters, but now people are a little bit more integrated" to the larger Arrowverse. In August 2020, Berlanti reiterated that "aspirations aren't quite as large" for the crossover, particularly with the COVID-19 pandemic necessitating additional safety precautions and guidelines for filming. However, by January 2021,
10976-411: The Flash , Supergirl , Batwoman , Sara Lance , Ray Palmer , and several others from throughout the multiverse to stop the Anti-Monitor from destroying reality. The crossover's events result in some aspects of the Arrowverse being rebooted , affecting all of the series. Initial references to the crossover began in 2014 with The Flash ' s pilot episode . The adaptation began in earnest during
11172-499: The NBC series Constantine , initially in guest appearances in episodes of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow , before becoming a series regular for the latter, in addition to continuing storylines from the former series. In 2023, the franchise concluded with the ninth and final season of The Flash. The 2018 and 2019 crossovers, " Elseworlds " and "Crisis on Infinite Earths", saw multiple DC television series and films retroactively added to
11368-449: The Reverse-Flash and Tom Cavanagh was said to be reprising his role in the crossover, the character did not appear. Guggenheim did not want to be beholden to this, pointing out that the newspaper headline mentioning him had been created by executives no longer involved with the series or this crossover, such as Andrew Kreisberg . The character had also already featured prominently in previous crossovers; Cavanagh nevertheless appeared in
11564-479: The Supergirl episode; Danielle Nicolet and Jesse L. Martin do not appear in The Flash episode; Ben Lewis and Joseph David-Jones do not appear in the Arrow episode; and Tala Ashe , Maisie Richardson-Sellers , Courtney Ford , Olivia Swann, and Amy Louise Pemberton do not appear in the Legends of Tomorrow episode. A † indicates the actor was uncredited in their appearance. "Crisis on Infinite Earths"
11760-459: The "prominent" placement of Supergirl and Batwoman in the poster, but pointed out both the Supermen of Earths-38 and 96 were "noticeably absent". /Film ' s Amelia Emberwing felt there was "a lot going on" with the new poster, saying "some of it's mundane, but other parts of it tell a story". She also noted the prominent placement of Supergirl and Batwoman, but for the other Paragons "there's not
11956-494: The Anti-Monitor and his shadow demons until Oliver uses the Spectre's power to restore the multiverse while the Paragons provide help via Lex's page. Despite succeeding, Oliver dies once more, with Barry and Sara at his side. In the recreated universe, the Paragons discover only they remember the crisis and that Earth-1, Earth-38, and Jefferson's Earth were merged into Earth-Prime . J'onn uses his psionic powers to restore their allies' memories while Sara tries to find Oliver. When
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#173308598799412152-473: The Anti-Monitor and the Monitor. Luthor was not originally intended to appear, but Cryer talked to Warner Bros. Television president Peter Roth about the character's prominence in the original comic to lobby for his inclusion. Shortly afterwards, Elizabeth Tulloch was confirmed to be reprising her role as Lois Lane . Pedowitz announced at the Television Critics Association press tour
12348-469: The Anti-Monitor was inspired by the character's appearance in the New 52 "Darkseid Wars" storyline. Sara Lance is the focus of the Legends of Tomorrow characters, with the crossover "kick[ing] off Sara's emotional journey for season 5 of Legends " and giving Sara "a different perspective on things". Guggenheim said that the crossover would try to incorporate "seminal moments" from the comic book, opening with
12544-439: The Arrowverse multiverse; Shipp reprised his role as Barry Allen / The Flash from the 1990 series in the annual crossover events " Elseworlds " (2018), and " Crisis on Infinite Earths " (2019). His native universe was designated Earth-90 in the pre-Crisis multiverse. By May 2015, Amell had had discussions with DC Entertainment about portraying Queen on NBC ' s Constantine , starring Matt Ryan ; saying, "The reason that I
12740-573: The Arrowverse's adaptation lived up to that. Before the crossover, Guggenheim told each of the series' showrunners that "there's an opportunity here to introduce some major status quo shift[s]" if they desired; this was embraced by each. He described it as not "so much a burden of fixing something, it was the freedom of being able to change whatever we wanted to change". Guggenheim added that each series would be affected except for Legends of Tomorrow , since "the crossover launches much of that season" and there would be "one rather big ramification". After
12936-538: The Arrowverse's longest crossover, and that the five parts would not air on consecutive nights, as with previous crossovers. Instead, three episodes would air in December 2019 and two in January 2020. It would also include Batwoman and Legends , which were not part of the "Elseworlds" crossover. In January 2019, Batwoman received a pilot pick-up from the CW. On January 31, 2019, the four series already running on The CW were confirmed for further seasons, carrying them through
13132-408: The Arrowverse's name, that fans and the media would not "suddenly start" using the name, and if The CW kept using the term, could "lead to a situation where the universe is called one thing officially, but another entirely by the majority of people who watch it". In May 2021, when discussing the 2021–22 season of shows, Pedowitz referred to the series as the "CWverse". Six television series make up
13328-443: The Arrowverse, allowing them (and their directors of photography) to create a unified look. Batwoman , which is normally filmed with a different aspect ratio from the other series, used the same ratio as the other series for consistency. A number of stunt scenes, particularly in the Supergirl and Arrow episodes, were filmed with drones. Blake Neely and collaborators Nathaniel Blume, Sherri Chung, and Daniel Chan, began work on
13524-574: The Arrowverse, but because a lot of the other shows are sadly no longer going to be on the air, it felt like the right thing to do." In April 2015, to celebrate the season three finale of Arrow and season one finale of The Flash , The CW released a short promo titled "Superhero Fight Club". The short features characters from Arrow and The Flash battling each other in a hero vs. villain showdown. Characters include The Arrow, Flash, Arsenal , Black Canary , Dark Archer , Reverse-Flash, Captain Cold , Heat Wave , Firestorm , Ra's al Ghul , and Atom in
13720-476: The Arrowverse, that were slowly removed. Once they were, it "became a can of worms" to try to tie into the universe, with Helbing discussing with DC during the first season that the series would instead be on an alternate earth, which he could not reveal publicly until the end of the second season, which concluded in June 2022. At that time he said, "I totally understand DC's position... This wasn't meant to alienate us from
13916-504: The Arrowverse, would reprise his role as Superman from Superman Returns (2006) in "an older, more world-weary" version inspired by the comics' Kingdom Come Superman ; Tom Cavanagh also portraying Pariah in addition to Nash Wells; Burt Ward , who portrayed Dick Grayson / Robin in the 1966 Batman television series , was cast in an undisclosed role; Amell would portray several versions of Oliver Queen; Jon Cryer would reprise his role as Lex Luthor; and Garrett would portray
14112-410: The Arrowverse. He said the two were the same character with "the same DNA", and likened each appearance to that of different comic book writers and artists working with the character: "He has the same outline, but he looks different. The hair is slightly different. He has a slightly different cadence sometimes. Different artists and different writers write him in different ways." Ryan also noted that while
14308-509: The CW officially confirmed DC's Legends of Tomorrow for a January 2016 premiere. Pedowitz later stated, "There is no intention, at this point, to spin anything else off" to add to the universe, though after Vixen was renewed for a second season he said, "Hopefully, that character could actually spin itself out, if not, maybe join as one of the Legends" in Legends of Tomorrow . In October, additional Arrow showrunner Wendy Mericle revealed that
14504-478: The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) in "Crisis on Infinite Earths" opened up more possibilities for crossovers between the DC films and Arrowverse. DC Films president Walter Hamada revealed prior to "Crisis", DC had been structured in a way that the television division had to clear the use of characters with the film division. Now, the company could "really lean into this idea of [the multiverse] and acknowledge
14700-530: The Future"). Clark, Lois, and Iris locate the second Superman on Earth-96 , where Lex uses the Book of Destiny to brainwash that Earth's Clark until Lois knocks Lex out. Kara and Kate travel to Earth-99 , but fail to recruit its Batman after discovering he murdered his world's Superman while Sara, Barry, Mia, and John Constantine take Oliver to a Lazarus Pit on Earth-18 in an attempt to resurrect him, only to learn his soul
14896-608: The God of War " and " Daddy Darhkest ", with the appearance taking place chronologically after "Haunted", revisiting the setting of Arrow ' s fourth season and the events following that season's final episode. Klemmer described the tone of the episodes as " The Exorcist meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ". Ryan was made a series regular for the fourth season of Legends of Tomorrow . Jesse Schedeen of IGN felt in October 2018 that none of
15092-490: The Monitor brings a dying Oliver to say goodbye. Nash, now a " Pariah " for releasing the Anti-Monitor, announces that events have changed and all is lost. Harbinger recruits Earth-74 's Mick Rory so the heroes can use his Waverider as their headquarters. Following Oliver's death, the Monitor consults the Book of Destiny and learns about four of seven Paragons: Hope (Kara); Destiny (Sara); Truth (a Superman who has suffered "more than any mortal man"); and Courage (the "Bat of
15288-678: The Monitor restores Cisco Ramon 's powers, he, Barry, and Caitlin Snow meet Pariah in the Anti-Monitor's chamber and find an anti-matter cannon powered by Earth-90 's Flash . When Cisco frees Barry-90, the cannon goes critical, so Pariah recruits Jefferson from his recently destroyed Earth to contain its energy. Barry-1 volunteers to destroy it, but Barry-90 stops him, saying that the Monitor did not specify which Flash would die, and sacrifices himself in his place. Meanwhile, Constantine, Mia, and Diggle visit Lucifer on Earth-666 for help entering purgatory and retrieving Oliver's soul. Before they can leave,
15484-484: The Monitor. Moments before the crisis begins, Nash Wells is pulled into a chamber under Central City after he is promised a new life. As the crisis starts, the sky over Central City and Lian Yu turns red. Lyla, now a "harbinger of things to come", collects Oliver and Mia on Lian Yu. On an unspecified Earth, the sky also turns red over Freeland and adversely reacts to Jennifer Pierce 's powers, tearing her between her Earth and those of two of her doppelgängers. As
15680-481: The Paragons are attacked by demons, a restored Nash discovers that the Anti-Monitor is still alive and plans to resume destroying the multiverse. Nash, Ray, Barry, and Choi develop a bomb to shrink the Anti-Monitor and send him to the microverse. Barry, Kara, Sara, Kate, Clark, J'onn, and Jefferson hold a memorial service for Oliver and agree to protect their new world in his memory. Despite being credited, Andrea Brooks , Julie Gonzalo , and Staz Nair do not appear in
15876-590: The Pierce family and Peter Gambi try to bring her back, the antimatter wave overtakes them while Jefferson Pierce is transported away. Having already destroyed countless parallel universes, the antimatter wave makes its way to Earth-38 . Brainiac 5 detects the wave approaching Argo City , prompting Kara Danvers to warn her mother Alura Zor-El , her cousin Clark Kent , and his wife Lois Lane . Clark and Lois send their son, Jonathan , off in an escape pod just before
16072-489: The Vanishing Point to rescue the Paragons and strengthen Barry. Barry drops off Kara, Choi, and Lex on Maltus, but temporarily loses everyone else in the Speed Force after an encounter with the Anti-Monitor. Kara and Choi convince Novu not to implement his plans before Barry takes them and the other Paragons to the dawn of time. There, they learn that the Anti-Monitor will always learn about the multiverse's existence because they only stopped one version of Novu. The Paragons battle
16268-406: The actor cast as Raymond "Ray" Terrill would appear in the live-action series, much like Mari McCabe / Vixen. In May 2017, The CW ordered Black Lightning to series. The series had previously been in development at Fox , at which point Berlanti had stated Black Lightning would not crossover with his other DC Comics television properties on The CW, nor would it exist in the Arrowverse. With
16464-407: The animated web series, Freedom Fighters: The Ray , and featured characters and concepts from that series. The 2018–19 crossover, " Elseworlds ", included Supergirl , The Flash , and Arrow and saw the introduction of Batwoman ahead of her debut in her own series. At the end of "Elseworlds", it was revealed that the 2019–20 television season crossover would be " Crisis on Infinite Earths ",
16660-534: The argument between Oliver and Ray helped show "how much all of the shows have evolved and relationships between the characters have evolved". The other moments in the Speed Force were based on "showing how far the characters have come". In the Speed Force, Barry encounters Ezra Miller 's Barry Allen from the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Guggenheim worked with DC Comics chief creative officer Jim Lee and DC Entertainment film vice president Adam Schlagman on
16856-570: The backup story" in the comic tie-in. Appearing as Bruce Wayne in live-action for the first time allowed Kevin Conroy to "explore a lot of [the] dark corners" of the character in a different way than when he voiced an older version of the character in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) series Batman Beyond . Lucifer Morningstar 's appearance was considered to be five years before the events of Lucifer , according to actor Tom Ellis : "This
17052-437: The chance to extend Matt Ryan's run as Constantine by at least one more hour of television. I think you'll see he fits very neatly into our universe. It never feels forced". In July 2017, Guggenheim indicated that "really good conversations" had taken place with Ryan to appear again in the Arrowverse, and in October 2017, it was revealed that Ryan would appear in two episodes of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow , " Beebo
17248-425: The character debuted in the " Elseworlds " crossover event. The series, if picked up, would be written by Caroline Dries , with plans to air in 2019. In August, Ruby Rose was cast as Kate Kane / Batwoman. In December, it was announced that " Crisis on Infinite Earths " would be the fifth annual crossover, following the "Elseworlds" crossover. Further details explained that "Crisis" would run for five hours, marking
17444-490: The character enters "in a very surprising way. He's not prepared for it. So, he doesn't know these people". Because of this, there is "some conflict early on when he's trying to figure out, who are you people and why am I here?". Barry's journey through the Speed Force in the Arrow hour was an opportunity for the writers to "revisit a series 'greatest hits' for Oliver, key moments in terms of his relationships ... it's
17640-539: The character's Arrowverse appearances thus far "really directly reference the events of the Constantine series, leaving it up in the air as to whether this John Constantine is the same character from that series or if Ryan is merely playing a different, very similar version of his character." In November 2018, Ryan spoke to the relationship between the character seen in the NBC series and the one seen on Legends of Tomorrow and in
17836-578: The characters Mar Novu / Monitor and Psycho-Pirate , and alluded to an impending "crisis". In January 2019, The Flash showrunner Todd Helbing said that the remainder of the fifth season would contain elements of the upcoming crossover. The CW president Mark Pedowitz called the crossover "the biggest, the most complicated one" to date, and was hopeful that Legends of Tomorrow (which did not participate in "Elseworlds" because of production complications) would be part of "Crisis". In May 2019, Pedowitz announced at The CW's upfront presentation that
18032-439: The characters appear was written by former Smallville writers, allowing Guggenheim to "[step] aside and let them speak to where things were headed. As a fan of the show, it answered a lot of questions that I had. It provided a lot of closure, I think, in a really nice way". The removal of this Clark's powers was a reference to Superman II (1980), where Christopher Reeve 's Superman temporarily surrenders his powers. Although
18228-418: The comic book crossover event series Earth-Prime was released. The six-issue event features five issues focusing on each current series ( Batwoman , Superman & Lois , Legends of Tomorrow , Stargirl , and The Flash , respectively) with the sixth issue being a crossover between the series. Actors, writers, and executives from each of the series were involved in their creations, with the stories approved by
18424-526: The comics. Although Guggenheim considered it "a really important inclusion", "for a variety of different reasons" it did not happen. LaMonica Garrett was upgraded to series regular on all the series (receiving credit in the episodes he appeared in before the crossover) to ensure that he would be available for "Crisis" and its lead-up. Casting was announced at the July 2019 San Diego Comic-Con . They included: Tyler Hoechlin , reprising his role as Superman , while Brandon Routh, who portrays Ray Palmer / Atom in
18620-489: The coming crisis, the Monitor recruits Oliver Queen and Martian Manhunter and sends the former on missions to collect a variety of items, while he retrieves the body of Lex Luthor and revives him. Meanwhile, Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen learn that the crisis date has moved up to December 2019 and that the Flash must die to save billions of lives. Barry travels to Earth-3 to see Jay Garrick and Joan Williams , who have been tracking antimatter signatures across
18816-402: The creation of a new multiverse, most notably the new Earth-Prime, a world featuring inhabitants from the pre-Crisis Earth-1, Earth-38, and Black Lightning ' s Earth, combining all of the CW series at the time and moving forward with all of them on one fictional earth. Six additional Earths within this new multiverse were revealed in the crossover. Ezra Miller 's cameo as Barry Allen from
19012-467: The crew made sure his character wasn't identified onscreen but just hint at his identity. Johnathon Schaech was confirmed as reprising his role as Jonah Hex in September 2019, and John Wesley Shipp was cast in an undisclosed role shortly afterwards. Around this time, Tom Ellis was approached to appear as Lucifer Morningstar from the series Lucifer . Ellis had "talked over the years about Lucifer being
19208-617: The crossover and others requested more money than the budget permitted, while the showrunners also had to think on those characters' screentime, their requirements in the story and the shooting schedule. Cameron Cuffe , who starred as Seg-El on the Syfy series Krypton , was approached to appear as a holographic Kryptonian elder when Argo City was evacuated. Although Cuffe said that he "wanted to make [the cameo] happen", he had committed to another project. Bringing back Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane from Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
19404-435: The crossover due to scheduling conflicts with Titans ; however, he appeared in archive footage as Hank Hall / Hawk alongside Curran Walters as Jason Todd / Robin / Red Hood from Titans . Osric Chau was cast as Ryan Choi later in the month, and Ashley Scott was confirmed as reprising her role as Helena Kyle / Huntress from The WB series Birds of Prey . At the beginning of October, Audrey Marie Anderson
19600-464: The crossover episodes "fun" and said positively that "too much happened that was unrelated to one show or the other – and that's a good thing. While the crossover episodes were definitely open to new viewers of either The Flash or Arrow (or both, presumably), with each episode wrapped up tidily by the end of its hour, plenty of show-specific plot stuff was advanced without spelling it out for newbies. New viewers to either show could follow along and have
19796-416: The crossover just not as Thawne. Psycho-Pirate, included in "Elseworlds", also appeared in early versions of the crossover. Guggenheim said that he was not included because "given the story we were telling, the only reason we were having him in there was because he was in the original comic". Guggenheim had tried to have Swamp Thing appear to interact with Constantine, given their history and relationship in
19992-438: The crossover on November 20, 2019, and the score was recorded by an orchestra on December 2. Tony Kanal and Stephen Perkins were featured performers on the score. Neely incorporated a number of musical Easter eggs into the score, some of which were "cues the production has attempted to obtain the rights to for years"; cues included the 1960s Batman television-series theme , the 1989 Batman film theme , "hints" of
20188-545: The crossover sees Barry converting the old S.T.A.R. Labs hangar from the " Invasion! " crossover into a spot where the heroes could gather, along with hinting at a possible introduction of Gleek and the Wonder Twins . These hints were a "fun bit" for the writers to end the crossover, since an early version of the script had the Wonder Twins making an appearance. Although early allusions to "Crisis" on The Flash mentioned
20384-419: The crossover was no longer moving forward because of the pandemic, with Dries explaining they could not have the crews of each series interact for fear of COVID-19 exposure. In December 2020, David Ramsey was revealed to be reprising his role of John Diggle on Superman & Lois , Supergirl , The Flash , and Batwoman , as well as on Legends of Tomorrow as "a historical Western character". Ramsey directed
20580-464: The crossover when he learned that it was adapting Crisis on Infinite Earths . Black Lightning's inclusion was decided "very late in the game", according to Guggenheim. He worked closely with Black Lightning showrunner Salim Akil to incorporate the character not as a cameo but "in a way that feels significant". Once the logistics and creative elements were solved, Black Lightning "elevated the crossover to another level". Actor Cress Williams said that
20776-503: The crossover would include The Flash , Arrow , Supergirl , Legends of Tomorrow , and Batwoman in a five-episode event spanning late 2019 and early 2020. The crossover occurred in the ninth episodes of Supergirl ' s fifth season , Batwoman ' s first season , and The Flash ' s sixth season , in the eighth episode of Arrow ' s eighth season , and as a special episode of Legends of Tomorrow ' s fifth season which had not yet begun airing; this episode
20972-524: The crossover's events. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" was intended to be followed by a crossover between Batwoman and Superman & Lois in 2021, but this did not occur because of the COVID-19 pandemic , being replaced informally by David Ramsey appearing as John Diggle on multiple Arrowverse series. The next crossover, " Armageddon ", occurs over the first five episodes of the eighth season of The Flash in November and December 2021. To prepare for
21168-406: The crossover, "all of this synergy started to happen" with "a lot of cross collaboration" in service to the crossover's events. Wallace felt the themes of grief, death, and the end of all worlds in "Crisis" worked with the story they were trying to tell in the first half of season six of The Flash , particularly that of Ramsey Rosso / Bloodwork , "who is facing the end of his own world". This allowed
21364-452: The crossover, Dries wanted to "make Kate's life a little bit more integrated with all of this madness of sci-fi and aliens, and the dense mythology between" the other series, but still keep the grounding established earlier in Batwoman ' s season. However, this was "a little tricky because our characters aren't yet exposed to this notion of multiple universes, superheroes, powers, and stuff". An action by Barry would have ramifications for
21560-413: The crossover. The preceding episodes of Batwoman , Supergirl , The Flash , and Arrow contained a tag scene of Nash Wells accessing a chamber under Central City. The Black Lightning episode " The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis " tied in to "Crisis on Infinite Earths" before Jefferson Pierce first appeared in the crossover's Flash episode. In the Black Lightning episode,
21756-536: The debut of Legends of Tomorrow , starring characters who previously appeared on both Arrow and The Flash . Later that year, the CBS series Supergirl , having already crossed over with The Flash , moved to The CW for the remainder of its run. A second animated web series, Freedom Fighters: The Ray , was released in 2017, which followed Ray Terrill / The Ray , who would make a live-action appearance during that year's crossover event " Crisis on Earth-X ". In addition to
21952-452: The debut of The Flash . The next year, the eighth episodes of the third season of Arrow and the first season of The Flash formed a two-part event known as " Flash vs. Arrow ". In January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz said that there would be an Arrowverse crossover every season. In the 2015–16 television season , a two-part event, " Heroes Join Forces " between the eighth episodes of
22148-460: The details of how Smallville Clark lost his powers are not explored, "the idea that Clark would give up his powers in order to have this kind of life, that really resonated with all of" the writers and Tom Welling . Daily Planet articles written by Lois were shown "to make it very clear" to the audience "that he did become Superman, that he did have all these adventures, but they are left to your imagination". Smallville co-creator Alfred Gough
22344-455: The detriment of the other shows involved." Walker felt that audiences knowing which characters would appear in Legends , and how, took "the thrill out of the story" of the other series as such information spoiled some of their upcoming plot twists, including the resurrection of Sara Lance or the fact that Ray Palmer "could never really pose a threat to Oliver [Queen] and Felicity [Smoak]'s relationship, or run Palmer Technologies long term, since it
22540-466: The development of "Elseworlds", and the crossover's title was revealed at the end of "Elseworlds" in December 2018. Casting was announced in mid-2019 and included actors who previously portrayed DC characters in other media, such as Burt Ward and Kevin Conroy . Cress Williams from The CW series Black Lightning crossed over with the Arrowverse for the first time, and other actors reprised their roles from various DC film and television series. The event
22736-615: The end of November, it was reported that Brec Bassinger would appear in the crossover as Courtney Whitmore / Stargirl before the release of her DC Universe series later in 2020. Robert Wuhl reprised his role as the Gotham Globe reporter Alexander Knox from Batman (1989) in a quick cameo appearance set in Earth-89. Wuhl, who had longed to reprise his role as Knox since his conspicuous absence in Batman Returns (1992), readily accepted
22932-410: The episodes depending on each series' creative needs, actor availability, and other factors, while also determining episode order. Guggenheim's initial template had Arrow as the fourth hour and Legends of Tomorrow the fifth, "because in crossovers past, Legends has always been the finale of the crossover". The CW requested that The Flash be the third hour and after working "out those tentpoles, for
23128-503: The episodes of Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl he starred in. According to Superman & Lois showrunner Todd Helbing, Ramsey's return was originally conceived as a five-episode story across the various series that was "pretty cool". However, because of the production difficulties that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic, his appearances were adjusted since it would have been "impossible to make it make sense", though there would still be
23324-427: The episodes would "not quite be a crossover, but it will have a crossover-type feel". The Flash showrunner Eric Wallace noted that these event episodes were meant to be a temporary replacement for the yearly crossovers because of the various COVID-19 production protocols, saying, "we want to deliver the same feeling to the audience [with the event episodes] that you would get with a crossover kind of story". In 2022,
23520-400: The event's last two episodes. A behind-the-scenes panel moderated by Guggenheim and featuring The Flash first assistant director Phil Chipera, Batwoman costume designer Maya Mani, Legends of Tomorrow property master Lynda Chapple, and Arrowverse senior visual effects supervisor Armen Kevorkian, was part of DC FanDome in September 2020. The panel was originally supposed to feature
23716-615: The fact there can be a Flash on TV and one in the movies, and you don't have to pick one or the other, and they both exist in this multiverse." Berlanti agreed, feeling that "moving forward, there's more opportunity to do more things like this". In February 2021, Casey Bloys, chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max , indicated that DC and WarnerMedia were working to ensure the creative decisions for their shows on HBO Max and The CW, as well as their films, were aware of each other "so that there's nobody overlapping" and everything worked to make sense together. Bloys added everything would exist in
23912-408: The final broadcast. The first in the first episode had Pariah witnessing the destruction of Argo City, while the second saw Oliver Queen becoming the Spectre in an end tag of the third episode.. Guggenheim called the second "a critical and important scene" but its quality came out "really ... poorly" so it was decided to be excluded from the broadcast. "Crisis Management", a behind-the-scenes feature,
24108-458: The first hour was an attempt to "surprise the audience" who may have expected him to die in the fifth; it also "establish[ed] the stakes going into the next four hours". The third-hour death of Barry Allen from Earth-90 was "a way to honor what was said [by] the Monitor ... saying the Flash must die", without killing Grant Gustin 's character. According to Wallace, this gave "it a nice story twist, [to] get in some emotion" while "complet[ing]
24304-431: The five series running on The CW ( The Flash , Supergirl , Legends of Tomorrow , Batwoman , and Black Lightning ) were confirmed for further seasons, carrying them through the 2020–21 television season . Superman & Lois was also ordered to series. At the end of "Crisis on Infinite Earths", the new Earth-Prime was formed, which saw Black Lightning ' s earth merge with the former Earth-1 and Earth-38, creating
24500-578: The following month that cast members from Black Lightning would appear (previously hinted at by Cress Williams), and Kevin Conroy would portray an elderly Bruce Wayne after voicing the character in multiple animated media. Conroy "jumped at" the opportunity to portray Wayne in live-action for the first time, saying that it would satisfy the "loyal" fanbase of Batman: The Animated Series . Concept art by Andy Poon displayed in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Paragons Rising seemingly depicted Michael Keaton filling
24696-428: The fourth season of Arrow and the second season of The Flash was used to set up a new team-up series, Legends of Tomorrow . For the 2016–17 television season , the " Invasion! " crossover included The Flash , Arrow , and Legends of Tomorrow , with the event beginning at the end of Supergirl . A true four-part crossover occurred in the 2017–18 television season with " Crisis on Earth-X ", which also tied into
24892-596: The fourth season of Legends of Tomorrow mentions the Astra storyline from the NBC series, it would not explore the Brujeria storyline, though Constantine "still carries that baggage around with him". Although initially conceived as a spin-off of Supergirl with many of the cast in the universe reprising their roles, the series' second-season finale established it as set in an adjacent universe. Showrunner Todd Helbing explained his initial pilot script included multiple references to
25088-489: The franchise's multiverse. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" also rebooted the multiverse, with Supergirl joining the other live-action series on a new Earth-Prime along with the series Black Lightning , which had been separate up to this point. The franchise has been successful, creating a large fandom around the world, and has received positive reviews; critics have praised the themes, acting, action sequences, direction and character development. In January 2012, The CW ordered
25284-465: The goal of the next crossover was to "return to the roots" of the Arrowverse crossovers. In May 2020, Pedowitz revealed the crossover would be two hours, occurring on episodes of Batwoman and Superman & Lois , with an expected air date in Q1/Q2 of 2021. Pedowitz added that the event would also see other Arrowverse characters appear. Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries was excited to integrate more of
25480-406: The iconic cape that the Spectre wears in the comics". Writing for Inverse , Eric Francisco called out Ryan Choi's placement next to Ray Palmer, "which heavily suggests Choi will take over as the new Atom after Ray Palmer" and Black Lightning being one of the larger focuses of the poster implied his "appearance in "Part 3" was not a one-off deal". On January 10, 2020, Amell released a trailer for
25676-511: The idea to alter Lex Luthor, something they "were all really excited about". In Batwoman , Kate's sister Beth returns as a separate person from the season's antagonist Alice; Dries called this a "shocking resonance" for the series. The inclusion of Miller's Barry Allen from the DCEU opened up more possibilities for crossovers between the DC films and Arrowverse. DC Films president Walter Hamada revealed prior to "Crisis", DC had been structured in
25872-477: The lead character of each series (except Oliver Queen) was also released. Guggenheim said that at that time, legal and financial considerations prevented the inclusion of Amell's character in the logo. With the release of the full trailer the following month, Oliver was included in the logo. According to Guggenheim, this was due to "the creativity of a lot of very smart people" and "a loophole". He had been told that "only actors appearing in all five hours could be in
26068-576: The live-action and web-based series, the franchise has spawned three promotional tie-in live-action web series: Blood Rush , Chronicles of Cisco and The Flash: Stretched Scenes ; released in 2013, 2016 and 2017 respectively. A fifth series, Batwoman , premiered in 2019. Six ensemble crossover events involving many of the live-action series of the Arrowverse have taken place, beginning with " Flash vs. Arrow " in 2014 and concluding with " Crisis on Infinite Earths " between 2019 and 2020. Additionally, Matt Ryan has reprised his role as John Constantine from
26264-580: The main title card", and Amell does not appear in the fifth episode, though he lends his voice for the episode's ending. A week before the last two episodes aired, a second poster for the crossover was released. Russ Burlingame of Comicbook.com said that the poster was "a mirror to the first "Crisis" poster, but centering on darkness rather than light", with different taglines used, and "the Anti-Monitor standing with his hands raised up and pointed down, whereas The Monitor had stood with his palms up and arms at his sides." Blair Marnell from SuperHero Hype noted
26460-433: The main universe of Arrow , The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow , and would continue to exist in a parallel universe. The Earth the Supergirl series inhabits is Earth-38 in the broader multiverse, and has been informally referred to as "Earth-CBS" by Guggenheim, named for the network where Supergirl first aired. In August, the CW announced the animated web-series Freedom Fighters: The Ray for CW Seed, intending that
26656-417: The move to The CW, Pedowitz said the series "at this time, is not part of the Arrowverse. It is a separate situation." Showrunners Salim Akil later clarified that they were not ruling out eventual crossovers, but wanted to establish the series and its own world first. In July 2018, it was revealed that the CW was developing a script for a potential series centered on Batwoman , intending to launch it after
26852-527: The multiverse". Roth then spoke to Guggenheim about including Miller and Guggenheim approached Gustin to see if he would be "on-board" with Miller appearing, and Gustin "was incredibly enthusiastic" about the idea; Guggenheim called Jim Lee "instrumental in making [the cameo] happen". A number of other actors were considered and approached for cameos. There were "a whole host of reasons why" certain cameos did not occur, according to Guggenheim, as some actors were busy with other projects, some were uninterested in
27048-481: The multiverse, to learn more about what happens to him. They send Barry's mind forward in time, making him see billions of timelines where the multiverse is destroyed and one where he dies saving it. While on a mission, Oliver witnesses the destruction of Earth-2 from an antimatter wave. In Star City , William Clayton , Connor Hawke , and Mia Smoak time-travel from 2040 to the present, while Oliver and John Diggle learn that Lyla Michaels has been working with
27244-430: The network in 2021, which featured the name "The CWverse" in it. Many outlets felt the change was due to Arrow having ended and the character no longer a part of the shared universe. However, Matt Webb Mitovich of TVLine felt that with the inclusion of Stargirl in the trailer, which exists on a parallel earth to the Arrowverse, the name was perhaps a way to discuss all of the superhero series airing on network at
27440-412: The offer to return for just a single take of the crossover upon being approached by the executives. Ezra Miller appeared in the Arrow episode reprising their DCEU role as Barry Allen. During development discussions for The Flash film, it was suggested that Miller appear in the crossover, and Miller immediately agreed since they "[understand] the importance of the Flash and [the character's] role in
27636-531: The original Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, and its second issue included material from DC Universe: Legacies #6 (2010). About the series, Guggenheim said that its concept "came pretty early on in the process" when it was realized that the story's scope would exceed the five episodes. By creating the comics, it allowed the producers to utilize "all of the characters that we don't have in the crossover proper for logistical reasons, or financial reasons, or creative reasons ... [The comic series] allows us to tell
27832-486: The pieces are in place, except for that one final piece, which is what's the fate of Constantine ? That's the tricky thing. But it comes up in the writers' room constantly—we have a number of ideas, one idea that's particularly exciting to me. We're in a little bit of a wait-and-see mode". In July 2015, Mericle added on the subject, "It's something we've been talking to DC about and it's just a question of some political things, but also [Ryan]'s schedule." In August 2015, it
28028-468: The powers of animals, using them to fight as Vixen to stop threats like those that claimed her family. Raymond "Ray" Terrill is a reporter who gains light-based powers after being exposed to a genetic light bomb. Ray discovers the bomb in his investigation of a secret government project attempting to harness the power of light and weaponize it. The Ray is a member of the Freedom Fighters on Earth-X,
28224-477: The premiere of Legends of Tomorrow , Screen Rant's Alice Walker discussed how the series "has hurt Arrow and The Flash ", noting that the latter required minimal setup when it was spun-off from the former and had an element of mystery surrounding its quality with "a "wait and see" attitude" from audiences, while Legends was instead met with much excitement long before its release leading to each piece of news concerning it being "publicized and met with fanfare – to
28420-433: The producers and considered in-canon to the series. The Batwoman issue, released on April 5, was written by show writers Natalie Abrams and Kelly Larson, and actor Camrus Johnson, with art by Clayton Henry. The Superman & Lois issue, released on April 19, was written by show writers Adam Mallinger, Jai Jamison, and Andrew Wong, with art by Tom Grummett and Norm Rapmund. The Legends of Tomorrow issue, released on May 3,
28616-505: The producers for replicating the success of Arrow but with "a lighter tone" and "a hero with genuine super powers" in The Flash , and calling the crossover an appropriate moment for everyone concerned to take a short but well-deserved victory lap." Lowry also said that the crossover "does a nifty job of bringing the two series together, although probably not in a manner likely to boost the shared audience between them much more than already exists." Meredith Borders at Birth.Movies.Death. called
28812-540: The producers had begun having someone track all the characters and plots used by each series, in order to make sure everything lines up, but the following April, The Flash executive producer Aaron Helbing noted that "sometimes the schedules don't line up exactly...and that stuff is out of our control", such as when Barry was shown using his abilities on Arrow , while not having them the same week on The Flash . In January 2016, Tassler's successor Glenn Geller said "I have to be really careful what I say here" in regards to
29008-400: The producers of all the series "already know a lot about what's going on in next year's crossover"; according to Marc Guggenheim , "Elseworlds" would "lay the groundwork" for it. The end of "Elseworlds" revealed the crossover title and premise as "Crisis on Infinite Earths", adapting the story from the 1985 comic of the same name by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez . "Elseworlds" introduced
29204-491: The producers' offer to reprise the role in "Crisis", as they demanded him a quick response while visiting one of his relatives with no specifics on what his reprisal would consist. The Smallville scenes had already been shot when the producers approached Rosenbaum thanks to Amell's efforts, with Guggenheim planning to have his version of Luthor interact with Cryer's. Alan Ritchson , who portrayed Arthur Curry/Aquaman on Smallville , also declined an offer to reprise his role in
29400-401: The promo "Suit Up", featuring the various heroes putting on their costumes in order to promote the return of Arrow , The Flash , Legends of Tomorrow , and Supergirl from their first mid-season break, as well as the premiere of Black Lightning . After the first Arrow / Flash crossover, Brian Lowry of Variety talked about the spin-off series and the crossover, applauding
29596-423: The promo could exclusively be viewed initially. The new Superhero Fight Club sees Green Arrow, Flash, Atom, Firestorm, White Canary , and Supergirl go up against a new fight simulator created by Cisco Ramon and Felicity Smoak , while John Diggle and Martian Manhunter observe. After defeating the simulator, Cisco releases Gorilla Grodd into the arena for the heroes to face. In January 2018, The CW released
29792-415: The rest of The Flash ' s season. The goal of the crossover for Wallace was to "tap into that feeling that the readers in 1985 would have had, when reading that story, with the tectonic shifts in the comic world, underneath". He called the Arrowverse ending a "game-changer" which "opens up to a whole new world". By the end of the crossover, the universe was rebooted, with all of The CW series airing at
29988-422: The role of Earth-99's Bruce Wayne by reprising his role as Bruce Wayne / Batman from the 1989-1997 Batman film series . Though Guggenheim confirmed that Keaton was never approached, a newspaper with his likeness was spotted in a leak from the Earth-89 scene. Guggenheim said that although the producers discussed with DC and Warner Bros. the possibility of Lynda Carter reprising her role as Wonder Woman from
30184-411: The same universe as Arrow and The Flash , and in January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz revealed that he was also open to a crossover among the series and networks. However, CBS president Nina Tassler stated that month that, "those two shows are on a different network. So I think we'll keep Supergirl to ourselves for a while." In August 2015, Tassler revealed that while there were no plans at
30380-458: The scene to ensure that it would not conflict with their planned The Flash film (2023), which also deals with the multiverse. Much of the dialogue between Gustin and Miller was improvised. Miller's Allen, who had not yet gone by the moniker "The Flash", is given the name by Grant's Allen in the scene. The glimpse of Stargirl and the Justice Society of America on Earth-2 from Stargirl
30576-405: The season's start to help set up the crossover. Most of Arrow ' s eighth season is a prelude to the crossover. The Arrow writers consulted with their counterparts on The Flash about the destruction of Earth-2 in " Starling City " to ensure that they could destroy this Earth. On Supergirl , co-showrunner Robert Rovner said that the season would tease the crossover "in our way, which
30772-412: The second releasing on January 19, 2020; both were released in comic stores the following month. The series is set during the first part of the crossover's Batwoman episode. Its stories and behind-the-scenes extra content was published in a deluxe hardcover edition on July 7, 2020. The Supergirl episode was written by Derek Simon and Jay Faerber , with Robert Rovner and Guggenheim contributing to
30968-446: The series' grounded tone because it was "not normal for [the characters of Batwoman ] to interact with aliens and travel to different universes". Although the crossover is considered "a five-hour epic", the title character of each series and characters appropriate in those worlds (such as Barry Allen of Earth-90 appearing on The Flash ) are highlighted. The episode scripts were completed by early September 2019. The original comic
31164-408: The show's final season , and Guggenheim confirmed that while not directly referenced, the events from the comic series were considered canonical for the crossover. Erica Durance , who portrayed that series' Lois Lane, said: "It's a little bit of a look into their future and the different choices they've made to be together. It's a full-circle moment that's really nice". The Batwoman episode in which
31360-441: The story; Don Whitehead and Holly Henderson wrote the Batwoman episode; and Lauren Certo and Sterling Gates wrote The Flash episode, based on a story by Eric Wallace. The Arrow episode was co-written by Wolfman and Guggenheim, and the Legends of Tomorrow episode was written by Keto Shimizu and Ubah Mohamed. Guggenheim was initially nervous about collaborating with Wolfman due to him being one of his idols and writing with
31556-599: The streets of Gotham as Batwoman and becoming their symbol of hope. From the second season onward, after Kate's plane mysteriously crashes and she is believed to be dead, Ryan Wilder takes up the mantle of Batwoman . Two television series make up the Arrowverse web series franchise: Vixen , and Freedom Fighters: The Ray . All series in total amount to 24 episodes across four seasons of television. After her parents were killed in Africa by local corruption, Mari McCabe inherits her family's Tantu Totem, gaining
31752-515: The three remaining series that were not set to conclude at the time ( The Flash , Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman ) were confirmed for further seasons, carrying them through the 2021–22 television season . In March 2021, Superman & Lois was renewed for a second season. In January 2022, Justice U was in development from Michael Narducci and Zoanne Clack. It would star David Ramsey reprising his role as John Diggle, in which Diggle recruits five young meta humans to live undercover as freshmen at
31948-481: The tie, the shirt...the whole wardrobe is being taken out for [ sic ] storage and shipped up to Vancouver [where Arrow shoots]." John Badham , a director on Constantine , directed the episode that Constantine appears in. Mericle confirmed that this version of Constantine would be the same character that had appeared in Constantine . On filming the episode, Guggenheim referred to it as "a Constantine / Arrow crossover" and felt that "we got
32144-402: The time to do story crossovers, the three series would have crossover promotions. In January 2015, the CW announced that an animated web-series featuring the DC heroine Vixen would debut on CW Seed in late 2015 and be set in the same universe as both Arrow and The Flash . Amell and Gustin would reprise their respective roles in the series, and the character of Vixen was expected to make
32340-449: The time – Arrow , The Flash , Supergirl , Legends of Tomorrow , Batwoman , and Black Lightning – existing on the new Earth-Prime ; this was decided going into the crossover. A new multiverse was also created, with six of its Earths revealed. Although Guggenheim had wanted a single Earth-Prime, the crossover would not have been able to visit the worlds of other DC properties had that been done. A compromise
32536-425: The time. Mitovich also pointed out the term had been used a year prior in a similar trailer, which had featured the Arrowverse series plus Black Lightning , which was not part of the universe at that time. Jake Abbate of SuperHeroHype also referred to the name as encompassing the "programming block" of superhero shows on the network. Daniel Gillespie from Screen Rant felt if this was The CW's attempt to change
32732-481: The timeline after her change in Flashpoint , and Lex Luthor having more heroic qualities. Returning baby Sara was "very important" to Guggenheim and Schwartz to accomplish in "Crisis" after they almost did so in "Elseworlds"; it was held off until this crossover because they "thought it had more punch if it was a part of the universal reboot". Supergirl showrunners Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller came to Guggenheim with
32928-420: The two shows; it now had to serve the much larger purpose of setting up an entirely new world." Walker stated that the premiere of Legends "means that Arrow and The Flash can finally stop dedicating so much time and plot to laying the groundwork for the spin-off, and start focusing on the fundamentals of their own shows again." Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse) " Crisis on Infinite Earths "
33124-409: The war against Godspeed. Cecile Horton tells Diggle she senses pain in his head from an infinite presence, and during a fight, Diggle has a dizzy spell and collapses to the ground, hearing the repeated phrase "worlds await". He leaves Central City soon after. Finally, Diggle heads to National City to help Kelly Olsen with her decision to become the new Guardian, telling her he had an opportunity to become
33320-505: The wave hits. Harbinger brings Oliver, Mia, Barry, Kate Kane , Sara Lance , and Ray Palmer to Earth-38 and rescues the Kents from Argo. As Harbinger briefs the heroes on the situation, the Monitor raises a tower to impede the wave while the DEO and Lena Luthor evacuate Earth-38's inhabitants. Brainy finds Jonathan's pod on Earth-16 , so he, Lois, and Sara leave to retrieve him while the others fight
33516-480: The world and time itself. High school principal Jefferson Pierce, who retired from his superhero persona Black Lightning nine years ago after seeing the effects it had on his family, is forced to become a vigilante again when the rise of the local gang called The 100 led by Tobias Whale leads to increased crime and corruption in his community of Freeland. After the disappearance of Batman, Kate Kane must overcome her own demons before being able to protect
33712-399: Was a promotional partner for the event. The first teaser for the crossover was released on November 10, 2019. On November 15, The CW released a series of show-specific teasers. A week later, the event's poster was released. A full trailer was released on November 24, followed by additional trailers on December 3 and 6. When the initial trailers were released in November, a logo with
33908-406: Was also announced that Supergirl would appear on Arrow , The Flash , and Legends of Tomorrow during the 2016–17 season crossover episodes, though Guggenheim cautioned that "She is going to be coming over but we're not going to do a full on Supergirl crossover". Kreisberg also confirmed that, despite the series moving to The CW, the title character's universe would not be integrated into Earth-1,
34104-471: Was also done to "[surprise] the audience with the unexpected" ... "I think [ Stephen Amell ] enjoyed A) the opportunity to play two death scenes and B) the creative sleight of hand in terms of surprising the audience". The inclusion of Clark Kent and Lois Lane from Smallville in the crossover explored the characters after Smallville ended. Smallville Season Eleven , a 2012–2015 comic book series, had previously explored Clark's adventures after
34300-710: Was announced as reprising her role as Lyla Michaels , while also taking on the Harbinger persona from the comics; Lyla previously used "Harbinger" as her A.R.G.U.S. codename. That month, Stephen Lobo was cast as Jim Corrigan . By that time, the producers approached Nicolas Cage , who had been attached to portray Superman in Tim Burton 's planned Superman Lives film. Guggenheim later regretted mentioning Cage, and tried to refrain from hinting at other actors' involvement because he did not want fans "blowing up" their Twitter feeds with questions about why they did not appear. At
34496-414: Was announced that The Flash would be concluding with its upcoming ninth season, which also acted as the conclusion of the Arrowverse, due to Superman & Lois having been confirmed to take place in an adjacent universe. In May 2023, The CW officially passed on Justice U . The Arrowverse concluded with the series finale of The Flash , " A New World, Part Four ", on May 24, 2023. In August 2015, in
34692-475: Was announced that Berlanti, Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns would be creating a spin-off television series based on The Flash . The character, played by Grant Gustin , was set to appear in three episodes of Arrow ' s second season. The third episode was supposed to act as a backdoor pilot for the new series, but a traditional pilot was eventually ordered instead. In November 2014, Berlanti expressed interest in making his CBS series Supergirl exist in
34888-419: Was confirmed that Ryan would appear in Arrow ' s fourth-season episode " Haunted " for a "one-time-only-deal". Guggenheim said, "This is something the fans were clamoring for," praising DC for being so "magnanimous and generous in giving us this one-time dispensation." Due to Arrow and Constantine sharing the same studio, the producers of Arrow were able to use Ryan's original outfits: "The trench coat,
35084-476: Was created by Keith Giffen , J.M. DeMatteis , and Adam Hughes . Bertram Larvan is an inventor who designs a mechanical insect to control insect pests, but lacks financial backing. He turns to crime to steal money and becomes an enemy of the Atom . In Crisis on Infinite Earths , he is killed by the Anti-Monitor 's Shadow Demons. Following his death, Larvan does not return for many years. In Blackest Night , he
35280-501: Was created to help with DC Comics ' continuity problems that could intimidate new readers; since the Arrowverse does not have those, however, the crossover allowed its creators to focus on the characters and their interactions. Supergirl and Batwoman's relationship was developed, after it was seen at the end of "Elseworlds" that "those two characters [are] supporting each other much in the same way that Barry and Oliver have been supporting each other in previous crossovers". This version of
35476-642: Was described by Helbing as "more of a one-off" while still touching on the overall story thematically. Ramsey appeared in " Rebirth " on Batwoman , " Stressed Western " on Legends of Tomorrow , " P.O.W. " on The Flash , " Through the Valley of Death " on Superman & Lois , and " Blind Spots " on Supergirl . While in Gotham City for a neurological exam, Diggle crosses paths with Luke Fox and gives him some advice. Diggle then assists Team Flash in Central City with
35672-403: Was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast and characters that span six live-action television series and two animated series. The franchise began with Arrow , based on the character Green Arrow , which debuted in October 2012. It was followed by The Flash in 2014, and the animated web series Vixen in 2015. The franchise further expanded in January 2016 with
35868-489: Was filmed from the end of September to the beginning of November 2019. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" was critically praised for its scope, ambition, and the many cameos, though the fate of Oliver Queen had a mixed reception. The crossover proved popular, as each episode gave season-high ratings to its corresponding series. A two-episode aftershow , Crisis Aftermath hosted by Kevin Smith , aired after parts one and three to explore
36064-433: Was finalized, a small crew from The Flash filmed it since the Arrow crew had already wrapped on the series and was no longer around. Directors of the crossover included Jesse Warn ( Supergirl ), Laura Belsey ( Batwoman ), David McWhirter ( The Flash ), Glen Winter ( Arrow ), and Gregory Smith ( Legends of Tomorrow ). They were hired specifically for the crossover, because of their previous experience working in
36260-438: Was first hinted at in the Arrowverse in the pilot episode of The Flash . In September 2018, three months before the release of " Elseworlds " (the Arrowverse crossover in the 2018–19 television season ), Legends of Tomorrow executive producer Phil Klemmer said that the next crossover had "a loose shape". In early December 2018, a week before the airing of "Elseworlds", Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz said that
36456-473: Was going to guest star on Constantine ...was [Constantine's] an expert when it comes to the Lazarus Pit, which is now something that is a part of and will continue to be a part of Arrow ." Amell stated that, even though Constantine was not renewed for a second season, a crossover "was and is still on the table". Guggenheim revealed a desire to integrate John Constantine into the Arrowverse, saying, "A lot of
36652-566: Was informed about the Smallville scenes before filming began. The three actors who portrayed Clark Kent / Superman in the crossover did not have a scene written containing all three. The writers wanted a clear distinction between Welling's character at the Kent Farm and Brandon Routh 's character at the Daily Planet . Guggenheim said, "The desire to have multiple Supermen [together] is what inspired
36848-445: Was not originally intended. Stargirl creator Geoff Johns said that production of that series had completed, and Pedowitz advocated its inclusion after seeing footage of the series. Johns continued, "I was incredibly excited about the opportunity for that because it just meant more people would see it. And [tonally], Stargirl and the show has always been for everybody. Anyone can watch it. So it fits in nicely to that world". The end of
37044-474: Was produced in Los Angeles . The producers chose to use the Flash as the character to crossover, due to his ability to travel between various Earths, and because it was "a little more fun at first to bring the veteran from that show to the chemistry of a new show." Berlanti stated that "in a perfect world", the crossover would have featured both Gustin and Amell's Green Arrow, "but logistically that would have been
37240-492: Was reached in which these properties were returned to different Earths in the multiverse, and the Arrowverse series were combined in a single Earth. The Arrowverse characters are oblivious to the newly formed multiverse. Guggenheim said that "there is an opportunity going forward after "Crisis" to slowly reveal all of the weird changes," with each series "get[ting] the chance to tell a piece of that story". Changes include John Diggle and Lyla Michaels' daughter, Sara, returning to
37436-528: Was released on January 16, 2020, with the purchase of a digital season pass to any of the series. In the United Kingdom, Sky One aired the first part and third through fifth episodes daily between March 30 and April 2, 2020. E4 , who acquired the rights to Batwoman in January 2020, aired the second part on August 9, 2020, as the final episode of the Batwoman season for the UK broadcast. The network chose to move
37632-589: Was reported that another untitled spin-off has been plotted. In September 2019, it was reported that The CW was developing a female led spin-off series with Katherine McNamara , Katie Cassidy and Juliana Harkavy as the leads. The following month, Marc Guggenheim released an image indicating Green Arrow and the Canaries as a potential name for the show. The same month, a Superman & Lois spinoff series entered development with Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch reprising their roles as Clark Kent / Superman and Lois Lane from Supergirl . In January 2020,
37828-475: Was sent to Earth from Krypton as a 13-year-old and taken in by the Danvers family, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. After an unexpected disaster, Kara is forced to reveal her powers, and becomes National City 's protector. Rip Hunter travels back in time to the present day where he brings together a team of heroes and villains in an attempt to prevent Vandal Savage from destroying
38024-500: Was similarly discussed by Guggenheim and the crew as an idea, but possibly scrapped due to Hatcher being unaffordable. Production of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" began on September 24, 2019. Filming at the farmhouse for the Kent family farm was done at the end of the month; the farmhouse had previously appeared in the "Elseworlds" crossover and on Smallville . Production of the Legends of Tomorrow episode began on October 4. Williams took
38220-408: Was widely known that he would be a huge part of Legends ." Additionally, the annual Arrow / The Flash crossover suffered from also trying to set up Legends , which was "too much to ask from the already crowded storylines and ended up feeling like an exercise in synchronicity, with producers planting more seeds than they could reap. The crossover event was no longer a fun way to contrast
38416-612: Was written by show writers Lauren Fields and Daniel Park, with art by Paul Pelletier and Andrew Hennessy. The Stargirl issue, released on May 17, was written by show writers James Robinson and Paula Sevenbergen, with art by Jerry Ordway . The 2019 crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths" incorporated several DC Entertainment properties into the Arrowverse multiverse, including those that had already been established in previous series and crossovers. The new properties that appeared in "Crisis on Infinite Earths" included: By November 2019, Guggenheim, Berlanti, and Pedowitz had discussed what
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