Arrowverse
Arrowverse | |
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Created by | |
Original work | Arrow |
Print publications | |
Novel(s) | See below |
Comics | See below |
Films and television | |
Television series | |
Web series | |
Miscellaneous | |
Crossovers | |
Years | 2012–present |
The Arrowverse is an American media franchise and shared fictional universe that is centered on various television series airing on The CW and web series airing on CW Seed. The series were developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler, Phil Klemmer, and Geoff Johns, and based on characters appearing in publications by DC Comics. The shared universe, much like the DC Universe and DC Multiverse in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters that span across five live-action television series and three 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 was further expanded in 2016, when in January of that year a new series titled Legends of Tomorrow debuted, starring characters that originally appeared on both Arrow and The Flash. Later that year, the CBS series Supergirl, having already crossed-over with The Flash, was moved to The CW for its second season, where it has remained since. A fifth TV series, Batwoman, will premiere in the fall of 2019. 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 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. Since 2014, there has been a yearly crossover event involving many of the live-action series of the Arrowverse. Additionally, Matt Ryan has reprised his role as John Constantine from the NBC series Constantine, in guest appearances in episodes of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, before becoming a series regular for the latter.
The franchise has been successful, creating a large fandom around the world and has received positive reviews, critics praised the themes, action sequences, direction and character development.
Development
In January 2012, The CW ordered a pilot for Arrow, revolving around the character Green Arrow and developed by Andrew Kreisberg, Greg Berlanti, and Marc Guggenheim.[1][2] Stephen Amell was cast in the titular role.[3] When developing the series, Guggenheim expressed 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).[4] In July 2013, it was announced that Berlanti, Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns would be creating a spin-off television series based on The Flash.[5] The character, played by actor Grant Gustin, was set to appear in three episodes of Arrow's second season, with the third acting as a backdoor pilot for the new series,[6] though a traditional pilot was eventually ordered instead.[7]
In November 2014, Berlanti expressed interest in his CBS series Supergirl existing in the same universe as Arrow and The Flash,[8] and in January 2015, The CW president Mark Pedowitz revealed that he was also open to a crossover between 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 awhile."[9] In August 2015, Tassler revealed that while there were no plans at the time to do story crossovers, the three series would have crossover promotions.[10]
In January 2015, the CW announced that an animated web-series featuring the DC heroine Vixen would be debuting on CW Seed in late 2015 and be set in the same universe as both Arrow and The Flash.[11] Amell and Gustin reprise their respective roles in the series,[12] and the character of Vixen was expected to make a live-action appearance on The Flash and/or Arrow as well.[13] 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 executive produce the potential series, which would be headlined by several recurring characters from both Arrow and The Flash. That May, the CW officially confirmed DC's Legends of Tomorrow for a January 2016 premiere.[14][15] Pedowitz later stated, "There is no intention, at this point, to spin anything else off" to add to the universe,[16] though after Vixen was renewed for a second season he said that, "Hopefully, that character could actually spin itself out, if not, maybe join as one of the Legends" in Legends of Tomorrow.[17] In August, in a video about the production of Vixen's first season, Guggenheim referred to the series' shared universe as the "Arrowverse",[18] which Kreisberg confirmed was the name the producers use for it.[19] The universe has also been referred to by the media as the "Flarrowverse", "Berlanti-verse" and "DC TV-verse".[20][21][22] In October, additional Arrow showrunner Wendy Mericle revealed that the producers had begun having someone track all the characters and plots used by each series, in order to make sure everything lines up,[23] though The Flash executive producer Aaron Helbing noted in April 2016 that "sometimes the schedules don't line up exactly...and that stuff is out of our control", such as when the Flash is shown using his abilities on Arrow that month, while not having them the same week on The Flash.[24]
In January 2016, Tassler's successor Glenn Geller said "I have to be really careful what I say here" in regards to a potential Supergirl/Arrowverse crossover, so "Watch and wait and see what happens."[25] The following month, it was announced that Gustin would appear on the Supergirl episode "Worlds Finest", with Berlanti and Kreisberg, also Supergirl executive producers, thanking "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."[26] In "Worlds Finest", Supergirl 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.[27] The events of the episode intersect with the events of the eighteenth episode of The Flash season two, "Versus Zoom".[28] 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 was produced in Los Angeles.[29] 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 a nightmare to try and do both shows. We had to facilitate one."[30] Gustin was optimistic that the crossover in 2016 would allow another crossover the following year with the rest of the Arrowverse shows.[28] In May, it was announced that Supergirl would move from CBS to The CW for its second season, as well as moving production from Los Angeles to Vancouver, where the CW Arrowverse series film.[31] The second season premiered on October 10, 2016.[32] It 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".[33] Kreisberg also confirmed that, despite the series moving to The CW, the title character's universe would not be integrated into Earth-1, the main universe of Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, and would continue to exist in a parallel universe.[34] The Earth the series inhabits is Earth-38 in the Arrowverse multiverse,[35] and has been informally referred to as "Earth-CBS" by Guggenheim, named for the network where Supergirl first aired.[36] In August, the CW announced the animated web-series Freedom Fighters: The Ray for CW Seed, with the intent of the actor cast as Raymond "Ray" Terrill to appear in the live-action series, much like Mari McCabe / Vixen.[37]
In July 2018, it was revealed that the CW was developing a script for a potential series centered on Batwoman, intended to launch after the character debuted in the "Elseworlds" crossover event. The series, if picked up, would be written by Caroline Dries with an intent to air in 2019.[38] In August, Ruby Rose was cast as Kate Kane / Batwoman.[39] In December, it was announced that Crisis on Infinite Earths will be the fifth annual crossover following the Elseworlds crossover.[40] Further details explained that "Crisis" will run for five hours, marking the Arrowverse's longest crossover, and that the five parts would not air on consecutive nights, as with previous crossovers, with three episodes airing in December 2019 and two in January 2020 instead. It would also include Batwoman and Legends, which were not part of the "Elseworlds" crossover.[41]
In January 2019, Batwoman received a pilot pick-up from the CW.[42] The four already-running series on The CW were confirmed for a further season through the 2019–20 television season on January 31, 2019.[43] 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.[44] On May 7, The CW ordered Batwoman to series.[45]
Television series
Series | Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Showrunner(s) | Status | |
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Arrow | 1 | 23 | October 10, 2012 | May 15, 2013 | Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim[46][47][48][49][50] | Released | |
2 | 23 | October 9, 2013 | May 14, 2014 | ||||
3 | 23 | October 8, 2014 | May 13, 2015 | Marc Guggenheim[51] | |||
4 | 23 | October 7, 2015 | May 25, 2016 | Wendy Mericle and Marc Guggenheim[52] | |||
5 | 23 | October 5, 2016 | May 24, 2017 | ||||
6 | 23 | October 12, 2017 | May 17, 2018 | ||||
7 | 22 | October 15, 2018 | May 13, 2019 | Beth Schwartz | |||
8 | 10[44] | October 15, 2019[53] | TBA | TBA | Pre-production | ||
The Flash | 1 | 23 | October 7, 2014 | May 19, 2015 | Andrew Kreisberg[54] | Released | |
2 | 23 | October 6, 2015 | May 24, 2016 | Andrew Kreisberg,[55] Gabrielle Stanton,[56] and Aaron and Todd Helbing[57] | |||
3 | 23 | October 4, 2016 | May 23, 2017 | Todd and Aaron Helbing,[58] and Andrew Kreisberg[59] | |||
4 | 23 | October 10, 2017 | May 22, 2018 | Andrew Kreisberg and Todd Helbing[52] | |||
5 | 22 | October 9, 2018 | May 14, 2019 | Todd Helbing[52] | |||
6 | TBA | October 8, 2019[53] | TBA | Eric Wallace[60] | Filming | ||
Supergirl | 1 | 20 | October 26, 2015 | April 18, 2016 | Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler, Sarah Schechter and Andrew Kreisberg[61][62] | Released | |
2 | 22 | October 10, 2016 | May 22, 2017 | ||||
3 | 23 | October 9, 2017 | June 18, 2018 | Andrew Kreisberg, Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner[63] | |||
4 | 22 | October 14, 2018 | May 19, 2019 | Jessica Queller and Robert Rovner[52] | |||
5 | TBA | October 6, 2019[53] | TBA | TBA | Filming | ||
Legends of Tomorrow | 1 | 16 | January 21, 2016 | May 19, 2016 | Phil Klemmer[64] and Chris Fedak[65] | Released | |
2 | 17 | October 13, 2016 | April 4, 2017 | ||||
3 | 18 | October 10, 2017 | April 9, 2018 | Phil Klemmer and Marc Guggenheim[52] | |||
4 | 16 | October 22, 2018 | May 20, 2019 | Phil Klemmer and Keto Shimizu[52][66] | |||
5 | TBA | January 2020[67] | TBA | TBA | Pre-production | ||
Batwoman | 1 | TBA | October 6, 2019[53] | TBA | Caroline Dries[38] | Filming |
Arrow (2012–present)
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 a hooded vigilante.
The Flash (2014–present)
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.[68]
Supergirl (2015–present)
Kara Zor-El, who 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.[69][70]
Legends of Tomorrow (2016–present)
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 the world and time itself.[71][72]
Batwoman
Kate Kane must overcome her own demons before being able to protect the streets of Gotham as Batwoman and becoming their symbol of hope.[38]
Web series
Series | Season | Episodes | First released | Last released | Showrunner(s) | Status | |
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Vixen | 1 | 6 | August 25, 2015 | September 29, 2015 | Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg[73] | Released | |
2 | 6 | October 13, 2016 | November 18, 2016 | ||||
Freedom Fighters: The Ray | 1 | 6 | December 8, 2017 | Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim[74] | |||
2 | 6[a] | July 18, 2018 |
Vixen (2015–2016)
After her parents were killed in Africa by local corruption, Mari McCabe inherits her family's Tantu Totem, gaining the powers of animals, using them to fight as Vixen to stop threats like those that claimed her family.[75]
Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017–2018)
Centered on the character Raymond "Ray" Terrill who 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 series was inspired by Grant Morrison's Multiversity.[37] Guggenheim noted there was "a very specific reason" the series was titled as it was, in order to introduce the Freedom Fighters and Earth-X. He continued, "Morrison came up with an idea we really responded to: The Freedom Fighters are made up of various minorities targeted by Nazis-women, gay men, Jews. We wanted to honor that idea. At the same time, it's an origin story about the Earth-1 iteration of The Ray."[76]
Earth-X is a world in the multiverse where the Nazis won World War II and the New Reichsmen rule over present day America.[77] There, the Ray is a member of the Freedom Fighters along with Uncle Sam, Black Condor, Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, and Red Tornado,[78] while Overgirl, an alternate version of Supergirl and alternate versions of Green Arrow and Flash make up members of the New Reichsmen.[78][76] Cisco Ramon / Vibe, Curtis Holt / Mister Terrific, and Mari McCabe / Vixen also make appearances.[76]
Recurring cast and characters
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least two series as a member of the principal ("main") cast for at least one of those.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the series, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- G indicates a guest appearance in the series.
- R indicates a recurring role in the series.
- V indicates a voice-only role.
- A number beside a character's name indicates the character is from that alternate world (i.e. a 2 indicates a character from Earth-2).
- ^ Although marketed as a six-episode second season, it was only made available as a single 30-minute special.[citation needed]
- ^ Whyte voices Blitzkreig, an alternate version of the Earth-1 Flash.[76]
- ^ Ryan previously appeared as the character in the NBC series Constantine. The Arrowverse version of the character is the same that had appeared in the NBC series.[81]
- ^ Benoist voices Overgirl, an alternate version of the Earth-38 Supergirl.[76]
- ^ Mercer voices Black Arrow, an alternate version of the Earth-1 Green Arrow.[76]
- ^ Tom Cavanagh portrays Eobard Thawne in the form of Earth-1's deceased Harrison Wells in the first and fifth seasons of The Flash in a main role, in a recurring role in the second season, and in a guest role in the crossover events "Crisis on Earth-X" and "Elseworlds".[141]
After Miller's exit as a series regular during Legend of Tomorrow's first season, it was revealed he signed a deal with Warner Bros. to become 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."[146] Barrowman signed 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,[147] followed by Cassidy for her character Black Siren.[148]
Expanded setting
Official crossover events
List indicators
- A grey cell indicates the series was not a part of the crossover event.
- The number in parentheses next to the episode title indicates which part of the crossover it is.
TV season | Crossover title | Episodes | Ref(s) | ||||
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Arrow | The Flash | Supergirl | Legends of Tomorrow | Batwoman | |||
2014–15 | "Flash vs. Arrow" | Season 3, Episode 8 "The Brave and the Bold" (2) |
Season 1, Episode 8 "Flash vs. Arrow" (1) |
[135] | |||
In Central City, a metahuman who uses people's emotions to rob banks turns the Flash against the Arrow. Then, in Starling City, the two heroes face off against Captain Boomerang. | |||||||
2015–16 | "Heroes Join Forces" | Season 4, Episode 8 "Legends of Yesterday" (2) |
Season 2, Episode 8 "Legends of Today" (1) |
[149][150] | |||
The Flash and the Green Arrow team up to take on Vandal Savage, who is looking for Kendra Saunders and Carter Hall, the reincarnations of Hawkgirl and Hawkman. Legends of Tomorrow, especially the first season's main plot, is set up during the events of this crossover.[151][150] | |||||||
"Worlds Finest" | Season 1, Episode 18 "Worlds Finest" |
[152][153] [154][155] | |||||
The Flash passes through an extradimensional breach while testing a tachyon accelerator, entering the universe of Supergirl and Superman. He teams up with Supergirl in order to take down Livewire and Silver Banshee, after which Supergirl assists him in returning to his universe. While not officially part of the crossover, "Versus Zoom", the eighteenth episode of the second season of The Flash, featured Barry entering and exiting the breach to Earth-38 between two moments. | |||||||
2016–17 | "Invasion!" | Season 5, Episode 8 "Invasion!" (2) |
Season 3, Episode 8 "Invasion!" (1) |
Season 2, Episode 7 "Invasion!" (3) |
[156][36][157] | ||
The Flash recruits Supergirl from Earth-38 to help him, the Green Arrow, and the Legends of Tomorrow face off against a race of alien invaders called the Dominators. Though Supergirl does not have a participating “Invasion!” episode, the end of the Supergirl episode "Medusa", with Barry and Cisco recruiting her from her universe, is considered the beginning of the crossover, resulting in her appearing in the other series' episodes.[36] | |||||||
"Duet" | Season 3, Episode 17 "Duet" |
[85][158] | |||||
A musical crossover between The Flash and Supergirl, where the Flash and Supergirl face the Music Meister. The end of the Supergirl episode "Star-Crossed" began the musical crossover that primarily occurs during "Duet".[85] | |||||||
2017–18 | "Crisis on Earth-X" | Season 6, Episode 8 "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" (2) |
Season 4, Episode 8 "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" (3) |
Season 3, Episode 8 "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" (1) |
Season 3, Episode 8 "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" (4) |
[159][160] | |
Barry Allen and Iris West's friends come to Central City to attend their wedding, only for the event to be disrupted by villains from Earth-X. Though Freedom Fighters: The Ray did not have an episode as part of the 2017–18 crossover, the series further explores The Ray, Earth-X, and other characters and concepts seen in "Crisis on Earth-X".[159][77][78][76] | |||||||
2018–19 | "Elseworlds" | Season 7, Episode 9 "Elseworlds, Part 2" (2) |
Season 5, Episode 9 "Elseworlds, Part 1" (1) |
Season 4, Episode 9 "Elseworlds, Part 3" (3) |
[161][162] | ||
Arkham Asylum doctor John Deegan rewrites reality, which results in Oliver Queen and Barry Allen swapping lives. In the new reality, they are the only ones that know that they are in the wrong lives and have each other's powers, which prompts them to go to Gotham City with Kara Danvers / Supergirl to confront Deegan. The characters Batwoman, Nora Fries, Lois Lane, the Monitor and Psycho Pirate are introduced to the Arrowverse in the crossover, which also features the return of Superman. | |||||||
2019–20 | "Crisis on Infinite Earths" | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | [40][163][41] |
Continuing from the "Elseworlds" crossover. The five-hour event will span two months instead of airing on consecutive nights as per previous crossovers, with three episodes airing in December 2019 and two in January 2020. |
Multiverse
In October 2014, Johns explained that DC's approach to their films and television series would be different to Marvel Studios' cinematic universe, stating that their film universe and TV universes would be kept separate within a multiverse to allow "everyone to make the best possible product, to tell the best story, to do the best world."[164] 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.[165] In The Flash episode "Welcome to Earth-2" (2016), glimpses of the multiverse are seen, including an image of Supergirl star Melissa Benoist as Supergirl and an image of John Wesley Shipp as the Flash from the 1990 television series, implying that those two television series exist on alternate Earths within the Arrowverse multiverse;[166][167] Supergirl was confirmed as an alternate Earth, later designated as Earth-38,[35] with The Flash crossover episode "Worlds Finest" (2016),[168] while Shipp reprised his role as Barry Allen from the 1990 series in the annual crossover event "Elseworlds" (2018) with his native earth designated as Earth-90.[169][170] Freedom Fighters: The Ray is set on Earth-X.[77] As of 2019, some of the Earths confirmed to exist in the Arrowverse multiverse include Earths 1 through 52, Earth-X,[171] Earth-90,[170] and Earth-221.[172]
Constantine (2014–2015)
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 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".[173] Guggenheim revealed a desire to integrate John Constantine into the Arrowverse, saying, "A lot of 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".[174] 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."[175]
In August 2015, it 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, 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.[176] Mericle confirmed that this version of Constantine would be the same character that had appeared in Constantine.[81] On filming the episode, Guggenheim referred to it as "a Constantine/Arrow crossover" and felt that "we got 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".[177]
In July 2017, Guggenheim indicated that "really good conversations" had taken place with Ryan to appear again in the Arrowverse,[178] and in October 2017, it was revealed that Ryan would appear in two episodes of the third season of Legends of Tomorrow, "Beebo 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".[82] Ryan was made a series regular for the fourth season of Legends of Tomorrow.[179]
Jesse Schedeen of IGN felt in October 2018 that none of 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."[180] 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 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 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".[181]
Marketing
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".[182] 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 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.[183] 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 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.[184][185] In January, 2018, The CW released 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.[186]
Reception
Ratings
Series | Season | Originally aired | Nielsen ratings | ||||||
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First aired | Viewers (in millions) |
Last aired | Viewers (in millions) |
Average viewers (in millions) |
Rank | 18–49 rating (rank) | |||
Arrow | 1 | October 10, 2012 | 4.14[187] | May 15, 2013 | 2.77[188] | 3.68 | 130[189] | 1.2 (125)[190] | |
2 | October 9, 2013 | 2.74[191] | May 14, 2014 | 2.37[192] | 3.28 | 128 | (119)[193] | ||
3 | October 8, 2014 | 2.83[194] | May 13, 2015 | 2.83[195] | 3.52 | 135 | 1.3 (111)[196] | ||
4 | October 7, 2015 | 2.67[197] | May 25, 2016 | 2.19[198] | 2.90 | 145 | 1.1 (110)[199] | ||
5 | October 5, 2016 | 1.87[200] | May 24, 2017 | 1.72[201] | 2.21 | 147 | 0.8 (133)[202] | ||
6 | October 12, 2017 | 1.52[203] | May 17, 2018 | 1.35[204] | 1.76 | 181 | 0.6 (163)[205] | ||
The Flash | 1 | October 7, 2014 | 4.83[206] | May 19, 2015 | 3.87[207] | 4.62 | 118 | 1.7 (90)[196] | |
2 | October 6, 2015 | 3.58[208] | May 24, 2016 | 3.35[209] | 4.25 | 112 | 1.7 (69)[199] | ||
3 | October 4, 2016 | 3.17[210] | May 23, 2017 | 3.04[211] | 3.50 | 120 | 1.4 (78)[202] | ||
4 | October 10, 2017 | 2.84[212] | May 22, 2018 | 2.16[213] | 3.04 | 151 | 1.1 (108)[205] | ||
Supergirl | 1 | October 26, 2015 | 12.96[214] | April 18, 2016 | 6.11[215] | 9.81 | 39 | 2.4 (27)[199] | |
2 | October 10, 2016 | 3.06[216] | May 22, 2017 | 2.12[217] | 3.12 | 129 | 1.0 (115)[202] | ||
3 | October 9, 2017 | 1.87[218] | June 18, 2018 | 1.78[219] | 2.82 | 154 | 0.9 (125)[205] | ||
Legends of Tomorrow | 1 | January 21, 2016 | 3.21[220] | May 19, 2016 | 1.85[221] | 3.16 | 135 | 1.2 (104)[199] | |
2 | October 13, 2016 | 1.82[222] | April 4, 2017 | 1.52[223] | 2.57 | 141 | 0.9 (127)[202] | ||
3 | October 10, 2017 | 1.71[212] | April 9, 2018 | 1.41[224] | 2.24 | 170 | 0.8 (137)[205] |
Critical response
Series | Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | |
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Arrow | 1 | 85% (35 reviews)[225] | 73 (25 reviews)[226] | |
2 | 96% (14 reviews)[227] | — | ||
3 | 89% (8 reviews)[228] | — | ||
4 | 85% (10 reviews)[229] | — | ||
5 | 90% (19 reviews)[230] | — | ||
6 | 79% (7 reviews)[231] | — | ||
The Flash | 1 | 93% (60 reviews)[232] | 73 (27 reviews)[233] | |
2 | 94% (22 reviews)[234] | 81 (4 reviews)[235] | ||
3 | 86% (20 reviews)[236] | 80 (4 reviews)[237] | ||
4 | 76% (18 reviews)[238] | — | ||
Supergirl | 1 | 92% (72 reviews)[239] | 75 (33 reviews)[240] | |
2 | 92% (20 reviews)[241] | 81 (4 reviews)[242] | ||
3 | 77% (14 reviews)[243] | — | ||
4 | 87% (7 reviews)[244] | — | ||
Legends of Tomorrow | 1 | 65% (36 reviews)[245] | 58 (22 reviews)[246] | |
2 | 87% (9 reviews)[247] | — | ||
3 | 88% (7 reviews)[248] | — |
Commentary
After the first Arrow/Flash crossover, Brian Lowry of Variety talked about the spin-off series and the crossover, applauding 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."[249] Meredith Borders at Birth.Movies.Death. called 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 a good time, but veteran viewers were rewarded with major storyline motion."[250]
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", 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 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."[251]
With the premiere of Legends of Tomorrow, ScreenRant'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 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 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 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."[252]
After the "Elseworlds" crossover teased the comic Crisis on Infinite Earths would be adapted in the 2019 crossover, Mike Cecchini of Den of Geek stated, "The Arrowverse is becoming the most intricate, risky live action superhero universe in history. Yes, it's at least as big and crazy (perhaps even moreso in some ways) than the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and we had best enjoy this while we have it, because it's unlikely we'll ever see this much crazy DC Comics love on screen in one place at one time ever again."[253]
Other media
Comic books
Title | Issue(s) | Publication date(s) | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | |
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First published | Last published | ||||
Arrow[254] | 13 | October 10, 2012 | October 23, 2013 | Andrew Kreisberg (#1–8) and Marc Guggenheim (#1–12, 0) | Sergio Sandoval (#1–3, 5–6, 8, 10); Jorge Jimenez (#1 – 3); Mike Grell (#1–4, 6, 9–10) Eric Nguyen (#4, 9); Julian Totino Tedesco (#4); Xermanico (#5–7, 10–11) Omar Francia (#5, 8, 11); Pol C Gas (#6; 8); Victor Drujiniu (#6–8, 12) Le Beau Underwood (#7, 9); Allan Jefferson (#7, 9–12); Juan Castro (#7–8, 12) Victor Drujiniu (#8; 12); Pol C Gas (#8); Omar Francia (#8; 11); Jonas Trindade (#11–12) |
Arrow: Season 2.5[255] | 12 | October 8, 2014 | September 9, 2015 | Marc Guggenheim (#1–12); Yuko Shimizu (#4); Keto Shimizu (#5) | Joe Bennett (#1–5; 7–12); Jack Jadson (#2); Craig Yeung (#3–5; 7–12); Szymon Kudranski (#4–7) |
The Flash: Season Zero[256] | 12 | October 1, 2014 | September 2, 2015 | Andrew Kreisberg (#1–10); Katherine Walczak (#4); Brooke Eikmeier (#4) Lauren Certo (#7–9); Kai Wu (#7–9); Phil Hester (#10); Ben Sokolowski (#11); Sterling Gates (#12) |
Eric Gapstur and Phil Hester (#1–4; 6–11); Marcus To (#5; 10); Ibrahim Mustafa (#12) |
Arrow: The Dark Archer[257] | 12 | January 13, 2016 | June 15, 2016 | John Barrowman; Carol Barrowman; Marc Guggenheim; Andrew Kreisberg | Daniel Sampere |
Adventures of Supergirl[258] | 6 | May 11, 2016 | July 20, 2016 | Sterling Gates | Bengal (#1); Pop Mhan and Jonboy Meyers (#2); Ray McCarthy and Emanuela Lupacchino (#3); Carmen Carnero (#4); Emma Vieceli (#5–6); Cat Staggs (#5); |
Books
Novels
On February 23, 2016, Titan Books released Arrow: Vengeance, a tie-in novel by Oscar Balderrama and Lauren Certo, which is set before and during Arrow's second season, which details the origins of Slade Wilson, Isabel Rochev, and Sebastian Blood, and how they would all eventually meet and collaborate with each other to battle Oliver Queen/The Arrow as seen in the TV series. On November 29, 2016, Titan released Flash: The Haunting of Barry Allen, a tie-in novel by Susan and Clay Griffith, which is set during The Flash's second season and Arrow's fourth season, which detailed that after he closed the temporal anomaly that nearly destroyed Central City, Barry an older version of himself, beaten, injured, and batter, but before he can speak, his doppelganger disappears. Barry then starts experiencing glitches in his powers, moments that leave him immobile and ghostly during missions. When a group of his worst villains, including Pied Piper, Weather Wizard, and Peek-a-Boo, decide to launch an assault on him, so Barry decides to seek help from his most trusted ally, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow. The story continues in Arrow: A Generation of Vipers, by Susan and Clay Griffith, which was released by Titan on March 28, 2017, which detailed Team Flash and Team Arrow working together to eliminate the bizarre energy that threatens to kill the Flash. When their quest leads them to Markovia, they must get past an army of mercenaries and assassins to face the mysterious Count Wallenstein.
A fourth novel entitled Arrow: Fatal Legacies was released in January 2018. It is co-authored by Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim and James R. Tuck, and is set between the fifth-season finale and sixth-season premiere of Arrow.[259] A fifth novel, following The Flash villain Weather Wizard in his attempts at revenge, was released in May 2018. Written by Richard A. Knaak, the novel is titled The Flash: Climate Changeling.[260]
In May 2017, it was announced that Abrams Books would be releasing two trilogies of middle-grade novels for The Flash and Supergirl, written by Barry Lyga and Jo Whittemore, respectively.[261] The first of these novels, The Flash: Hocus Pocus, was released on October 3, 2017. The novel takes place in an alternate timeline where the show's "Flashpoint" event never occurred, and The Flash must fight a villain known as Hocus Pocus who can control the minds and actions of people.[262] A sequel, The Flash: Johnny Quick was released on April 3, 2018,[263] as well as a third novel titled The Flash: The Tornado Twins released on October 2, 2018.[264]
The second of these trilogies began in November, 2017 with Supergirl: Age of Atlantis. The novel features Supergirl dealing with a surge of new powered people in National City, as well as a mysterious humanoid sea creature captured by the DEO who is seemingly attracted by the new superpowered people.[265] A sequel, Supergirl: Curse of the Ancients, was released on May 1, 2018,[266] with a third novel, titled Supergirl: Master of Illusion, released on January 8, 2019.[267]
Guidebooks
The first guidebook to be released was Arrow: Heroes and Villains by Nick Aires and published by Titan Books, released in February 2015.[268] Described as "a companion" to the series, the book features sections on the various characters of the series, along with descriptions, backgrounds, comic book origins, and "where they stand as of the end of the second season of 'Arrow.'"[269]
A follow up to Heroes and Villains by the same author and publisher, titled Arrow: Oliver Queen's Dossier, was released in October 2016, during the series' fifth season. The book is presented as information collected by the Green Arrow and Felicity Smoak over the course of his four years of activity. Included in the book are "handwritten notes" and "police reports" regarding the Green Arrow and those he targets.[270]
In May 2018, Titan Books and Aires released a guidebook similar to Oliver Queen's Dossier, but for its sister series, The Flash, from the perspective of Cisco Ramon. S.T.A.R. Labs: Cisco Ramon's Journal features "his confidential journal entries, covering everything from his tech designs, the villains and other heroes the team encounter, the team’s personal challenges and his own Vibe abilities prior to Flashpoint."[271]
A second guidebook for The Flash was released in November 2018, this time published by Abrams Books. The Secret Files of Barry Allen: The Ultimate Guide to the Hit TV Show features the Flash's "top-secret notes", as well as "classified S.T.A.R. Labs dossiers on everyone in Central City", an episode guide on the first four seasons of the series, and details on the life of the Flash "in Barry's own words."[272]
A similar guidebook for Supergirl was released in March 2019 from the same publisher. Supergirl: The Secret Files of Kara Danvers: The Ultimate Guide to the Hit TV Show features "detailed profiles on characters and super powers, a heroes and villains gallery, episode guide, and more" from the first three seasons of the series.[273]
Promotional tie-ins
Blood Rush
On November 6, 2013, a six-episode series of shorts, titled Blood Rush, premiered alongside the broadcast of Arrow, as well as online. The series, which was presented by Bose, and features product placement for Bose products, was shot on location in Vancouver, similarly to the main show. The miniseries features Emily Bett Rickards, Colton Haynes and Paul Blackthorne reprising their roles of Felicity Smoak, Roy Harper and Quentin Lance, respectively. The episodes set during the course of the second season of the television series, show Roy coming to Queen Consolidated to have a meeting with Oliver. As he is out, Felicity tells Roy to go wait in the lobby. As Roy leaves, Officer Lance calls Felicity, telling her that the blood sample the Starling City police found on the vigilante, which Felicity destroyed, has resurfaced. Felicity then calls Roy, using Oliver's voice encoder, asking him to break into the lab to retrieve the sample. Felicity guides Roy through the lab, where he is able to recover the sample. As Roy is leaving, doctors enter the room, seemingly trapping him. He notifies Felicity, who then hacks into the building's PA system, and issues an evacuation notice, giving Roy a chance to escape. Roy gets out of the room before it enters into lock down, and is able to avoid two guards with the help of Felicity and exit the lab. Roy returns to Queen Consolidated, and Felicity offers to mail the acquired sample for Roy as he goes in to meet with Oliver.[274]
Chronicles of Cisco: Entry 0419
On April 19, 2016, a four-episode series of shorts, titled Chronicles of Cisco, premiered on AT&T. The series features Valdes and Britne Oldford reprising their roles as Cisco Ramon and Shawna Baez respectively. Set in the second season of the television series, the series sees Cisco attempting to make the Flash suit bulletproof and body-odor proof. While working on these, he receives a late-night Meta-Human Alert within S.T.A.R. Labs, and learns that Peek-a-Boo triggered the alert. She has come to S.T.A.R. Labs to make Cisco create a weapon for her, as he did for Golden Glider, Captain Cold, and Heatwave. When he does not cooperate, she shoots him. Cisco survives being shot, realizing that the orange soda he spilt on his shirt was the missing catalyst to his bulletproof formula. Cisco tries to bring Peek-a-Boo back to the pipeline, but she locks him in the cell instead. Cisco is then seen being woken up due to a call from Barry. He believes he dreamt the whole experience, until he finds the bullet that shot him on the ground.[275]
Stretched Scenes
On November 14, 2017, a three-episode series of shorts, known as "Stretched Scenes", premiered. The series, presented by Microsoft Surface, features Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Panabaker, and Candice Patton as Ralph Dibny, Cailtin Snow, and Iris West respectively. Set during the show's fourth season, it shows Dibny as he continually bothers Cailtin and Iris for their help, or for attention. The shorts premiered online as well as during the commercial breaks of the episodes "When Harry Met Harry...", "Therefore I Am", and "Don't Run".[276][277][278]
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